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Moong Dal Payasam is a popular south indian style of kheer recipe made with moong dal and coconut milk. It is a traditional dessert recipe made especially for celebration feast or for the festival like makara sankranti.
Ingredients of Moong Dal Payasam
- ¾ cup moong dal
- 2¼ cup water
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 cup jaggery
- ¼ cup water
- 1 cup thin coconut milk
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 10 cashew
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 2 tbsp dry coconut
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ¼ cup thick coconut milk
How to Make Moong Dal Payasam
Roast moong dal on low flame until they turn aromatic.
Add 2¼ cup water and ghee in a cooker.
Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
Take jaggery and water in a pan.
Dissolve jaggery completely.
Filter it to remove any impurities if present.
Add in pressure cooked moong dal and mix well.
- Add thin coconut milk and stir well, simmer for 2 minutes.
Put the fried nuts over payasam along with cardamom powder.
Turn off the flame.
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Britain's Reckitt Benckiser Group is considering if it should shelve the sale of its infant nutrition unit, as high-profile deals fall victim to a worsening financing market, according to a Bloomberg News report.
Talks between the Enfamil baby formula maker and potential buyers have stalled in recent weeks, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reckitt declined to comment on the report.
Bloomberg News reported that disagreements over valuation, a lack of available funding and an ongoing baby formula crisis in the US complicated efforts to sell the business.
The US baby formula crisis had boosted profits at Reckitt and helped it grab the top spot in a $5.8 billion-a-year market.
Reckitt has not made a final decision on whether to formally pull the sale, the report said.
In February of this year, Bloomberg News reported that Reckitt Benckiser is considering options for its infant nutrition business, including a potential sale.
Baby Formula Crisis
Global companies that make baby formula are bringing products into the United States after the country's health regulator relaxed its import policy to address a nationwide shortage partly triggered by Abbott Laboratories' manufacturing plant in Michigan recalling some products in February.
Importers include Neocate maker Danone