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How do you ride your hoverboard for the first time?
How To Ride A Hoverboard
- To move forward or backward. Lean very slightly in the direction (forward or backward) you want to go. …
- To turn left. Push your right toe forward, so your weight shifts in the opposite direction you want to go. …
- To turn right. Push your left toe forward. …
- To spin in a circle.
What is self balancing system state its advantages?
Self-balancing system is a system whereby separate Trial Balance can be taken out from each ledger. “General Ledger Adjustment Account” will be maintained in each of the sales and bought ledger. In the same way, in all the ledgers adjustment accounts are opened. …
What is the price of hoverboard?
Questions & Answers on Self Balancing Scooter
|Tyre Size||Min Price||Max Price|
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|7-8 inch||Rs 16500/Piece||Rs 24000/Piece|
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Why does my hoverboard not work?
There are a few issues that might cause this to happen, including: The cables have come loose, or there is a bad connection. The internal circuits have malfunctioned. The balance sensors need to be recalibrated.
Are all hoverboard self-balancing?
A hoverboard is sometimes referred to as a self-balancing hoverboard, self-balancing scooter or self-balancing smart board. … Almost all standard hoverboards have the following components: Frame with a central pivot. Logic board.
Is a Segway safer than a hoverboard?
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When you are in a relationship with someone, especially a close one, there are going to be things that they do that drive you nuts. Whether it is a spouse, sibling, parent, friend, etc. There are just going to be those things that are different from how you would do them or diametrically opposed to who you are.
This is OK. It’s natural. People are different.
We can’t really ignore these things. It’s not like we can just shut off our feelings. It’s very, very, hard to turn off the way we feel.
If we just simply accept these things, that might be OK — for a while. Every time your partner does that thing you can just shrug it off. Pretend it does not bother you. Let it go — until the next time. And then the next. And all of this shrugging takes a fair amount of energy. Eventually, you will tire. It will wear you down. Then the resentment will creep in. Then, those tiny little annoyances will either become much larger annoyances or add up cumulatively be the thing that breaks your relationship in two.
I’m here to offer another path. One that I have taken.
Find a way to appreciate these things. Find the something in them that leads to why you love this person. The motivation behind the thing that drives you nutty might be the thing that makes that person a really good friend or great at their job. Find that, see it for what it is, and above all learn to appreciate it. Instead of a path to resentment, this then will become the path to deeper respect, understanding, and love. | <urn:uuid:a3c3d428-1208-4a48-b4e8-978cbecc32eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.patrickrhone.net/acceptance-vs-appreciation-in-a-relationship/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.9672 | 351 | 1.523438 | 2 |
FOOD SC 3530RG - Food Preservation & Packaging Techniques III
Regency Park - Semester 1 - 2021
General Course Information
Course Code FOOD SC 3530RG Course Food Preservation & Packaging Techniques III Coordinating Unit School of Agriculture, Food and Wine Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s Regency Park Units 3 Contact Up to 6 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Prerequisites FOOD SC 1000RG Incompatible FOOD SC 2503RG Restrictions Available to Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Science students only Course Description The goal of this course is to provide students with a fundamental understanding of food preservation and food packaging techniques and to ensure students are technically ready for the food industry through a practical, problem-solving approach.
Food preservation: Preservation by chilling, freezing, canning, fermentation, concentration, dehydration, smoking, by chemical agents and novel non thermal techniques. Production of a range of foods using these manufacturing techniques and processes. Student will develop an understanding of shelf life and nutritional consequences of preservation.
Food Packaging: Principles of flexible and rigid packaging of foods. Investigation of packaging types related to use with various food systems and packaging permeability. Passive and active packaging including modified atmosphere packaging and controlled atmosphere storage of foods. Reuse, disposability and printing of packaging. Labelling techniques and legislative requirements for labelling food and beverage products will also be covered in this course.
Course Coordinator: Rai Peradka
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
Course Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this course students should be able to:
1. Apply major food preservation techniques and explain underlying principles.
2. Analyse and evaluate novel food processing methods including non-thermal food processing techniques using pressure, light, sound and microwave.
3. Outline the purpose and principles of food packaging and examine the operations involved in packaging material manufacture.
4. Critique environmental issues, regulations and quality control associated with food packaging.
5. Identify and evaluate the suitability of processing and packaging techniques for various foods.
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1-5 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
1-5 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
1-5 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
1-5 Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
4,5 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
1. Food Processing Technology 3rd Edition, 2009, P.J Fellows, CRC WP
2. Food Processing: Principles and Applications, 2006, Ramaswamy Hosahalli, Mechelle Marcotte, CRC Press
3. Handbook of Food Preservation Edited by M. Shaffiur Rahman, 2007,CRC Press
4. Food Processing and Preservation, B Sivasankar, 2005, Printice- Hall of India, New Delhi,
5. Emerging Technologies for Food Processing 2014, Da-Wen Sun, Elseveir Ltd
6. Advances in Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Preservation, 2007, Gaurav Tewari & Vijay K. Juneja, Blackwell Publishing, USA
7. Food and Beverage Packaging Technology, 2nd Edition,2011, Edited by Richard Coles and Mark Kilwan, Wiley-Blackwell
8. Food Packaging Technology, 2003, Coles. Richard et al, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
9. Food Packaging ‘Principles and Practice’ Second Edn., 2005, G.L. Robertson
10. Food Plant Sanitation, ‘Design, Maintenance, and Good Manufacturing Practices’ 2006, Michael M. Cramer, CRC Press, US.
Online LearningFrom time to time information about Assignments and Practicals are disseminated to students via Blackboard. Lecture PowerPoint files are available on request via MyUni.
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 4 hour practical per week
This course takes place off-site at Regency Park, TAFE SA, making use of the TAFE specialised facilities and expertise in the areas of food preservation, processing and packaging.
Single-day timetabling is used to decrease travel time between campuses.
Each lecture is followed by a practical.
Attendance at practicals is compulsory.
The lecture prior to the practical session provide the theory and concepts required to complete the practical.
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.A student enrolled in a 3 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average 12 hours per week on the studies required. This includes both the formal contact time required to the course (e.g., lectures and practicals), as well as non-contact time (e.g., reading and revision).
Learning Activities SummaryThe course will cover topics on conventional food preservation and novel non thermal preservation techniques as applied to process various kinds of food commodities available in Australia. Students will have the opportunity to learn and experience hands on manufacturing techniques and processes during the practical sessions. Students will learn modern Food Packaging techniques, including reuse, disposability and printing of packaging materials. Labelling techniques and legislative requirements for labelling food and beverage products will also be covered.
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment task Type of assessment Percentage of total assessment
for grading purposes
Yes or No
Practical Report 1
Practical Report 2
Practical Report 3
Food Processing Poster
Final exam Summative 40% No 1-5 Exam period
Assessment Related RequirementsAttendance at Practicals is compulsory. It may be possible to make up missed practicals – but this is not easy to arrange
Assessment DetailTask 1
Practical reports (total of 20%)
Students will complete a total of 3 Practical reports
(Practical report 1 – 5%, Practical report II – 5%, Practical report III -10%).
Students will be required to answer questions regarding the practical aim/s and outcomes, as well as to demonstrate an understanding of the skills learnt. Students are also required to interpret and discuss the results. This includes costing, making suggestions for improvements and minimising error.
Practical lll will require full formal practical write up including Aims, Introduction, Materials & Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.
Further details of this report will be given during the practical sessions.
Packaging Report (15%)
Students will prepare a 2000-word report on novel packaging technique topics listed in Week One.
Students will be required to produce a written report on a novel packaging technique. Students will be required to use knowledge gained from lectures, along with additional research to analyse and describe the technique. The report must include an evaluation and critical appraisal of the novel packaging technique and it’s uses.
• Further details of this report will be given during the lectures.
Food Processing Poster (25%, includes 5% from peer review)
Groups of students will select a topical issue on a selected Food Preservation topic from the list provided in Week 1. Students are to develop a poster which describes, analyses and evaluates this preservation method. This poster will be made using the UoA poster template. Each group will present their poster to the class in Week 11, giving a 10-minute talk. Students will also complete a peer assessment for their group members which will be considered in allocating the final mark.
Students will be required to:
• Research information about the food preservation techniques and food spoilage from a variety of sources
• Analyse, evaluate and critique the information gathered in relation to the technique
• Summarise their findings using text, table/s, graph/s and diagram/s to aid in the delivery of their findings.
Final Written Theory Exam (40%)
This will be a 2 hour summative closed-book exam during the University Exam Period. The final theory exam will examine all components of the course. It will consist of multiple choice, short answer and long answer questions.
Hard copies of assignments must be submitted to the Administration office in Corridor 2 of K Block by the date and time that will be specified. Submission dates will always be dates on which lectures are delivered to avoid the need to travel to the TAFE campus on other days. A cover sheet is required and will be provided via MyUni.
If an extension is not applied for, or not granted then a penalty for late submission will apply. A penalty of 10% of the value of the assignment for each calendar day that the assignment is late (i.e. weekends count as 2 days), up to a maximum of 50% of the available marks will be applied. This means that an assignment that is 5 days late or more without an approved extension can only receive a maximum of 50% of the marks available for that assignment.
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending
Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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Halfway between Brussels and Liège, not far from the city of Namur, There is only professional saffron farm in Belgium, called “Le Safran de Cotchia“. The idea of cultivating saffron in Belgium was a gamble of Eric Léonard and his wife, motivated partly by a need to “go back to basics” by working the land. But the farm’s history did not begin with the cultivation of this coveted flower, known as red gold. It is the current chapter of a life in which entrepreneurship and love for the land have always been closely linked.
An entrepreneurial spirit
It all began in 1985, when Eric Leonard and his brother took over their father’s farm, which covered approximately 145 hectares. “At the time, we were growing traditional crops, such as beets and corn. The first CAP reform quickly led us to set part of our fields aside. My brother and I decided to continue to cultivate our land, even if it prevented us from having access to the premiums. That’s when the farm experienced its first diversification, because on those 25 hectares set aside for fallow, we decided to plant blackcurrant. Many people considered us crazy at the time. However, it was a successful gamble, until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, which drastically reduced prices. From 40 Belgian Francs per kilo, we then went down to 4 Belgian Francs. It was our first big blow,” says Eric Léonard.
After that, the producer decided to embark on a completely different project: to create the first on-farm butchery in Belgium. “At the time, I met my wife, who was trained as a butcher and caterer. Soon, our business grew. We had employees and the butchery was a great success. However, after 19 years of that, we wanted a change and to go back to the land, which we were missing more and more. It was after watching a program about a saffron farm in France that 3 days later, we went there to learn more about it. Afterwards, we brought 1,500 bulbs back to our farm. Although this first attempt was only moderately good, we decided to give up the butcher’s shop to start growing saffron in 2009. Once again, we may have been considered fools.”
Saffron: a sustainable crop with 100% manual labor
The first year, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard brought 150,000 bulbs back to their farm. 11 years later, they were cultivating about 600,000 of them on 2.8 hectares. “The bulbs are normally planted in August. They then flower in October/November. Currently, we are at the end of the flowering period. The leaves then come out and are dried out in April/May. Then, the bulb is multiplied for another flowering in October. In order to prevent the development of diseases, we recommend replanting the bulbs every 3-4 years.”
Saffron does not require any phytosanitary products: “If the soil is sufficiently balanced, there is no need to add inputs. As far as insecticides are concerned, saffron is currently free of pests. We cannot use herbicides, as they would take a toll on the development of the flower. The weeding is first done through thermal burns, and now we are moving on to mechanical weeding. It is important to know that in a saffron farm, everything is done manually or mechanically. Although the ideal soil for the crop is an aerated one with limestone that is easily irrigated, we cultivate the flower on a very heavy, very wet and silty soil, so we can say that saffron adapts to any soil. And we have achieved this by adapting the cultivation techniques to the conditions of the Belgian soil.”
Saffron in Belgium: a product with a still underdeveloped market
Although saffron products have now found their market, Eric Léonard has had to redouble his efforts and bet on innovation to develop his clientele. “Unlike other crops, there is no saffron sector. Saffron growers will therefore have to develop their own customer portfolios. And to do that, in addition to being a good producer, you have to be a good salesperson. Although most of our customers today are renowned chefs and bistros, we had to introduce saffron in Belgium, which was not really known by professionals at the time. It took a huge effort.”
“Moreover, it is difficult to make a living from saffron production alone, so we diversified with the development of a range of derived products such as jams and mustard, as saffron is a formidable flavor enhancer.
A year complicated by the consequences of the health crisis
Besides selling its products in Belgium and exporting bulbs, the company also makes some income by offering visits to the saffron farm. “Normally, the equivalent of 2 coaches per week visit the saffron farm. Due to Covid-19, we have barely had 2 or 3 coaches since the beginning of the year. This represents a significant loss of turnover. The closure of restaurants for 3 months in Belgium has also caused us to lose 22% of our turnover. Moreover, we fear that the situation will affect us even more during the holiday season, as a large share of our sales is usually carried out in Christmas markets. In order to cut costs, we have started producing on a day-to-day basis, adapting to the demand.
Belgian and French saffron: very different from Moroccan and Iranian saffron
Although saffron cultivation does not originate in France and Belgium, these origins have everything needed to appeal to professionals and consumers. “Belgian or French saffron is very different from Iranian or Moroccan saffron. On our farms, the flower’s pistils are much longer and thicker. It takes about 150 flowers to obtain 1g of saffron in Belgium/France, while 250-300 are needed in Iran and Morocco (Amata: This information is incorrect). Iranian and Moroccan saffron is spicier, more piquant, while Belgian and French saffron has much more aroma.
The French and Belgian production can be sold for about 34,000 Euro per kilo, or 34 Euro per gram. “The production from southern countries is sold at much lower prices, since the labor force is often family-based and therefore cheaper, and this is a major competitive factor.”
Eric Léonard is also investing a lot in educating and raising the awareness of professionals and individuals about saffron cultivation. “On the market, 80% of saffron is fraudulent. There is a lot of fake saffron in circulation and we explain how to avoid being cheated. A simple little test is to take a pistil between your fingers, wet it and then roll it. If your fingers turn yellow, it is indeed saffron!”
For more information:
Le Safran de Cotchia
26, rue de la Waloppe,
4219 Wasseiges, Belgium
Tél. : +32 496 54 54 41
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In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Theories of Play 2. Types of Play 3. Characteristics of Play 4. Educative Value of Play.
Theories of Play:
There are at least five distinct theories of play, viz.:
1. Surplus Energy Theory.
2. Re-creative Theory.
3. Anticipatory Theory.
4. Recapitulation Theory.
5. Cathartic Theory.
A brief discussion of each of the above theories is given below. Illustration 8 presents all the above theories:
1. Surplus Energy Theory:
The exponents of this theory have been the German poet Schiller, and the English philosopher Herbert Spencer. According to them play is the expression of a surplus of energy. A child gets food and nutrition for its growth. An adult spends his energy in his daily work. But the child has no such work.
He accumulates the energy and it remains surplus. Play provides an outlet for the discharge of this surplus energy. Play thus acts as a safety valve to keep the normal balance of the individual’s energy. As the excessive steam is discharged through valve from the boiler, lest the boiler burst out, similarly the excessive energy of a child is discharged through play activities.
This theory has been criticised on the following grounds:
(i) If the purpose is simply to discharge the surplus energy, why does it take a particular form of play? We don’t see a child go about running and exhausting himself for nothing.
(ii) This theory fails to explain why we play even when we are tired, and have apparently no surplus energy. A tired factory worker, coming home after the day’s toil, would like to lie down, or to play table-tennis. Does he not get reset from playing?
(iii) The metaphor of safety valve as used by Spencer does not work. Surplus steam must go out and it in no way makes the engine itself a better engine. But play does help the growth of the child. Play-activity is not a waste, and the energy spent in play is not wasted like the surplus steam of an engine thrown out in the atmosphere. A play is a purposeful activity enabling the child to discover his own powers, physical, mental and moral.
2. Re-Creative Theory:
This theory was first propounded by Lazarus of Berlin. Lazarus says that through play, the child gets recreation and he gains his spent up energy. He recoups his energy spent during his work, and feels refreshed when he plays for some time. Play thus removes fatigue and compensates for the energy spent. It refreshes the tired organism.
(i) This theory does not explain why a child goes to play even when he is not tired. Generally, children have no serious work to perform, and still they play.
(ii) Play does not follow hard work always, even in the case of adults. Some adults will play cards or chess all day long. Hence this theory cannot be accepted as a universal interpretation.
3. Anticipatory Theory:
This theory, also known as PRACTICE THEORY was propounded by Karl Groos in his two works ‘The Play of Animals’ and ‘ The Play of Man’. He observed that play is a sort of preparation for adulthood. The child anticipates his future activities and he prepares himself to meet the problems of life in anticipation.
Karl Groos gave numerous illustrations from animal behaviour, thus proving this propositions. Puppies quarrel in a playful way, because dogs have to fight. Kittens run after moving objects, as they have to catch mice. Animals play, practising an art that will prove useful to them in future.
Confirming this principle, T.P. Nunn says, “Nature invented play not merely as a means of disposing of harmlessly the young animal’s superfluous energy, but as a device for using that energy to prepare him for serious business of life.”
In the same way, explains Karl Groos, the children play different roles (soldiers, kings, teachers, mothers etc.) as a rehearsal for future. They unconsciously prepare for their future vocation and for the serious business of life. Play is thus a serious activity, as it has serious potentialities for future. Thus Stern says, “Play is needed to life as manoeuvre is to warfare.” Play thus is teleological, always anticipating the future needs of the animal. It serves the biological utility of the race.
Karl Groos bases his explanation on some specific observations. Every child is helpless at birth. It has to pass through a period of incubation during which it attains maturity of the adult. This is true for birds, animals and men. Play serves as the nature’s mode of education during the period of incubation, for adaptation to environment. “The higher the position in the scale of intelligence to which the animal ultimately rises, the longer is the period of immaturity accorded by nature, and the more pronounced is the impulse to play”.
It is, therefore, that human child has to pass the longest period of immaturity, during which he gets opportunity to reach the level of adults in adaptation to the environment. J.S. Ross summarises this phenomenon:
The need for education consists in helplessness at birth, the possibility of it arises from the plasticity of instincts, the time given for it is the period of immaturity, the method of it is play.
(i) Although Karl Groos theory is convincing, explaining certain aspects of play, but it remains to be known why adults have a tendency to play even when they have actually entered the serious business of life.
(ii) It remains to be explained why there is little correspondence between the type of play selected by the child and the profession selected in future. A child has multifarious forms of play. Groos, however, argues that the child takes up a number of play-activities, because he is unconsciously ‘trying out’ various possible occupations of adulthood. The activities are well-marked. A boy will play a soldier, and a girl…………. a mother, and not the vice-versa. Groos thus meets this objection to a great extent.
(iii) But when we make a list of numerous play-activities of children, we find most of these are not at all related to the adult-activities. It will be absurd to imagine that ‘hide and seek’ is played to prepare for guerilla warfare in future, or ‘destroying little mud-hut’ is for destroying the enemy’s civilian population. All plays cannot be explained through the anticipatory theory.
4. Recapitulation Theory:
G. Stanley Hall refuted the Anticipatory Theory and put forth a better explanation that play is reminiscent rather than anticipatory. According to him, “the child is not so much rehearsing the serious activities of his own adult life as harking back to and recapitulating those of his remote ancestors.”
Stanley Hall has been a believer in what is known as ‘Culture-epoch theory” which states that there is a parallelism between the racial development and individual development. So he says that the mental development of the child recapitulates some of the history of his ancestors – experimenting with the ordinary tools, trying to adapt to the physical environment, curiously manipulating things and objects, trying to accumulate bits of knowledge etc.
Although the world in general advances, the individual must start from the very beginning and traverse the epochs of the world’s culture. The poet Goethe, the philosopher Hegel, the scientist Herbert Spencer and the Educationist Ziller (disciple of Herbert) lived this theory. The Culture-epoch Theory has stayed so far.
Stanley Hall is not, therefore, far from the truth when he asserts that in play the child recapitulates certain activities of primitive man. What otherwise can be the explanation for such activities as playing with pebbles, throwing stones, shooting arrows, riding a bamboo stick, chasing others, hide and seek, scribbling on stones and trees, building toy-huts and fishing in streams? Observe the folk-dances of aborigines and compare these with the group dances of children and their hilarious shouting in circles, or even the twist-dance in a club.
Hall’s theory explains a good number of play activities, but not all. Some play activities are related with future business of life, rather than with past of the race. Playing with cart is explainable but what about playing with trains, aeroplanes, toy-rockets and ships? Did these exist in the hoary past?
Secondly, it is not explained, why a child gets pleasure out of play? What special attraction does it provide, so that he will afford to miss his meals but not his play? Again, it is not explained why a child makes a selection of his play activities according to his interests. If the play is the recapitulation of the activities of the race, all the activities of the race must be of equal interest to the child.
5. Cathartic Theory:
Perhaps to explain the above phenomena that presents valid criticism of the Recapitulation theory, that some psychologists propound the Cathartic Theory, according to which play provides an outlet for certain pent-up instincts and emotions, which do not get sufficient expression directly. Our present life is so refined that our primitive impulses do not get direct opportunity for expression. So with ingenuity we invent activities which though not uncivilized, are expressions of our primitive instincts.
There is a release of psychic energy, when we play Holi and take the liberty of throwing colours on all and sundry. Our Kabaddi is but an epitome of the ancient combats, providing a vicarious channel for the instinct of pugnacity. So many impulses like anger, self-assertion, gregariousness and laughter find their expression in a sublimated form in play activities.
Play is an expression of emotions. But this theory goes a step further. It states that our pent-up emotions are ‘purged out’ through play. And hence the word catharsis is used, which in Greek means ‘purging out’ or ‘cleaning’.
The word ‘catharsis’ has been taken from the writings of Aristotle, wherein he explains that a tragedy is cathartic in effect, while the spectator projects himself in the life of the hero, experiences the violent emotions and relieves his pent-up feelings. If a tragedy has an unpleasant end, why do we love to see it over and over again? We see it for our own sake, to get emotional relief.
The difference between the surplus energy theory and the cathartic theory is only this much that the former talks of release of physical energy, and the latter describes release of psychic energy. Ross opines that cathartic theory is the most comprehensive formula yet offered.
(i) Is every child emotionally unbalanced, so that he has got pent-up emotions to be released? We don’t have any such evidence.
(ii) Children with no emotional problems, do play and play vigorously.
(iii) Not all the play activities are connected with emotions. Chess and cards, perhaps do not provide any opportunity to relieve emotional tension.
(iv) This theory ignores the physical aspect of play activities.
6. Synthesis of the Theories:
It is shown above that no single theory provides a complete explanation of play. Each theory has some valid points and some limitations. We can, however, correlate these theories and come to some agreed solution.
(i) The surplus energy theory, recreational theory and cathartic theory are inter-related. In play, both the physical and the emotional energy is given expression. We can easily follow surplus physical and mental energy, or catharsis of physical and mental tensions. Recreation is a by-product of release of emotions.
(ii) The anticipatory theory and the recapitulation theory are complementary. Play is both recapitulation of ancestoral activities and anticipation of adult activities. The past experiences are usefully employed to meet the problems of future life. Indian psychologists, while explaining the theory of Sanskaras, direct our attention to the past as well as future of the child. The future depends upon the past.
They combine the forward look of Groos and back-ward look of Hall. If we widen the connotation of play and include in it all make-believes dramas, the Rasa theory of Indian experts corresponds well to the cathartic theory of Aristotle. Play culminates in the development of our basic emotions into Rasa, a state of pure delight. We may weep profusely, but yet take delight in the tragic events, and wish to see these over and over again.
Play, therefore, is anticipatory, recapitulatory, and cathartic all combined. The different theories are complementary rather than contradictory.
Types of Play:
Karl Groos mentions five types of play, viz.:
(iv) fighting, and
As Groos believed in culture- epoch theory, he mentioned the above order of the types of play, in accordance with the types of activities of man at different epochs. The primitive man made experiments about the objects in the environment.
So does the infant. Next, the child runs about, and his play is movement play-like the man of iron-age, trying to construct things, the child manipulates objects. Then he is engaged in group-games, and he organises play of fighting type. Lastly he has the intellectual type of play, preparing for the various situations of life.
Another Classification is:
(i) Motor play,
(ii) Constructive play,
(iii) Destructive play,
(v) Initiative, and
(vi) Group play.
1. Motor Play:
From the very beginning the child displays his restlessness. Even an infant throws his limbs. A child of two will sit and stand and move about in sportive manner, thus performing motor activities of various types.
2. Constructive Play:
The instinct of constructiveness is displayed in constructive plays of various kinds such as constructing a hut, joining cubes to construct pyramids, joining parts of machine, and assembling objects. A girl prepares meals, and makes ornament of various flowers. A boy usually likes assembling mechanical toys.
3. Destructive Play:
A child not only assembles objects, but also demolishes these once assembled. He uses scissors to cut paper into pieces, matches to burn waste-paper and straw, a stick to demolish the brick-hut constructed, stones to disturb the calm surface of a pond, an elastic rubber and stone to shoot at birds on a tree, a knife to dissect insects and birds caught etc. At one time he puts things in order and soon he applies a sportive kick to disturb the order.
4. Make Believe:
It is the most interesting and important form of the play. Children assume various roles such as the role of a mother, a father, a teacher, a villager, an old man, a beggar, a fool, a milkman, etc. In such a make- believe, the child finds a channel for the relief of his pent-up energy, which would otherwise be blocked. In his world of fantasy he finds expression to his unfulfilled desires.
Sometimes, the child talks to an imaginary companion who is an epitome of his own new image. He projects his own life in fairy tales, or tales about step-mother torturing the step-son. He gets catharsis of his repressed feelings by the action of the fairy god-mother who loves the child and kills the step-mother.
The survival of a wealth of fairy-tales and children’s stories from generation to generation is because of their cathartic effect. The Panchatantra stories, first composed in India, travelled all the Arab and European countries in the 9th century A.D. Aesop’s Fables are the European edition of Panchatantra. Stories from Kathasaritasagara (a Sanskrit story-book) that deal with children have been popular in Indian homes uptil now.
5. Imitative Play:
In make-believe, there is imagination and fantasy to the extent that the story has no real base. But sometimes the child imitates persons who are performing various roles in the society. A village boy imitates farmer’s ploughing, a city child imitates the movement of a train and gesticulates the same.
A small girl takes a doll and plays a mother. A young boy rests a stick on his shoulder and imitates a soldier in the army. He may march like a soldier and sing a marshal song. A young girl plays the role of a nurse in the hospital.
6. Group Play:
In the early childhood, the child loves to play with other children. It is only the introvert and the maladjusted child who withdraws himself from his appearingly unpleasant social surroundings, and broods over his own fantasies. But normally, the child mixes with other children of his age- group. He obeys the rules of the game and is faithful to the group. Children play ‘hide and seek’, handkerchief game, Kabbadi, Kho-Kho, skipping etc.
Indoor games like ludo, mechano, serpent and ladder are most common. Intelligent teachers have invented group games for teaching each subject. Scouting and Girl-guiding includes numerous group-plays. Group-singing, group, dance, dramatics, Karwali, Bhangra and Giddha (in Punjab), are all examples of group play. Even adults do not lag behind in purging out their emotions through playful activities like Holi, Dewali, folk-dances, folk-songs, and celebration of festivals.
When we discover the enormous variety of playful activities suiting each age we conclude with Ross that “Play is joyful, spontaneously, creative activity, in which man finds his fullest self-expression”.
Characteristics of Play:
1. Innate Tendency:
Play is an innate tendency. It is a creative tendency which is related to a number of instincts and emotions. It is therefore, that the expression of play-activity is spontaneous, a result of an inner urge.
2. Play is Characterised by Freedom:
The child absorbs himself in play according to his own will, and is not impelled by any outward force. He will play whatever he likes, whenever he likes, and for whatever period he likes. That is why Stern defines play as ‘voluntary, self-constrained activity.’
3. Play is Cathartic:
The child expresses his emotions through play, and finds his fullest self-expression. In words of Ross, “Play is cathartic in its action, that is to say, it provides an out-let for certain pent-up instincts and emotions, which, whether in childhood or in adult life, cannot find sufficient direct expression.”
4. Play is for the Sake of Play:
Play is a non-serious activity, and is pursued for its own sake. Play does not produce pleasure, but is pleasure itself. A child plays not for any end in view.
5. Play is Characterised by Child-Fantasy and Make Believe:
A child may absorb himself in imaginative plays, and express his overt behaviour through those. In make-believe, he may find compensation for the inadequacies of his surroundings or of his own self.
6. Play is Interesting and Recreating:
The child engages himself in play with absorbing interest. Even if physically tired, he will feel supreme satisfaction in the performance of play while his psychic energy is discharged. Play is always refreshing.
7. Play is a Mirror of Cultural Activities:
A child anticipates the future adult activities, and recapitulates the activities of the race through his playful activities. This has already been discussed above.
8. Play is Different from Work:
In play, we are away from the serious business of life, rigours of our profession, and the economic and other worries. There is no external motive. There is no boredom. Work, on the other hand, is tiring and taxing. This is further explained below.
Educative Value of Play:
1. Physical Development:
Education is growth and development. Play affords opportunity for the development of body and mind. Group games enhance neuro-muscular activity and provide exercise for all parts of the body. The restless child finds an outlet for his energies.
2. Mental Development:
Play provides opportunity for the expression of psychic energy. It tones up emotions and sublimates the instinct of curiosity, constructiveness, combat and gregariousness. It provides additional information about various objects of the world. Through toys, the child learns new colours, shapes, textures, movements and uses of objects.
Through play-way, he acquires information and skill relating to the school subjects. He develops into a balanced personality. Play is an irreplaceable ingredient for a balanced personality. It trains head, heart and hands.
3. Social Development:
Through group games, the child establishes social relationship with his mates and acquires the social traits of cooperation, tolerance, friendliness, loyalty to the group, adherence to rules, give and take, mutual help and social understanding. He gets opportunity to assert himself and act as a leader. Without play, the child might become introvert, selfish and egoistic. He understands his own capacities and locates himself in the group. He enters a world of reality.
4. Moral Development:
In play the child learns sportsmanship, honesty, fairness, justice, self-reliance, self-restraint and courage. He gets moral training indirectly and unwittingly.
5. Therapeutic Cure:
Play affords therapeutic cure to maladjusted children, on whom restrictions have been imposed and who suffer mental tension. As play is cathartic in action, the pent-up emotions are released through make-believe and fantasy. This has been explained above.
6. Motivation to Learning:
If work cannot motivate a child to learn, play can motivate. Any subject, howsoever dull and dreary, can be of absorbing interest to the child if it is taught in play-way manner. We shall explain it in a movement.
7. An Index to Future Careers:
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Before Ella, Tina, Billie and Beyoncé, there was Josephine: the first African-American international superstar!
About Josephine, the show…
Josephine is a biographical musical that combines cabaret, theatre and dance to tell the story of the iconic Josephine Baker, the first African-American international superstar and one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th Century.
Created by Tymisha Harris, Michael Marinaccio and Tod Kimbro, and performed by Tymisha Harris, the show has been touring North America since it’s 2016 debut.
During that time, Josephine has sold out shows in over 20 cities and accumulated dozens of 5-star reviews and awards, including six ‘Best of the Fest‘ wins and six ‘Outstanding Performance‘ recognitions. It was selected as the ‘Outstanding Production‘ of the 2017 Soho Playhouse Fringe Encore series, and awarded a limited off-Broadway run in 2018, where one reviewer called it “a perfect piece of theatre for the time we are currently in.”
About Josephine, the icon…
Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis in 1906 and achieved only moderate success in the United States, but became an international superstar after moving to Europe in 1924.
She starred alongside white romantic leading men in films in the 30s, had multiple interracial marriages and homosexual relationships, and performed in men’s clothing before the term “drag” existed. She was a spy for the French Resistance in WWII, a civil rights activist, and mother to 12 adopted children. Her success often gave her the opportunity to live free from the racial oppression of her home nation, though she never stopped yearning for acceptance in America.
Josephine at the Edinburgh Fringe
Josephine was an instant smash hit at Gilded Balloon in 2019, notching up multiple sell-out performances and five star reviews during its half run. Tymisha, Mike and the team will be back in 2020, staging an even bigger, better version of Josephine for a full Fringe run, which we’re delighted to be supporting. More details to follow in due course.
“She should be starring in a movie version directed by Baz Luhrmann.”
— RuPaul (about Tymisha Harris/Josephine)
“I believe the time is long overdue for strong women of colour to have their voices heard and their stories told. Playing Josephine Baker for the last three years has made me a better performer and human. To be able to share this story that touches hearts and minds across the world has been the most fulfilling artistic endeavour of my life.”
— Tymisha Harris
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— Michael Marinaccio (Director/Producer)
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The Emoji Code
The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats
Author: Vyvyan Evans
Drawing from disciplines as diverse as linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience, The Emoji Code explores how emojis are expanding communication and not ending it.
For all the handwringing about the imminent death of written language, emoji—those happy faces and hearts—is not taking us backward to the dark ages of illiteracy. Every day 41.5 billion texts are sent by one quarter of the world, using 6 million emoji. Evans argues that these symbols enrich our ability to communicate and allow us to express our emotions and induce empathy—ultimately making us all better communicators.
Vyvyan Evans's Emoji Code charts the evolutionary origins of language, the social and cultural factors that govern its use, change, and development; as well as what it reveals about the human mind. In most communication, nonverbal cues are our emotional expression, signal our personality, and are our attitude toward our addressee. They provide the essential means of nuance and are essential to getting our ideas across. But in digital communication, these cues are missing, which can lead to miscommunication. The explosion of emoji, in less than four years, has arisen precisely because it fulfills exactly these functions which are essential for communication but are otherwise absent in texts and emails. Evans persuasively argues that emoji add tone and an emotional voice and nuance, making us more effective communicators in the digital age. | <urn:uuid:a6c5ce3b-0d9a-42b4-9e50-99f3498b7d29> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250129062/theemojicode | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.899424 | 334 | 3.359375 | 3 |
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Andreas Seiler is a senior researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Ecology, Grimso Wildlife Research Station. He gained his masters degree at the University of Gottingen in Germany and received his PhD in 2003 in wildlife ecology at the SLU. Andreas’ professional interests cover the relationship and interference between humans and wildlife. His field of expertise is animal and landscape ecology with a special focus on conflicts between transportation, infrastructure and wildlife. His work addresses applied questions and is done in close dialogue with practitioners and stakeholders. These projects range from infrastructure investment projects over monitoring studies of mitigation measures, to research projects on animal behavior and wildlife-vehicle collisions. Andreas was member of the Infra Eco Network Europe (www.IENE.info) in 1996 and helped to reestablish the network and install a new secretary in 2008. Since then, he has been an elected member of the IENE steering committee and with a special responsibility for IENE international conferences. Among other activities, Andreas presently cooperates in the CEDR-research program SAFEROAD on Roads and Wildlife. | <urn:uuid:778ce4ac-2476-412b-a173-e8c4c20410e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mir-initiative.com/projects/white-book/andreas-seiler.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.94863 | 238 | 1.75 | 2 |
The first church on the present site was completed by 1100, most probably to serve the needs of those who worked in the Norman castle which had been built nearby, but who lived outside its walls. The castle contained two chapels for the occupants of the castle, but there will have been many from the former Saxon settlement around the Common and the Green half a mile to the east who will have migrated further west to provide the service that the castle community required. The first known Rector was “Thomas the Chaplain” who is recorded as being in office in 1201, and a complete list of Rectors exists from 1297 onwards. The castle grew to prominence in the thirteenth century and doubtless St Peter’s also, but after the death of Henry III the castle ceased to be occupied so frequently, and by the end of the fourteenth century it was already beginning to fall into ruin. There is evidence that some of the castle’s stone was plundered for St Peter’s church. One hundred years later the church however had outgrown its congregation, and there was need for a new building.
No precise dating exists for the construction of the church we know today, but it would seem to have been begun around 1460. The basic structure was as it is now, though the south porch with the priest’s room above it and the door on the south of the chancel were all added in about 1500, The stone vaulting of the chancel is unusual in a small parish church, and it was here that Thomas Wolsey, later Cardinal, Archbishop of York and Chancellor of the Kingdom, was ordained priest in 1498. At that time there were three chantries or side-altars – for the Jesus Fraternity, the Blessed Trinity, and St Katherine. There was also a chapel to “Our Lady of Pity”. A medieval rood loft across the aisles and chancel was reached through a doorway in the wall of the north aisle, the base of which can still be seen at the back of the Coffee Shop servery. This rood will undoubtedly have been demolished during the Reformation of the sixteenth century. In 1627 a gallery was constructed at the west end of the church, and an organ was installed there in 1776.
By 1859 the church was falling into disrepair, and the Rector, the Reverend Dowling, employed the diocesan architect, Thomas Wyatt, to produce plans for the restoration of St Peter’s. As a result the nave roof was replaced and the aisle roofs slightly lowered, arches with external buttresses were introduced across both aisles to strengthen the chancel arch, and the organ gallery was removed. A new west window featuring St Peter flanked by the four Evangelists was installed and a smaller east window replaced the previous one in order to strengthen the walls supporting the stone vaulting of the chancel roof. Much Victorian decoration was added, including painted walls in the sanctuary and the chancel, and bosses showing the instruments of the Passion and consecration crosses were inserted into a multi-coloured frieze. The chancel and sanctuary floors were paved with Minton tiles; the east wall was also decorated with tiles. Much of this decoration was painted over in the middle of the twentieth century.
In 1924 St Peter’s had been joined with St Mary’s in one benefice, but by the early 1970s it was clear that the parish could not support two congregations in the town, and given the fact that St Peter’s was in a worse state of repair than St Mary’s, which was at any rate the bigger of the two churches, it was decided to make St Peter’s redundant. The Mayor of Marlborough, Alderman Jake Seamer, led the way in finding alternative use for the building, and four years later a charitable Trust was formed to preserve the building and to ensure its continued use for the benefit of the local community. Considerable voluntary effort, fund-raising and repair work followed over the next 30 years to ensure that the building was properly restored with the help of English Heritage and Lottery funding, so that the church can now operate as intended, providing the community with a centre available for hire for concerts, lectures, and meetings, while at the same time being able to show off this historic building in all its restored glory to visitors from near and far. | <urn:uuid:c370f8b4-45d7-42be-b20b-5d81a9f86853> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stpetersmarlborough.org.uk/st-peters/our-history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.986982 | 909 | 2.765625 | 3 |
In the world innovation economic system, demand for mental property (IP) titles – patents , trademarks , industrial designs , copyright – is quickly rising and turning into more complex. Objection II: At the very least it may be concluded that since current computer systems (goal evidence suggests) do lack feelings – until Data 2.0 does come along (if ever) – we’re entitled, given computer systems’ lack of emotions, to disclaim that the low-degree and piecemeal excessive-level clever behavior of computer systems bespeak real subjectivity or intelligence.
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Entrepreneurs are those persons who have intellectual ideas with whom they used to open a business in a unique way. They grab these ideas from various sources which are available at marketplace and give them opportunity to establish their business. Generally, they launch companies in such marketplace where lot of competitors are present as well as with less capital. This report showcase from where business tycoons got ideas and they turn these into product concept (Kirzner, 2015). Along with this, they used to refine such ideas by using various tools like marketing gap, competition analysis, Porter's Five forces model, SWOT and PESTEL techniques etc. For this process, present assignment has been taken upon a new venture as Mobique Point, which deals in retail business of commodities like mobile and its accessories. Entrepreneur in this business makes various plans to attract customers mind and convince them to busy.
P1 Evaluate various types of entrepreneurial ideas and innovations
An entrepreneur used to grab several ideas by analysing market situation. After generating ideas, they refine the same and choose best to turn it into business concept. In case of opening an outlet in a retail sector which includes commodities like mobile phones and accessories, a person needs to determine demand of marketplace first (Hmieleski, Carr and Baron, 2015). Therefore, in context with present case, a person has launched business in same sector as Mobique Point, used various strategies to grab customers mind. In this firm, business tycoons offer several discounts like first customer in a day has got opportunity to get extra benefits while purchasing a new phone. It includes 1 year net free with 3 month net subscription. While last client of shop get benefits like one month EMI free. Through such type of marketing strategies, they have success in grabbing more attention of employees. In addition to this, with phone of high branded companies, they have provided loan on minimum rate of interest. It helps in increasing sales performance along with acquiring strong position at marketplace.
But for operating business in a profitable way, entrepreneurs need to check feasibility of their ideas and strategies before applying them in workplace. They are required to conduct a proper analysis like PEST factors and Peter F. Drucker's 7 factor of innovation which help in evaluating market situation in proper manner. These methods help in identifying opportunities as well as sources through which innovators can generate more appropriate ideas. As present scenario, an outlet named by Mobique Point has opened in a large populated marketplace. So, its owners has used following techniques to develop business idea:-
Political Factor: Under this factor, an entrepreneur needs to analyse political condition of country which includes taxation rates, legislations and amendable laws etc. All these things create a much impact on business (Mathias and Williams, 2017). It assists them to comply their organisation with all laws and legislations through which they can business in legal way. But due to fluctuation in taxation, it impact on purchasing powers of people also which demand entrepreneurs to offer products at affordable price rates.
Social Factor: This factor shows that if a company has do business in ethical ways then it will help in enhancing good image at marketplace. This would create a good impact on people and convince them to buy product of such companies. Along with this, as mobiles are becoming basic needs of people without which they cannot do their work in easy and quick manner, so whether a person oh high status or belongs from low category, he will definitely buy such products on any cost.
Economical Factor: Government of UK has provided much support to new business developers as growth of their organisation help in increasing economy of country. Along with this, stability of economy has shown good financial condition of organisations and citizens. It reflects high level of income of people. So, all such conditions help owners of Mobique Point to open this venture on easy terms and conditions.
Technological Factors: With rapid change in technologies gives high innovative products. It adds more features in mobile phones, therefore, it gives opportunity to retailers to grab attention of customers (Foo, Uy and Murnieks, 2015). When a product having new features come at marketplace then it will attract customers in vast manner. Getting high innovative phones is becoming first priority of customers which gives opportunity to new ventures to complete their demand in a more profitable way. It includes features like high resolution of camera, large screen of devices, long durability of batteries, high securities and more
Thus, by analysing such macro factors, an entrepreneur generates various ideas as well as can check effectiveness of the same also. It helps in choosing the best one for opening a new start-up business. In addition to this, business tycoons also use Peter F. Drucker's innovation which gives 7 sources of ideas as:-
Incongruity: This factor shows how business will deal in future by using such ideas. It reflects a gap between expected results to outcomes occurred after implementation of ideas they have generated.
Process Need: Under this sector, an entrepreneur needs to employ high talented workers in outlets who can help in providing effective services to customers. Along with this, can promote services or products of company in vast area of marketplace
Industry & Market Structure Needs: Due to presence of many competitors at marketplace, it gives various opportunities as well as threats to new ventures (Gielnik and et. al., 2015). Therefore, it is recommended to them before establishing business they must analyse structure of marketplace. It helps in understanding desires of customers and give ideas to fulfil the same in a unique way..
Demographics: This section shows culture of people, preferences, taste and their purchasing power through which an entrepreneur can segment them on the basis of similar characteristics. It helps in completing demand of them in a proper way.
Changes in Perception, Meaning and Mood: As in mobile products, technologies are rapidly changing therefore, it gives chance to new business developers to increase high sale performances.
New Knowledge: It is the most essential requirement for entrepreneurs. They should gain high knowledge as well as marketing and technical skills through which they can operate business in a proper way (Hatak and et. al., 2015). In addition to this, they can make innovation in products or services also.
Unexpected: For running a business in a successful manner, owners are needed to grab all opportunities of marketplace through which they can acquire high number of customers in their outlets and retain them for longer period of time.
P2 Explain the rationale and the market gap for a specific entrepreneurial idea
For opening a new venture, an entrepreneur needs to make various plans for identifying demand of customers, trends of marketplace, purchasing power of buyers and more. It helps in formulating strategies and policies accordingly. Today, in terms of mobile products every person is its basic needs. Without such commodities, no one can do their business easily. Mobile phones aid persons to connect with others who live at distant or nearby places in a quick manner. So, whether a person belongs from business world or studies and more need such devices. Therefore, it gives opportunities to new ventures to launch business in a profitable manner. As present scenario, an entrepreneur wants to open a business in retail sector and sells mobile and its accessories. So, such persons need to analyse market situations first (Hmieleski, Carr and Baron, 2015). They must employ workers who have possessed complete knowledge of products and its features so that they can give details of the same to customers and help them to buy as per wants. In addition to this, to evaluate marketing gap also which help in understanding in which field modification is necessary. Marketing gap can be taken as a tool to grab opportunities used for fulfilling future demand of business and run successfully. It also helps in generating more profits by turning business idea into product concept.
Requirement for identifying demand of customer on individual basis: Every person has own desires and preferences for getting mobile phones which suit their lifestyles. With this assistance, it is high essential for entrepreneurs to offer products of wide range and of different-different brands. In addition to this, they should know the complete features of such commodities so that queries of customers can be satisfied by giving proper solution (Karimi and et. al., 2016). For grabbing more attention of people, provide offer and various discounts to them is must necessary in case of earning more and more profit
Market Segmentation: Having a large customer base business, it is necessary for organisations to divide them as per their characteristics. By dividing people on similar taste and preference help in understanding needs as well as fulfil on time. Market segmentation generally segmented customers on the basis of following:-
- Behavioural Segmentation: Under this segment, market is divided as per behaviour of customers. For example: Usually Techno-friendly people wants to acquire mobile phones of high technologies. They used to buy products whenever new technologies have developed.
- Demographically Segmentation: This section divides market era as per taste and lifestyle of people along with purchasing power (Kirzner, 2015). For instance- Customers who belong to high status demand products of iPhone of Apple Company while persons who have low income purchase such commodities on low price.
Tangible & Intangible features and benefits of a product or service
Tangible features of phones are relates with sensation of touch. It gives first impression when a person buys to such products.
It refers to untouchable features which can be revealed once a product is used.
For instance: Large display, sensors, camera resolution, fingerprint scanner, mobile accessories are termed as tangible features.
For example: Software, battery durability and applications and more are intangible features.
Approaches to Competitor Analysis:
- Before formulating new strategies, business tycoons are needed to determine number of competitors present at marketplace as well as their techniques to acquire minds of customers.
- Entrepreneurs with the help of managers are required to make a proper plan which include place where new venture can be opened (Kohlbacher, Herstatt and Levsen, 2015). In addition to this, it includes way to conduct all activities of business start-up, marketing techniques and more.
- Marketing mix strategies including 4P’s of innovation.
- Analyse marketing gap which help in recognising the difference between actual outcomes to expected one.
- Use effective tools and techniques for implementing new strategies in business.
Life cycle of industries shows following phases:-
- Pioneering phase.
- Accelerate Growth Phase.
- Mature Growth Phase.
- Industry Maturity Phase.
- Decline Phase
P3 Present data needed to support gap analysis in evaluation of entrepreneurial idea
For evaluating effectiveness of ideas of entrepreneurs, business owners can take help of researchers who analyse who situation of marketplace and determine whether such thoughts can aid them in accomplishing demand of company (Mathias and Williams, 2017). Investigators can help them in analysing opportunities present at marketplace through which they can run businesses in profitable manner. Along with this, they can evaluate whether ideas of new business can run successfully in future. As per situation, an entrepreneur wants to open a retail business Mobique Point of mobile products therefore, for grabbing opportunities of marketplace and analysing demand of customers as per culture and demographical conducts, researchers conduct various activities. They use statistical methods for making proper data of present situation. Project makers have taken a sample of 50 respondents in order to know their desires and get feedback for what actually they seek in mobile phones. They have made some questions like what type of features people want to get in mobiles, price rates, brand of products and more.
By conducting survey, researchers have evaluated that out of 50 respondents, major proportion i.e. 30 want to get large display of phones with dash charge support up to 8 GB RAM processor and 32 GB internal memory but on affordable rates (Mueller and Shepherd, 2016). While 10 respondents desire to get smart phone with high technologies, long durability of batteries and on at least 1 year warranty. On other hand rest of people seek to get products of largest brand i.e. Apple or VIVO and more. Hence, business owners are needed to offer wide range of products of various companies and on reasonable rates so that expectation of each customer can be fulfilled on time.
P5 SWOT framework to collect evidence to support an objective assessment of a specific entrepreneurial idea
SWOT Analysis of Mobile Business Idea for Mobique Point
· Strong communication and distribution channel.
· Wide range of mobile and its accessories with all ranges as per need of customers.
· Lack of capital.
· Weak strategies and policies
· Trending change of marketplace.
· With advancement of technologies, an entrepreneur gets opportunity to sell commodities to large number of national and international clients in a vast manner (Davidsson, 2015).
· Stable economy of UK, gives benefits to business tycoons to open their venture on easy terms and conditions.
· Increasing number of competitors give rise to threats for existing company (Renko and et. al., 2015).
· In mobile business, every new feature in products impact sales performance of existing ones.
P6 Evaluate competitive and market environments in which the idea will be launched to assess potential viability
As per situation, it has recommended that new business tycoons are needed to gain high skills and knowledge as well as analyse market trends to develop ideas. Along with this, they are required to determine various factors like demand of customers, taxation and interest rate, political rules and regulations, number of competitors present in same market etc. All these things create much impact on business of new ventures and existing ones also (Suddaby, Bruton and Si, 2015). Understanding importance of all these factors help in generating ideas also as well as aid entrepreneurs to turn the same into product concept. In order to grab more ideas and analyse impact of these, they can use PEST technique and Peter F. Drucker's innovation factors. Both methods are used to identify need of customers through which they can formulate effective strategies and policies in a perfect manner. In addition to this, these techniques can evaluate strengths and weaknesses of rivals also which further helps in snatching their customers and acquiring good position from them.
PEST analysis is used to determine political rules, economical condition, social factors and technological advancement through business can run in a smooth manner (Baggen and et. al., 2015). While Peter’s innovation factors aid entrepreneurs to make creativity in products or services. Through this method, a person can use change of marketplace as opportunity in order to deliver service in more unique way.
According to Peter Drucker's Innovation model, there are seven sources of innovation which aids entrepreneurs to grab new idea for their business. It includes-
- The Unexpected: This factor assists managers of Mobique Point to conduct market research. It helps them in analysing whether demand of particular product is lesser or greater than anticipated.
- The Incongruity: There is always a discrepancy occur between what is going on and what should be done. Therefore, this process is considered as tricky but it is the best key to develop success in business. So, managers of Mobique Point have to nailed it by meeting unmet requirements of customers.
- Process Need: It involves determining process under which managers of Mobique Point have to find weak point area of business. Further, they should develop strategies to minimise weaknesses and build success to business.
- Industry and Market Structure Change: Rules and regulations of market area are continuously change which creates lines of some products expand and others shrink. Therefore, as per trend of marketplace, Mobique Point also requires to keep modification in business.
- Demographics: In mobile sector, every person has own desire to get such products as per age and purpose. Therefore, Mobique Point has to pay attention to this. It should combine demographic factor with market segmentation which will help in meeting requirement of every customers as per need.
- Change in Perceptions, Meaning and Mood: In mobile sector, with development of technology, product life-cycle has been shortened up. Therefore, Mobique Point has to develop strategies through which products can be offered as per preference of customers.
- New Knowledge: Due to advancement in technology, many opportunities are opened up for entrepreneurs to find better ways for improving their processes. Therefore, for driving success, R&D department of Mobique has to find new source of innovation on continual basis.
Political: This factor also assists entrepreneurs to create innovation in business. As laws and legislations established by the government of a country help them in evaluating in what manner they have to conduct business. It will help in expanding business in other sectors in a legal manner. best online biometry assignment help the college students who wish to score top grades in their academic career
Economical: Financial condition of marketplace, taxation law, spending power of public etc. are such factors which assist profitability of a firm. As introducing innovation in business require sufficient amount of funds, therefore, good economical conditions aid managers of Mobique Point also to arrange funds on easy rates.
Social: For innovation in business, one most concern factor is value of products as per perception of users. So, it is necessary for managers of Mobique Point to identify what customers are really want to get. It will help in developing innovation in business as per requirement of them.
Technological: This factor plays an important role in innovation as adopting latest techniques in business aid to add more features in products. Therefore, to grab attention of more customers, Mobique Point need to adopt new marketing techniques like social media. It will help in analysing need of consumers so that innovation can be done accordingly.
From this above assignment it has evaluated that today’s fast developing world gives various opportunities to new ventures for start up business at marketplace in an easier way. It has studied in this report that for such a process, a person needs to analyse all around situation of marketplace and desires of customers. It has helped in generating more ideas which further can turn into business concept. With this assistance, they can evaluate marketing gap using SWOT and PEST analysis.
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Informed Consent follows the Trial Begins station and precedes the Safety Reporting station. Obtaining informed consent is a legal requirement which is relevant to all trials. This station is part of the ‘recruitment phase’ group of stations.
Trial participants must give their informed consent before they are entered into a trial*. Consent should be obtained before the first trial-specific activity is undertaken. For Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs), Schedule 1 of the Clinical Trials Regulations (as amended) are the requirements for consent.
During a trial, the willingness of participants to continue should be reaffirmed periodically. If significant new information becomes available, participants should be reconsented using revised (and re-approved) consent documents so that, if applicable, their continued consent is confirmed.
*For certain emergency trials involving vulnerable participants (minors or incapacitated adults – see below).
Participant Information Sheets
The HRA's online consent guidance provides templates for preparing participant information sheets and consent forms suitable for different types of research, including a template for pragmatic trials. Ideally, consent documents should be co-designed or reviewed by patients. Sponsors are increasingly adopting electronic methods to seek consent (eConsent), and the HRA and the MHRA have published a joint statement on its use.
Trials involving incapacitated adults
For CTIMPs, Schedule 1 of the Clinical Trials Regulations (as amended) defines a legal representative, and Table 2 of the HRA guidance outlines the hierarchy of consent for incapacitated adults using personal or professional legal representatives. The provisions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland differ from those in Scotland.
Trials involving incapacitated adults in the emergency setting: The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 made provisions for trials involving incapacitated adults in emergency settings in which participants can be entered into a trial before informed consent is obtained (see Section 21 of the HRA Guidance). Incapacitated adults should receive information at their level of understanding. If participants can form an opinion and assess the information, their explicit wishes should be considered. Part 5 of Schedule 1 of the Clinical Trials Regulations provides a list of conditions and principles that must be in place.
Trials involving minors
The Clinical Trials Regulations define a minor as a person under 16. Table 1 of the HRA guidance describes the hierarchy in which to determine who should be approached to give informed consent on behalf of a minor. Where minors can express their own views on a study, they should be involved in a way that is appropriate to their understanding and development and the extent to which they wish to engage. Guidance published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics provides more information on consent in trials involving minors.
Trials involving minors in the emergency setting: The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) and Blood Safety and Quality Amendment Regulations 2008 have made provisions for trials involving minors in emergency settings in which minors can be entered into a trial without prior consent. The Regulations require a person with parental responsibility or a legal representative to provide consent as soon as possible after entry into the trial (see Section 16 of the HRA guidance for further information). Part 4 of Schedule 1 of the Clinical Trials Regulations provides a list of conditions and principles that must be in place. Information from the Institute of Population Health at the University of Liverpool on research without prior consent in the emergency treatment of critically ill children can be found below.
Access of Patient Information for Research Without Consent
In certain research studies, there may be sufficient justification to access confidential patient information without consent. Section 251 of the NHS Act 2006 allows the Secretary of State for Health to make regulations to set aside the common law duty of confidentiality for defined medical purposes. The HRA took responsibility for Section 251 and established the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG).
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
The GDPR requires organisations to publish transparency information when processing personal data for health and care research. Suitable transparency terms for public sector sponsors to use in participant information sheets can be found on the HRA website, along with comprehensive guidance.
- HRA Guidance: Applying a proportionate approach to the process of seeking consent.
- The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI), a US public-private partnership, has produced guidance and tools relating to informed consent.
- INVOLVE: Public Involvement in Research: Impact on Ethical Aspects of Research (PDF, 528 KB).
The MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP) have resources relevant to consent:
- The Quintet Recruitment Intervention (QRI) aims to facilitate informed decision making by patients about RCT participation
- This review introduces qualitative research techniques and explains how this approach can be used to understand, and improve, recruitment and informed consent for trials.
- This paper describes three key techniques that recruiters can use to address patients’ treatment preferences to facilitate recruitment and informed consent.
- This article identifies broad practices that support or hinder equipoise communication.
- The DevPICv2 provides a measure of informed consent that can be applied directly to recruitment appointments where trial participation is discussed to evaluate the quality of recruiter information provision and evidence of patient understanding.
- The Q-QAT (Quanti-Qualitative Appointment Timing) is a simple technique to identify key challenges to recruitment that stem from how the RCT and treatments are portrayed to patients in recruitment appointments.
The TMRP have specific resources for people with communication, hearing, sight & other physical disabilities
- The Consent Support Tool has been developed specifically to facilitate involvement of people with communication disorders in health research studies.
- The Collaboration of Aphasia Triallists (CATS) host resources to support researchers develop accessible consent forms.
- There are examples of good practice available through collaborations such as the patient information sheet access group.
- Many charities and third sector organisation provide resources to support consent processes across health and research e.g. Autistica.
TMPR resources for trials involving incapacitated adults
- This website from the CONSULT project brings together resources to support researchers conducting research with adults who have impaired capacity and summaries of the legal frameworks.
The University of Liverpool, Institute of Population Health:
- The Connect Study Guidance provides further information about research without prior consent (deferred consent) in trials investigating the emergency treatment of critically ill children.
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After a century of success in the bakery and snack food industry, Hostess is going belly up. Hostess had been the model company on which similar firms on this and other continents were built. Many of those foreign firms are still thriving – for now. But the original Continental Baking Company, parent to Hostess, is closing the doors on this division. Citing labor problems, ongoing strikes, plant sabotage, and the cost of doing business as an employer in this brave new “free insurance” world, CBC has filed for bankruptcy. Eighteen thousand union workers will join the rolls of the unemployed.
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United Jewish Appeal
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
The records of the American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest national ethnic historical organization in the United States, include correspondence of officers and staff as well as inter-office memos, multiple versions of the constitution and by-laws of the society, meeting minutes of administrative branches and committees, membership and financial records, reports, exhibit materials, records relating to the society’s library and archival holdings, press releases and newspaper clippings, and publications and newsletters created by the society. There are also materials from various programs, such as meetings and conferences, tours, lectures, awards and dinners, films, and educational programs.
The Dr. I. Edwin Goldwasser Papers document the professional achievements and personal life of Dr. Goldwasser and his extended family. The bulk of the materials are related to his work as the first Executive Director of Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, and his subsequent philanthropic activities. The collection also contains a series with genealogical materials related to the larger Goldwasser family, assembled by his descendants. There are drafts and notes on his various writings, both published and unpublished; essays on “Jewish Women of the Bible” and “Jewish Women at the Bar of History” are included in the collection, as is a copy of his published book Method and Methods in the Teaching of English.
Papers of Elaine Pittell cover the period from mid-1970’s to early 1990’s and document her and her husband’s Robert Pittell’s activities as the Chair of the Jewish Federation of South Broward’s Soviet Jewry Committee. The documents include correspondence, memos, minutes, publications, news clippings, audiocassettes, videocassette, disc negatives and pins.
This collection contains the papers of Ernest W. Michel, Holocaust Survivor Journalist and public speaker,including clippings of newspaper articles written by and about Michel, correspondence between Michel and many important Jewish and political figures and autograph files, which Michel collected. Many of these files concern Michel’s Holocaust experiences, speaking engagements, the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and Michel’s work with the United Jewish Appeal.
Sephardic House was established in 1978 as a correction to the often-overlooked contributions of the Sephardic community to American-Jewish culture. The Records of Sephardic House documents the administrative, programming, and publishing activities of Sephardic House since its founding. Such documents include financial records, meeting minutes, correspondence, artist portfolios, press releases, photographs, slides, and much more.
The Hadassah subject file record group is a collection of files of organizations, events, and genre subjects originally arranged alphabetically by Hadassah’s central filing department. These files served and serve as a ready reference source that represents both the direct and indirect involvement of Hadassah in both national and international affairs. This collection includes correspondence, clippings, newsletters, photographs, and other ephemeral documents.
Collection sontains the minutes of the Board of Directors (Trustees) meetings, 1972-1975; staff meetings, 1972-1973; background materials and reports pertaining to projects proposed and acted upon; annual reports; financial reports; and miscellaneous publications.
The Jack D. Weiler and Family Papers are divided into two sub-groups: one containing most of JDW's personal records, including materials related to the Lenru Men's Club; JDW's philanthrophy in regards to the many organizations he worked with; items related to his work as part of the real estate firm, Swig, Weiler, and Arnow; and also includes a large number of photographs related to his meetings, dedications, campaigns, and building funds for Israel Bonds, UJA, and Federation. Last in this sub-group are books dedicated to JDW or Robert Arnow, and several small, pocket-sized booklets on subjects varying from toasts to Jewish law to care of the back.
The second sub-group is dedicated to the family of Jack D. Weiler and his wife, milliner designer Doris (née Person) Weiler, and their children, Joan and Alan. While the sub-group does contain many images and outings with Joan's husband and Jack's business partner, Robert Arnow and the children of Alan and Helene Weiler, this is primarily due to marriage into the Weiler family, and therefore the series relates more to the Weilers, with major evidence of Jack and Doris's grand- and in some cases, their great-grandchildren.
The sub-group also documents the family circles of Weiler and Person families, including the brothers and sisters of Jack and Doris, but primarily documents the family of Faivel and Chana Weiler. This sub-group contains correspondence, primarily between Jack and Doris and their children; general personal papers relating to the lives of Jack and Doris; and a large cache of family photos dating from the mid-1920s to the early 2000s.
A seperate series of Audio-Visual Materials rounds out the collection.
Contains the Bulletin of the Jewish Center of Williamsbridge from the 1940s to the 1970s and gift books bound with yearbooks of the Center bound inside. Also includes material regarding Doctor Rabbi Akiba Predmesky (d. 1998), who served the Jewish community and the Jewish Center of Williamsbridge for over fifty years.
The Jewish Chronicle is a weekly newspaper covering local, national and global news for the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and its vicinity. The collection contains information and photographs used by The Jewish Chronicle for coverage of the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union during the decades of 1960s and 1970s. The bulk of the materials originated from the Soviet Jewry movement organizations and other Jewish institutions in the United States and includes publications, press releases, correspondence and photographs related to Soviet Jews.
Contains material collected by the Jewish Media Service (JMS) on Jewish films, film company catalogs, resources and information from and about various media centers. The majority of the Jewish Media Service records date from when the JMS operated independently from 1975 to 1987. Types of material found in the collection include articles, brochures, catalogs, correspondence, examination study guides, filmographies, film stills, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, posters, publications, scripts, and slides.
This collection tells the story of Liselotte (Lilo) Thekla Lamm, her parents Leo Lamm and Margarete (Gretel) Lamm née Falk, husbands Norbert Goldenberg, Hans Gerhard Ollendorff, and William (Bill) Thurnauer, their children and grandchildren, and members of their extended families. The families’ lives in Germany, immigration to the United States, and professional, political and philanthropic activities are documented through vital documents, photographs, correspondence, writings, articles, and clippings.
This collection contains writings, minutes, financial records, correspondence, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Broido's employment, investments, and Jewish and non-Jewish communal activities. It includes material regarding the department store, Gimbel Bros. (1934-1966), where he was associated with Bernard Gimbel, and where he served as Executive Vice President and as Chairman of the Advisory Committee (1953-1961); Temple Emanu-El (1957-1970), where he served as trustee and opposed secession from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (1944-1976), serving as President from 1965-1975, and where he was involved in the investigation of the Charles Jordan murder in Prague (1967); the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1953-1972) where he served as trustee and played an active role in financial matters and relations with the Hebrew Union College; the United Jewish Appeal (1941-1972) where he served as President (1951-1952), trustee and member of the Board of Directors; the New York City Community College (1956-1972) where he served as trustee; and the Department of Commerce and Industrial Development of the City of New York (1961-1971) where he served as Commissioner (1961-1966).
Louis Lipsky (1876-1963) was a noted Zionist leader, journalist, and writer. The collection contains personal correspondence, memoranda, speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, manuscripts, drafts of books, and organizational materials concerning the Zionist movement, and various Jewish organizations.
The Meyer Greenberg Papers document the activities of the B'nai B'rith Hillel at the University of Maryland-College Park during Meyer Greenberg's time as Director, 1945-1977. This collection contains correspondence with officials of B'nai Brith Hillel, other Jewish organizations and individuals, the administration of the University of Maryland; minutes of the Student Executive Council, Building Corporation and Community Board of the Hillel Chapter at the University of Maryland; program and financial reports; publications; tape recordings of symposia and photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the activities at Hillel. This collection also contains papers related to Meyer Greenberg's directorships of the Hillels at Yale University and Queens College from 1944-1945.
Papers of Morey Schapira reflect the work of the prominent activist of the American Soviet Jewry movement in the years 1965-1993. The collection includes details on Mr. Schapira’s leadership role with organizations Action for Soviet Jewry, the Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry, the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The collection contains files on many other groups, individuals and topics.
The collection documents the National Jewish Welfare Board's (JWB) evolution from an organization founded in 1917 to provide support for soldiers in times of war to an agency involved in all aspects of Jewish life both in the United States and abroad. In 1990 JWB recreated itself as the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America.
Collection consists of typewritten oral history transcripts of executives in the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Welfare Federation in Detroit. The interviewees are Herbert A. Friedman (1918- ), fomer Executive Chairman of the UJA; Lawrence H. Rubinstein (1940- ), former Executive Director of the UJA's National Young Leadership Cabinet; and Leonard N. Simons (1904- ), former Campaign Director for the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit and Detroit Civic Leader. Also includes inventories for oral histories available at the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, and the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
Arthur Lamport was a banker and philanthropist, who helped support economic development among the Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic. These materials relate to his efforts in the Dominican Republic, and include letters, telegrams, reports, meeting minutes, and a diary.
Founded in 1969, the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) was instrumental in the international effort to promote recognition of the Beta Israel (known among non-Jewish Ethiopians as "Falashas") by Israeli authorities, and to assist Jewish emigration from Ethiopia to Israel. The extensive files of the AAEJ include case work files, research materials and Jewish artifacts collected in Ethiopia by AAEJ workers. In the wake of the successful evacuation of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel in 1993, the AAEJ decided to disband and voted to deposit its records at the American Jewish Historical Society. Included are correspondence, office files, photographs, slides, videotapes, audiocassettes and other materials which pertain to AAEJ's efforts to raise the consciousness of the American Jewish community about this unique Jewish subculture. The organization's papers supplement those of its founder, Graenum Berger, which are also held at the American Jewish Historical Society.
This collection contains the records of the American Jewish Public Relations Society (AJPRS), the professional association of publicists in the Jewish communal field. It contains correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, society publications, memoirs about the society’s founding, photographs, publicity materials, and newspaper clippings.
Spanning from its inception and incorporation in 1925 to its culmination in 2002, the Queens Jewish Center collection highlights this congregation's wide-range of religiously oriented and secular educational activities, ceremonies, developments, events, and programs. Predominant in this collection are the reports, bulletins, financial, legal and property records, and meeting minutes. In addition, books, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, programs, publications, negatives photographs are also contained with in this collections.
The Robison Family Fapers reflect various activities of Adolf C. and Ann Green Robison in civic organizations, Jewish communal life, Jewish national and international affairs, and individually in the arts. The collection contains information on the origins of the United Nations; and on aid to Israel before, during, and after the War of Independence. The materials include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, musical scores, and play scripts.
Collection of correspondence from Persia/Iran; family correspondence; letters to and from friends; newspaper articles, clippings, brochures; genealogical material; photos; passports; articles; miscellaneous documents; video tapes
This collection forms a memoir of the lives of Lilo Goldenberg and her family members through essays and documentation. The documentation includes papers such as official and educational papers, family correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings, and works with the extensive essays to document the experiences of Lilo Goldenberg and her family.
This collection consists of posters (c. 1930s), solicitation pamphlets, and the following publications: Appeal (May 29, 1967), My Brother’s Keeper (1939-1958): A Picture Story of the United Jewish Appeal, and United Jewish Campaign News (October 11, 1926, February 1929).
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York is the organization that resulted from the mergers of various New York federations with the New York office of UJA. UJA-Federation and its predecessor organizations have been a central force for communal planning and philanthropy in the New York Jewish community since 1917, and in overseas Jewish communities since 1939. The largest section of this collection covers the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and its predecessor organizations in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn. Important subject areas include Federation’s work with their affiliated agencies including detailed budget files through most of the 20th century; UJA’s programs in Israel and campaigns in New York during the 1960s and 1970s; an overview of the UJA-Federation Joint Campaign 1974-1986; and the day to day work of the successfully merged organizations 1986-2000. | <urn:uuid:4dd745e7-c46e-40c3-b16e-5dcc99e7e4b6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archives.cjh.org/agents/corporate_entities/37194 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.932961 | 3,078 | 2.359375 | 2 |
The TWiM team discuses saliva as more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swab and how Mycobacterium tuberculosis sulfolipid-1 activates nociceptive neurons and induces cough.
A ferret model for infection by SARS-CoV-2, and how Neolithization lead to emergence of a human bacterial pathogen.
Vincent, Elio and Michael reveal the ASM COVID-19 summit, and how Salmonella injects a protein into the cell to drive suppression of the immune response.
Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the stability of human coronaviruses on surfaces and in aerosols, and peptidoglycan production by a mosaic consisting of a bacterium within a bacterium within an insect.
The TWiM team reviews the coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, and the finding that an IRF deficiency underlies Whipple’s disease.
The TWiM team pays a tribute to Chris Condayan, and investigates the synergy between virus and the innate immune system for clearing bacterial pneumonia by phage therapy.
At the Hamilton, Montana Performing Arts Center, Vincent speaks with three local high school graduates and two high school teachers about how Rocky Mountain Laboratories influenced school science programs and opened up career opportunities.
Vincent, Elio, and Michele review a study of the viruses and bacteria in commensal rats in New York City.
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss a huge 30,000 year old virus recovered from Siberia, and nested symbiosis facilitated by horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to insect.
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“Servant of the People” is a television series about a fictional Ukraine, but its plot mirrors reality. It tells the tale of an impoverished schoolteacher who unexpectedly becomes president after a profanity-laced anti-corruption rant goes viral.
And the show’s star, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, now stands a real chance of becoming Ukraine’s next president.
So what does “Servant of the People” tell us about Zelensky?
Zelensky recently bested 38 other candidates in a national election – and will face incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in a runoff vote on April 21 – but he is still something of a political blank slate. That’s provoked intense speculation about what kind of president he might make.
After all, the winner of the runoff must confront immense challenges. Ukraine is engaged in a proxy war with Russia in the eastern Donbas region, its economy is struggling and many Ukrainians have left the country to seek livelihoods elsewhere.
“Servant of the People” is fiction, so it’s perhaps not the right place to seek concrete answers to the kind of policies Zelensky might pursue if he wins office. But taken at face value, the series still tells us much about Ukraine today, and the issues that most concern Ukrainian voters.
Here are some of the themes it touches on:
The influence of oligarchs
The opening scene of season one, episode one, features sinister characters looking out over Kiev’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square.
“We waste millions to ensure that our candidates appear (on) the political scene and then we pay twice as much to destroy their competitors,” one says.
Those actors are playing caricatures of post-Soviet oligarchs, the powerful, politically connected individuals who have seized the commanding heights of the economy in countries like Ukraine.
The intersection between crime and politics is a persistent theme of “Servant of the People,” and it’s not surprising that many Ukrainian presidential candidates – not just Zelensky, but also Poroshenko – ran on a promise to get rid of corruption.
Cleaning house in Ukraine is easier said than done, however. The country still ranks 120 out of 180 on Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index, and Ukrainians – like Zelensky’s character – routinely complain that the economic game is rigged in favor of a small group of elites.
Ukraine’s place in the world
If there is any messaging in “Servant of the People,” it’s what could be described, in shorthand, as a vision of Ukraine striving to be a “normal” European country: a prosperous, democratic, functioning state that is free of systemic corruption.
The first episode in series three features a flash-forward to 2049, where Kiev has a futuristic skyline with wind turbines. A modern schoolroom has a history class and students are using tablets. The teacher asks the students to describe their standard of living. They answer: “Normal, not bad.”
The history teacher says Ukraine is a member of the G20, a world leader in economic growth and has paid off its debts.
“That’s normal for you,” he said. “But 20 years ago in our country, it was normal for a teacher to be unable to pay for a kommunalka (a communal apartment) on their salary.”
The instructor then laughs: “You don’t even know what that is.”
Relations with the EU
Ukraine’s Maidan revolution – the street demonstrations in 2014 that led to the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych – began after he made a decision to ditch an association agreement with the European Union and sign an agreement instead with Russia.
In 2017, Ukraine saw the introduction of visa-free travel to the EU, a scheme that allows Ukrainians to enter the so-called Schengen area without a visa for up to 90 days.
A scene in season two, episode four, features a talk show where a correspondent is broadcasting live from Brussels with news on whether Ukrainians will be granted visa-free travel. The signal cuts out, and the television host says, “we’ll find the decision on whether there will be visa-free travel after this commercial break.”
Some observers have made much of Zelensky’s choice of language. His character primarily speaks Russian, and many members of the cast have their lines in Russian. Ukrainian is the language of official and public life, and police officers, court officials, and television announcers in the TV series often speak Ukrainian.
Does that make Zelensky more “pro-Russian” than his rival?
After all, Poroshenko has made defense of the Ukrainian language one of the cornerstones of his campaign, with the slogan Armiya, Mova, Vira (meaning “army, language, faith”). And the Russian government has cast language as one driver of the conflict in Ukraine’s east, arguing that efforts to give primacy to Ukrainian have amounted to a form of discrimination and extreme nationalism.
At many points in history, the Ukrainian language has been suppressed by imperial Russian and Soviet rulers (Ukrainian had official status in the USSR as a local language, but authorities also pursued a de facto policy of Russification).
Now the Russian government claims Kiev is pursuing an aggressive policy of Ukrainization, through a controversial 2017 law making Ukrainian the required language of study in state schools from the fifth grade on. A moratorium on Russian-language media in western Ukraine, where Ukrainian is the majority language, has also drawn international criticism.
“Servant of the People” reflects a complex reality, where language is not the only foundation of identity and patriotism in an independent, multi-ethnic, post-Soviet Ukraine. Many of the soldiers fighting on the front lines against Russian-backed separatists in Donbas are Russian speakers.
One of the catalysts for the Maidan protests was Mustafa Nayyem, an activist and journalist of Afghan descent who called on Ukrainians to come to the Maidan to protest Yanukovych in a Russian-language tweet.
The media’s role
It’s worth remembering that “Servant of the People” is, primarily, a comedy. It features cameos by legendary drag queen Verka Serduchka, has a fair share of slapstick, and even a ribald joke about Russian President Vladimir Putin (a double entendre about him wearing a Hublot watch, which sounds similar to a oft-used Ukrainian insult about the Kremlin leader).
But it’s also clear that the series has served as a magnificent campaign advertisement for Zelensky. And that has brought the show in for criticism, particularly from Poroshenko.
In recent statements on Twitter, the incumbent president has blasted 1+1, the TV channel that broadcasts “Servant of the People,” and its owner, tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky.
“My opponents have been pouring shameful lies on me over the past few weeks,” Poroshenko said on Twitter. “The main tool of spreading lies during the last months, unfortunately, was 1+1.”
The election drama in Ukraine will be televised. Zelensky and Poroshenko squared off Friday in a stadium debate, with the two contenders trading one-liners and barbs. Ukraine’s politics have even fascinated viewers in Russia, where many have followed the spectacle of a genuinely competitive election.
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Aside from knowing how to get text messages from another phone as well as a secret access to a person’s private information, you would also have the chance to ensure their safety and security. Cell phone monitoring software has become a worldwide trend nowadays. From a wide array of people such as concerned parents, husbands and wives, caretakers, elderlies and those who are in a relationship, they have benefited largely through the help of this modern product of technology.
What Can It Give You?
This kind of monitoring software gives you the power to access even the most private information of a targeted user such as their call and text messaging history, web viewing data, contacts, photos and videos shared online and even messages from their social media profile, whether it is from Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram.
Who does not want to gain access from these things right? That is why there would be no question as to the increasing number of people who use this application because a lot of them are catered to by this cell phone monitoring software.
How Does a Cell Phone Monitoring Help?
When you already have this product at hand, you would already be ensured of a quality service guarantee. Cell phone monitoring software has been recently hailed as one of the best technological products of the century because of the tantamount advantages you would be able to get from it.
It allows you to get a secret pass to the online and mobile activities of a person and get to actually see what they are doing on their cell phones and laptops. Just imagine seeing all their activities without them knowing it. Yes, that is how this monitoring software works since it gives you the power of secrecy, a capability that you can only enjoy through the help of this application. As mentioned above, you can also enjoy knowing how to track an iPhone by phone number and even Android units as well.
Cell phone monitoring softwares are both compatible with iPhone and Android devices in order to allow a large number of users to benefit from it too. What does it do? It helps you track a cell phone device when it is lost or stolen. No matter where this mobile unit may be in the world, it can be easily retrieved because of the GPS tracking system’s help.
All you have to do is go to the live control panel and click the “find phone” button and voila, the current location of the target device will be shown in your screen. Now, we hope that this answers your question on “Can you track an iPhone or Android device through this?” | <urn:uuid:e3ef9cf7-721f-4fb9-aba6-dce31b7dfa71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://sonersworld.com/index-87.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.963524 | 521 | 1.5625 | 2 |
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Brooklyn Private School Looks to Expand to Manhattan
Wall Street Journal | 3/25/2016
Behind the Headline
High Scores at BASIS Charter Schools
Education Next | Winter 2014
BASIS schools started out as a network of charter schools that are routinely ranked among the top-performing schools in the country.
In 2014, the BASIS founders announced that they would create a separate network of private schools based on the same model. The first BASIS private school opened later that year in Brooklyn. BASIS also opened a school in China.
Basis schools are designed to blend the rigor of European and Asian education models with American creativity. Mandarin and engineering classes start in prekindergarten. Students take chemistry, biology and physics every year in middle school, logic in seventh grade and economics in eighth grade. A project-based class called “connections” brings together science, math, arts and humanities in grades 1-4.
In “High Scores at BASIS Charter Schools,” June Kronholz wrote for Ed Next about two BASIS charter schools in Arizona.
The Tucson charter school outscored all 40 countries that administered the 2012 PISA, or Programme for International Student Assessment exams, with a mean math score of 618, 131 points above the U.S. average. Its 10-year-old Scottsdale sister school scored even higher: 51 points above the metropolitan Shanghai area in math and 42 points higher in science.
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Interplex commits to sustainability
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Interplex released its Global Sustainability Report 2021 outlining its efforts to attain maximum energy optimization, increase the share of renewable energy, improve water conservation, and reduce waste and sourcing responsibly.
It has lowered its CO2 intensity by 11 per cent by switching to LED lights in 93 per cent of its facilities. Interplex also installed photovoltaic panels in 12 per cent of them, generating 3,165 MWh of solar power, which offsets 2.1 per cent of the company’s annual electricity. Interplex has now attained a CDP Climate Change rating C.
In addition, 91 per cent of Interplex manufacturing plants have gained ISO 14001:2015 certification for environmental management systems, and the company aims to achieve certification across 100 per cent of plants by FY2023.
In 2021, Interplex became a WASH Pledge signatory and the company’s efforts to improve water efficiency since 2019 has resulted in a 37 per cent reduction in its global water usage across all facilities, resulting in an improvement on CDP Water rating from C to B.
“I am especially proud of our latest product innovations – the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates and Cell-PLX – both part of our Energy Solution business,” said Alessandro Perrotta, CEO, Interplex. “These examples will help our customers transition to cleaner forms of transportation.”
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The Torah is replete with descriptions of the deep and powerful interrelationship between God and the Jewish People. However, what are the contours of that relationship? Is it theologically appropriate to use the word “need” in terms of God “needing” anything from mankind in this relationship? This issue comes to the foreground in trying to make sense of the following debate in the Midrash on the relationship between God and our Forefathers. Perhaps this Midrash appears in Parshat Noach for good reason. The destruction and renewal of mankind certainly calls in question the interrelationship between God and mankind:
רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר לְרוֹעֶה שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֵד וּמַבִּיט בְּצֹאנוֹ. רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר לְנָשִׂיא שֶׁהוּא מְהַלֵּךְ וּזְקֵנִים לְפָנָיו. עַל דַּעְתֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָנוּ צְרִיכִים לִכְבוֹדוֹ, וְעַל דַּעְתֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ הוּא צָרִיךְ לִכְבוֹדֵנוּ.
“Rabbi Yochanan said [God’s relationship with our Forefathers] is like a shepherd standing and looking after his sheep. Reish Lakish said it’s like a head of state surrounded by an entourage of senior advisors. According to Rabbi Yochanan, we need God to bestow honor on us. According to Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish, God needs our honor to be bestowed upon Him.” (Midrash Rabbah: Parshat Noach— 30:11)
(Note: The scope of this inquiry could include many sources in Rabbinic literature but is limited to the great 16th century commentator to Midrash Rabbah (Shmuel ben Yitschak Ashkenazi of Constantinople) the “Yiffei Toar.”)
A distant relationship
According to the Yiffei Toar, when Rabbi Yochanan says that God is like a shepherd “looking after his sheep“ this seems to define the relationship in stark terms. Just as a shepherd owns his flock, we are the property of God. We didn’t do anything to deserve being “watched over” by God. It certainly follows that “we need the honor of God.” God sustains everything in the world and we are dependent on God providing for our protection and sustenance. God has no “needs” whatsoever. God is complete, however, like a shepherd, God ‘desires’ to bestow goodness upon His flock.
In some ways, the paradigm is easy to understand. However, what does Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish mean when he says that God “needs our honor”?
A more intimate relationship
The Yiffei Toar draws upon the Mishnah and Talmud to define how God can possibly “need” our honor.
כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּעוֹלָמוֹ, לֹא בְרָאוֹ אֶלָּא לִכְבוֹדוֹ
“Everything that God created in His world was only for His honor.” (Avot – 6:1)
Seen through a spiritual lens, the many wonders of creation, from ecosystems to the solar system, give honor to God. Does this signify that God “needs” our honor? Not at all, rather what God “needs” is more people recognizing God’s divinity so that God can direct His goodness to them. Think of it as more channels through which God can send His divine blessings.
The Yiffei Toar also quotes a perplexing piece from Talmud Brachot discussing the question of whether God prays. The Talmud concludes that God does indeed pray. God prays that His compassion should always override His anger and that He refrain from being exacting if he must meet out punishment. The Talmud then relates that God asked the High Priest, Rabbi Yishmael son of Elisha, for a blessing. The High Priest proceeded to bless God with exactly what God “prayed“ for. At the conclusion of his prayer
וְנִעְנַע לִי בְּרֹאשׁוֹ “God nodded His head [and accepted the blessing].” (Talmud Brachot 7b)
God “asking” to be blessed certainly sound like God “needs” something. However, even when God is “asking” for blessing, it is not because God “needs” anything from man. It’s the Jewish People’s need for God’s compassion.
A more prestigious view of mankind
According to Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish, the metaphor for the relationship between God and our Forefathers was a head of state surrounded by prestigious, senior advisors. It seems fair to say that the prestige of the head of state is enhanced by the delegation. This, perhaps, is as close as we can get to assigning a “need” to God.
Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish believes that God’s objective in creating the world is hidden and unknown. However, the Yiffei Toar will concede the following:
כי לולי בריאת העולם היה מציאותו מוגבל
“Without creation, God’s presence in the world would have been restricted.”
In that way it can be said that God “needs” to make His presence known to as many people as possible.
Man vs. animal
Of course, one of the stark differences in the paradigm of Rabbi Yochanan and that of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish is how our Forefathers (or all of mankind) are portrayed. By portraying our Forefathers as advisors rather than sheep, Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish aligns with what was later expressed by the Rambam (Maimonides), in the Guide for the Perplexed:
“ שהשגחת ה’ הוא כפי השכל” “God’s supervision and control over His individual creations is commensurate with the level of intelligence of his creation.”
That’s why animals can experience less direct divine supervision. Because of our intellect, mankind can reach a higher level than angels. When Rav Shimon ben Lakish says that God “needs’ our honor it means that we have to strive to be on a high spiritual level in order to be able to merit a greater divine relationship and intervention from God. In other words, God, so to speak, “needs” us to be on that higher level in order to grant us that higher level of divine intervention.
אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ “(our Father, our King)”
Perhaps these two viewpoints are encapsulated by a term we start using in prayer in the days leading up to Yom Kippur. “Our Father, our King” (אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ) connotes both an intimate and distant relationship with God. At times we feel like we are closer to God – like the paradigm of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish. Other times, contemplation of God’s majesty seems to make us feel more distant – like the paradigm of Rabbi Yochanan.
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As night falls in the savannah and “dusk paints stripes across the sky”, ten little lions know it is time to head to bed. But as they make their way, there are all sorts of sights and sounds to distract them – a monkey “bouncing a babe on its knee”; a cobra waving its tail, zebras braying, and a tree frog peeping; there is a honeybee nest to inspect; sand dunes and a stream to navigate; elephants tramping along and wildebeests running. There is as much adventure on the journey home as there has been in the day. But at last, they are together and cuddled together, they listen to “evening’s lullaby,” and sleep “cuddled by night.”
Just as night envelops the little lions in its all-embracing spread, so too the author embraces much in this lyrical lullaby. As well as the language which turns the ordinary into the extraordinary – “dusk paints stripes across the sky” is a picturesque phrase that could spark a lesson in itself with students suggesting other ways to describe the twilight sky – the rhythm of the language draws the reader in with its gentle cadence echoed in the illustrations which transition gradually from golds, browns, and greens to dreamy mauves, violets, and greys as the light changes and darkness draws closer.
For those unfamiliar with the habitats and inhabitants of the African savannah, there are geographical and biological discoveries to investigate and woven into it all is a counting book with purpose and context. So while this might have been intended initially to lull little ones as they draw the curtains on their day – even lions have to sleep – it is one that can be shared across the ages with something new for each. | <urn:uuid:000f38a2-d49b-4473-b482-a7076bf87ae3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thebottomshelf.edublogs.org/2022/02/26/lion-lullaby/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.96018 | 420 | 2.671875 | 3 |
William “Bill” Munn is known as the expert of everything historical in Marion and Grant County. He is revered by many who absorbed history lessons from him during his 42 years with Marion Community Schools. Munn, for a decade now, has been entrusted as the official Grant County Historian through the local and state historical societies.
Bill Munn was born in Garrett, Indiana, raised in Angola, and graduated from Angola High School. He graduated from Ball State University in 1969 (where he later earned a Master’s), then accepted a long-lived teaching career at Marion Community Schools. Now retired, Munn still teaches college students, but in his free time, he is never bored. Munn is a charter member and current president of Save Our Stories (SOS), which advocates for preservation of multiple historic buildings downtown, Marion through partnering with Indiana Landmarks and local groups. “I really believe in Marion. The people who built Marion were risk takers. I encourage people to recommit to what our founders did to preserve commercial development,” expressed Munn.
He is active with Gethsemane Episcopal Church through their Reconciliation Program taking community concerns and holding seminars. He is also involved with the Equal Justice Institute and related study groups.
Mayor Jess Alumbaugh explained that all of the voluntary work Munn has done to preserve history has unquestionably earned him recognition as Champion of the Month. “His love and passion for our community is personified by his tireless pursuit to educate citizens on the history of our great city. He reveals to us the successes and failures we have shared here in our hometown.”
Fellow historian, Alan Miller, illustrated Munn as one of the brightest jewels in the community’s cultural crown. “His true legacy, however, is the lifelong love of learning and history that he instilled in several generations of Marion High School students — especially those who accepted the challenge of enrolling in his legendary Advanced Placement classes. Applause also goes to the woman behind the man, Bill’s wife, Sue, for her commitment to several generations of our community’s most intellectually and developmentally challenged students.”
Retired journalist, Ed Breen, depicted Munn as a blend of historian and preservationist. “Bill understands the meaning of the past, and is aware of the need to apply its lessons to the present. He works to understand what happened, then labors to preserve the evidence of where it happened.”
Marion Public Library Director, Mary Eckerle, said Munn is well known in the community. “He taught many of our children and instilled in them a love and respect for history — be it national, state or local. As Grant County Historian, he can tell stories about people who made our community what it is today and events that made a difference. Through his involvement in SOS, he inspires others to preserve the past in our buildings and residences.” | <urn:uuid:03330c69-e940-42d6-811e-044417e00623> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cityofmarion.in.gov/news-events/william-bill-munn | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.979893 | 615 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Alan Lai Chong Meng is a wealthy Singaporean businessman who was investigated in an international police operation between Italy and Singapore. In 2018 and 2019 he invested in projects in Sicily that were found to have ties with mafia figures, including Giuseppe Calvaruso, who was arrested in April 2021. While Lai was not aware of his investments falling into the hands of the mafia, it made the police investigating Calvaruso suspicious to see a wealthy foreigner involved in his operations.
This is the story of how a Singaporean businessman unwittingly found himself at the core of a Sicilian mafia feud.
On the eve of Easter 2021, Italian native Giuseppe Calvaruso was arrested in Italy after returning from Brazil, where he had been residing. The 44-year-old was found to have become a prominent leader of Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, a Sicilian city, since 2018. His charges included mafia association, extortion, kidnapping, and fictitious registration of assets.
Cosa Nostra, or the Sicilian Mafia, is an organised crime syndicate dating back to the 19th century. It’s made up of a loose network of groups, each known as a ‘family’ or ‘clan’ that takes ownership of different villages or neighbourhoods.
Historically, government presence in Sicily has been scarce due to it being one of the poorer regions of the country. To fill the gaps left by the government, mafia groups began providing local populations with basic necessities—policing, individual and property protection, contract setting, loan services, and so on. As a result, they also flourished.
But since their early days, Cosa Nostra has evolved into an international crime organization, and is now involved in everything from drugs and arms smuggling to political corruption.
As waves of Italians migrated to the United States in the 19th century, the syndicates spread internationally, resulting in multiple ‘mafia wars’. The first took place in the 1960s between the American and Sicilian mafia, and involved shootouts that injured innocent bystanders.
Mafia clans are now spread even further, with Calvaruso being proof of this. From Brazil, Calvaruso had started managing the international investment and business plans of Cosa Nostra. What surprised investigators tracking Calvaruso was how far he cast his net of interests, from South America, Europe to now Asia.
From Italy, Brazil, To Singapore: The International Network
When we think of mafia operations, we imagine criminals covered in tattoos smuggling drugs between borders—you may also have seen Korean drama Vincenzo which has ranked #1 on Netflix in Singapore for a few months now. In reality, they operate under the radar of most regular people, occasionally trapping unsuspecting individuals.
One recent victim of this was a Singaporean by the name of Alan Lai Chong Meng.
It would not do this story justice if we did not begin in the romantic ruins and sundrenched beaches of Sicily, which is where Alan’s journey started.
58-year-old Lai had been meaning to make this trip for a while, especially after being friends and business partners with Sicilian Salvatore Catalano for years. Catalano runs Lai’s restaurant Ristorante Palermo at Keppel Bay. In the past, they worked together on Trattoria Amanda that operated at 14 Stanley Street.
After decades of living in Singapore, Catalano was yearning to foster deeper connections between his homeland and the tropical island where he was now residing. Naturally, he brought up the idea of investing in Sicily to his business partner, Lai. It made sense—Lai had the funds, and Catalano the know-how of maneuvering the country as a native. Lai responded positively.
The Sicilian Connection
It was June 2019 at this point. Summer in Italy was in full swing, and Lai was itching for a getaway. He entrusts Catalano to plan an itinerary in Palermo, the capital of the island, and they depart.
Upon arrival, Catalano sets up meetings with Sicilian connections who could introduce Lai to possible investment opportunities. After a few days of relaxation and sightseeing, Lai finds himself at a beach side aperitivo with none other than Calvaruso, the recently arrested mafia tycoon.
Also present at this meeting at a bar named ‘Touring Cafe’ in Mondello, a beach town: a few unidentified foreigners, and Giovanni Spano’, another mafia-linked individual who was arrested the same day as Calvaruso. But we’ll come back to Spano’ later.
While enjoying cocktails overlooking the glistening waters, the Italians sold Lai a plot of agricultural land that was up for grabs in the countryside of Sicily. They also mentioned an antique building for sale in the city of Palermo. Calvaruso even spread out floor plans and photos on the table.
At this point, Calvaruso was already under investigation by the police. Unbeknownst to Lai, they had followed the suspected mafia boss to this meeting.
Blissfully unaware, and impressed by the propositions, Lai and Catalano agreed to attend a site inspection of the antique building. In the following days, there are multiple meals in scenic spots around Palermo, where the group continue to discuss property acquisitions over exquisite traditional Italian cuisine.
From Pristine Holiday To Property Shopping In Italy
On the 8th of June, just a few days after the first seaside encounter, the police intercept a call between Catalano and Calvaruso, where Catalano makes clear what Lai’s intention is with the property.
“I saw the contracts … 750!?” Catalano exclaims as Calvaruso tries to calm him down.
“We’ll take the property for 500,” he says. “Then during renovations we will sit and discuss more numbers. This will be a business card for Asia.”
“Alright, alright, I’ll be able to get it for you for 500,” Calvaruso replies, agreeing to get them the property for 500,000 euros given the possibility to earn more after renovations commence.
Investigators believe that Calvaruso saw Lai’s investment as an avenue for more business from Asia, starting with Singapore.
At this point, it was also clear to the Italians that Lai was a businessman with the intention of making multiple investments—just the day before, on 7 June, he bought two apartments in a central avenue of Palermo for over 230,000 euros combined.
With that transaction complete and more expected on the horizon, the Italian police launch an international investigation into Lai and Catalano. They couldn’t help wondering how a wealthy businessman from across the globe had found his way to this mafioso.
Swiftly, the Singapore Police responds and confirms that both Catalano and Lai had clean records in Singapore, and confirms that Lai owns ‘Trattoria Amanda’ (now closed), where Catalano was hired as General Manager.
At this point, the Italian police begin to realise that perhaps both Lai and Catalano were clueless about who they were doing business with.
A month later, in July 2019, Calvaruso travels to Singapore, where he helps Lai plan another trip to Italy for September later that year. He also uses it as an opportunity to start exploring business avenues in the rest of Asia.
“The prospects are looking good,” Calvaruso tells a friend over the phone. “They are looking for high value real estate deals that usually can’t be found in the portfolio of regular real estate companies.”
The prospects turned out to be so good that on 12 February 2020, Lai buys another unit on the same road as the previous two for 13,000 euros. Then on 2 March 2020 comes Lai’s biggest investment yet—an antique building for over 1.7 million euros.
The Mafia Gets Involved
Now, remember Giovanni Spano’, who we mentioned earlier in the story?
At this point, Lai is back in Singapore and Calvaruso is travelling between Brazil and Italy. The police are also monitoring Spano’ and Catalano, who are closing deals around Palermo on behalf of Calvaruso and Lai respectively.
In more conversations the police intercept between the two, it comes up that Lai had already bought an agricultural plot of land in Misilmeri on the 16 January of 2018 for 710,000 euros, suggesting that business relations between the parties had started earlier than thought. But it is also likely that Lai had bought this first property through Catalano’s connections without first visiting the site.
Investigations into that first transaction later reveal that the real estate company that facilitated the sale was owned by a woman called Francesca Sucato, daughter of Giusto Sucato and Vincenzo Sucato, two men charged for being key pieces of the Misilmeri mafia family. On top of that, one of the men who acted as a proxy for both Lai and Catalano was one Paolino Dalfone, Catalano’s cousin who has been previously been charged with robbery, theft, and the illegal possession of weapons.
Lai didn’t know it yet, but the mafia had long been entwined in his investments.
Worse yet, Dalfone, the real estate company, and Calvaruso were all part of different mafia families, placing Lai at the centre of a family war just waiting to explode.
In September, Catalano returned to Sicily to check on the progress of the agricultural land. In a phone call with a business consultant, he said: “Alan [Lai] doesn’t want to put his name [on the papers], neither those of his daughter, because he said: “Italy is a strange place.”
In the same call, they discussed alternative options, like setting up a trust or ad hoc companies to put the properties under.
How Catalano Found Out He Was In Bed With The Mafia
On the whole, Lai has pretty much left Catalano to deal with the entire project. The plan is to restructure the plots—one of which has olive plantations that need revival—to then sell again for profit. But when Catalano starts looking for companies to grant the construction contracts to, things get sticky.
Calvaruso wants his construction company to be awarded the contract. However, Spano’ advises Catalano against this. The reason? Calvaruso was possibly facing jail time for mafia related charges.
Catalano’s world starts falling apart around him—had he been involved with the mafia all along? And worse, had he dragged his own trusted business partner into this mess? A wiretapped conversation from Spano’s car records the moment Catalano realises the extent of the situation.
Cruising through Palermo’s old alleyways, Spano’s Mercedes comes to a stop by a newsstand, where a monthly mafia newspaper titled ‘S’ sits outside their window.
“This is S! Do you see it? … It’s all about the mafia,” Spano’ says to Catalano.
“And what do they say about Calvaruso?” Catalano asks in a suspicious voice.
“The fact that he was … he was a … a real …”
“A what?” Catalano interrupts. “Someone’s right hand?”
“A predecessor,” Spano’ replies in a soft voice.
“And this means he is the boss!?” Catalano shouts, to which Spano’ confirms his suspicions.
“Fuck! What kind of people do you introduce me to?” Catalano says, raising his voice. “When you asked me to go out for a coffee when I came to Palermo, I wish we had never started this! It was all a mistake.”
With all this finally out in the open, Catalano and Spano’ agree it would be unwise to grant Calvaruso the contract—if he suddenly went to jail, the project would be stalled indefinitely. At the same time, however, neither of them is willing to test Calvaruso’s boundaries by saying no to him.
So they come to a solution: they grant the contract to a man named Gaspare Scarpitta, who in turn subcontracts the project to Calvaruso’s construction company. This way, everyone gets a slice of the pie while Catalano can rest assured that the project will go on even if Calvaruso is incarcerated.
Lai, who was in Singapore at the time, remains in the dark about these developments.
How Does The Mafia Work?
It may be easy to say that Lai should have known better, but the reality is that Sicily works very differently than the rest of Italy and the world. One of the reasons the mafia has thrived is that it understands local Sicilian culture better than the central government. There are certain nuances in the way people operate there that they are just better able to maneuver.
For example, each mafia clan takes ownership of a certain neighbourhood, town, or region. Often, as ‘town leaders’, they are involved in every operation that happens in their zone of influence—sidestepping them is not always an option.
The full extent of this influence can be seen in what happened when the US invaded Sicily during World War II to liberate Italy from Fascist control. The US military went to Salvatore Luciano—also known as Lucky Luciano, a top mafia boss in both the US and Italy—for help. Luciano got his associates in Sicily to help the US navy draw maps of Sicilian harbours, and even acquired snapshots of the coastline. The mafia also aided the US military with interpretation, consulting, and with getting the local population on the side of the Americans.
Essentially, to do any sort of business in Sicily, one must understand that on the island the mafia is everywhere. They hold power over many local communities, so for businessmen who are aware of these dynamics, it is often in their best interest to work with them, rather than against them. For those who stumble on Sicilian shores with little understanding of the local context, it may not be unusual to become unwittingly involved.
The Big Mistake: Getting Multiple Mafia Families In On The Same Deal
With the construction contract ordeal out of the way, Calvaruso and Spano’ discuss architecture, floorplans, carpentry, and various other plans to do with the property. This happens over several days, and just as things get going again, another individual reappears, itching to get involved with the renovations: Dalfone, Catalano’s cousin.
When Dalfone finds out he hasn’t been awarded the contract, he chains up the gate of Lai’s property so no one can enter. According to investigators, this was a ‘clearly intimidating mafia-eque message’.
Confused, and seeking explanations about this, police tap Spano’s phone again for possible answers—which they get.
Spano’ reveals to a man that Dalfone had been extorting money from the investment.
“What the fuck does he want? Wasn’t what he stole from them [Lai] enough?” the man says, alluding to how Dalfone had taken a cut of that first agricultural plot purchased in 2018 when acting as a proxy.
“He is making them [the Singaporeans] not want to invest here!” Spano’ continues.
Soon after, it becomes apparent that when acting as a proxy for the sale, Dalfone hadn’t settled things with the mafia in Misilmeri, where Lai’s property was located. Considering territorial mafia dynamics, this would explain why the clan got aggressive about operations continuing in ‘their area’.
Spano’ also says that Catalano had given Dalfone 6,000 euros to get Lai’s newly acquired land cleaned, money he kept without completing the job.
Extremely fed up at this point, Catalano tells Spano’ that Lai is seriously considering withdrawing from the project entirely: “These people are fed up because they want to do something nice, but now they don’t want to invest. They are good people, and now they are in a tank of sharks.”
What Will Lai Do Now?
Currently, Lai still owns the various properties in Sicily. He told RICE that renovations have not progressed since last year with Covid-19 erupting, and most recently, due to the arrest of Calvaruso and Spano’.
All Lai wanted was a simple, straightforward business holiday. When he saw how beautiful Sicily was, he saw the potential to invest. This all came crashing down for him when just one month ago the arrests of Calvaruso and Spano’ brought the entire mafia ordeal to light.
When RICE first reached out, Lai said that “the situation is bad enough and I was hoping I could at least help Italy with the projects. Everything that happened then sent a chill through me.”
Now, he needs to decide on what his next steps will be. Continue with the projects and hope to stay clear of the mafia? Or sell and withdraw from everything entirely?
While not an easy decision to make, this scenario is proof that to make it big, one must take risks. Lai is a businessman who has invested in companies internationally and locally, from ship brokering to dance and music, F&B, spas and wellness, and many more. In many ventures he has succeeded, but what happened in Sicily is proof that to win some, you may lose some.
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Well, to be honest, a few songs did make me think about life when I first heard them:
Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C – This bittersweet song made me reflect on my school life and the friends I had back then. Friends forever? Well, I’m not one to have a lot of friends given that I am not a social butterfly and trust back then was something I couldn’t count on. And to be honest, I am glad that I didn’t have to see the majority of classmates again once school was out for good.
Paradise by Coldplay – This song hits the heart hard. When we’re young, we expect the world of our dreams/imagination. But when we finally get there, it’s not what it’s cracked up to be but “life goes on, it gets so heavy” and we have to keep fighting our battles. Despite the tough times “I know the sun must set to rise” meaning that there’s always another day for progress. At the end of the day, we all live in hope and faith. Aerosmith’s Dream On’ has a similar narrative.
Another song is The World I Know by Collective Soul. It’s about losing hope in humanity and that’s not so easy to do. All you have to do is look around! Because of how corrupted we’ve become with our thoughts and actions, the earth just keeps crying out for blood. Most of us choose the negative such as greed and hatred over love and empathy. However, at that moment the narrator decides to do away with the world, the realization hits him like a ton of bricks and his eyes are open and it’s the world I know versus what the world could be like. However, there is a certain spiritual aspect to the song that I’ll discuss in a later post.
One of the saddest, yet truest songs ever written is The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics. Don’t leave things unsaid for when that person dies, it hurt us even more. If there is someone you’re not talking to out of spite, put that behind and make amends for life is too short. Listen to what people are trying to say even if you may not like the good advice you think is bad at the time. Let people know you care; don’t hold grudges especially where it concerns your loved ones.
And last but not least, my reflection song, Man In the Mirror by Michael Jackson. The message is simple: before you change the world (or address any situation for that matter), look at yourself within and change. How can you change the world if you can’t start with yourself? A mirror reflects who we are. If we keep seeing the same man or woman in the mirror, then we must change that. We need to become selfless, not selfish. | <urn:uuid:49a3cadc-aac1-454f-a6b4-505f8b935c6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lapetitmuse.wordpress.com/tag/coldplay/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947791 | 617 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Beyond the Surface International is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working together with small-scale fishing villages to support social-ecological wellbeing, nurture resilience-thinking, and promote natural-cultural heritage through surfing, storytelling, and mindfulness workshops that engage youth and their communities for healthy seas and societies.
Our mission is to provide innovative positive youth development tools, trainings, and safe-spaces for children from small-scale fishing villages to cultivate attuned, caring relationships with themselves, society and their marine environment, celebrating strengths and addressing challenges impacting their social-ecological wellbeing and sustainable futures.
Our objective is to support rural youth from isolated fishing villages to realize and reach their potential while raising awareness on the importance of small-scale fishing villages in the context of food security, livelihoods, natural-cultural heritage and climate resilience.
We envision a healthy planet with happy coastal communities situated along a thriving ocean. We aspire for a global society that considers access to a healthy environment as a basic human right. We imagine a world that values nonviolent communication as a tool to resolve conflicts and reveres humanity and nature's intrinsic interconnectedness for our collective social-ecological resilience.
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The klipspringer is a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa.
They are restricted to rocky habitat including rocky hills or outcrops, koppies, and gorges with rocky sides.
Klipspringers can be found on rocky mountains as high as 4,500 meters (14,800 feet) tall.
The lifespan of the klipspringer is up to 15 years in the wild and up to 17 years and 10 months in captivity.
This small antelope reaches from 43 to 60 centimeters (17 to 24 in) at the shoulder and weighs from 8 to 18 kilograms (18 to 40 lb).
Adaptations for its specialized niche include a stocky build with massive hindquarters, a short neck, a vestigial tail, a dense undercoat with brittle, air-filled guard hairs, and the ability to stand on tiptoes of its truncated hoofs.
Its coloring—shades of grizzled tan, gray, and brown, which vary with location—conceals the klipspringer from predators; it has no contrasting markings except its large, rounded ears, which are white inside and have black margins.
The horns, short and spiky, typically measure 7.5 to 9 centimeters (3 to 3.5 in).
Like other African antelope, the hairs of the klipspringer are hollow and smoothed flat. Their hair assists with the reflection of radiant heat, provides insulation from thermal extremes, reduces moisture loss, and protects them from injuries.
Klipspringers are active both during the day and the night, but are considered most active early in the morning and late in the afternoon. They will spend between 15 and 40 percent of their day feeding.
They will travel up to 10 km (6 mi) along flat land between isolated koppies.
Klipspringers communicate with whistles when alarmed. They stand still and erect for long periods of time, presumably watching out for predators. They use scent to communicate with outsiders, marking territory with dung piles and excretions from a preorbital gland, a dark, slit-like area beneath each eye.
Klipspringers are found solitary, in monogamous pairs, or as a family group with a male, female, and their offspring.
After breeding, the female gives birth to a single offspring about six months later. Births occur at any time of the year, with peaks during the rainy season. The newborn is carefully hidden for up to three months to protect it from the view of predators. The calf is weaned at four to five months, and leaves its mother when it turns a year old.
While it has been oft repeated that the klipspringer can jump 7.6 meters (25 feet) straight up in the air, it is now thought that is an exaggeration—3 to 3.6 meters (10 to 12 feet) is more accurate. But the name klipspringer is Dutch for “rock jumper.”
Its Kiswahili name “goat of the rocks” is apt, although it more closely resembles Eurasian goat antelopes such as the chamois and is radically different from other dwarf antelopes of its tribe, Neotragini, of the family Bovidae.
According to The Handbook of the Mammals of the World, there are 11 different species of klipspringer, based on where they live in Africa.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) classifies the klipspringer as Least Concern.
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Join the The House That She Built movement! Help create a sense of urgency to overcome the international labor shortage in construction by elevating the skilled trades within underrepresented communities. To do this we will:
• Change the perception of career based bias by getting the book and the message in front of the youngest learners BEFORE that bias forms (K-2).
• Shift the mindset that one path is better than another by getting in front of parents and teachers.
• Refresh the unfavorable/stereotypical image of specific jobs.
• Recruit future workers through the most obvious underrepresented community…women.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
HOST an event in your community and share the mission, at your school, library, community center, etc.
READ the book to a child in your life, at a school, or at an event!
SNAP a photo of a child reading the book, your event, etc.
SHARE the mission and your photos on Facebook and Instagram. Tag @shebuiltbook and use the hashatag #shebuiltbook
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Scribe, Educator, Artist
Torah letters on parchment are referred to in the tradition as “black fire on white fire.” In this workshop, Julie will introduce the art and science of sacred calligraphy. She will explain the rules of the craft through an interactive Power-point lecture, touching on secrets of the trade like aligning a column of text, rhythm and consistency, and meditative intention. In the second part of the workshop, participants will learn how to form Torah script Hebrew letters using feather and ink, taking home a word they have written on parchment.
Julie Seltzer is the second woman in history known to have written a Torah. Currently, Julie is writing a Torah for Tamid NYC, a Reform congregation in Manhattan. She has written a book of her thoughts while writing a Torah on dispay at the Contemporary Museum in San Francisco. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Soferet Julie Seltzer resides in the Hudson Valley.
Please register in advance as space is limited. You may pay at the door, $15 per person.
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To say that walnuts are a nutritious food is a bit of an understatement.
Walnuts provide healthy fats, fiber, vitamins and minerals — and that’s just the beginning of how they may support your health.
In fact, there’s so much interest in this one nut that for the past 50 years, scientists and industry experts have gathered annually at the University of California, Davis, for a walnut conference discussing the latest walnut health research, as previously noted. Here Skye Anderson, Food.news, reflects on study of how walnuts help lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels:
“Many things make walnuts one of the best go-to snacks for people of all ages: They’re low in carbs, taste great on their own, provide plenty of essential nutrients and are good for your heart and gut.
According to studies, eating walnuts is an excellent way to keep your blood vessels clear of cholesterol buildup and your blood pressure within the normal range. A reduced-calorie diet that includes walnuts was also found to promote weight loss in overweight and obese individuals, suggesting that this superfood can also help you manage your weight.
When it comes to digestive health, German researchers found that eating walnuts regularly can not only improve your blood cholesterol levels, but also influence the composition of your gut microflora. After eight weeks on a walnut-enriched diet, they reported an increase in the number of good bacteria in the guts of healthy individuals, specifically bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) like butyrate. Butyrate helps strengthen your intestinal barrier and supplies energy to the cells of your colon.
Experts often attribute these favorable effects to either the healthy fats, dietary fiber or bioactive compounds present in walnuts. To find out which of these components are truly responsible, researchers at the Pennsylvania State University (PennState) and Juniata College (JC) decided to examine the effects of a walnut diet on gut microbiota. They discovered a surprising link between walnuts’ heart and gut benefits.
How walnuts improve heart health
In a randomized controlled feeding trial, PennState and JC researchers recruited 42 adults at risk of heart disease. They first asked the participants to spend two weeks on a standard Western diet — which included high amounts of red meat, refined grains and high-fat and processed foods — before switching to three different isocaloric diets (moderate-fat, moderate-carb) for six weeks.”
Read More … Article Source: https://www.food.news/2021-08-04-study-walnuts-lower-blood-pressure-blood-cholesterol.html
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By Irina Slav
January 11, 2022 - Benchmark Chinese coal prices fell to the lowest since the start of the year this week, after Indonesia allowed some coal cargos to leave its ports in a signal that it may reconsider a ban on exports.
Earlier this month, Indonesia, the world’s largest coal exporter, imposed a temporary ban on overseas shipments on worry it might not have enough to supply the local market.
President Joko Widodo had also threatened miners with business license revocation should they fail to supply enough coal for domestic consumption.
The move prompted fears of disruptions on global energy markets, with Morgan Stanley analysts noting that an Indonesian ban on coal exports would effectively remove some 40 percent of the seaborne coal market overnight during peak consumption season in the northern hemisphere.
The government of Indonesia will discuss the ban again on Wednesday but said it had released the 14 coal cargos because the buyers had already paid for them.
“No more export ban means that the Indonesia coal miners should resume normal activity,” Citigroup analyst Justian Rama said in a note, as quoted by Bloomberg. “There could be some retreat or weakness in the coal price.”
Such a retreat would provide relief for the coal markets, which have seen surging prices since late last year as Europe sank deeper and deeper into its energy crisis, struggling with record-shattering natural gas prices and low wind power output amid rising winter demand.
However, this coal rally has also sparked concern about the security of supply, and for Indonesia specifically, it caused lower than usual inventory levels, which was the reason for the proposed ban, as the government worried about the risk of widespread blackouts even though it already has a mechanism for securing enough coal for local consumption that obliges companies to set aside a portion of their output for that purpose.
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Cardio. For most fitness junkies, this is a passion they just can’t get enough of, and with good reason. Cardio, short for cardiovascular exercise should form one of the key components of every fitness plan that should never be left out of a fitness plan. It is basically any kind of movement that increases your heart rate and boosts blood circulation throughout the body.
Benefits Of A Cardio Workout
Any regular cardio program offers a variety of benefits such as:
- Weight Loss
- Improved Heart Health
- Increased Metabolism
- Helps Fight Stress
- Faster Muscle Repair And Recovery
- Helps Control Diabetes
Why You Should Ditch The Gym And Workout At Home Instead
You may think the gym is the best place for a cardio because of all the fancy equipment they advertise, but no. It really isn’t for a variety of reasons.
- Hard On Your Pocket – You are welcome to get access all that gym equipment as long as you shell out a hefty monthly fee, which you can very well save by doing your cardio at home.
- Redundant Workout – The movement patterns on most treadmills and ellipticals are neither too varied, nor functional. For instance, all the strides and completely redundant repetitions you put in on an hour’s worth of workout on a particular elliptical serve very little functional purpose when it comes to performing everyday activities. You usually just end up forcing minimally useful ranges of movement repeatedly that eat into your time.
- Easier To “Cheat” – Gym equipment makes it incredibly easy to “cheat” on or to completely zone out of your workout completely. Plenty of people spend an hour or more on one particular machine, with half of their attention either on the LCD screen in front of them, or reading a magazine. They allow the machine to guide their movement, moving along with it slowly with no attention to their form whatsoever and not breaking into even a slight sweat.
When the person gets off the equipment, the screen tells him that he’s burned about 800 calories in 60 minutes. However, in reality, he’s only burned about half as many calories because he has actually worked very few muscles in very few ways that have caused little to no metabolic disturbance in his body.
While it is true that a little activity is much better than no activity at all, there is much easier and effective way to go about with weight loss and fitness, which will adequately challenge muscle coordination, body balance, agility, and proprioception (the sense of how you move your limbs are in relation to your own body, and your environment which is vital when working out).
Easy No-Equipment Cardio Workout For Home
Skip the gym and all those cardio machines; here are some fun, challenging, and effective cardio exercises that will up your heart rate in the comfort of your own home.
How It Works
- Start with the four warm-up exercises.
- Move immediately into the main circuit. Perform each exercise as fast as you can for 1 minute, without any rest between the moves.
- After you finish one round of the whole circuit, rest for 1 minute.
- Now repeat the main circuit without the warm up, 2 more times. You can even do it thrice if you have the time and energy.
- Finish off and cool down with the yoga moves.
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1. Warm Up Exercises
i. Reverse Lunges
- Take one large step backward with your left foot.
- Bend both your knees to lower yourself into a lunge, making sure your right knee is parallel to your right ankle and does not push too far beyond your toes.
- Push against the ball of your right big toe to return your body to standing position.
- Repeat the whole thing, but this time start with stepping back with your right leg. This becomes one rep.
- Do a total of 10 reps, keeping your chest up the entire time.
ii. Squat With Arms Overhead
- Stand with both your feet hip-width apart while keeping your arms up, palms facing each other.
- Bend both your knees and move your hips backward as though you are about to sit in a chair.
- Draw your shoulder blades downwards and back. Apply your glutes to return your body to standing. Position. This becomes one rep.
- Do a total of 10 reps.
- Lie on the floor (mat optional) facing upwards, with your feet placed directly below your knees.
- Place your hands by your sides and work your glutes to push or lift your hips upwards, off the ground.
- Slowly lower yourself back onto the floor. Keep your neck and back muscles relaxed as you use your glutes and hamstrings to lift your body up and down.
- Repeat this 10 times.
iv. Plank With Shoulder Touches
- Lie down on your tummy and put yourself in a straight-arm plank position with your hands placed directly under your shoulders. Your body should form a straight line from your neck to your feet.
- Without moving your hips, touch your right hand to your left shoulder.
- Bring your right hand back to position underneath the right shoulder.
- Now touch your left hand to your right shoulder and bring it back to position underneath your left shoulder.
- Repeat each side for 10 times.
Now that you’re done with the warm ups, you can move on to the main set.
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2. Main Set
i. Mountain Climbers
- Bring your body into a straight-arm plank position with your hands placed directly below your shoulders. Make sure your body forms a straight line all the way from your neck to your ankles.
- Lift up your right foot and pull your right knee up towards the center of your body.
- Quickly switch legs and repeat, driving your left knee up towards the center of your body. Try to not move your hips and ensure your shoulders are directly above your wrists at all times.
- Repeat as many times as possible for 1 minute.
- Stand up straight and tall and place your feet hip-width apart.
- Bend both your knees, swing both your arms backward, and drive yourself off ground as high as possible.
- Land softly and immediately bend your knees, place hands on the floor in front of you, and jump your feet all the way back so you end up in a plank position.
- Lower your chest to perform a pushup.
- Jump both feet back in and stand.
- Immediately jump up to repeat.
- Do as many reps as you can for 1 minute.
iii. Squat Jumps
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
- Push your hips backward and bend your knees to lower yourself into a squat (almost as if you’re preparing to leap).
- Jump and push yourself off the ground as high as you can.
- Land softly on your feet and immediately squat to prepare for a second jump.
- Jump again, imagining that you’re pushing the floor away from yourself as you leap. You may use your arms to help you jump higher.
- Do as many of these squat jumps as possible for a total of 1 minute.
iv. Skier Jumps
- Stand tall and straight with your feet, ankles, and knees touching, almost as if glued to each other.
- With your chest straight, jump from side to side as fast as possible. Landing softly after each jump. The height of the jumps doesn’t matter, just focus on the speed. The faster, the more effective this exercise.
- Do as many jumps as you can for 1 minute.
v. Pilates 100
- Lie on the floor facing upwards with your hands by your side, your knees and hips bent at 90 degrees.
- Lift your head, shoulders, and upper back off the ground, almost as if curling your body inwards, and begin to pulse your arms while taking in long, deep breaths.
- Inhale for 10 counts, exhale for 10 counts. Your core should remain engaged the entire time so that everything except your arms stays dead still.
- Continue taking deep breaths until you finish a 100 arms pulses.
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3. Cool Down
i. Downward Dog
- Bring your body onto your hands and your knees, placing your hands directly below your shoulders, while your knees stay directly below your hips.
- Spread your fingers wide apart and tuck your toes under your feet, digging them into the floor.
- Inhale deeply and lift your knees off the floor, pushing your hips upwards towards the ceiling.
- Bring your heels down to the floor.
- Press the palms of your hands firmly into the floor and draw your shoulder blades downwards. Keep your head between the arms but don’t let it hang.
- Take as many deep breaths as you can.
ii. Cat And Cow
- Bring your body onto your hands and knees with hands placed directly below your shoulders and your knees placed directly below your hips. Inhale to increase the length of your spine.
- Without bending your elbows or moving hips, curl your spine inwards to arch your back.
- Now lift your chin, chest, and hips towards the ceiling, while allowing your stomach to sink towards the floor.
- Once your body has reached the fullest expression of this arch, roll your spine outwards, towards the ceiling and let your head bend towards the floor.
- Move fluidly for as many deep breaths as you like.
- Stand straight with your feet placed wider than hip-width apart.
- Curl your right toes outwards and your left toes slightly inwards.
- Slowly bend your right knee and lower your hips downwards. Make sure your right knee is directly in line with your ankle. Stretch your arms straight out from your shoulders and push your left foot into the floor. Continue to sink yourself lower into your hips as your spine stays upright and long.
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Dental disease can be painful for your pet and make it difficult for them to eat. It is one of the most common major health concerns seen in our cats and dogs and can affect internal organs, including the heart, kidneys, and liver. Dental health is directly correlated to your pet’s overall wellness, so taking good care of your pet’s dental health can help them live a long and happy life.
Our Ocala veterinarians will talk with you about a wide variety of preventive and therapeutic options and will create a plan to ensure optimal oral health for your pet throughout his lifetime. Good pet dental hygiene can reduce and prevent tooth loss, gingivitis, and periodontitis.
Oral Health in Dogs and Cats
Your pet’s teeth should be checked at least once a year by one of our vets for early signs of a problem and to keep your pet’s mouth healthy.
If your pet exhibits any of the following signs, take bring them in for an evaluation here at Stone Ridge:
- bad breath
- broken or loose teeth
- extra teeth
- teeth are discolored
- abnormal chewing, drooling, or dropping food from the mouth
- refusal to eat
- bleeding from the mouth
- swelling in the areas surrounding the mouth
Some pets become irritable when they have dental problems because they can’t communicate their pain to you. If your pet exhibits any odd behavior, bring them to our clinic for a check-up.
Be cautious when evaluating your pet’s mouth because they may bite you if they are experiencing pain.
Causes of Dental Disease
Dental disease can be caused by several different factors. If your pet exhibits any of the following symptoms, it may be time for a dental evaluation one of our Ocala veterinarians.
- broken teeth and roots
- periodontal disease
- abscesses or infected teeth
- cysts or tumors in the mouth
- malocclusion, or misalignment of the teeth and bite
- broken (fractured) jaw
- palate defects (such as cleft palate)
At Stone Ridge, we offer thorough oral exams during your pet’s preventive care visits. If your pet requires any dental care, an appropriate plan will be provided to you. Often, dental services are required and are performed under general anesthesia which includes:
- A complete oral exam with dental charting (evaluation of teeth mobility, fractures, malocclusion, and periodontal disease)
- Ultrasonic scaling to remove tartar and plaque from the teeth and under the gum line
- High-speed polishing with a fluoride paste
- Fluoride treatment to protect against decay
- Oral surgery (tooth extraction, mass removal, biopsy, oronasal fistula repair)
- Dental Radiography
We also offer the trimming of overgrown teeth for small mammals (rabbits, guinea pigs, and others).
Our vets in Ocala will speak with you in detail about how to properly care for your pet’s dental health at home. There are certain steps you can take to make sure that they have a healthy and happy smile, including brushing their teeth every day with an animal-specific toothbrush that has soft bristles and providing them with chew toys that will help prevent the buildup of plaque. Also, be sure to feed them a proper diet and visit our clinic regularly to ensure that they are receiving a professional dental cleaning.
Call today to ask us how you can save on your pet’s dental procedure! You can reach your Ocala veterinarians at (352) 269-5971 to schedule the best appointment that fits your schedule. We look forward to providing your pet with exceptional dental care! | <urn:uuid:f9dce192-badd-4077-8c82-c35fdfb9985b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stoneridgeah.com/pet-dental-care/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.935462 | 783 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Kathleen McCartney, president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, recently apologized for sending out an email last Friday with the subject line, "All Lives Matter."
The email was sent to college students, staff and faculty regarding the recent police killings of unarmed black people.
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the email includes ways that the college could “teach, learn and share what we know” and to “work for equity and justice.”
McCartney announced the college’s plan to institute a new chief diversity officer to advance social justice on campus.
She also said that Eric Garner died from “excessive force” by police and added, “We are united in our insistence that all lives matter.”
However, that inclusive message offended some students because of the "all lives matter" phrase.
One of the students wrote McCartney an email that said in part: “It minimizes the anti-blackness of this the current situation, yes, all lives matter, but not all lives are being targeted for police brutality.”
However, people of several races have been killed by the police. D. Brian Burghart, editor of the Reno News & Review, created a website, FatalEncounters.org, to crowdsource the number of police killings and the races of the people killed.
According to Campus Reform, Sophia Buchanan, a Smith student, tweeted: “No, Kathy. Please do not send out an email saying ‘All lives matter.’ This isn't about everyone, this is about black lives." Buchanan has since made her tweets private.
McCartney sent out a second email six hours later to soothe the offended students with an apology for using the the phrase, “all lives mater,” which was co-opted by some on Twitter as a counter slogan to the hash tag, “#BlackLivesMatter.”
McCartney also led a vigil on Monday afternoon in support of black people who have suffered abuse from the police.
About 130 people attended, including several students who said McCartney was right to apologize for saying that "all lives matter."
“It felt like she was invalidating the experience of black lives,” said sophomore Cecelia Lim.
“A lot of my news feed was negative remarks about her as a person,” added sophomore math major Maria Lopez. “She acknowledged her mistake." | <urn:uuid:916496d7-d5fc-4ac9-989f-09c85f591df5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.opposingviews.com/category/college-president-apologizes-saying-all-lives-matter-instead-black-lives | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967905 | 509 | 1.5625 | 2 |
One of the most common things I discuss with patients is the importance of eating regularly and not skipping meals. Some people think missing a meal will help them lose weight while others may feel that they are too busy to eat or have a job on the road which can make it difficult.
Whatever the reason, the short story of skipping meals is that it is not a healthy habit. Our bodies have inbuilt mechanisms to maintain normal blood glucose (sugar) levels and when you skip a meal, your body doesn’t get the fuel it needs to function. Consequently, your blood glucose levels drop and the body experiences a shortage of energy which in turn impacts the normal functioning of the body including brain function.
When your body and brain experiences this shortage of fuel you can become tired, moody and irritable, and you might find it difficult to pay attention and concentrate. Other side effects include headaches, heart palpitations, dizziness, sweating, hunger, anxiety and confusion.
Other aspects of your life may also be impacted because you don’t have the energy to be active or do your planned exercise, or you might start craving unhealthy foods! Your hormone function is also compromised as insulin – the hormone that regulates how glucose is absorbed by our cells – may become dysfunctional from irregular food intake. Insulin resistance, where your body produces insulin but does not use it effectively, may develop resulting in glucose building up in the blood instead of being absorbed by the cells and this increases your risk of developing diabetes type 2 later in life. Skipping meals can also have negative effects on your metabolism and slow it down making it more difficult to lose weight.
Eating the right foods and providing the right nutrients for your body is the cornerstone of your health. I recommend you take a little time each week to make sure you have the foods you need in your fridge and pantry to prepare quick but nutritious meals and snacks. Here are my 3 top tips to help you with this planning.
- Boil 6 eggs and refrigerate them on Sunday. If you’re running late at breakfast time or no time to prepare your lunch, grab a boiled egg, a piece of fruit like a banana and small handful of natural nuts.
- When you do the shopping make sure you buy some small tins of tuna or salmon. These are super easy to throw into a lunch box. Add some cherry tomatoes and a carrot, an apple and a small handful of natural nuts.
- Hummus is made from chickpeas and is a great source of fibre and protein. It’s super easy to make or buy good quality supermarket one. Add some wholegrain crackers, a piece of seasonal fruit, and carrot and capsicum sticks.
These options provide a source of protein, carbohydrate and healthy fats to keep your blood glucose levels stable and give you enough energy to keep going. | <urn:uuid:63d1d538-8021-492c-af6f-2bc44dd31657> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.natalieharmsnutritionist.com.au/why-skipping-meals-is-not-a-healthy-habit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948373 | 584 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Amidst growing concerns of online harassments in Facebook, which of late has seen a drastic increase, some action from the social media giant was always expected. In a new moved to curb such incidents, Facebook recently announced a set of anti-harassment tools for its Messenger platform.
With almost 1.3 billion active users, Messenger is now a favorite of those, who specialize in this sort of activity. The move is aimed towards safeguarding the interest of vulnerable individuals and groups, who are often the target of much malice and ridicule.
What anti-harassment tools are meant for?
The anti-harassment tools are conceived to identify and restrict blocked contacts from reaching the aggrieved party, by creating a new or separate account.
Moreover, people who are abused online through the Messenger now have an opportunity to filter out conversations, that are completely off-the-hook. In short, without having to block the sender, the messages could be viewed and the sender will never know about it.
Already, the liberal and human rights groups have welcomed this move and are terming it as “concrete steps that in the long runs improves online safety”. Surely, these are good signs and there might be more. Especially in the context of survivors of domestic violence, this new security arrangement offers them some much-needed respite.
How do these tools work?
In a bid to identify the repeated offenders, Facebook will trace the IP address, so as to keep an eye on fake accounts and that of the owner. This is done to prevent the new account owners from contacting someone, who has already blocked them on Messenger.
Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, speaking on the new harassment tools said:”We’ve come across stories of people, who have blocked some users only to find them with a different account. To stop such incidents in the near future, we’re currently working on enhancing the existing security protocols that make it difficult for users to come up fake and inauthentic accounts.”
Unless the person who blocked the original account initiates contact with the new account, the conversation will be a one-way traffic. This, by and large, gives some amount of control to the victim of harassment.
Facebook has also released a feature that allows the user to ignore conversations. The new feature prominently stands out, because not only it disables conversations, but will also move the same into a filtered message folder.
As of now, the new feature is being extended only for one-on-one messages. However, a more enhanced version will be made available soon for group messages.
Facebook is also working closely with experts from diverse fields, in order to provide the Facebook users with safety resources. The company has even teamed up with the National Network to End Domestic Violence and is looking at the various threat perceptions and experiences, faced by journalists on Facebook.
The new anti-harassment tools are simple, yet effective. For people, who have been a victim of online abuse, these measures are bound to have a positive impact. Although there is a limit to how much Facebook can control, at least, the new security mechanism will key the online predators at bay, to an extent.
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About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are passed by having sex with someone who has an infection. These infections are usually passed from person to person through vaginal sex, anal sex, oral sex, or skin-to-skin contact. In 2018, the number of combined cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States reached record highs. An increasing number of newborn deaths from congenital syphilis has also become an alarming threat. Rates of STIs in Hawai‘i have also been rising—chlamydia cases have increased 20%, gonorrhea rates doubled, and syphilis infections increased 150% over the past ten years.
Because many STIs may present with no or mild symptoms, you may have one and not know it. There is no cure yet for some STI such as herpes, genital warts, or HIV but there are medications you can take to help you manage the symptoms. There are STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis where medications are readily available. If these STIs are left undiagnosed and untreated, the infection may lead to serious health problems such as pelvic inflammatory disease, sterility, cancer, arthritis, ectopic pregnancy, and prostatitis to name a few.
Pregnant women infected with STIs may pass the infection on to their baby. The baby may become infected with pneumonia, conjunctivitis, and sometimes congenital malformation as in congenital syphilis or even death.
Persons infected with STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and/or syphilis may increase their risk of acquiring HIV infection. A person infected with HIV and syphilis may result in increased viral load and decrease CD4 which may further overwhelm the immune system.
If you think you or your partner is exposed to an STI, then immediately contact your health care provider for testing and treatment.
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Today on the 5♣️ in Leo, we find the Planetary Ruling Card by counting to the Sun card in the Waking Spread which is itself. This date is called the Double 5♣️. This reading is about the 5♣️ Birth Card of the following dates: 3/31, 4/29, 5/27, 6/25, 7/23, 8/21, 9/19, 10/17, 11/15, and 12/13.
The 5♣️ changes beliefs, plans, and agreements.
The J♣️ Dreaming Mirror indicates that one needs to establish and strengthen beliefs, plans, and agreements; but youthful creativity often leads to impulsive changes.
The Q♦️ Waking Mirror Indicates that that one encourages the blossoming of values and fulfillment of desires; but goals change in the process as one realizes that desires are not valuable enough to fully satisfy oneself. One realizes one has other more pressing values to fulfill.
The 6♦️ Sleeping Mirror indicates that one is learning to allow spontaneous change in feelings and important relationships that let one evolve with integrity; but responsibility and dedication to preexisting goals conflict with sudden changes and stress is the result.
Change is inevitable. Be mindful of intimate, personal, and social boundaries such that each person’s ideas and beliefs are acknowledged and supported. Be willing to listen when others offer opinions and criticism, as listening leads to personal success and satisfaction.
Notable Events for 8/21 5♣️:
Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks (1831)
The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois (1858)
The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee (1911)
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day (1959)
Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon (1982)
Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year (2000)
A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States, coordinated with armed Neo-Nazi march in Virginia resulting in one murder of a protester (2017)
William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (born 1754)
Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (born 1936)
Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1938)
Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress (born 1956)
Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress, Trinity in “The Matrix” (born 1967)
Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google (born 1973)
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David Kingman reports on the recent recommendation that the government should have a dedicated strategy to assist older workers with finding employment, and asks whether more targeted help is needed for people of all ages
Following an eight-month period of research and consultation, the Coalition Government’s Business Champion for Older Workers, Dr Ros Altman, recently reported on her recommendations for how the government can help older people find work.
It is widely acknowledged that a combination of rising life expectancy, longer healthy lives and inadequate retirement savings mean that people should remain in the workforce for longer. However, many struggle with a reluctance among employers to hire older workers, and Dr Altman’s report warns that there could be many as 1.2 million people over the age of 50 who would like to work but are having trouble finding jobs.
The solution she recommends is a focus upon the “3 Rs”: Retain, Retrain and Recruit. She argues that businesses should be given help and incentives to retain older workers whom they might be thinking of getting rid of (although the abolition of default retirement ages means they can no longer do this based on age alone); to retrain existing staff as they get older to help them deal with new technology or changing responsibilities; and to encourage them to recruit more older workers in the first place.
The 3 Rs would form the basis of the cross-governmental strategy on older workers, as recommended by Dr Altman. This would focus particularly on skills gaps, mid-life career reviews and creating apprenticeships for older workers.
These days, no government report on any subject would be complete without an estimate of the total benefit to the economy if the measures which it proposes were implemented, and in this case Dr Altman argues that if just half of the 1.2 million would-be older workers managed to find work, the total could amount to £25 billion per year.
According to a Department for Work and Pensions press release, Dr Altman argued that:
“The need to retain, retrain and recruit workers over 50 is becoming increasingly important as the population changes and people live longer. I have set out to challenge outdated stereotypes, unconscious bias and age discrimination, which all contribute to preventing older people from staying in or returning to work. There are many ways we can tackle this – which I have addressed in my report – including apprenticeships for those over 50, flexible working and better training for line-managers. Acting upon my recommendations will bring benefits to us all.”
A broader rethink?
Dr Altman’s report is a positive contribution towards the worthy aim of helping extend older peoples’ working lives. However, it is worth remembering that unemployment affects people of all ages, and – according to the latest government data – there are still 740,000 people aged 16–24 looking for work who can’t find it. Some evidence suggests that a period of unemployment while you are young can be especially damaging to your long-term career prospects, in terms of lost wages and experience compared to other members of your cohort who are employed. Funding for careers advice, post-16 education and the adult skills budget have all been cut under the Coalition, with further reductions potentially in the pipeline.
This is not to suggest that helping older people find employment is the wrong target to aim for. Rather, the government should also do more to address youth unemployment at the same time. Last year, the devolved administration in Scotland set the politicians in London a good example by committing to reduce youth unemployment north of the border by 40% by 2021, building on the recommendations of an expert committee chaired by Sir Ian Wood.
The Westminster government could be even more ambitious if it wanted, by taking a holistic approach to unemployment which looked at it as a problem affecting all age groups, Within that remit, thy could focus on certain key stages in the life-cycle that carry particular risks and challenges, such as during the school-to-work transition, the post-childbearing phase for women and the pre-retirement stage for older workers.
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The Carpathians (formerly: .. Carpathians, Czech:, Slovak: Karpaty and polarize, ukrain Карпати [ Karpaty ], Rumanian carpati, ungar Kárpátok, serb. Карпати [ Karpati ]. ) Are a mountain range in Central Europe, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. They form one of over 1,300 km long, 100-350 km wide, open to the west arch, which begins as a continuation of the Alps and on the northwestern edge of the Vienna Basin to the Carpathian foothills, or at Bratislava ( Pressburg ), on the rivers Morava, Nis and Timok ends in eastern Serbia.
The highest mountain in the Carpathians is the Tatra Mountains ( with the Gerlachovský stit 2655 m nm, also the highest mountain of Slovakia). It is followed by the Fagaras Massif ( Fagaras Mountains) in the Southern Carpathians ( with Moldoveanu Peak, 2,544 m, the highest mountain in Romania ). In addition to the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains form the main mountain system in Central Europe.
The Carpathians have Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia.
The name is pre-Roman origin Carpathians. Its origin is controversial. The proposals include the Indo-European * kar - ' praise ' or Albanian karpe ' rock ' from Indo-European * (s ) ker - ' cut ' ( cf. German ' score ' and ' Kar' ). The Carpathians form is in Greek ( ó Karpátes oros [ as in Ptolemy, 2nd century AD ], tó Karpafon oros ), Roman ( Carpates montes, Carpatae ) and medieval Latin texts ( Carpati montes, Alpes Bastarnicae [ Tabula Peutingeriana ] ) mentioned and AD was for the people of Karpen in the 2nd century east of the Eastern Carpathians eponymous (or vice versa). Since the name of pre-Roman origin, are older views, according to which the name could be ChrB from the Slavic word ' ridge ', hardly tenable.
In Roman times the Carpathians were called by the Sarmatians as Montes Sarmatici. Official documents of the Kingdom of Hungary from the 13th and 14th centuries the Carpathians as Thorchal, Tarczal, or as Montes Nivium were called.
The Carpathians are separated into different parts. Usual here are two principles: on the one hand horizontally, vertically on the other hand.
This is due to the age of rock and the type of surface.
- The Outer Carpathians stretch from Vienna and Bratislava, on the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and then from the border between Slovakia and Poland (north of the mountains Malá Fatra, Tatra, Vihorlatské Hills ), then most of the Carpathians, over parts of Romania to to a point north of Bucharest. The highest mountain is the Babia Góra ( Mrs. Berg ) ( 1,725 m).
- The Inner Carpathians meet the rest of the Carpathians. For simplicity, we can say that the inside of the highest parts of the Carpathian Carpathian include ( Tatras, Low Tatras, Slovak Ore Mountains, Northern Hungarian Middle Mountains, Rodnaer Mountains, Retezatgebirge, Parang Mountains, Harghita Mountains and so on ). The Inner Carpathians are divided into the central Slovak block to the north, the southern Carpathian Ostkarpatischen block and block to the southeast, the Apuseni Mountains and in the volcanic mountains. The volcanic mountains ( Vihorlat, Bükk Munţii Calimani, Gurghiuer Mountains, Harghita Mountains, etc.) that form the innermost and youngest part of the Carpathian arch, are often spun off as a separate group (the " innermost " Carpathians).
This is based on geological- tectonic, physiographic and coarse morphografischen criteria:
- Western Carpathians: these are largely the territory of Slovakia and the neighboring regions of Austria ( north easternmost Austria from the Vienna Basin ), Czech Republic (eastern Moravia ), Poland (southern Poland, Lesser Poland part of the country ) and Hungary (northern Hungary). The border with the forest Carpathian Mountains ( Eastern Carpathians in the broader sense ) runs north-eastern Slovakia Bardejov approximately along the line - of Michalovce. The highest part of the Western Carpathians and at the same time throughout the Carpathians is the Tatra ( Gerlsdorfer peak 2655 m). The ( exterior ) Western Carpathians also include a series of mountain ranges that traditionally bear the name Beskydy. The Low Beskid ( sk: Nizke Beskydy, pl: Low Beskid ) in eastern Slovakia and Poland, however, are already among the ( exterior ) Eastern Carpathians.
- East Carpathians (also: Eastern Carpathians, in the broadest sense): Eastern Carpathians in the broader sense: they consist geomorphologically from the Bieszczady ( group Low Beskids, Bieszczady, Bukovské Hills, the Ukrainian Galicia), the Ukrainian Carpathians ( sk: Ukrajinské Karpaty, including: Ukrajins'ki Karpaty) and the Eastern Carpathians in the strict sense. The titles of the main parts of the Eastern Carpathians are quite controversial. The Bieszczady and the Ukrainian Carpathians in the German speaking rather freely as Waldkarpaten ( sk: Poloniny, including: Lisysti Karpaty) respectively. Sometimes, however, the Carpathians also be equated with the Ukrainian Carpathians or the Bieszczady, where in the Bieszczady creates the additional problem that they themselves are not precisely defined (see Beskids ). Previously, but often even today, even the whole Eastern Carpathians are referred to in a broader sense than Waldkarpaten. If one follows - as in today's geography spread - the first above-mentioned subdivision, we obtain the following classification of the Eastern Carpathians in a broader sense: Carpathian Forest: The Forest Carpathian Mountains are located in eastern Slovakia (see above), in Poland, the Ukraine, as well as a small piece in Romania. They end up on Prisloppass in Romania. The highest elevation is the Hoverla ( Goverla, 2060 m ) in Ukraine, also the highest mountain of Ukraine.
- Eastern Carpathians in the strict sense: These are completely on the territory of Romania, between the Prislop Pass and the Predeal Pass. By Pietro they reach 2305 m. Many mountain ranges are volcanic (see above under Inner Carpathians).
Flora and Fauna
The lower elevations of the Carpathians are forested. The tree line ranges between 1,150 m and 1,900 m. The vegetation and wildlife are similar in part to that of the Alps.
The Romanian Carpathians covers the largest still existing, closed woodland in Europe. More than a third of all in Europe or wild carnivores - brown bears, wolves and lynx - is located here. In the upper reaches of the Arges and its tributaries is (or was ) endemic to the extremely rare Gropp perch in front.
Main rivers with the respective countries of their source
In Austria and the Czech Republic:
- Wisła ( Vistula )
- San ( Saan, Sayn )
- Wisłok ( Weisslog )
- Oslawa ( Oslawa )
- Wisłoka ( Witte Water)
- Dunajec ( Dunajez )
- Vah ( Waag )
- Dunajec ( Dunajez )
- Hron (Gran )
- Ipeľ ( Eipel )
- Nitra ( Neutra )
- Orava ( Arwa )
- Poprad ( Popper )
- Turcianska ( Waag )
- Uh ( Ukr Usch )
- Dniester ( Nistru rumän. )
- Prut ( rumän. Prut )
- Seret ( Siret rumän. )
- Tisza ( Tisza ungar, serb, Slovak:. , And Rumanian. Tisa )
- Ush ( Slow Uh)
- Ipeľ ( ungar Ipoly )
- Bârsa ( Burzen )
- Bega ( serb. Begej )
- Cibin ( Zibin )
- Târnava ( Kokel )
- Squawking ( rumän. Criş, ungar Körös )
- Alt ( Olt rumän. )
- Prut ( rumän. Prut )
- Someş ( Somes; ungar Somes )
- Temes ( Timiş rumän., serb.Tamiš )
In contrast to the Alps - with the exception of the Tatras and the Prahova region - the Carpathian not strongly influenced by tourism. Different regions (including Poiana Brasov, Predeal) are in the process to develop tourist centers for foreign guests.
- Banská Bystrica - Slovakia
- Bielsko- Biala ( Bielsko -Biala ) - Poland
- Bor - Serbia, is located south of the Danube in Serbia Erzgebirge
- Braşov (Kronstadt) - Romania
- Bratislava - Slovakia
- Drobeta Turnu Severin - Romania
- Košice - Slovakia
- Miskolc - Hungary
- Mukachevo ( Munkács ) - Ukraine
- Nowy Sacz ( Nowy Sacz ) - Poland
- Ostrava - Czech Republic
- Petrosani - Romania
- Piatra Neamt - Romania
- Ploiesti - Romania, located at the southern foot of the mountain
- Poprad - Slovakia
- Prešov - Slovakia
- Resita - Romania
- Sanok - Poland
- Sibiu ( Hermannstadt) - Romania
- Sighetu Marmaţiei - Romania
- Suceava - Romania
- Tschernywzy ( Chernivtsi ) - Ukraine
- Uzhhorod - Ukraine
- Vršac - Serbia
- Zakopane - Poland
- Žilina - Slovakia
- Zlín - Czech Republic
In 2003, seven Carpathian countries got together and decided the Carpathian Convention under which a coordination of the protective measures to take place.
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If you want to help Perl as a language, I would recommend to just blog 😃
Yes, having a powerful, smart, fast and non buggy language is great...
We have it! Yeah!
Having great modules is also key, but here also it is covered.
I'm not a fanboy (even if I wrote a Perl love letter), I recognize technical limitations like for instance the way CPAN clients can only install one version of a module at a time (Raku can do better) and that object oriented programming is not in the core. But each limitation can be easily circumvented or patched by modules or community rigorous behaviour.
Some people can also judge it's not the most beautiful language, especially since some codebase were maintained by people that don't know (and don't want to invest in) Perl but it's a matter of taste.
I have this problem at
$work with ruby codebase, so this problem is totally language agnostic.
Some people will argue that the "TIMTOWTDI" is a flaw, but it is certainly a quality also!
In term of tooling, Perl devs were visionaries but several great features from Perl world are now shared with other languages (continuous testing, modules, etc...). It is OK 😃 Perl does not play against others, neither does job protection.
The thing is, Perl has a bad reputation and is not very visible in usual channels. One being linked to the other (which one is the cause?).
I explain it because it is not in the DNA of Perl community.
Perl devs are probably more attached to stability than hype.
Perl devs are not blogging a lot, are not giving a lot of stars in GitHub and just prefer working pearls over shiny diamonds.
So my answer is to make it a bit more visible and modern.
Perl 7 announcement was also a huge success on this side, whatever the final implementation would be.
My recommendation is about blogging.
Blogging takes time but is easy, fun and very rewarding.
And at term it also extends your "reading list" since it creates a "scene" (the emulation makes others writing).
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.146)
Severely overcrowded schools grant program.
There is created a grant program, subject to appropriation, for severely overcrowded schools. The State Board of Education shall administer the program. Grant funds may be used for purposes of relieving overcrowding. In order for a school district to be eligible for a grant under this Section, (i) the main administrative office of the district must be located in a city of 85,000 or more in population, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, and (ii) the school district must have a district-wide percentage of low-income students of 70% or more, as identified by the 2005-2006 School Report Cards published by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall distribute the funds on a proportional basis with no single district receiving more than 75% of the funds in any given year. The State Board of Education may adopt rules as needed for the implementation and distribution of grants under this Section.
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Data entry, data management and data conversion: these are all very important, yet unpopular, topics for every company. Lots of data – no matter if product or customer data, sales documents or order data – can be found in large amounts, but it is often not in a uniform or electronically readable format. Instead, you will find handwritten entries in questionnaires, returned lottery postcards, receipts on thermal paper – none of which are suitable to store long-term nor able to found quickly. In reverse, this also means that this data first needs to be put into a format or transferred into another format to be able to be read, processed and stored for the long-term.
Minimise your effort in data conversion
This is called data conversion. The challenge for companies is always the same: regardless if this data is bundled together in programs like Word and Excel, if it needs to be saved in XML, SGML or HTML formats, or if microfilms and microfiches need to be available in the future as digital formats.
Converting data is a time-consuming and monotonous task which typically can be outsourced to a specialised service provider. Many of these companies are based in India and are specialised in business process Outsourcing. This means they will take over typical back office services such as data conversion. The advantage for clients is that your own permanently employed employees will be able to work on the core business, and unpopular data conversion will be delegated to external workers who can be used exactly as needed. But there are also other benefits to Outsourcing:
Cost reduction through cooperation with India, a low-wage country
Transparency of ongoing cost by revealing hidden costs
Decreasing capital by relieving the budget load by Outsourcing, and high savings in employee costs
Risk minimisation by transferring risks to a third party
Focusing on the core business by Outsourcing time-consuming work processes
Increase in quality by taking advantage of the technical expertise of a third party
Many companies take advantage of the benefits of targeted Outsourcing
Numerous large companies have been benefiting from Outsourcing for years: they have outsourced many of their business processes like data conversion. Any kind of concern towards Outsourcing is unfounded in the majority of cases: the many Indians who work in these companies earn very good rates compared to Indian standards as they are highly qualified and have completed a degree – some even in computer science. India has invested massively in IT education and infrastructure. The results of these efforts are visible all over the country, and have been accepted by European and American companies.
Flexible billing models provide clients with full flexibility: depending on the size and need of the project, clients can hire one or more qualified and motivated employees on an hourly basis – or permanently. On request, entire teams can also be created. You will not notice that they are not located in your own company, and instead thousands of kilometres away – modern information superhighways and globalisation has made it possible. | <urn:uuid:04e8d3df-a79f-4f47-a050-6a9b7019037d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.outsourcing4work.de/en/data-conversion-professionals-can-take-annoying-office-tasks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.963228 | 608 | 1.875 | 2 |
The PBS program, Read Between the Lions is one of my top five favorite shows for children currently on air. This show, seen daily, at 2:00 pm here in the Northwest, focuses on literacy for young children. As a prior kindergarten teacher, I often used this show in my classroom as fun way to review vowel sounds and/or to reinforce phonics lessons. Now as a mother of a toddler, it is one of the few shows I encourage my child to watch. (If my child is going to watch tv, and lets face it, most children do), I want her to be learning.
The show features segments focusing on letter sounds, and building phonological awareness, as well as beginning fluency and comprehension. Geared towards late preschoolers-early second graders, the show reinforces many of the state’s Grade Level Expectations. Here is a link for the Washington State reading GLE’s : reading-grade-level-expectations
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Telepresence is our groundbreaking holographic conferencing technology.
Telepresence has a long successful legacy. Inspired by video conferencing, we wanted to take these systems to another level – delivering life-sized 3D experiences in real time.Getting together has never been so easy.
Celebrities, time-pressed executives and public figures have used our holographic telepresence technology.
In 2014, over a five week period, now Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, delivered a series of campaign speeches across all of India reaching up to 126 sites simultaneously. His political exposure was unrivalled by using our newest designed mobile platforms, enabling his message to reach millions.
Telepresence represents the future of communication, enabling you to connect more effectively and make an incredible impact on your audience. The technology reduces your carbon footprint, saving travel time and expense.
Through partnering with major telecom carriers like Cisco, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and EE, you can transmit full-sized 3D holographic people in real-time without any significant delay in communication. Holographic telepresence technology, seeing is believing.
Here are some of the things you can do with telepresence.
Bring a world famous artist to perform as a hologram.
Interact with your corporate colleagues in the same room from across the world.
Iconic, animated characters walking on stage to conduct a live TV interview.
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TikTok said that data on Australian users are accessible in China, despite previous assurances of “safe” storage in the US and Singapore.
Responding to a letter from a Canberra politician, TikTok admitted its staff in China were able to access Australian users’ data.
“Our security teams minimise the number of people who have access to data and limit it only to people who need that access in order to do their jobs,” the company’s Australian director of public policy, Brent Thomas, wrote to James Paterson, opposition spokesman on cybersecurity.
“We have policies and procedures that limit internal access to Australian user data by our employees, wherever they’re based, based on need,” Thomas added.
TikTok Australia has replied to my letter and admitted that Australian user data is also accessible in mainland China, putting it within reach of the Chinese government, despite their previous assurances it was safe because it was stored in the US and Singapore pic.twitter.com/ITY1HNEo6v
— James Paterson (@SenPaterson) July 12, 2022
Paterson wrote on Twitter that Australian TikTok users deserved to know whether their private information is accessible in China.
Thomas said TikTok has never provided Australian user data to the Chinese government. “We have never been asked for Australian user data by the Chinese government, and we would not provide it if we were asked.”
However, activists have pointed out that it would be difficult for TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, to resist any demand from Beijing for overseas data.
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India is now home to two COVID-19 strains and the situation is slowly slipping out of hand. However, last Wednesday, Britain authorised the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine which is the first vaccine for the new mutant strain.
After the country’s approval of the vaccine, it is now being sent out to India from the UK to control the spread of the COVID-19 mutant strain. The vaccination process will begin in January 2021.
The first phase will be prioritised in terms of issuing the vaccine. By July 2021, India plans on giving 30 crore doses to 30 crore citizens in the country.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca is the second vaccine to become authorised after the Pfizers vaccination.
More information regarding how, where and when to get the vaccine in India will be released after January 1st 2021.
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It does for me because the word discouraged has more meaning and is more personal but is more difficult to utter than the word depressed.
I think discouragement is temporary whereas depression is a state of mind that an go on for months.
Dis-courage. Antithesis of courage. Anti courage. Cowardizing catalyst.
Depression. Feels like the happiness chemicals in the brain are malfunctioning because they are.
Discouragement lasts if one is discouraged about a situation that isn’t going to change.
Yes-discouragement can turn into depression. Try changing your attitude toward the situation. Look on the bright side.
Then I’m just a cockeyed optimist and I don’t like dealing with them. They don’t have their feet on the ground.
I’ve used the word discourage lately when it’s so hard to walk to certain places because my feet hurt. It comes out dis-couraged. It’s hard to keep doing something when it’s painful + you can’t do it well. It sort of takes the center out of me.
I think the word ‘disouraged’ does take the first-personal experience into account more than the word ‘depression’ - which seems to me to be more apt to a third person observer point of view. In depression, you indeed experience a world without salience, that discourages any action, whereas normal salience encourages you to act. ‘Depression’ means more a lack of activity, as it is also used in economics and meteorology. This perfectly describes the state of a depressed person as well. Just from another perspective.
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Oh boy (girl?), I was hoping I wouldn't have to explain :) as it's kinda lengthy...
But here it goes:
- Metronidazole (Flagyl) or Tinidazole (Fasygin) work on most anaerobic organisms. Actual way they work is not completely understood believe it not. But they do work, both on bacteria and protozoa. I am tempted to believe they would work on microsporidia too, but couldn't find any reports of anyone trying that therapy. Typically for microsporidia they use Albendazole, but that's all beside the point.
Metronidazole or Tinidazole have a very long history of successfull usage for even toughest cases of invasive amebiasis, so we can be quite certain of their effectiveness. However, resistant strains have emerged, mostly due to doctors not prescribing doses that are high enough or taken for long enough. It is possible to develop a resistant strain by taking less then the optimal dosage. After reading many reports, I came to conclusion that adults should take Metronidazole 750mg tid (tid = three times a day, or every 8 hours). However, Metronidazole has a very short half life, less then 8 hours. This means that it's levels go down pretty fast and way before the next dosage. So I was leaning towards taking it every 6 hours, perhaps 500mg every six hours, but I never tried that.
Tinidazole has a couple of advantages compared to Metronidazole: first it is less protein bound then Metronidazole (Metronidazole is 20% protein bound, Tinidazole 12% protein bound), and that's important because the other medication - Nitazoxanide - is almost 100% protein bound so they cancel each other out by that margin. The other advantage of Tinidazole is that it has a longer half life in blood, so taking it every eight hours should be enough to maintain a good level of it in bloodstream from day one. Most doctors suggest it to be taken only once a day 2000mg, but I think that 750mg tid is better as the blood level will be maintained better. Some people who have cured themselves of very stubborn amebiasis have also tried this method (three times a day, rather then once a day) with success, so we have their experience to go by as well.
The only reason that I would maybe reduce the dosage is if an adult is smaller in size. I am regular size adult, but people I know who took some of these medications were smaller then me yet they also took 750mg tid. But maybe for someone who is "XS" size, (110-130 lbs or so?) 500mg tid should do.
Both of these (Metronidazole and Tinidazole) can cause side effects. First of all you have to know that taking alcohol is an absolute no-no. Not a drop, no rum-filled chocolates and do not rinse your mouth with listerine. Some side effects that were observed I am sure were actually die-off symptoms. Or maybe they all are die-off symptoms as people who don't have amebiasis but take the same medication maybe as a post operative treatment or because of a bad tooth abscess, do not have these bad side effects. A few people have had convulsions and I think one person died when starting Metronidazole (had a convulsion and died) but with those people I think that they already had amoebas reach their brain in which case it is only a matter of time before they die. There is no cure for advanced stage of cerebral amebiasis except Metronidazole. (and I think one has only about 72 hours to do something once that happens, although symptoms may not be present at all - so how is one to know? One woman had lost her short term memory and sense of smell... and she died within three days of coming to hospital).
I had bad die off symptoms from day two to five. I had to stay in bed for the rest of the week too and it was really bad, but worst was in the begining. Take lots of water to wash all of that waste as they release toxins as they die (those same toxins they use to digest their way through you).
With Tinidazole, Nitazoxanide is a good combo as the two drugs work in totaly different ways. Many people have reported great success with it, even after other therapies have failed. Go to badbugs.org to see some testimonials although I don't agree with everything there, just a good place to see some testimonials that's all. There are also many reports of successfull usage of Nitazoxanide for really stubborn cases of amebiasis and it is used for children too, so it is pretty safe. I am not aware of any serious side effects with it. It is however protein bound, so it shouldn't be combined with other medication that is protein bound (unlikely that you are using those but check the internet if you want to see what not to take together with Nitazoxanide). Taking Nitazoxanide at the same time with Tinidazole is going to make it pretty much impossible for protozoa to hide or develop resistance. They both have excellent tissue penetration, are highly available soon after taking them (within about 2-3 hours), and have entirely different action so amoebas will be fighting on two fronts at the same time.
The third antibiotic, Furazolidone (Furoxone), is also an Antibiotic targeted at protozoa. I believe it also kills probiotic and other bacteria which helps as protozoa love to feed on those. Furazolidone is not a systemic antibiotic, so it works mostly in the bowel lumen. Furazolidone I would take for a whole month - the first two weeks while I am on Tinidazole, and then continuing for another two weeks while I am on Paromomycin. Furazolidone should be taken 100mg tid, so together with other two.
The above three medications can be found at medsmex.com.
The last and probably most important medication is Paromomycin (Humatin). It is a luminal amoebicide, meaning it only works within your bowels. But that's where amoebas will change into a hardy and very resistant cyst form, and will stay like that for weeks just waiting it out for therapy with medication to stop. Paromomycin works against these cysts, as does Furazolidone. Paromomycin needs to be taken three times daily also, at least 500mg to 750mg each time. Do not exceed 2000mg daily (or 750mg tid) it can be too toxic especially if you have a leaky gut and most people who suffer from parasites have leaky gut.
Getting a hold of Paromomycin is a problem. It can be bought over the counter in some far out places like Thailand, or Iran, or Bulgaria I think. I haven't found an on-line source for it though. See if you can find an MD who will give you a scriipt for it or try to find out who has it, or if someone can buy it for you where they live. Other names for it are: Humatin, Gabroral, and so on.
There are other things to do besides medication:
- First of all, a couple of weeks before starting the medication, buy a product called "Happy tummy". I don't have a link for it, but it is based on Senna, which has excellent anti-parasitic properties. It will also help clear your intestines out, and will give you a head start as your parasitic load will be less. Even though on the box it says to take a tablespoon or two of it, I take only one teaspoon twice daily. If you want to clear yourself out quickly, then take two tablespoons and be ready to spend next 12-18 hours in the bathroom.
- Adjust your diet to only fish, chicken and green and leafy vegetables. Fruits are not to be eaten at all, except for grapefruit. Nothing sweet, nothing that has any GI level at all, meaning only the foods with lowest GI. parasites feed on glucose so you have to eat foods which don't release tons of it at the time. This means that you won't be eating any starches for a long time to come. Not even a single bite of pizza, or white bread. You will not get better if you succumb to your taste buds even only a little bit or just once. I tried it and the reaction was terrible and horrifying enough that I could see why those foods are not to be eaten: you are quickly back to square one after such a meal. This happened after I ate a bowl of soup that had a few bits of carrots in it (any root vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and even onions are all starches and have high GI).
- parasites also need serotonin so don't eat any nuts at all. The fastest way to go back to square one is pistaccios or peanuts or walnut. Try them and you'll regret it.
- Drink plenty of good filtered or bottled water during all this (at least 2 quarts per day), to wash out the toxins and to prevent parasites from encysting. Drink some of it with a little lemon in the water; it seems that some protozoa can envelop themselves in fat, so lemon enzymes (and grapefruit) will take care of that.
- Avoid stress like the plaque and make sure you believe that this will work. Without these two, it will all fail. No nasty phonecalls, no stress from work. Take a vacation or some time off from work at least the first 10-15 days.
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Research Groups and Centers
IPR Fellow-Led Labs and Research Organizations
Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health
Faculty in IPR’s Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health are forging new paths to create better understanding of, and improvement in, human health and social outcomes. They recognize that such an effort requires complex modeling of the interplay between biological processes and environmental influences. IPR anthropologist Thomas McDade directs C2S and many IPR faculty including IPR developmental psychologists Emma Adam and Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, IPR health psychologists Edith Chen and Greg Miller, and IPR anthropologists Christopher Kuzawa and Sera Young are part of C2S.
C.O.A.S.T. (Contexts of Adolescent Stress and Thriving) Lab
The C.O.A.S.T. Lab, led by IPR developmental psychobiologist Emma Adam, studies how everyday life factors such as school, family, and peer relationships influence levels of stress, health, and well-being in children and adolescents. Adam and her colleagues try to trace the pathways by which stress “gets under the skin” to contribute to poor health and to affect behavioral, academic, and emotional development.
Chicago Research Data Center
The Chicago Research Data Center (CRDC) provides an opportunity for researchers to perform statistical analyses on non-public microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agencies. The center is a collaboration between the Census Bureau and a consortium consisting of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Destin Psychology Lab
Led by IPR psychologist Mesmin Destin, the Destin Psychology Lab investigates how social environments shape people’s identities, and the consequences this has for motivation, behaviors, and trajectories in life. In particular, the lab focuses on how socioeconomic resources come to influence young people’s academic outcomes.
Development Early Education Policy Lab (DEEP)
The Development Early Education Policy Lab (DEEP), is led by IPR developmental psychologist Terri Sabol. The DEEP lab applies developmental theory, psychological measurement, and advanced quantitative methods to pressing social policy issues that affect low-income children and families. Their goal is to generate dynamic theories of change, measure complex social processes, and analyze data with advanced statistical techniques to produce innovative, functional scholarship aimed at improving the lives of children living with economic hardship.
Development of Identities in Cultural Environments (DICE) Lab
Led by IPR social psychologist Onnie Rogers, the Development of Identities in Cultural Environments (DICE) Lab conducts research on the development of identities and intersectionality among children and adolescents in diverse cultural environments. Their current projects explore research-related questions such as: How do children understand what it means to be White, to be a boy, to be Black girl? How do adolescents make sense of racial and gender stereotypes, and can we help them to resist or challenge these stereotypes? Where does intersectionality show up in youth’s identity narratives and experiences?
Infant and Child Development Center
IPR psychologist and early cognition expert Sandra Waxman directs the Infant and Child Development Center, a developmental laboratory that welcomes parents and their children from birth to age 6. Projects focus on how infants and young children acquire language and how they acquire core cognitive capacities, and how these two come together in the developing mind.
Foundations of Health Research Center
The Foundations of Health Research Center at Northwestern University is led by health psychologists Edith Chen and Greg Miller. Their research is aimed at exploring the relationship between psychological stress and physical health in both childhood and adulthood, with a particular emphasis on understanding how socioeconomic status contributes to health disparities.
Laboratory for Human Biology Research
The Laboratory for Human Biology Research at Northwestern University houses 1,500 square feet of wet-lab space and data-analysis tools and is led by IPR biological anthropologist Thomas McDade. Anthropologists Christopher Kuzawa and Sera Young, and anthropologist and IPR associate Katherine Amato are also members. It is one of a handful in the country that is fully equipped to support high-capacity analysis of biomarkers in human blood, saliva, and urine, as well as assessing body composition, energy expenditure, and cardiovascular function.
Migration and Fertility Group
IPR sociologist Julia Behrman leads the Migration and Fertility Group with Abigail Weitzman of UT Austin focusing on a major concern to society: How can women fulfill their desires either to get pregnant or to avoid it? It is often society’s most vulnerable women who face the greatest challenges in trying to manage their fertility. The group's findings will have important implications not only for scholarly knowledge, but also for understanding the policy and reproductive healthcare needs of migrant populations.
Northwestern Neighborhood and Network Initiative (N3)
Northwestern Neighborhood and Network Initiative, or N3 for short, is co-directed by IPR sociologist Andrew Papachristos and IPR research professor Soledad McGrath. N3 is an incubator for new ways that faculty, experts, and students at Northwestern can engage communities, civic partners, and policy makers to address core problems facing the residents of Chicago and surrounding communities. Specific projects and types of engagement will be linked by a focus how the social relationships among networks, geographic communities, and the constellation of groups, organizations, and civic partners affect what we feel, think, and do—and how understanding, building, and leveraging this sort of network-thinking can improve neighborhoods, the city, and our region.
Northwestern University Two-Generation Research Initiative
The Northwestern University Two-Generation Research Initiative examines the implementation and effectiveness of two-generation interventions. These programs link intensive, high-quality education, job training, and career-building programs for low-income parents with early childhood education services for their young children. IPR developmental psychologists P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Terri Sabol and research professor Teresa Eckrich Sommer, and their research team are at the forefront of developing two-generation theory and programmatic design, as well as studying the implementation and effectiveness of model two-generation programs.
Social Cognition and Intergroup Processes (SCIP) Laboratory
The Social Cognition and Intergroup Processes (SCIP) Laboratory is a social psychological science research lab utilizing experimental, descriptive, survey, online, and laboratory methods. IPR psychologist Sylvia Perry runs the SCIP lab. Their most recent work seeks to better understand how people think about, interact with, and talk to each other about other groups of people who are different from them. SCIP also investigates the positive and negative consequences of racial bias awareness.
Statistics for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice (STEPP)
The STEPP Center was founded in 2019 to facilitate collaboration between statisticians, researchers, policymakers and practitioners using evidence to guide decisions, with a focus on education and the applied social sciences. Led by IPR statisticians Larry Hedges and Beth Tipton, STEPP believes in a scientific approach to transform the social world and a practice-driven approach to advance science. STEPP evolved from the IPR’s Q-Center, and this expansion was made possible by the 2018 Yidan Prize for Education Research awarded to Larry Hedges.
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IPR anthropologist Sera Young and a group of over 50 scholars and practitioners published the 12-item Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales in 2019 to measure water access and use around the globe. The Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales are simple survey tools to quantify how often people around the world encounter problems with the access, use, and reliability (stability) of water for domestic use. They are changing the way the world measures water security, and are generating valuable data for research, policy, and investments.
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The Center for Advancing Research and Communication (ARC) is an initiative of the National Science Foundation aimed at supporting education researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Center is headquartered at the NORC at the University of Chicago. IPR education researcher and statistician Larry Hedges is co-principal investigator.
Center for Communication and Public Policy
Led by communications scholar and IPR associate Eric Nisbet, the mission of the Center for Communication and Public Policy is to advance interdisciplinary and collaborative communication scholarship informing public policy across a variety of social, political, international, health, science, and environmental policy domains. CCPP organizes and encourages research projects within Northwestern University and other institutions around the world aimed at advancing and informing public policy. IPR faculty Olga Kamenchuk, Stephanie Edgerly, and Michelle Shumate are part of the center. It is housed in the School of Communication.
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
The Center for Native American Indigenous Research was established as Northwestern University’s primary institutional space dedicated to advancing scholarship, teaching, learning, and artistic or cultural practices related to Native American and Indigenous communities, priorities, histories, and lifeways. Founded in 2017, CNAIR operates as a hub for multi-disciplinary, collaborative work informed by and responsive to Native American and Indigenous nations, communities, and organizations. IPR sociologist Beth Redbird is an affiliated faculty member.
Center for Reproductive Science
The Center for Reproductive Science works to enhance and coordinate research in the reproductive sciences at Northwestern, to promote the application of this research toward human welfare, and to optimize the training of future researchers, educators and clinicians in the reproductive sciences. IPR anthropologists Christopher Kuzawa and Thomas McDade are affiliated faculty.
Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy
The mission of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy is to stimulate research, dialogue, and civic engagement about the relationship between diversity and democratic politics. IPR political scientists Tabitha Bonilla, Daniel Galvin, James Druckman, Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Mary McGrath, and Chloe Thurston are all affiliated faculty, along with several IPR associates.
Global Poverty Research Lab
The Global Poverty Research Lab uses empirical evidence to address the challenges of overcoming poverty and improve well-being in the developing world. Housed at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, the lab is co-directed by economists and IPR associates Dean Karlan and Christopher Udry. IPR economists Lori Beaman and Seema Jayachandran are also affiliated with the lab.
The Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM)
Directed by IPR associate and professor of medicine Ron Ackermann, the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) is the nexus of all public health activities at the Feinberg School of Medicine. With more than 600 members across 51 departments and divisions, it acts as a hub for investigators to find resources for innovation, collaborators across disciplines and training and career development opportunities. IPHAM’s 16 thematic centers, each with their own members and robust research portfolio, are all dedicated to impacting the community through their unique lens. IPR faculty participate in IPHAM as center leaders and researchers.
Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)
The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, or ISGMH, was founded in 2015 and is the first university-wide institute in the country focused exclusively on research to improve the health of the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community. Professor of medical social sciences and IPR associate Brian Mustanski directs ISGMH and associates Michelle Birkett and Gregory Phillips II are both part of the group. Several other IPR faculty are also affiliated. As a university-wide institute, their mission is to connect scholars from numerous disciplines with the SGM community to forge collaborations and stimulate innovative research to improve SGM health and wellbeing.
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
CALDER, housed at the American Institutes of Research, conducts research on how teacher policies, government policies, community conditions, and socioeconomic conditions affect student outcomes. The center provides information for education policy development through data analysis of individual students and teachers over time. IPR education economist David Figlio is one of CALDER's senior researchers and principal investigator of the research team examining Florida's longitudinal database. IPR labor economist Kirabo Jackson is also associated with CALDER.
Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance (NEERA)
The Northwestern Evanston Education Research Alliance (NEERA) is a research-practice partnership supported by the Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. The partnership, which brings together Evanston schools, their administrators, and Northwestern researchers from the School of Education and Social Policy and the Institute for Policy Research works to improve the lives of Evanston students by implementing practical research findings.
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
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Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS)
Supported by the National Science Foundation, TESS conducts general population experiments for investigators throughout the social sciences. It uses a well-respected, Internet survey platform, which captures internal validity. For successful proposals, TESS is free, allowing researchers to concentrate more on idea production and less on funding. IPR political scientist James Druckman is a co-principal investigator.
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Portuguese Seeking Opportunities In Former Colonies
Portugal is burdened with such big debts that some are calling it "the next Greece." Unemployment is soaring, and the debt continues to rise, despite draconian austerity measures.
But Portugal has something Greece doesn't have: former colonies, rich in natural resources and in need of labor, both skilled and unskilled. And in a type of role reversal, some Portuguese are now traveling to those places in hopes of improving their lives.
People are leaving Portugal not to follow a dream, but to escape a nightmare.
Antonio Valerio, who is studying pharmaceutical science at a university, is among those who see no future in Portugal.
"Our degree has always been a good degree to get a job," he says. "Nowadays, it's not like that, and lots of folks are going abroad — England, Brazil, Angola, China."
The prognosis is expected to remain grim. Overall, unemployment is 14 percent, but for young people, it has reached 30 percent. The economy is expected to shrink by between 3 percent and 6 percent this year, and 2 million people are close to the poverty line.
Polls show most Portuguese no longer have faith in EU-imposed austerity plans, and many people fear they will follow Greece downward. Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho went so far as to encourage his own people to seek their fortunes abroad.
No Jobs At Home
On a recent day, the line outside the Angolan consulate is long. People are hoping to get visas to Portugal's former African colony. Angola has a Marxist-led government, though the country does business with the West these days.
The visa applicants are of all ages, both skilled and unskilled workers. They don't look very happy. Antonio Letton, a 47-year-old electrical technician, is one of the few willing to talk.
"It's sad to have to leave here and seek work in our former colony," he says. "I'm extremely frustrated there are no jobs in my own country."
The former colonial master and its subjects have traded places. Between 2008 and 2010, the number of Portuguese nationals registered in Angola grew by 64 percent. They are working in all fields — particularly construction, hotels and restaurants. Angola, rich in oil, diamonds and copper, is undergoing a huge building boom.
Pedro Santos Guerreiro, editor of the financial daily Negocios, says it's not easy for people brought up in a democracy to adapt to an authoritarian society.
"What strikes me, people have to give up some of their beliefs in order to be in a regime that demands more from people than it should," he says. "But I won't be moralistic, because people are leaving Portugal not to follow a dream, but to escape a nightmare."
Investment Flowing In Raises Issues
And in another role reversal, down-and-out Portugal is now a lucrative target for the newly acquisitive Angolan government, says Tiago Caidado Guerreiro, a lawyer specializing in foreign investments.
"We're being colonized after 500 years by them," he says: "They have been buying here, from banks to telecommunications to real estate assets. You name it, they buy it."
We're being colonized after 500 years by [Angola]. They have been buying here, from banks to telecommunications to real estate assets. You name it, they buy it.
Caidado Guerreiro says the Angolan government owns large stakes in two major banks, in Portugal's biggest cable TV operator and in a large publishing company.
But Angola is not alone. China has also forcefully entered the Portuguese market. It defeated a rival German bid, and now owns large stakes in Portugal's energy sector.
And thanks to Portuguese foreign subsidiaries, Beijing now also has a foothold in Brazil, the United States and elsewhere.
Caidado Guerreiro says with Europe not providing investments, Portugal must open up its horizons.
"Our relations have always been with South America, Brazil and with Africa, and also with China and India," he says. "It was fashionable to be European, but our history told us that's not our place."
But Miguel Gaspar, deputy editor of the daily Publico, is worried about the lack of transparency in business and the questionable labor practices of Portugal's new financial partners.
"I think there is a risk throughout the ... democratic world that powers that are not democratic are having larger and larger ... economic influence," he says.
Not only Portugal, Gaspar says, but the entire European community could find itself paying a hefty price.
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Over time, your thermometers will lose their accuracy. Even you have the best candy thermometer, the big change that it will be out by a few degrees and make up the difference between great candy and ruined candy.
Since accuracy is so important, you will have to test your thermometer periodically to prevents undercooking, burning or scorching. This is not the complicate, difficult task to find out how accurate it really is.
#1 How to check candy thermometer’s accuracy?
In order to check the accuracy of the thermometer, simply bring a pot of water to the boil. Put your candy thermometer into this pot of water. Ensure that it is boiling during the process and bubbles should be constant and vigorous. The boiling point for water is 212 F or 100 C and it will be the baseline for the accuracy of your thermometer.
Leave the thermometer in the boiling water for a few minutes to give it time to read the accurate temperature, make sure that the bulb of the thermometer is fully immersed in the water. Preventing the bulb from accidentally touching the bottom of the pot, which will give false readings.
After a few minutes, take the thermometer out and check the temperature, making sure that you are eye level with it and not looking from an angle. If the temperature showing is 212 F, your thermometer is accurate.
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If your thermometer may be off by a few degrees or more, you will need to add or subtract any difference when determining the end-point of the boil of your sugar slurry. For example, if it registers 210 F and you want to cook your syrup to the 235 F, then you have to subtract 2 F when cooking and cook until it reaches 233 F.
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I use my design system, Sancho-UI, to achieve an accessible and interactive design. React and Typescript are used on the front-end code, while I make use of Firebase for its authorization and database features.
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The Living Archives on Eugenics project wanted to create a database of eugenics related information pertaining to its history in Canada and around the world and its continued significance today.
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Roast Buddy provides two primary functions: a recorder used to document various roast experiments, and a database which contains past recordings. Users can enter tasting notes, reviews, and favourite successful roasts. A user can reference past recordings and their variations to help improve future roasts. An account isn't necessary, but if a user does decide to create an account their content will be synced across devices.
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الجنون" بين إرازموس والنيسابوري / Erasmus and Al-Naysaburi on Madness
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[The Praise of Folly of Deisiderius Erasmus (1467-1536) and ʿUqala' al-Majanin or Wise Fools of al-Naysaburi (d. 406 /1016) are two landmarks in the history of the literature of folly. Both Erasmus and al-Naysaburi were scholars and theologians who devoted their lives to the study and interpretation of sacred texts. How did folly cross their paths? Is folly worth praising? What was their concern with the "wise fools"? And what is our interest in their perception of folly? Is folly the exception or the rule? Are most men fools and whoever diverts from the trodden paths wise? Or are men wise and whoever crosses the fence a fool? Or are all men both wise and foolish? With Erasmus the answers to these questions remain unanswered. His book is a mock encomium which is entirely built on irony and paradoxes. It is Folly who praises herself, giving the discourse a twist that puts the reader in total disarray. Are we to believe her? And if we do are we not ourselves fools? But Folly tells us that all men are fools, and that human life is entirely built on folly: human folly is human wisdom for without it we would not be able to live our lives. But (Erasmus was described as the king of "buts") if this folly is wisdom how do we describe what human folly considers real folly, namely the Folly of the Cross? How can we call those who chose to squander their possessions, ignore insults, submit to being cheated, make no distinction between friends and enemies, shun pleasure, sustain themselves on fasting, vigils, tears, toil and humiliation, scorn life and desire only death? Do we call them fools or wise? Al-Naysaburi calls them the "Wise Fools." The Book of Wise Fools related the stories of the men, women and youth who severed the ties that linked them to human society and ascended the road of holy folly. They chose the path of renunciation and asceticism: they wore woolen robes, exiled themselves in the desert, haunted the cemeteries, and lived in abstinence and prayer, seeking to drink from the cup of God's love. Though they cut their bonds with human life to seek eternal life, they were the living conscience of their time, of all times. They admonished caliphs, kings and rulers and, as all fools do, they spoke the truth. The "wise fools" were the Sufis as perceived by popular wisdom. Their image was woven by popular imagination over the centuries, and they became a symbol of spiritual values, rejection of the world, and rebellion against the injustice of rulers. Is this folly or wisdom? The message of both Erasmus and al-Naysaburi is in the same vein. It puts us in front of a dilemma: should we choose the folly of men or the folly of God? But the paradox is even more daunting, because the image changes according to the side of the fence on which you stand!]
(1994). الجنون" بين إرازموس والنيسابوري / Erasmus and Al-Naysaburi on Madness. Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 20–51.
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Philodendron McDowell is a crawling, terrestrial aroid hybrid cross between P. pastazanum and P. gloriosum. This beautiful plant features dark green, heart-shaped leaves with prominent white veins. As a ground-dwelling variety the McDowell reaches a height of about 2-3 feet with very large leaves.
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People who find maths hard can fall into a trap of thinking they’re not clever, or at least not as clever as those who find the subject easy.
But that’s not the case according to Mensa, the world’s oldest and most exclusive high IQ society.
Mensa says many of its members don’t excel at maths, proving you don't need to know your cuboids from your cube roots to get in.
The society's tests only include basic arithmetic like adding, subtracting and multiplication, and numbers only appear in Mensa tests for the purposes of pattern recognition.
Ann Clarkson, a spokesperson for Mensa, said: “People always assume high intelligence and maths correlate. Actually, they don’t.
“There are a lot of Mensa members who will tell you they are rubbish at maths – and there are a lot who are very good at maths.
“I think the problem arises because people see maths puzzles which are labelled as 'IQ tests' and assume that to score highly on an IQ test you need maths.
“In reality, a genuine IQ test doesn’t have maths in it, beyond very basic arithmetic. An IQ tests assesses logic, pattern recognition and speed of thought, not learned knowledge.
“There are often numbers in an IQ test, but they are generally there just to test the ability to recognise sequences and patterns quickly.”
Can you work out this Mensa test?
Giving an example of Mensa tests with numbers, Ann explains: “If a Mensa question asked you to find the missing number in this sequence: 1, 3, 6, 10 ? 21 28, the only 'maths' you would need to know is the number order, and the number of missing numbers between each one.
"So, there are two numbers between 1 and 3, three between 3 and six, four between six and 10 and so on, so the missing number is 15.”
This is a simplistic example, but it shows how IQ tests shouldn’t test learned knowledge.
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London-based graphic designer Katja Koggelmann has a Mensa IQ score of 142 and admits to finding maths hard at school and still struggles with numbers.
The 45-year-old, who took the Mensa test a couple of years ago, said: “I am really bad with numbers. I am okay at basic maths but with anything more complicated I find it hard. I can work things out to solve equations but find it very hard and have to really concentrate.
“For some people when they’re confronted with a maths issue their brain activity goes up, but with others it goes down and they get stressed.
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Организационен климат – конструиране и апробация на методология за измерването му
Author(s): Yasen Dimitrov
Organizational Climate - Construction and Testing of a Methodology for Its Measurement
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Organizational Psychology
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Organizational climate; differences between Organizational climate and Organizational culture; organizational effectiveness; questionnaire for measuring organizational climate.
Summary/Abstract: Organizational climate is a multi-dimensional construct strongly related with organizational effectiveness. The article reveals the main conceptual aspects of the construct and distinguishes it from the related concept of Organizational culture. After that presents a methodology for measuring Organizational climate, based on one of the established theories, created by Lawrence James and Alan Jones. The methodology introduces a very applicable tool, customized according to the features of the business organizations operating in Bulgaria. The approbation procedure is based on a sample consisting 308 respondents, employees who work in different sectors such as machinery production, IT, healthcare etc. Report shows good reliability and validity of the questionnaire and make a strong appeal for its practical application.
- Issue Year: 24/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 179-189
- Page Count: 11
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The Moving Landscape is an oasis of calmness. You can just come and sit, observe plants and gain new energy. It becomes part of the city's fauna and flora. In the urban environment of paved sidewalks, greenery is a rare and important part. It plays a role in combating the environmental crisis we are currently facing.
The idea of the Moving Landscape originated at a time of the global pandemic. It forced us to reconsider many aspects of social and cultural life. Mass events could only be held outdoors and therefore we took the opportunity to transform our courtyard into a place for people and events that complement the traditional gallery program with concerts, workshops and performances in a non-traditional environment. A very important aspect of such thinking was the creation of an environment where plants do not only form an aesthetic element but are an added value to the gallery, the city, and the planet. They improve our microclimate, provide shade and moisture, and are shelter or food for small animals. They take care of us we take care of them. We believe that this philosophy of the Moving Landscape will be adopted by our visitors as well.
Selected trees, shrubs and perennials are unique in their vegetation cycle, and flowering method, but also in the structure and colour of the leaves. Their beauty and health require diverse and year-round care. We, the employees of the gallery, will take care of the Moving Landscape together.
The creation of this project was financially supported by the Košice self-governing region within the internal call Traditions inspire innovations. The Laboratory of Landscape Architecture LABAK and the Spolka + team collaborated on the project. We thank hugely the UPJŠ Botanical Garden in Košice for the consultations. | <urn:uuid:296f351b-8ed4-42a9-a37b-fa9d98e187dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vsg.sk/en/moving-landscape/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956051 | 361 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Susanne Kovács’s investigation into her Jewish Hungarian family’s past reveals untidy truths about memory and history
In Susanne Kovács’s intimate dive into her family history, memory is a tempestuous mistress. Brittle like glass, the ghosts of the past haunt generations of the Kovács family. Guided by the director’s desire to learn more about her grandmother’s time in the Mauthausen concentration camp – a painful chapter the elderly matriarch refuses to confide in detail – this documentary turns into a historical excavation. Startling revelations reveal how violence can breed violence.
As the camera patiently gazes over a wealth of family photographs, viewers get glimpses of Kovács’s grandmother Eva as a young girl. There are also childhood pictures of Kovács’s father, Peter, a smiling boy nestled between his parents. The contrast between reality and the happiness seen in these closeups is especially wrenching. Soon Eva, the lovely princess of a wealthy Jewish Hungarian family, will be deported to Mauthausen. As for Peter, he endured years of physical and mental abuse from his parents. His father, also a Holocaust survivor, would shout horrible slurs at his child, including calling Peter a fascist. | <urn:uuid:c237d3e2-05fb-4d0e-a10a-eda182af50e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tattlegazette.com/it-takes-a-family-review-a-family-broken-by-the-holocaust-unpick-their-trauma/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.943703 | 265 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Forget us not
Ally was a dog in desperate need of a hero. A career Army gunner stepped up to save her during one of our nation’s most solemn holidays.
Memorial Day is a reverent occasion. The public honors members of the armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedom.
But for Michael, Memorial Day Weekend in 2018 was particularly noteworthy. It marked the occasion that the Army gunner adopted Ally, a then nine year-old American Bulldog mix who is now his best friend.
Life on the move
Michael is an Abrams tank company master gunner and full-time active duty National Guardsman from northeastern Ohio. His duties include various administrative responsibilities as well as ensuring the unit is combat ready. The master gunner is intimately involved in nearly every aspect of combat- and gunnery-related training, operations, and support.
“We keep the company running between drills,” he says.
Michael enlisted in the Army while he was still in high school. He completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood and advanced individual training at Fort Lee.
The career Army man did not need to look far for motivation to join the military. Michael’s father inspired him to serve.
“My dad, he was in, too,” he says. “He was also a tank master gunner.”
So after 22 years of service – and counting – Michael knows that life in the military often means separation from family. He and his wife have been living apart as he trains for deployment.
While Michael is on duty in Kentucky his family and base assignment are in Ohio. This means that the Army gunner does more than his fair share of traveling.
“I’ve been to about every state,” he admits.
With the constant travel and a pending deployment, Michael decided that the family needed something – or someone – to help weather the separation.
Now when Michael is away he takes comfort knowing that a special companion is helping to fill the void at home.
And dog makes nine
To an outsider it would seem that Michael and his wife have it all. They are a blended family with six children, ages 10 to 20.
The family enjoys an outdoor lifestyle, including camping together. Michael and his wife like to fish, and hunt deer and turkey. Plenty of time is devoted to watching the kids play various sports – volleyball, football, basketball – and rooting for Ohio State football.
And while there was little room in their home to spare something was still missing.
“I always had a dog growing up,” Michael remembers fondly. “I wanted one for the kids.”
The family decided to adopt a dog, but with everyone’s busy schedules a puppy was out of the question. During their search Michael found out about Pets for Patriots and our companion pet adoption program for military veterans.
The Army gunner applied and was swiftly approved in late December, 2017. But he did not adopt until May the following year, in part due to his travels and the need to find the right dog.
As it happens, there was just such a dog in the care of our partners Paws and Prayers. The foster-based rescue offers veterans in our program 50% off adoption fees and has partnered with us since 2011.
Army gunner to the rescue
Michael had applied to adopt one dog through Paws and Prayers, but was turned down because the dog required a fenced yard that he did not have. So he continued his search, found Ally and put in an application for her right away.
Ally had endured a life of unspeakable cruelty. While she was in the safety and care of a foster home, her life was about to change forever – for the better.
Soon after the Army veteran got a call to visit the senior dog at her foster home.
“I told my wife, ‘I applied to adopt a dog. Oops.'”
The next morning the couple went to meet Ally. The decision to adopt her was nearly instantaneous.
“Ally just fell right at our feet instantly. She put her tummy up to get scratched, and we knew it then,” Michael says. “That was it.”
The Bulldog’s friendly greeting belied a past that was defined by horrific abuse and neglect.
Before she had been spared death at a Columbus, Ohio shelter, Ally had been beaten and used for breeding. When she was rescued by Paws and Prayers, she had happy tail syndrome, her paw pads and nails were torn, and she needed reconstructive jaw surgery.
But Ally’s past did not deter Michael. The Army gunner knew that he wanted to adopt her on the spot.
“There wasn’t any real discussion between my wife and I,” he recalls. “We just looked at each other and said, ‘Ok, we’re getting this dog.’”
Happy dog, happy family, happy life
Ally is a happy dog despite the many years of hardship and outright abuse she endured.
These days, the cruelty survivor shares a bed with Michael and his wife. She loves being the center of attention, has excellent manners, and is great off-leash.
Ally loves children of all ages, too. She is patient and affectionate even when small kids pull on her ears or her tail. She adores people, though growls at two particular men who live in the neighborhood.
“She’s protective,” Michael says, “but she’s friendly with everybody.”
And while Ally weights in at about 50 pounds she fancies herself a lap dog. As it happens Michael’s wife originally suggested a lap dog. It turns out she got her wish, although 40 pounds heavier than she anticipated.
Michael appreciates how easy Pets for Patriots made it for him to adopt his new best friend.
“Everything the website said it is, is what it was,” he shares. “The process was really easy and there were no hassles. I would highly recommend the program to others. I tell my guys all the time, ‘Just try it.'”
Cruelty survivor enjoys the ride of her life
Like Michael, Ally has taken to life on the move. She is great in the car and loves the feeling of the wind in her ears.
“She just enjoys the ride,” he says.
But lately Ally spends most of her time at the family’s Ohio home. There, she offers much-needed companionship while the Army gunner is away.
Life in the military comes with many rewards – and challenges, too. It is difficult for Michael to be away from his family for long stretches of time. Ally helps make those times pass a little more easily.
The dog who survived unspeakable cruelty is the bridge between Michael and his family, the missing link who eases the strain of his absence.
“Ally has been that missing part for us,” he says. “I’ve been traveling all over the U.S. to train and Ally has been filling my spot, in a way.”
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Well now, there’s a question! The answer is, probably not.
Whilst monitors can be very useful, unless they are easy to fix and quite new then they are best taken to the local recycling centre by the donor. The reason for this is simply one of economics. We want to repurpose as many devices as possible and a monitor, if it is beyond repair will cost the project £50 to recycle. That is £50 which could be used to buy parts for other more directly useful devices such as tablets, laptops and phones. (Monitors work well as an extra screen to a laptop or as part of a desktop but on their own, they can’t get anyone online.) Help us make smart decisions about the devices people donate. We have to pay to dispose of broken monitors, the general public do not.
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Loneliness is a common, costly situation: office loneliness grounds burnout, impacts jobs pleasure, and you can reduces both abilities and you will storage. In addition it expands medical care will cost you. We frequently come across loneliness because the a single condition, yet it’s an endemic condition which will take more than personal jobs to conquer. One good way to lessen loneliness? Peer lessons. Fellow sessions will help promote attitude out-of emotional cover at work, exchange “social snack” which have important dialogue, and create a community one to encourages important personal connections.
A near-constant stream of business and scientific news reminds us that 50% of Americans are lonely. Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s powerful HBR article notes that half of CEOs suffer from loneliness. In addition to its personal toll, there is also an economic cost: workplace loneliness causes burnout, affects job satisfaction, and lowers both performance and retention. It also increases health care costs.
What can cause Loneliness working
Loneliness is a personal sense of separation. Number of coworker relations and though you functions remotely commonly causal circumstances. What matters is the quality and meaningfulness out of relationship. It is preferred to own personnel feeling alone when you’re enclosed by colleagues with just who they don’t really hook up. Indeed, do your associates comprehend the real you or maybe just a thoroughly addressed, work-safe image https://datingranking.net/nl/buddygays-overzicht/ – an excellent disguise? In the event the second, then you are probably distress some extent out-of loneliness.
Loneliness isn’t really constantly failing of your own employee it is, alternatively, a general social question. Individuals has actually a want to feel appreciated because of the some body as much as her or him in the office, yourself, along with town. But really the majority of people continue really works matchmaking far away because that is whatever they faith is anticipated. Until businesses demonstrate they worth first peoples associations at work, it is difficult to switch the average gospel one to the person you is actually isn’t whom you can be at the job. Psychological protection – the sense we would be free to become our selves in place of fear of retribution – doesn’t exist whenever the professionals do not design susceptability, a generator from higher-high quality connections, because they care and attention it could undermine its authority. Social norms that discourage genuine relationships produce loneliness.
Exactly how Fellow Coaching Might help
Fellow instruction concerns fostering a system regarding partners which can bring mutual service when making positive switch to increase performance. As well as the benefits getting studying, these types of relationships address the new roots from loneliness at the job. On the surface, fellow instruction may look eg lower-budget top-notch coaching. Group get the point of views to their situations and options, also accountability people to switch go after-through on performing changes, however, without having to pay elite lessons costs. But it’s a great deal more than simply one to. When organizations buy fellow courses systems they code a social change one to normalizes talking candidly regarding the life with acquaintances. Team acquire emotions regarding partnership, believe increases, and other people create knowledge in their individual dilemmas courtesy helping other people. Peer training brings options for 1-on-you to relationship and you may suggests that the interior lifetime are enjoy into the new office. Let’s determine a bit subsequent three ways by which it helps:
- Brings a community one values partnership. Some body produce symptoms of loneliness when they feelisolated, regardless of how much real public support is available on it. Mental trouble raise when people have little expect more connection subsequently. A keen employer’s commitment to broadening connectivity one of team can aid in reducing loneliness before any instructions begins simply from signals eg efforts communicate. It is particularly related having younger staff; 71% out of millennials want the colleagues to be such as for instance a second loved ones. When companies help personnel generate fellow-to-peer instructions systems, it makes a community out of connection. Personnel experience being vulnerable having coworkers and start to view decreasing its structure given that a secured asset, maybe not an accountability. It see the office just like the a source of individual nutrition. Loneliness dissipates when we getting we have been certainly one of anybody engaged in helping each other. As one of our subscribers told you just after a peer coaching change, “Just with somebody who is actually it really is trying to find providing myself was an extremely powerful experience.”
- Changes personal snack having important dialoguemunicating primarily over current email address or talk and turning to social networking with the holidays – that is public snack, which provides the newest illusion off connection instead of actual nutrition. What truly matters is not how often we interact, but whether or not our interactions is actually significant. Peer classes replaces snack which have satisfying dinners out of genuine speak. People from the table is discussing by themselves and you can acknowledging anyone else due to the fact he could be. The newest mutual character away from peer training relationship, in which team simply take turns these are work in the newest framework of its whole lives, was a catalyst to have strong shared knowledge. Giving opportunities for folks to speak – instead tension to deliver otherwise allure – fellow lessons can aid in reducing loneliness better than simply staged social incidents where anyone could well be laughing and you may ingesting but still covering up about a face mask they’d rather get rid of.
- Expands psychological defense.When experts recently questioned Us americans “How many confidants do you have?” widely known response try “no,” than the a great modal reaction of “three” only two decades prior to. Research shows that folks who are lonely, compared to those who aren’t, was faster able to make the newest contacts. As the peer instructions concerns constant discussions which have consistent people, it’s an effective kind of creating confidants you to persevere more than big date. A readers said, “I’m such as for example I attained three the fresh friends, people who are supporting and you will non-judgmental.” Training focuses on hearing and you can asking issues. As participants from inside the peer-to-peer sessions transfers pick the instructors since focused to start with towards the putting on understanding of what is internally, such dating create attitude away from mental shelter.
Once you are comfortable with the idea of doing something to deepen relationships at work, set up a simple method for two people to try out a peer-to-peer coaching exchange following these basic guidelines. Each pair can take turns coaching each other for 20 minutes each. In essence: Listen and don’t try to fix problems. Start with coaching sessions over lunch; eating together increases trust and is a natural way to schedule a one-on-one that isn’t focused on specific work tasks. Be sure to check in on what people learn about how to be effective as coaches and as clients in their dialogues and use that knowledge to make needed adjustments.
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On the threshold of the Third Anniversary of the Campaign for One Million Signatures/ Sara Loghmani
Translated by karinneh kanants
Wednesday 27 August 2008, by
Feminist School: Five month after the peaceful gathering of women and men June 22 2006 In the Haft e Tir square which was met with violence by the police which was the first mission for the police women ended with 70 arrests.
Campaign for One Million Signatures for change of discriminatory laws against women started its work officially on august 27 2006.
The opposition of the government to our peaceful movement and its launch started their work hours before we had planned to start the official launching of the movement with attendance of well known Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, Shirin ebadi, Shahla Lahiji, Babak Ahmadi, Tahmine Milani …… by cancelling our permission.
Hence we continued our official launch in closed area and since then the movement has taken shape by many volunteers from all over Iran.
It was our intention that our campaign will work in open air and meet with people and spread the message of the campaign where ever possible, in taxis, in shopping malls, in the parks, in the queues for buying bread, in queues for cinemas. The campaign had decided to introduce itself to people by house to house canvassing and ask the people if they are against the discriminatory law they should sign our petition so we can hand them over to the parliament for the changes of the discriminatory laws.
Campaign’s aim is to make these equalities into law:
– The Right of Marriage
– The Right to Divorce
– The Right of Guardianship
– The Right to leave the country without the husband’s consent
– The age of consent for Girls to change from 9 to 18 and Boys 15 to 18
– Equally shared inheritance
– To be equal as witnesses in the court of law
– Cancellation of the polygamy
– Change the laws that support the honour killings
Campaign believes the best way to achieve its aims is to provide training and information to people; hence we have prepared booklets that provide information on the laws and its negative effect in our lives. The campaign started with a few volunteers and in a very short time the numbers of volunteers grow, and now we have volunteers in 30 different cities in Iran and something in the region of 10 different countries our volunteers are active, hence we were able to attract women from different rational and beliefs around a common platform. Growth of network became apparent very quickly and activist used what means they could to spread the available information and guidelines, more than 40 workshops were organised in Tehran and more than 30 in different cities and one of the work shop was providing training for attracting new volunteers and around 23 web sites and web logs in Iran and abroad were set up. Campaign has taken positive measure to restructure its networks which has made it stronger and effective. The religious leaders were made to take a stance which meant some of them viewed our members as dissolute and some who are progressive tried to support us.
The more people support increases the more the government’s repression increases too, 3 month after our launch the first arrestee was in Tehran metro during collection of signatures by a young Girl activist, and since then 63 of our activists have been arrested and on average 3 times each activist arrested and interrogated. The government uses every opportunity to arrest or threat our activists, their phones are tapped and under the guise of national security our members are stopped from gathering together so much so that our activists are not allowed to have a meeting if they are more than 5 to 6 people, the web sites are constantly filtered and have no right to any of the media in the country or to be mentioned by name.
But with all the hardship and limitation caused by the government the campaign continues its struggle and is hopeful in changing the discriminatory laws. Even though in the short time the resolution for equal inheritance has gone to parliament for ratification and also the equality in blood money for murder for women and men.
Two years has passed from the start of our campaign and all the campaigners believe that we should move forward with peaceful means and one day we will see equality in all humanity even though it will take a long time.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn (WJHL) — Even though dementia has dimmed the memory of 99-year-old Trudy Fann, she is a living reminder of a chapter of World War II that some say has been forgotten.
“For me she was always larger than life,” said Julie Fann, Trudy’s daughter. “In so many ways, my mother is my inspiration.”
Trudy Fann was born in poverty on the Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina, an enlisted member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.
By 1941, Fann was enrolled at Bacone College for North American Indians in Muskogee, Oklahoma, when the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, changed the course of her life.
“She had wanted to be a teacher but when that happened she wanted to be a nurse and serve her country,” Julie Fann said of her mother.
After nursing training in Knoxville, the Corps deployed Fann across the country to Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California which opened during World War II specifically for the purpose of treating wounded and sick American military personnel.
There, Fann provided life-saving medical care to America’s wounded soldiers.
“There was about 8,000 patients there, so she saw everything,” Fann said. “One story that sticks out in my mind is a man she took care of whose tongue had been shot out. My mother said he couldn’t speak except to make noises, so he wrote her notes and told her, ‘Thank you for taking care of me.'”
Fann said her mother didn’t question whether she was a part of the military response to World War II.
“She was definitely part of the military,” Fann said of her mother. “She wore a military uniform. They had a summer uniform and a winter uniform. And she was there when the war ended.”
After the war, Trudy Fann moved got married and settled in Johnson City where she was a VA nurse for almost 30 years.
Julie Fann says her mother never understood why she and the estimated 124,000 other women who enlisted and served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps were never acknowledged as veterans for their service in World War II.
“She wished Cadet Nurses had been recognized more by the federal government because she recognized the work they did was very important, and she felt her service to her country really mattered whether it was recognized formally or not,” Fann said. “It was something she was very proud of.”
Legislation to honor the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps survivors repeatedly has failed to pass. This week, U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said he thinks the bill should be debated by the full Senate.
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Giving importance to those salvage timbers is unusual because we normally consider them as craps. However, designer Jack Larimore has a different view for these salvaged timbers and used it as the main materials for his various furniture collection. You can see some bench, chair and stool that are of different attractive designs. All of them are from salvaged timbers and recycled materials. Despite of the salvaged materials used, all of Jack’s design has an approach of modernism, and since they are only from salvaged timber, every piece depends of the individuality of the materials, thus unique from each other.
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Tour dell'Acropoli di Atene e del nuovo Museo dell'acropoli
Dirigiti verso il versante sud dell'Acropoli per evitare la folla, quindi paga il biglietto d'ingresso e entra nel museo per vedere l'abbondanza di antichi tesori che ti aspettano. Lungo la strada, visita il Teatro di Dioniso, un anfiteatro del V secolo che è spesso citato come il luogo di nascita delle arti dello spettacolo. Ascolta la sua storia dalla guida e immaginalo pieno di appassionati di teatro ai tempi dell'antica Grecia. Potrai anche fare una sosta presso il santuario di Dioniso, un sito dedicato al dio greco del vino e della fertilità che era anche il santo patrono del teatro greco.
All'interno dell'Acropoli, visita importanti attrazioni turistiche come il Propileo, l'Eretteo, il tempio di Atena Nike e il Partenone, che nell'antichità era un tempio dedicato alla dea Atena. Fai una sosta per scattare foto a queste affascinanti rovine e scopri tutto sulla loro storia e la loro importanza storica grazie alla tua guida.
Una volta raggiunta la cima della collina sacra, rimarrai incantato dal panorama mozzafiato di Atene. Scopri dettagli relativi agli scavi e ulteriori informazioni dettagliate sulle rovine della cittadella. Potrai inoltre scoprire tutto sui monumenti delle zone limitrofe come l'Aeropago, l'Odeo di Erode Attico e l'antica agorà, che una volta era il cuore dell'antica Atene.
Si prosegue per il nuovo Museo dell'acropoli, che è stato classificato come uno dei cinque musei più importanti del mondo. Segui la guida in questo tour che include imponenti collezioni di statue e reliquie, nonché la Galleria delle pendici dell'Acropoli, dove i pavimenti in vetro svelano un sito di scavo archeologico sotterraneo.
Dopo circa 1 ora e mezza, il tour si conclude all'interno del museo, lasciandoti del tempo libero per esplorare ancora le sue mostre, se ne hai voglia.
- Guida professionale di lingua inglese
- Servizio "salta la coda"
- Rivista guida di Atene
- Mappa di Atene
- Ritiro e consegna in hotel
- Biglietti d'ingresso Acropolis e New Acrop. Mus. (30 € per adulto / 5 € per bambino nonEUcit./15€ univ.st.nonEU)
- Cibo e bevande
- Se sei uno studente o un adolescente, tieni in possesso della carta d'identità / tessera studentesca valida per avere diritto a un ingresso ridotto. tasse
- Riceverai una conferma al momento della prenotazione
- Si prega di indossare scarpe e vestiti comodi
- NOTA IMPORTANTE SUI PASSEGGINI PER BAMBINI
- Ti preghiamo di tenerlo presente
- i passeggini non sono ammessi sull'Acropoli
- sito archeologico e che non c'è guardaroba all'ingresso laterale che usiamo per entrare. Per tua comodità, si consiglia di utilizzare una borsetta per bambini al posto di un passeggino.
- Non accessibile in sedia a rotelle
- Vicino ai trasporti pubblici
- Partecipazione consentita alla maggior parte dei viaggiatori
- Si prega di arrivare 15 minuti prima dell'orario di partenza del tour
- I biglietti d'ingresso non sono inclusi nel prezzo
My sister and I thoroughly enjoyed this tour from Stavrula (Stevie) - her interpretations of the classic myths and legends, her background in archeology and her experience giving tours was all evident. I would highly recommend this half-day tour of the Acropolis and surrounding area, and the gorgeous Acropolis museum.
There was a bit of confusion in the beginning at the yogurt place we met at with assigning guides. They were missing for a few minutes. We finally got started to Acropolis and the guide took a lot of time to stop and explain things. It was too long for each stop, like 10 minutes. If you want a ton of information maybe you will like this. It was very crowded at the top so when we finally made it, we had a short time up here before she told us we had to meet her at the museum entrance in 15 minutes. We had no lunch break (he tour started at 11:30 and ended at 3:30, so no time to eat. Museum is very nice and modern.
Our guide was very knowledgeable and polite. We did skip all the lines. She spoke good English. She was helpful to others who needed help.
The tour was great and our guide was amazing. I would thoroughly recommend - especially to peoole with limited knowledges of Greece and the Parthenon.
In depth knowledge of greek history , very fluent , sounds like he has a PHD degree. He allowed us to take pics too
Loved Stieve! She was very good and knowledgeable. We enjoyed the tour and learned a lot. It was hot out so wear a hat, bring sunscreen, water, and good shoes. It is a lot of walking which was fine for my husband and I being 30 and in shape, but might be difficult for others. I would recommend!
Adonis did a great job of guiding the tour and making it very enjoyable. He was knowledgeable and helpful with information regarding the tour sights, as well as general Athenian life. Make sure your wear good shoes, as the there is some climbing, as well as slippery marble in some areas.
The Skip the Line Acropolis and Acropolis Museum Tour was superb. Monuments and museums can be overwhelming, but our guide pointed out the most significant items and explained their context and meaning. The organization of the tour was excellent. Our guide Dorina was enormously smart and passionate and did a wonderful job of sharing her knowledge. Don’t waste time standing in the ticket line when you can already be on the Acropolis with a well-informed guide.
Kostas was a wonderful tour guide! Thoroughly enjoyed both the Acropolis tour as while as the Acropolis Museum tour
We had Annie (Anna) as our guide. She was amazing. She gave such great information about the acropolis and museum as well as other pop culture/historical/ other stories. She went at a great pace and the hike up the acropolis didn’t seem so bad on a hot summer day! Lots of stops for shadow, photos, and stories! Highly recommend this tour and if you have Annie as your guide it will be even better!
Would defn recommend this. It gives you a lot of perspective. Starts at the museum and then you up to the acropolis. Stieve was very informative! The only issue was the group became much larger when we went to the acropolis. Still worth it though.
Koskos was did an excellent job in presenting the amazing history of the acropolis. Best tour guide ever. Thanks so much for a wonderful memorable day.
Natasha was a wonderful tour guide. I have to walk with a cane and she was very mindful of my condition. We enjoyed the tour. Will do again when we return.
Very informative tour, Nikkos was a great tour guide, very knowledgeable about the history of the Acroplis and professional.
This is what you need visiting Acropolis - a clever guide. This is what we have. Very good explanation especially in Acropolis Archeological Museum
Awesome awesome tour!! It's a must to take this tour, you will understand the ruins and not just pass through them. Again great tour and guide!
If I would have known the total price I wouldn’t have booked this tour. And they probably know that, so that is why they charge you more for tickets when you get there. I will say the guide was very nice and knowledgeable but this tour is not worth 49 euros per person for just the guide. That is the most expensive tour I have been on, when you calculate a group of 10-15 at 49 euros just for the guide that is minimum 500 euros. The Vatican was expensive but the guide portion was about 30 per person. With the total fee listed on the site at 49 euros your would think 25 goes towards tickets and 24 for guide. But nope, you have to pay an additional 25 euros for tickets when you arrive which makes your total 79 euros per person. They should charge 79 online that way it is transparent, but I bet less people would book it and just book a skip the line pass for 29 euros.... look for other tours that include tickets, keeping in mind tickets for both are only 25 euros (20 for acropolis and 5 for museum) or just pay for skip the line. | <urn:uuid:a8c42990-dc75-4767-8f90-3d312b6a9181> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mylittleadventure.it/best-things/kallithea/tours/tour-dell-acropoli-di-atene-e-del-nuovo-museo-dell-acropoli-i17qGOoP24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.708554 | 2,182 | 1.515625 | 2 |
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Dr Jason Kaplan BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons) FRACP FCSANZ FACC is a specialist adult cardiologist and physician with a strong interest in sports and preventative cardiology. Prior to training in cardiology, Dr Kaplan completed additional advanced training in medical oncology and pharmacology. His training in these areas allows Dr Kaplan to adopt a more holistic approach to patient care, particularly those with multiple medical issues. Dr Kaplan has completed additional training in cardiac imaging in Australia and is a senior clinical lecturer in Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University. He has worked with the NSW Institute of Sport, Olympic athletes and the National Rugby League.
A listener asked me to do an episode on "what do we do if patients refuse their blood pressure and cholesterol medication?". We live in an interesting time where medicine is rapidly evolving for lots of reasons and often discussions around lifestyle, nutrition and supplements are met with ideology and emotional reactivity. But we need to have a mature, calm and open dialogue about these things. We need to accept we all (myself included!) need to continue learning and the only way to do that is to be humble and curious yet sensible and look at the evidence critically. You may agree or you may disagree with some of these points, but appreciate it for what it is.
“Follow the person who seeks the truth; run from the person who says he has found it.” – Václav Havel
I must admit though I failed to raise the Mediterranean diet here and it should be noted (as we discussed in the diabetes episode) that this is a great whole foods way of life that is easy to stick to and enjoyable, and good at reducing CVD risk. Though what we are really discussing in this episode are diet approaches designed to reverse existing coronary artery disease.
Some resources mentioned:
- Nice chart incorporating Calcium scores and traditional CVD risk http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/72/4/434
- Risk calculator with various factors http://chd.bestsciencemedicine.com/calc2.html
Conflicts of Interest: Dr Kaplan is an ambassador for the Sydney Running Festival sponsored by Blackmores and Bioceuticals
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When it comes to building a home from a shipping container there are many things you must consider. You’ve probably already searched various websites for guidance however many of the other Online guides miss out several very important steps.
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Statistics don’t usually make for very exciting blog fodder, but they can be useful in charting progress. Case in point, the recent quarterly report from the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), a global advocate and industry group for the field.
In the report ARM takes an in-depth look at cell therapy, gene therapy, tissue engineering and other trends in the regenerative medicine field.
Among the more notable findings are:
- Companies in the regenerative medicine space collectively raised more than $4.1 billion in the second quarter of this year, up 164 percent over the same period in 2017.
- Companies focused on cell therapy raised $2.2 billion, up 416 percent over the same period last year.
- More and more companies in the space are turning to the public markets. So far this year they collectively raised $913.4 million in IPOs (initial public offerings – the very first sale of a company’s stock to the public), up from $254 million during all of last year.
- Nearly 977 clinical trials testing such therapies are in progress across the globe; more than half of them are trying to treat cancer.
In a news release, Janet Lynch Lambert, ARM’s CEO, was understandably upbeat:
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When it comes to your medical office, patients will form their first impressions based on the exterior of your office as well as the waiting room and reception areas. Old or damaged building signage, poor condition or incorrect lobby signs, missing ADA/AODA signs – all of these elements have a huge impact on how patients perceive the quality of the care they will receive from your medical practice. In fact, patients tend to remember and share with others details about cleanliness, room ambiance, and their overall first impression.
- Look professional.
- Support patient privacy.
- Promote cleanliness and safety.
Effective Use Of Medical Office Signs
Effective medical interior and exterior office signs not only showcase your professionalism, but they also add warmth and personality to your office space, which helps patients trust that you will take care of them. In addition, medical complexes can often be difficult to navigate, so having clear and easy to read signs is an important element all medical offices need to consider. Let’s look at how professional signs can add value to your business.
Showcase Your Professionalism
Any type of sign used for your medical office should be:
- Well maintained.
- Inclusive to all clients (find out more about ADA/AODA signs).
- Project stability and trust.
- Well designed using the correct logo, branding, and colours.
Make sure your exterior building signs, as well as all office and lobby signs, project the image you want visitors to remember. Also, consider using plaques to showcase accreditations and awards in the lobby or waiting room areas.
The signs that can help provide privacy are:
- Clear and easy to read wayfinding signs for directions and rooms can reduce the number of patients asking for directions.
- Applying a frosted etched glass film allows light to enter while maintaining patient privacy.
Safety And Cleanliness
All of your medical office professional signage should be strategically placed to let patients know of any stairs, steps, or other potential hazards they should be aware of. Using well-lit signage is also another way of making sure your space is safe for visitors.
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1. Talk Climate.
Read news about Climate Science and Climate Policy. We recommend Grist, The Guardian, The National Observer and the Canadian Climate Challenge. It’s also useful to follow scientists like Peter Kalmus, Michael Mann and Katharine Hayhoe and activists and organizers like Mary Heglar, Greta Thunberg, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and Dallas Goldtooth on social media. Then talk about what you learn. Even if it’s awkward. Even if you have to bring up extinction at a family potluck. We cannot let the tyranny of politeness prevent us from meeting this crisis head on.
2. Take action.
It might mean reducing your own footprint, it might mean convincing neighbours to do the same, it might mean trying to change how things are done in your workplace, it might mean attending a protest. You don’t have to do everything, but you have to do something. Our open-ended pledge system gives you lots of options to choose from. Or you might want to run a Climate Picnic to get people talking in your neighbourhood.
3. Switch Banks!
Without loans from big banks, fossil fuel exploration and development will be dead in the water, so contact your bank and tell them you’re moving your money unless they clean up their act. If you’re in Canada check out our Bank Switch campaign. If you’re in the US check out the Stop the Money Pipeline campaign. If you live in Europe, Asia, Africa or South America, you can see if your bank is ranked here and move your money to a better option.
4. Join a group.
We can’t emphasize enough how important this is — a group will keep you on track and expand your options for action, but it will also give you a chance to socialize with people who understand the severity our situation (which is so, so good for climate anxiety). These groups are Toronto specific, but many of them — like Extinction Rebellion and 350.org — are international and will have chapters in your town. If you’re in the U.S., the Sunrise Movement is also making waves.
Which group is right for you?
- Artists for Climate, Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty is a community of artists who collaborate on projects to tell the truth about our situation and educate people. (https://www.facebook.com/Artists-for-Climate-Migrant-Justice-and-Indigenous-Sovereignty-400270330557741/)
- Carbon Conversations TO focuses on small group discussions about how our visions of a better world connect with our day-to-day actions and decisions. A great chance to examine your own carbon footprint — and what you can do better. (https://www.carbonconversationsto.com/)
- Climate Fast is an experienced group with many projects on the go. They focus on education and political lobbying. (http://www.climatefast.ca/)
- Climate Justice TO is an up-and-coming group of young people focussed on the connections between climate issues and social justice issues like migrant rights, workers’ rights and indigenous sovereignty. (https://www.facebook.com/climatejusticeto/)
- Drawdown Toronto helps educate people about the many inspiring solutions catalogued by the Project Drawdown research network. (http://www.unifytoronto.ca/)
- Fridays for Future Youth Climate Strike and Parents for Future The Fridaysforfuture school strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg have been huge in Toronto and they are currently gathering support for a general strike on September 27th. (https://www.facebook.com/fridaysforfutureto/) Parents for Future is the adult solidarity group that promotes and supports their efforts. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/315639955787460/)
- Green Neighbours’ Network is a network of neighbourhood groups who plan and promote environmental projects on different scales. (https://greenneighboursnetwork.ca/)
- Porcupine Warriors is a city-based indigenous group that supports frontline struggles. Follow them on Facebook, attend their protests and offer support. (https://www.facebook.com/porcupinewarriors/)
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Duck Breeding Population Survey Hits Record High
The picture is of Wyatt’s first widgeon. Based on the following information put together by the South Carolina Waterfowl Association it looks like he’ll have a great chance of killing a few more this year. Now all we need is the weather to get’em here. This is condensed version of an email I got today from a friend. Be sure to forward it to all your quack addict friends. Duck season will be here before you know it.
The duck breeding population counts from the 2011 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey are in. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service reports a breeding duck population count of 45.6 million birds in the traditional prairie survey area of the United States and Canada. This is a record for the survey which began in 1955. The count is an 11% increase over last year and is 35% above the long term average (1955-2010).
Several notable breeding population increases include northern pintails at 4.4 million. This is the highest breeding pintail population count since 1980 and is near the long term average. The mallard breeding population was estimated at 9.2 million which is the highest count since 2000 and is 22% above the long term average. Several species hit record high breeding pair counts since the survey began in 1955. The blue-winged teal breeding population was a record 8.9 million, the redhead breeding population reached a record of 1.4 million and the northern shoveler breeding population hit a record of 4.6 million.
Waterfowl habitat conditions across the Canadian and Northern US breeding grounds were categorized as good to excellent by the USFWS. Water conditions in wetlands were average to above average across the breeding grounds. The pond counts (prairie potholes) in the traditional survey area were 8.1 million which is 22% above last year and 62% above the long term average. In the Eastern Canadian and Northeastern US survey area habitat conditions were also categorized as good to excellent and breeding population counts were similar to last year.
Abundant wetlands and abundant upland nesting cover are essential to produce a bumper crop of ducks for the fall flight. Both conditions are in place this year and should result in a large fall flight of ducks. Nest success will be improved across much of the prairie breeding grounds due to the delayed planting of crops and the lack of planting due to wet fields in many regions.
Areas like Southern Manitoba and Southern Saskatchewan should have significantly increased duck production this year due to abundant wetlands and millions of acres of cropland that were not cultivated or planted due to very wet field conditions. In Southern Manitoba alone over 4 million acres of cropland were not planted.
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Agriculture doesn’t just provide food; it is the primary source of income for most people in northern DRC.
Developing good seeds and proper training allow farmers to maximize their efforts and avoid catastrophic losses. This is what the Covenant Church of Congo, the CEUM, is doing to raise the standard of agriculture in their region.
The CEUM demonstrates the value of training and the importance of good seed, and they’re also leading the way towards self-sustaining programs. Their initiatives balance training and provision with production and profit. The CEUM’s work is inspiring and encouraging!
Paul Carlson Partnership and other Covenant ministries have supported the CEUM’s agricultural work in many ways:
- Farmers to Markets was designed to connect rural farmers with regional markets.
- Last year, with the support of Covenant World Mission, the CEUM was able to start seed production fields, and a Covenant church is funding the construction of a seed warehouse. The seed from these fields generates income for the church.
- Covenant missionaries living in DRC do agricultural training, consultation, and research.
- This year, Paul Carlson Partnership is honored to support a project that will offer technical training to farmers while providing certified seed to their communities. Profits from seed sales at two nearby ports will be used to sustain the project.
In conjunction with the CEUM’s seed project, Paul Carlson Partnership recently sponsored a three day training event for fifteen CEUM agronomists, run by the government’s agricultural authority. The trainers visited the CEUM’s fields, heard about their new initiatives, and were so impressed that they decided the government should fund the CEUM to do similar work in another community!
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Within the framework of the Citizen Voices for Change project (CV4C), a sub-regional workshop on the Open Timber Portal (OTP) was organised in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from 7-10 November 2017. The aim of this meeting was to train Independent Observers (IO) as well as members of the CV4C consortium in the use of the OTP and other tools, in order to make better use of the findings of their missions, by ensuring that they are made applicable to forest governance mechanisms, such as the EU (EUTR) timber regulations.
Understanding the importance of OTP
The OTP is an independently designed online data management system developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in consultation with civil society organisations, governments, private sector and industry federations, with the help of key partners such as FLAG, REM, OGF, CAGDF, CODELT, CIDT, as well as support from donors including USAID, CARPE, UKaid and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment. This tool, which is a more advanced version of the FTI, promote trade in legal timber products by compiling information from forest administrations, the private sector/concessionaries, communities and IOs on legal compliance within the forest sector. In other words, the OTP plans to promote legal timber through better access to information.
At the end of this training workshop, IOs from different CSOs were able to understand the OTP and its importance for their work. Therefore, awareness of the need to plan observation work in a strategic way by defining the criteria for prioritizing work, and to integrate how the OTP, Forest Atlas and Forest Watcher can help plan and prepare for missions is of importance. This all enhances the work undertaken in the field using the application specially developed for users to record observations.
From presentations to discussions
The four-day workshop held in Brazzaville also made it possible to give feedback on the functionality of the Beta version of the OTP. This resulted in the need to design and integrate a table of legal references as well as to adjust the reported deficiencies by the end of 2017 for actual use. | <urn:uuid:c53bf6ab-ac95-42d1-85c8-2ef7ae4f5de0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cidt.org.uk/civil-society-organisations-and-cv4c-partners-receive-training-in-the-open-timber-portal-otp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.949814 | 449 | 1.75 | 2 |
Except it's totally wrong.
The Federal Trade Commission's chief technologist, Lorrie Cranor, busted that myth earlier this week, at a security conference in Las Vegas.
Turns out, requiring periodic password changes could end up making your password less secure. The reason is that when most people are required to change their password, they end up using their old password, but they make a small change.
They might change a lowercase letter to an uppercase letter. Or they might add an extra letter to the end. Researchers call these little tricks "transformations," and hackers are very aware of them.
So real-world password crackers build these predictable transformations into their scripts and cracking routines.
"UNC researchers said if people have to change their passwords every 90 days, they tend to use a pattern and they do what we call a transformation," Cranor said, according to Ars Technica. "They take their old passwords, they change it in some small way, and they come up with a new password."
Cranor is citing UNC research from 2010 that looked at a dataset of 7700 accounts that were required to change their passwords regularly.
Security expert Bruce Schneier agrees. "I've been saying for years that it's bad security advice, that it encourages poor passwords," he wrote on Friday.
That doesn't mean it's never a good idea to change your password. If your password is part of a major breach, like the one that struck LinkedIn, and you reuse it on other sites (which you shouldn't) then of course you should change it.
The best practices for picking a secure password change from time to time, and I'm not a security expert. Generally, you want your password to be long and random. Schneier has good advice here and this webcomic suggests a easy-to-remember system. | <urn:uuid:5c0317d3-c5d9-4140-85fc-32c35773b68d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-dont-need-to-change-your-password-regularly-2016-8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.966068 | 381 | 2.578125 | 3 |
figure2 ← Previous Next → Figure 2. Schematic illustration of the longitudinal changes in calcium, phosphate, and calciotropic hormone levels that occur during pregnancy and lactation. Normal adult ranges are indicated by the shaded areas. The progression in PTHrP levels has been depicted by a dashed line to reflect that the data is less complete; the implied comparison of PTHrP levels in late pregnancy and lactation are uncertain extrapolations because no reports followed patients serially. In both situations PTHrP levels are elevated. Adapted from ref. ( 1 ), © 1997, The Endocrine Society. | <urn:uuid:56e19084-ab18-494b-8a80-b81afa93ea07> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.endotext.org/chapter/calcium-and-phosphate-metabolism-and-related-disorders-during-pregnancy-and-lactation/figure2-94/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.937558 | 126 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Breast augmentation surgery improves the shape and size of breasts by placing implants in them. It is a popular procedure, and several women undergo this procedure every year to enhance the appearance of their breasts. Despite its popularity, it is better to consider every important factor associated with the procedure before going under the knife.
Breast implants are artificial bodies that come in different types varying in shapes, sizes, and texture. The most commonly used types of implants are silicone gel implants and saline implants. Breast augmentation surgery involves the placement of breast implants in the breasts, and some women require replacement of breast implants.
Why do breast implants need replacements?
The implants need replacement after a certain period, which varies according to the life span of each implant. Moreover, it sometimes depends on the condition of the patient. Certain complications are associated with breast implants that may require revision surgery, replacement, or removal of breast implants. Here we will discuss the complications associated with breast implants that can be a cause to replace breast implants.
After the placement of implants, fibrous scar tissues are collected around the breast implants during the healing process. This occurs due to the body’s natural reaction to a foreign object. Over time, the scar tissue shrinks, and this condition is known as capsular contracture.
The level of shrinkage varies from patient to patient. In some of the cases, the capsular contracture squeezes the breast implant and makes it feel hard. This condition may also cause pain or discomfort in the breasts. Usually, this condition will go away on its own. However, if it is not resolved on its own, the patient may require having revision surgery to resolve it.
Rupture is the breakage of an implant shell that may occur due to the weakening of shell over time. It may also occur due to:
- damage caused to implant during surgery
- some defect in the implant
- injury to the breast
Previously used implants used to have thin walls as compared to those used nowadays. Therefore, the old ones had more risk of rupture than the newer ones. The symptoms of implant rupture include:
- tenderness in breasts
After the breast implant ruptures, it needs to be replaced with a new one or removed entirely. In the case of saline implants, leakage does not cause any damage as the body absorbs the saline solution. On the other hand, silicone implant rupture can cause problems. This is because silicone gel may spread in the breasts, causing the development of small lumps. This can be uncomfortable for the patient. Due to this reason, saline implant rupture is known as silent rupture, while silicone gel implant is not.
In short, breast augmentation surgery – when performed by an experienced plastic surgeon – is highly beneficial. However, you may still need a replacement of breast implants due to several factors. Therefore, it is important to discuss this issue with your surgeon and have MRIs after getting implants regularly. This will help track down any changes before they become disastrous. | <urn:uuid:a8109833-afb3-4701-b7a1-f68dbb655b55> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dubaicosmeticsurgery.com/blog/cosmetic-surgery/should-my-breast-implants-be-replaced/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948161 | 634 | 2.40625 | 2 |
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Warning: This page contains spoilers that can spoil your experience for the Patapon games.
|I can explain this, great Kami! This is nothing more than… a stub.|
Earthend is the promised land of the Patapons. According to the legends of the Patapons, at Earthend, they must gaze upon IT to be granted with eternal bliss. For the Patapons to get to Earthend, they must defeat many dangers and endure many obstacles. The only thing they know is that Earthend lies beyond the sea. To reach Earthend, they have to cross everything, from dangerous monsters to Great Demons. At the end of Patapon, the Patapons find themselves thinking they are at Earthend and gazing upon IT, but it turns out to be that they are not at the end of the earth and are just looking at the shining sun.
At the end of Patapon 2, the Patapons think that the object inside a large egg is IT and that the end of the bridge is Earthend, but it is not, it was just the Patapon Princess standing on an unfinished bridge.
- In Patapon 3 you can decorate your hideout with an Earthend accessory.
- Earthend is inhabited by white-eared Rappata (seen to the bottom right of the picture to the left).
- Earthend is also inhabited by small, unidentified birds and Kacheek, which can be seen silhoutted in the background of the picture above. | <urn:uuid:95bba8d2-3d03-444d-9388-544c2fd825a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://patapon.fandom.com/wiki/Earthend | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947443 | 334 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Boost your organizational knowledge with a free workshop on fish habitat restoration
BC Wildlife Federation offers free two-day workshops on riparian health and fish habitat restoration in three BC watersheds
These Fish Habitat Restoration & Education Program summer workshops are scheduled at Cougar Creek in Delta, in the Columbia River watershed near Golden, and Abel Creek in Invermere.
This is an opportunity to jump-start your organization’s institutional knowledge by sending one, two or even more members or staff to gain hands-on experience in river and stream health assessment, sampling invertebrates and removal of invasive vegetation.
Environmental NGOs, municipal governments, fish and game clubs, citizen scientists and community groups are all welcome to take advantage of this invaluable opportunity. There is no participation fee, but you must register to guarantee your place.
BCWF Fish Habitat Stewardship workshops provide an open space for hands-on learning and direct access to connections with local First Nations, environmental experts and community outdoor groups.
Community stewardship plays a key role in environmental advocacy and education, so our workshops bring together local groups to share their knowledge and experience on implementing sustainable restoration and monitoring practices. fish habitat and waterways.
The BCWF team empowers workshop participants with the tools and knowledge to restore and maintain healthy waterways and create collaborative communities.
Walleye Habitat Stewardship Workshop 2022
August 6 and 7, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Columbia River Watershed, Golden, BC
At the 2022 Walleye Habitat Stewardship Workshop, participants will gain hands-on experience in areas such as river and stream health assessments while conducting a rapid assessment of the health of small streams, developed by Cows and Fish. We will cover topics such as water quality measurements and monitoring, invertebrate sampling and their relationship to a healthy watershed. During this free two-day workshop, participants will hear from guest speakers about the traditional use of the area, human impacts, and the importance of this area to native fish and wildlife.
Our speakers include Brian Gustafson, Biologist and Executive Director of the Golden Rod and Gun Club, Kyla Rushton, BCWF Wetland Assessment Coordinator, and members of local First Nations.
Sign up here, if you have any questions please contact the Fish Habitat Restoration and Education Team, [email protected]
Fish Habitat Stewardship Workshop at Invermere 2022
August 12, 3 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. and August 13, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Abel Creek, Invermere, BC
Attend the 2022 Invermere Fish Habitat Stewardship Workshop to gain valuable insights into fish habitat and stream ecosystem restoration during several in-depth tours of waterways. water along Abel Creek. During this 1.5 day workshop, participants will hear from representatives of the Shuswap Band – Secwepmec First Nation about traditional culture and land use in the Windermere area, human impacts on Abel Creek and recent restoration projects, future plans for restoration and improvement of Kokanee’s population, and more.
Guest speakers include Ben Mitchell-Banks, Director of the Windermere Rod & Gun Club and Chad Fritz of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC
Sign up here, any questions contact the Fish Habitat Restoration and Education Team, [email protected]
2022 Delta Fish Habitat Stewardship Workshop
August 20 & 21, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cougar Creek, Delta, BC
The 2022 Delta Fish Habitat Stewardship Workshop is being held in partnership with the Cougar Creek Guardians. During this free two-day workshop, participants will hear from guest speakers about the traditional use of the area, the impacts of industry, and the importance of this area as a spawning and rearing ground for chum. , coho, cutthroat trout and other native fish and wildlife.
Presenters at this event include Deborah Jones and David Smith of the Cougar Creek Streamkeepers, BCWF staff and other experts in the field.
Participants will gain hands-on experience in areas such as river and stream health assessments, invertebrate sampling, invasive vegetation removal, and have the opportunity to participate in the complexification of stream habitat by building weirs and an exclusion fence! In the fall, we will be holding a second part of this workshop (date to be determined) where you can help us improve the Cougar Creek riparian corridor by planting native trees and shrubs.
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Zine: How to Draw Patterns Issue 001
The prompt for my International Zine Month 2020: Zine A Day project for Day 12 was Pattern. For me, that meant putting my tutorial hat on and creating a how to draw patterns guide zine!
Inside this zine you will find 6 different step by step guides for drawing unique patterns. These are great for adding detailed elements to your drawings, as well as practicing your line skills, and giving you inspiration for sketchbook drawing exercises.
This is Issue 001 in this series, with many more tutorials coming out for you in the future!
This mini-zine is printed in fantastic full colour on a 100gsm paperstock to form a mini 8-page folded booklet. | <urn:uuid:de380aff-c641-4f25-a33c-1aa0d0362504> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chloehenderson.bigcartel.com/product/zine-how-to-draw-patterns-issue-001 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.915122 | 156 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Demand for industrial electronics has been on the rise for years with manufacturing, healthcare, and automotive industries looking to technology to transform efficiency, productivity, and competition. With the onset of COVID-19, electronic high-tech companies felt the pinch with disrupted supply chains, causing shortages of key components—and limited visibility exacerbated the problem.
As we turn the corner and move towards the new normal, electronic high-tech companies will look to invest to create real-time visibility into the supply chain, in order to drive agility and flexibility in the future and adopt digital thread and digital twin to capture design data, maintain version control, and simulate all components and systems.
Here are some of the challenges PTC helps the high-tech industry solve:
- digitalization of supply chains
- product development and knowledge management
- IoT, 5G, and AI Initiatives
COVID-19 is accelerating digital transformation as the high-tech industry rapidly looks to address its biggest challenges across the value chain to maximize revenue, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.
But as digital transformation continues to accelerate, many companies find themselves with initiatives that stall or fail to prove value. PTC’s unique approach to digital transformation helps companies avoid pilot purgatory by identifying the most impactful problems, applying proven solutions, and then scaling results across the enterprise. The result is double digit financial impact.
Keep reading below to learn how PTC can help you.
Lower the cost of goods sold with lower manufacturing costs and increased engineering productivity. Reduce service and warranty costs with reduced truck rolls and better product quality.
iQor reduced costs and saved more than $1 million annually by equipping service technicians with a connected service knowledge place and diagnostics platform powered by Industrial IoT solutions.Read their story
Fujitsu shortened design cycle times and reduced prototype spins by improving ECAD-MCAD collaboration, helping teams work more effectively and see the impact of changes before they’re proposed.Read their story
Provide teams with up-to-date product data that’s delivered securely and in context and managed with data governance and traceability processes. With solutions for digital thread and digital twin, teams can reduce time to market, increase productivity, and reduce costs.Explore PLM
Industrial IoT transforms industrial data into actionable insights to help enable new business models, increase manufacturing efficiency and productivity, and drive customer satisfaction and efficiency in service departments.Explore IIoT
Augmented reality tranforms how information and actionable insights are provided to frontline workers. With augmented reality work instructions, training, and insights, your workforce can be more productive without compromising safety.Explore AR
Innovation in computer-aided design has brought parametric modeling, generative design, and simulation and analysis tools into the hands of design engineers. Increase efficiency, reduce design time, and reduce prototyping costs with solutions that have reimagined how you design, develop, and document innovative products.Explore CAD
Get the right part to the right place at the right price with service parts management solutions. By optimizing spare part inventory, you can increase customer satisfaction while improving the productivity and efficiency of service teams.Explore parts management
PTC can help you maximize revenue, reduce operational costs, and increase efficiency—with speed and scale. Contact PTC to learn more about where we can impact your business.
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The 66th meeting of Nobel Laureates from 26 June to 1 July in the German city of Lindau focused on physics. The meeting was attended by 31 Laureates—including Australian Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS—and more than 400 young researchers from nearly 80 countries.
The young researchers participated in the week-long program, giving them the opportunity to interact with their scientific heroes, exchange ideas, gain exposure to areas in their chosen disciplines and establish new contacts and networks with their peers. Professor Hans Bachor AM FAA led the delegation of eight outstanding young Australian scientists, including:
Following the meeting, Professor Bachor accompanied Josie , Gregory, Samuel and Joseph on a study tour in Hannover. The tour exposed the researchers to world class physics research and equipment, including the quantum laboratory at the Leibniz Universität Hannnover, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), GEO Gravitational Wave Detector, Laser Zentrum Hannover and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany’s national meteorology institute). The study tour was supported by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
The inspiring Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, held annually in Germany since 1951, introduce Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, physiology, medicine and physics to younger generations of scientists. From 2004 the Academy has supported an annual delegation of young Australian researchers, accompanied by a member of the Academy's Council. Since 2013, the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF) has provided SIEF-AAS Fellowships for up to 10 Australian-based early career scientists in specialist discipline years, and up to 15 in multidisciplinary years.
Through the tours to PTB and LZH I learnt that industry in Germany tends to go to such agencies to look for solutions to problems they have identified, which is in contrast to the Australian situation where it is often the science agencies trying to push solutions they develop onto industry.J Cunningham
Realising that the Laureates are not superhuman, but real people who have made great advances through a combination of hard work, passionate research, and luck. The “rock stars” of the physics world (now) don’t feel like they would be out of place walking the halls of my university, or teaching classes. It gives hope that anybody with hard work, passion and luck can make significant contributions to science too.Greg Boyle
Applications are now being accepted for travel to the 67th meeting of the Nobel Laureates (dedicated to chemistry), to be held 25–30 June 2017.
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses and their employees have been faced with many challenges of setting up remote work and trying to provide the appropriate planning, tools, and support for productivity and connectivity. Managers have to be focused on the concept of working with their employees while they are in various locations and still maintain discipline, the appropriate infrastructure, and technology and meet all the goals, deadlines, processes, priorities, and expectations. At the same time, while isolation is necessary to help everyone stay healthy, communication has to be at a higher level because many employees can experience isolation fatigue.
The Right Communication for Remote Productivity
If you are a remote worker due to the pandemic, you have to stay in touch with your managers and other coworkers as best as you can so you don’t feel like you are all alone. You should try to stay abreast of new information and be able to access the right tools to do your job efficiently. The company should provide most of the tools and one of the most important ones is video communication, which means you must have the right microphone, camera, software, and computer. With video communication, you and your coworkers and managers can meet up at least once per week to share accomplishments, thoughts, and future goals. Your manager is responsible for creating this group setting for sharing and planning the team’s goals, deadlines, and deliverables. This step will ensure that everyone is one the same page and that you feel that you are an important part of the team. Video conferencing is the right way to communicate with each other to share schedules, experiences, thoughts, and any challenges you might be facing.
Working From Home
With the pandemic, working from the comfort of your home is the new norm for so many employees. However, the company should not let the employees feel that they are on their own and have to be confronted with issues that are not quickly addressed. The employee should be still connected to the team and should not have to face any new pressures from working at home. It should be a smooth transition for everyone. In fact, it would be considered best practices, if the employer could have had a work from home training program prior to the pandemic. If not, then it is too late, but in the future, it should be a serious consideration. Not every employee is going to easily adjust to the new norm and so it is the company’s responsibility now to engage and make sure that all employees are doing well and not suffering from isolation fatigue on their own.
Keeping up Positive Communication Remotely
Every manager should be realistic and allow employees to take on workloads and projects they can manage. Allow interaction between coworkers by providing the video communication that they can all use while taking a break during the days. In fact, employers should encourage breaks and communication between coworkers. While there should be produced, the employees should also have work-life balance. Last, but not least, compliment your employees often; especially when they are doing a great job. This is a form of motivation and inspiration, which could go a long way into keeping out the isolation fatigue. | <urn:uuid:fe0f6587-fffa-4dae-a2f7-0320f5fa096b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://familyfitnessfood.com/how-to-avoid-work-from-home-isolation-fatigue/?amp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.972469 | 636 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Learn from Obama's breach of trust
Thinking a microphone was turned off, President Barack Obama whispered some secrets to Dmitry Medvedev the other day.
He and the Russian president were in Seoul, South Korea. That, you would think, is a long distance from American politics, though not so long when the microphone is really turned on in an age of immediate, long-distance, blanketing communications.
"On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it's important to give me space," said our leader, master of wink-wink, nudge-nudge, and Medvedev got it, smiled back, seemed buoyant: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ..."
While maybe not needing to, Obama explained more.
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility," he said, with Medvedev all but sticking a $5 bill in Obama's shirt pocket as he replied again how he understood and would "transmit this information" to Vladimir Putin, who is Russia's czar, or if that title is wrong, something very much like that.
In no time at all, the whole world knew how our president, who did everything conceivably wrong on the subject of missile defense and Russia in his first term, plans to do more wrong in a second term, with this proviso: He does not want the public to know about it now because that knowledge might complicate his re-election prospects.
Once the election is done, it is Katy-bar-the-door, and Obama has tricked poor Katy just about every time she has tried to bar that door in the past.
There was a time when Poland and Czechoslovakia were going to let the United States set up bases for short-range missiles that could knock down long-range missiles from the Middle East.
Russia said phooey on that. It claimed the Russian people would be threatened by those bases - typical Russian hogwash - and warned it would point its own missiles at our missiles and refuse to cooperate with us on much of anything else.
Oh, OK, said the Obama administration, thereby making two new European democracies feel less secure.
He proposed another missile-defense plan, hoping the Russians would help dissuade Iran from any nuclear ambitions, which it didn't do.
Russia is actually closer to being a cheerleader for an Iran equipped to instigate World War III, while still screaming its head off about any missile-defense system in that part of the world.
This is the subject on which Obama was promising Medvedev solutions - meaning, more moves to kissy-face defenselessness - as soon as he had space from democracy.
As if one were needed, this is a tipoff about what an Obama re-election would mean on other issues, such as cap and trade.
The public didn't much like the idea of measures that would undermine the economy while failing to deter global warming unless China and India did the same, and maybe not even then. Obama backed off, but if he gets a second term, I promise you his "greenie" faith will make him fight for the measure.
There would be more. More debt, for instance, and more taxes and more of a welfare state.
And there would also be less. Less sovereignty. Less national defense.
But then again, some still believe in hope and change, and all those other 2008 campaign stands, such as the one against a health-care plan requiring everyone to buy health insurance.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was for that, and Obama was against it, and he stuck by that stand, didn't he?
No, he didn't. It ended up in "Obamacare," and we are having a Supreme Court case testing whether that multibillion-dollar, Constitution-busting, freedom-denying change of position will still stand.
We can learn from such a breach of trust, just as we can learn from a blessedly functioning microphone on the Korean Peninsula.
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Expository Sermons on Verses from Song of Solomon Chapters 4-6.
BOT.-2011. lfpb. 376pp Puritan Paperback Series.
The Love of Christ is a series of sermons preached on Song of Solomon 4:16-6:3. For Sibbes, this Bible book ‘is nothing else but a plain demonstration and setting forth of the love of Christ to his church, and of the love of the church to Christ’. The Song of Solomon does not simply mouth a doctrine: its sensuous imagery sings its message. It is as if this love story is played on violins. The reader is thus brought, not simply to understand, but to taste and share the delights of the lovers. This is precisely what Christ’s people need, as Sibbes knew: it is not enough to be aware of Christ’s love; we must sense, grasp and enjoy it. Only then will we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts. | <urn:uuid:72dee11b-94a0-44b7-a278-dcf85dc6c0e3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jamesdicksonbooks.com/shop/new-books/the-love-of-christ-by-richard-sibbes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.942846 | 210 | 1.851563 | 2 |
What Are Your Rights During a Traffic Stop?
No one can say for certain what was going through Sandra Bland’s mind as she was being pulled over last week for what a Texas police officer later said was her failure to signal a lane change. Even more puzzling was her tragic death in a jail cell three days later. But the video now gone viral has a lot of people asking: what exactly are my rights when I get pulled over?
We’ve all felt that pit in our stomachs when we see those red and blue lights in our rear view mirror. And we each have our theories on how to get the officer to say those beautiful words: I’m going to let you off with a warning this time. Be overly-respectful, drop a line about a cousin being a state trooper, flash your military I.D. as your pull out your license, or, if you’re like my wife, flirt like nobody’s business.
Do I have to get out the car?
To the surprise of most, there is no gray area here. Yes, a driver being detained for a traffic violation may be ordered to exit the car. This includes the authority to conduct a pat-down search if the officer believes the driver may be armed and dangerous.
In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that police officers were justified in instructing a man named Harry Mimms, who had been pulled over for an expired license plate, out his vehicle. Police claimed they saw a bulge in Mimms’ jacket and he was ordered out of his car and patted down. The Court recognized that traffic stops are particularly “fraught with danger to police officers” and ordering someone from the vehicle is relatively minor intrusion.
An officer’s priority is going to be his or her safety. Remember that above all else. As long as you’re not perceived as a threat, you shouldn’t ever have to get out the car. Turn your engine off and keep your hands in plain sight. This law applies to passengers as well. The legal theory is that an officer’s safety outweighs the minimal intrusion of being ordered out of the vehicle and searched.
Can I record the officer?
Yes. Just as police often record a stop with a dashboard cam, so, too, can the driver or anyone else in the car as long as the recording doesn’t interfere with the officer’s ability to investigate. But having the right to do certain things doesn’t necessarily mean you should do them. The appropriate time to hash it out the officer is later in court, not while being pulled over. Not to mention, recording the offer will likely eviscerate your chances of getting off with a warning.
Can I smoke while talking to the officer?
Yes, but don’t. Just don’t do it—ever. No law prevents a person from smoking in their own vehicle during a traffic stop. But police officers are trained to maintain authority over the situation at all times. An affront to this authority will be met with more authority, and that will likely lead to an arrest. So if you want to go home and fight the ticket later, put the cig out. If you want to make a point and litigate your constitutional rights on the shoulder of the highway, prepare to get arrested.
Turning briefly to the Sandra Bland traffic stop, was the officer within his statutory authority to order her to put out her cigarette and then order her out of the vehicle after she refused? Yes, he most likely was. But the more difficult question is whether this was fair. To that, I would argue probably not. Clearly Bland was agitated. The officer can even be heard saying “you seem very irritated”, to which Bland responded, “yes, I am. At this point, both the officer and Bland would have been well advised to de-escalate the situation. As the person with training and experience, the officer missed an opportunity to take the lead in calming the situation. Asking her to extinguish the cigarette was reasonable but not necessary and only appeared to goad Bland into getting more upset.
In conclusion, remember that it’s far more expensive to spend a night in jail and hire a Dallas criminal defense lawyer than it is to simply fight the ticket on the illegible date scribbled on the back. The pride of fearless civil disobedience can be fleeting. Fearful obedience will get you home and save you a ton of money and anxiety. | <urn:uuid:a3a9f9ba-2ef2-4a15-a6dc-704853d5e51f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jeffkinglaw.com/pulled-over-by-a-police-officer-what-are-your-rights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977814 | 933 | 1.6875 | 2 |
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Under the Köppen Climate Classification climate classification, "dry-summer subtropical" climates are often referred to as "Mediterranean". This climate zone has an an average temperature above 10°C (50°F) in their warmest months, and an average in the coldest between 18 to -3°C (64 to 27°F). Summers tend to be dry with less than one-third that of the wettest winter month, and with less than 30mm (1.18 in) of precipitation in a summer month. SMany of the regions with Mediterranean climates have relatively mild winters and very warm summers.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csb". (Mediterran Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Kenmore is 50.9°F (10.5°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 64.3°F (17.9°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 37.8°F (3.2°C).
The highest recorded temperature in Kenmore is 98.0°F (36.7°C), which was recorded in July. The lowest recorded temperature in Kenmore is 8.0°F (-13.3°C), which was recorded in November.
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Kenmore is 31.6" (802.6 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is January with 4.6" (116.8 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of 0.8" (20.3 mm). There are an average of 119.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 14.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in July with 4.0 days.
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Tired of the litter box? Try the toilet instead.
If you hate cleaning the litter box every day, you might be able to teach your cat to go in the toilet. Cat toilet training is a great way to keep your house cleaner, and many cats take to it quite well. When you potty train your cat, you can save on kitty litter and on litter pan cleaning time. Litter box furniture can help hide kitty's business, but sometimes you don't want to mess with the litter box at all.
Keep in mind that toilet training cats will take time and work.
There are various toilet training kits that you can buy, and these are important to use in this process. Potty training is a step-by-step process, so be patient and be willing to work with your cats over weeks or months.
Is Toilet Training Cats Right for You?
But before you jump into toilet training, you need to determine whether it's the right choice for your cat. If your cat is less than six months old, or already has problems using the litter box, toilet training probably isn't a good choice.
It's also not a good option if your cat is very skittish, because skittish cats feel more comfortable burying their waste to protect themselves. Finally, if your cat has any joint or mobility problems, you shouldn't use toilet training because there is a risk of injury. Older cats who have arthritis or mobility issues aren't good candidates for toilet training.
But if you have a healthy, outgoing, full-grown cat with no litter box issues like going outside of the box, toilet training might be a great option. Here's how to toilet train your cat in five easy steps.
How To Toilet Train Your Cat in 5 Steps
1. Place your cat's litter box next to the toilet.
Choose a toilet that is the most easily accessible to your cat. Put the litter box next to the toilet so your cat grows accustomed to the new setting.
2. Gradually raise the litter tray to toilet level.
Over the next few weeks, gradually raise the height of the litter box, using cardboard boxes, or stacks of newspapers or magazines. Your cat won't be used to the height of a human toilet, so this is a very important step in the training process.
It's important not to rush your cat through this process. If your cat becomes too uncomfortable with the height of the litter box, he might stop using it.
3. Place the litter box on top of the toilet seat.
If your cat successfully uses the litter box as your raise the height, place the litter box on top of the toilet. You might have to secure it with duct tape to ensure your cat doesn't knock it off.
This is the most cumbersome step because you might not be able to use this toilet yourself. But if it goes well, you should only need to leave the box there for three or four days.
4. Replace litter box with a training kit.
A Litter Kwitter, or similar product like CitiKitty, is a round litter tray that will fit on your toilet. This cat toilet training kit comes with multiple pieces, gradually increasing the size of the toilet bowl hole that is in the middle.
You can fill the tray with flushable litter, so the cat still knows this is where he is supposed to go, and gets comfortable with going on the toilet.
5. Remove the litter tray.
When you have gone through all the stages of the Litter Kwitter, and your cat is ready, remove the tray. If your cat does a good job with toilet training, he should just go in the toilet without any litter needed.
If your cat stops using the litter box at any point in the process, try taking a step backwards and having her get comfortable with that step before you proceed. Bear in mind though, that toilet training is not right for every cat.
Cats can be very stubborn; if this doesn't work, you might have to go back to the old-fashioned way. If you find yourself struggling, try these DIY solutions for a cleaner litter box instead.
Best of luck!
This article was originally published January 31, 2020.
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We want you to keep your natural teeth healthy and vibrant for your entire life, because your teeth are magnificent just the way they are. With good daily care, optimal overall health and regular dental care you will be well on your way to achieving this goal.
Regular dental appointments for checkups and cleaning are vital for the prevention of problems and for the early detection of small problems before they become magnified. Upon examination, your dentist will determine if signs and symptoms of clinical oral disease are present and if your regular dental routine is meeting your target goals. Detecting disease early will assist in the success rate for treatment and help to curb costs. Professional cleaning, including the removal of plaque and tartar are vital in preventing gum disease and other oral health concerns. Only a professional dentist has the expertise, competence, education and ability to successfully oversee your oral health. The use of fluoride, applied topically during a dental visit in our dental practice, may assist in the fight against cavities. Fluoride can vary in dental products and in water supplies. It is best to discuss any possible concerns in this area with your dentist.
A review of your oral hygiene techniques may be a part of the care you receive in our dental clinic. Recommendations for toothbrush type, toothpaste, floss and dental products can be discussed. Techniques and routines for effective daily cleaning with an approved toothbrush and dental floss can improve your oral health. Children and adults may be encouraged to obtain sealants for permanent molars to assist with cavity prevention.
Suggestions to improve nutrition and moderation of sugary snacks may also be a vital component of your care. We encourage gum chewing, particularly gum sweetened with xylitol, which has been shown to significantly reduce the bacteria count associated with cavities. We encourage self oral exams with the education of warning signs and symptoms for gum disease and oral cancer. We may discuss the dental effects of smoking or chewing tobacco with those who choose to do so and encourage alternatives or cessation as oral health greatly deteriorates with such activity.
Other preventative actions include the wearing of a mouth guard during contact sports. Always wear your seatbelt in your vehicle to minimize potential injury and dental impact in the event of a car accident.
Some oral changes may be early warning signs. We encourage you to discuss these with the dentists in our dental practice. They include: bad breath, mouth dryness, oral sores, bleeding, discharge, pain, changes in sensation or temperature tolerance and loose adult teeth.
Q Why is brushing important?
A Daily brushing and cleaning between your teeth is important because it removes plaque. If the plaque isn’t removed, it continues to build up, feeding on the food debris left behind and causing tooth decay and gum disease.
Q How can plaque cause decay?
A When you eat food containing sugars and starches, the bacteria in plaque produce acids, which attack tooth enamel. The stickiness of the plaque keeps these acids in contact with teeth. After this happens many times, the tooth enamel can break down forming a hole or cavity.
Q How can plaque cause gum disease?
Plaque can harden into something called calculus another name for it is ‘tartar’. As calculus forms near the gumline, the plaque underneath releases poisons causing the gums to become irritated and inflamed. The gums begin to pull away from the teeth and the gaps become infected.
If gum disease is not treated promptly, the bone supporting the teeth is destroyed and healthy teeth may be lost. Gum disease is the biggest cause of tooth loss in adults and can lead to dentures, bridges or implants.
Q How can I prevent gum disease?
A It is important to remove plaque and food debris from around your teeth, as this will stop your gums from swelling and becoming infected. If you leave plaque on your teeth it can develop into tartar, which can only be removed by the dentist or hygienist. It is important to keep up your regular appointments so that your teeth can have a thorough cleaning if they need it.
Q How do I know if I have gum disease?
A Gum disease (gingivitis) will show itself as red, swollen gums that bleed when brushed or flossed. Many people are alarmed when they notice this bleeding and will then brush more gently, if at all. It is important that you continue to clean regularly and firmly in order to fight the condition.
Q Which type of toothbrush should I use?
A Your dentist or dental hygienist will be able to recommend a toothbrush to you. However, adults should choose a small to medium size brush with soft to medium multi-tufted, round-ended nylon bristles or ‘filaments’. The head should be small enough to get into all parts of the mouth: especially the back of the mouth where cleaning can be difficult. Children need to use smaller brushes but with the same type of filaments.
You can now get more specialised toothbrushes. For instance, people with sensitive teeth can now use softer bristled brushes. There are also smaller headed toothbrushes for those people with crooked or irregular teeth. Some people find it difficult to hold a toothbrush, for example because they have Parkinson’s disease or a physical disability. There are now toothbrushes, which have large handles and angled heads to make them easier to use.
Q How often should I change my toothbrush?
A Worn-out toothbrushes cannot clean your teeth properly and may damage your gums. It is important to change your toothbrush every two to three months or sooner if the filaments become worn. When filaments become splayed, they do not clean properly.
Q How should I brush?
A Brushing removes plaque and food particles from the inner, outer and biting surfaces of your teeth.
Here is one method of removing plaque:
• Place the head of your toothbrush against your teeth and angle against the gumline. Move the brush in small circular movements, several times, on all the surfaces of each individual tooth.
• Brush the outer surfaces of each tooth, upper and lower, keeping the bristles angled against the gumline.
• Use the same method on the inside surfaces of all your teeth.
• Brush the chewing surfaces of the teeth.
• To clean the inside surfaces of the front teeth, tilt the brush vertically and make several small circular strokes with the toe (the front part) of the brush.
• Brushing your tongue will help freshen your breath and will clean your mouth by removing bacteria.
Q How often should I brush my teeth?
A Be sure to brush thoroughly with a fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day, more often if your dentist recommends it. If you keep getting discomfort or bleeding after brushing go to see your dentist about it.
You don’t have to brush your teeth – just the ones you want to keep.
We prefer to share our knowledge and expertise, empowering you, our patients, to prevent a variety of oral health conditions with effective regular oral hygiene techniques and habits. We are committed to helping you look after your smile. Prevention is a very successful and valuable method of servicing the patients in our dental practice.
Dental hygiene ensures teeth and gums are clean and free of inflammation. It is a very important part of keeping a healthy smile. Our desired result is for you to have strong and vigorous teeth and gums throughout your life.
In our dental practice, the hygienist is dedicated to educating patients with regards to the use of toothbrushes, electronic aids, dental floss and inter-dental brushes. She can help make recommendations as to dental product use including toothpaste, mouthwash and home-whitening kits. She will review proper technique with regards to brushing and flossing, particularly highlighting areas of need based on her clinical observations. She will discuss and demonstrate specific strategies that you can implement on a daily basis. Frequently, the inner side of the mouth and the back teeth are particularly difficult for patients to clean which can be corrected.
Our hygienist is specially trained in the prevention of gum disease and cavities. She will remove tartar, plaque and surface stains by gently scraping or scaling the teeth both above and below the gumline with a delicate instrument called a scaler. She will then polish the teeth surfaces with a special paste, removing any plaque residue and surface stains and making it more difficult for new plaque to adhere. Professional cleaning in our dental practice will greatly improve the overall health and appearance of your teeth.
Sometimes, plaque can develop at or below the gumline which can be difficult for the average person to see. Our highly trained staff will educate you on how to prevent gum disease. This is essential as it can affect 90% of adult patients. It can range from mild gingivitis, inflamed gums, to advanced periodontitis, where the gum separates from the bone with bone deterioration, infection and possible tooth loss. Proper hygiene, reviewed in our dental clinic, can prevent gum disease and a variety of dental issues.
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Some Pedestrian-Friendly Street Changes May Stay After The Pandemic Ends
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When the pandemic struck, cities across the country moved quickly to help struggling restaurants. They bypassed regulations and closed off streets for outdoor dining. Now, even though they've lifted some indoor dining restrictions, some cities are moving to repurpose their streets permanently to accommodate people who have become accustomed to more car-free spaces. From Chicago, NPR's David Schaper reports.
DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: I'm standing in the middle of Clark Street in the River North area of downtown Chicago. And in normal times, it would be packed with cars, trucks and buses in three lanes of traffic going one way south, plus lanes on each curb for parking, valet stands, Ubers, cabs and delivery trucks. But right now, there's none of that - no traffic at all - because for much of the pandemic, the city has closed off several blocks of Clark Street here, allowing restaurants to safely spread out tables and serve diners outdoor.
ALYSSA WATKINS: I think it's kind of nice.
SCHAPER: Twenty-nine-year-old Chicagoan Alyssa Watkins is eating lunch outside in a place where there's usually loud traffic.
WATKINS: It's just nicer to not hear all the noise, to have more room for people to walk around on the streets.
SCHAPER: At another table in the street a good 10 feet away, 30-year-old Christina Taylor hopes the city keeps it closed.
CHRISTINA TAYLOR: I don't have a car, so I don't know how frustrating it is for people who drive when the streets are shut off.
SCHAPER: But not everyone is on board.
CAMILE STAFFORD: Down here, out here, it does make it a bit inconvenient when you close these streets like this.
SCHAPER: That's 30-year-old Camile Stafford, who worries about gridlock.
STAFFORD: Now it's like, oh, man, this street's blocked off. Oh, man, this street's blocked off. You know, it kind of - it can get irritating and maybe even deter people from coming down here.
SCHAPER: But the city's expanding what it calls the Chicago Alfresco Program anyway, closing off even more streets and not just for outdoor dining. Some busy streets now have wider walkways and bike lanes. Audrey Wennink of the Chicago non-profit Metropolitan Planning Council says it's part of the Complete Streets concept.
AUDREY WENNINK: Complete Streets are streets that are designed for everybody of every mode, so biking, walking, transit and cars.
SCHAPER: At a busy downtown Chicago intersection, Wennink says this street now has fewer lanes for cars, with one dedicated to buses only and another as a separated bike lane.
WENNINK: And there are plastic barriers that extend to the curb. So it makes a shorter crossing distance for pedestrians.
SCHAPER: Yes, it will take longer for people to drive through those redesigned streets, but Wennink says there's an important payoff.
WENNINK: Whenever you narrow streets or add bike lanes, you cause cars to drive slower and more carefully. And that has improved safety for everyone.
SCHAPER: With Americans walking more since the pandemic began, there's been a sharp increase in pedestrian fatalities, leading to an increased urgency in many cities to recreate streets as shared spaces instead of solely being focused on cars. Beth Osborne is with the nonprofit advocacy group Smart Growth America.
BETH OSBORNE: We had pretended that humans outside of a car didn't exist or were disposable and designed our roadways for only one user - those who had a big metal contraption around them.
SCHAPER: Osborne says the pandemic has prompted cities from Oakland and Seattle to Louisville and Burlington, Vt., to experiment with new street uses. Some include outdoor dining and food truck plazas. Others have displays of artwork or urban playgrounds. While some will be temporary, others may remain long after the pandemic ends.
David Schaper, NPR News, Chicago.
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Explore the landscape of evidence, and new emerging research, in fertility apps. Additionally we will compare and contrast the aspects of different fertility apps that could be included in patient education and decision-making. Presented by Rebecca Simmons, PhD, MPH, a faculty member in the Department of OBGYN at the University of Utah.
Peter Danis, MD and past AAFCP president, and Elizabeth Martinez, a Fertility Care Practitioner & and Fertility Care Educator provide an overview of Creighton Model FertilityCare, a standardized observation and charting of biological markers that are essential to a woman’s health and fertility.
Sub-fertile couples who were taught about fertility awareness had a natural conception rate of 38% compared to 21.6% for those who were not after 8 months. This increased to increased to 56% after 1-2 years. Tentative conclusion of the study : “Training women to identify their fertile window in the menstrual cycle seems to be a reasonable first-line therapy in the management of subfertility.”
Research Updates in RRM from the Ambrosiano Centre for Natural Family Planning Methods
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Presented by Alison Contreras PhD, FCP, Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP, Erin Adams, Steph Noyes Up Next: Effectiveness of Fertility Awareness Based Methods for […]
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The first attempts to lay down the foundations for the functioning of youth policy in Poland were linked to the EU accession process. They resulted in the “State Strategy for Youth for 2003-2012” (Strategia Państwa dla Młodzieży na lata 2003-2012), however, it “failed to (...) trigger the implementation of EU programmes and to influence the integration of the community of youth organisations”. Polish youth policy has no systemic solutions, nor is it operated and coordinated in a consistent way (Wiktorska-Święcicka, 2016). It cannot be said that before Poland’s accession to the European Union there were no activities targeting young people or their activation and inclusion in public life. Such activities were undertaken as part of sectoral policies operated within individual ministries. Poland’s accession to the European Union probably contributed to paying more attention to issues relating to young people’s lives and functioning (Raczek, 2014).
It is impossible to indicate one official document focussing on the needs and rights of young people and regulating issues relating to them (“Youth Law”). However, this does not mean that Polish legislation does not cover young people’s lives, rights and duties. Youth-related regulations are provided in various legal acts, such as the Constitution of the Republic of Poland (of 1997) Family and Guardianship Code (as amended) Labour Code (as amended) Juvenile Proceedings Act (as amended), Education Law (as amended), Act on Higher Education (as amended), Post-graduate Placements Act (as amended), Act on health care for pupils, or the Associations Act (as amended).
“The Republic of Poland shall ensure protection of the rights of the child. Everyone shall have the right to demand of organs of public authority that they defend children against violence, cruelty, exploitation and actions which undermine their moral sense” (art. 72 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland). Parents have the right to bring up a young person in agreement with their convictions, however, they should take into account his/her degree of maturity, freedom of conscience and his/her convictions (art. 48 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland).Young people’s rights, being part of the catalogue of human rights, can be divided into four main categories - personal, political (or public), social and economic rights. Coming of age offers young people new opportunities and full participation in public life. Young people - provided they are not incapacitated or deprived of public (or voting) rights - who are 18 or over may participate in referendums, elect the President of the Republic of Poland, Polish Parliament deputies, senators and local government representatives (art. 62 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland). Young people under 18 may join associations however, they may not establish non-governmental organisations until they are 18 (art 3 of the Associations Act of 1989,as amended). The observance of young people’s rights is supervised by the Ombudsman for Children (Rzecznik Praw Dziecka) and the Ombudsman (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich). | <urn:uuid:86669657-2eea-4dc9-9067-de4a092ac20b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://national-policies.eacea.ec.europa.eu/youthwiki/chapters/poland/12-national-youth-law | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.942501 | 678 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The examination of the potential risks of cryptocurrency investing will consider “systemic risks linked to cryptocurrency investment by Russian individuals and entities.”
As part of the investigation, the Bank of Russia will collect data from 15 credit organizations including major banks like Sberbank, VTB and Tinkoff Bank, payment systems like Visa and Mastercard, and electronic payment providers like Western Union, Qiwi and WebMoney.
The Bank of Russia is also looking to release a study on equity investment by non-resident investors by October or November 2021.
The Bank of Russia’s assessment of crypto-related risks comes amid growing criticism from local lawmakers and businesspeople regarding the institution's tough stance on the crypto industry.
In mid-June, Russian State Duma member Fedot Tumusov said that the Bank of Russia was short-sighted on crypto while industrial tycoon Oleg Deripaska blasted the central bank for pressuring local industry to avoid cryptocurrencies.
Earlier this week, the Bank of Russia established the first pilot group for testing the country’s central bank digital currency, the digital ruble. | <urn:uuid:6f76c16a-81f9-4a27-936c-b86d86d97e5c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cointelegraph.com/news/russia-s-central-bank-to-study-crypto-investment-risks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936536 | 227 | 1.789063 | 2 |
TAMPA — They campaigned on a platform to protect the public schools.
Now some Hillsborough County School Board members are looking for ways to change the way they deal with charter schools — those privately managed, yet publicly funded institutions that sign up tens of thousands of Hillsborough public school students every year.
A workshop is planned. And two new board members are asking pointed questions about charters, and how readily they are welcomed into the $3 billion school system.
“Our board has taken a new shape,” said Jessica Vaughn, one of the new members, during a heated discussion at Tuesday’s board meeting. “It’s important to have these conversations.”
The options are many.
The board can take an anti-charter stance when applications for the schools come before them for approval, although they would risk incurring steep legal fees under a state system that considers charters an important component of school choice.
They can lobby in Tallahassee for more authority to approve or deny schools.
Some would like to see the board more involved in the vetting process, which now happens entirely at staff level. Others would like to provide the public with more disclosure about what they see as deficiencies in many charter schools.
Tuesday’s discussion, which degenerated into members calling each other “thin skinned” and “disrespectful,” began when new member Nadia Combs questioned a routine vote to consolidate four planned school projects into two.
The charter provider, IDEA of Texas, had already been approved by the state under a new system called “Schools of Hope,” which offers alternatives for communities served by long-struggling public schools. Two K-12 schools are set to open in August near the Oak Park and Robles elementary schools in north Tampa. A third is planned for 2022 in the Mango area. If fully built out according to the IDEA model, the three could ultimately serve about 4,000 students.
The board had no authority to block the schools without incurring large financial penalties, and the consolidation was essentially a record-keeping function.
But Combs wanted the public to know about published reports of luxury travel by IDEA’s executives. She wanted to know how state officials reacted to those reports.
And she had generalized complaints about the district’s posture toward charter schools. “It seems to me that Hillsborough County, I look at the last five years of charter, and we have approved everything,” she said. “We made it so easy.”
The reality, attorney Jim Porter and several board members told Combs, is that many charter applications are withdrawn after they are reviewed by staff and before they can come before the board. Last year three out of six met that fate. In other districts, boards reject charter applications in full public view. They also told her some of her complaints — for example, that charter applications might not include a curriculum, or even a school location — are a matter of state law.
Charter school opponents, however, are looking at the big picture.
Each year, charters attract a larger share of the public school market. This year they have more than 30,000 students, which is almost 15 percent of the total district enrollment. An estimated $225 million in state money follows the students, leaving less to pay the fixed costs of district-run schools. District leaders have stated at times that the exodus to charters is one reason Hillsborough faces a budgetary crisis so severe the state might have to step in and take over.
Fifty-two charters now serve Hillsborough students, ranging from East Tampa Academy, with 48 students in grades kindergarten, 1 and 2, to Winthrop, a K-8 school in Bloomingdale with more than 1,300 enrolled.
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And more are on the way.
In addition to the IDEA schools, seven more charter applications were approved locally in recent years, but have not opened, according to district records. The district also has received 10 more letters of intent for more schools that wish to apply this year — a step that is recommended not required.
As school operators often struggle to find suitable locations, it is impossible to know how many will materialize.
Lynn Gray, the board’s chairwoman, has made charter schools an issue since she was elected in 2016. At times she was the lone vote against charter applications. She picked some of them apart publicly, saying they do not serve lower-income students or non-English speakers in the way district-run schools do.
Gray said last week that she still has concerns. But she’s also mindful of the district’s budgetary problems, which argue against taking on expensive legal battles.
Consequences are especially severe if the district interferes with a Schools of Hope project. The way the law is written, the state can withhold much of the money districts receive in administrative fees, which pays for their oversight work. Those fees, for Hillsborough, exceeded $3 million last year.
Gray said she is scheduling a board workshop where members can discuss the charter issue, and the options available to them. She and Combs said they hope the incoming Biden administration will be less charter-friendly than the Trump White House was.
In the more immediate future, Gray suggested calling for a change that would give board members more say in the charter approval process, instead of allowing them only a final, largely ceremonial, vote.
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To understand this article, first read Managing in Mayberry by Don Gray & Dan Starr: https://www.donaldegray.com/managing-in-mayberry-an-examination-of-three-distinct-leadership-styles/
In short, it is about three different styles of leadership, depending on their view of the problem. The situation is that, in heavy traffic, left-turners may cause a queue of cars that leads to a dangerous situation.
- Officer Barney’s micromanaging leadership style is that the situation is tricky, and in tricky situations, the manager should be directing everyone.
- Aunt Bea’s parentally management leadership style is that management needs to handle conflicts while the rest of the work could be self-organized.
- Sheriff Andy’s masterly managing leadership style is to have an overview of the whole system, and when conflicts are about to cause a problem for the system, it’s time to intervene.
Note that Barney and Bea are focusing on what action to take while Andy is focusing on the result to achieve.
Now, here’s the paradox.
What if you studied the actions of the three styles from a distance, based on their actions and don’t understand the full picture or the different manager’s view of the problem? What would the different leadership styles look like then?
What Barney does is obvious. He takes his responsibility as a manager and takes control of the situation. From the outside, it’s easy to understand, and it’s consistent.
The same for Bea, even though it might take some time before you see the clear connection between a left-turner and Bea’s reaction.
But what about Andy’s actions?
Without having an understanding of his approach, you will probably think it’s just random actions. Some left-turners will not cause any action while others will. Is it because of the car’s color, or is it because of the size, or is it something about the driver? Because you are studying his actions without knowing what he is triggered by, it will make no sense. Sometimes he is micromanaging, and sometimes he will stand there without any interaction, even when the situation in the intersection can look quite messy.
I have sometimes worked with managers like Andy, and I have seen the frustration and irritation their, to some seemingly random, leadership style has caused. But still, their style is just the right one, and it is more likely to give excellent results. The downside is that Andy’s style will not be seen as good management. The excellent result will look like it arrived despite the manager’s irrational behavior toward people from the outside.
It’s much easier to look good for managers like Barney. They take action, and some of them will succeed and can solve the situation. Some will fail, but at least they took action. Even though Barney’s approach is less powerful when handling complex situations and the success was probably more because of good luck than the right approach, Barneys are more likely to become the heroes. Heroes will be promoted, and soon, most of the organization’s managers will be Barneys, and guess what – yes, they will continue to encourage Barney’s approach because that’s the approach they think is the right one. They will probably criticize Andys for keeping their distance, just observing, instead of taking action. They will also try to make them change to adopt Barney’s leadership style.
An organization full of managers like Barney has trouble handling complexity. It will be a lot of actions, but little real value created. People in the organization will feel stressed at the volatile orders coming from their leaders.
The questions are:
- What can top managers do to promote people with Andy’s more holistic approach?
- What can you do if you have a leadership style like Andy’s and want it to look less irrational?
This is for another article to answer.
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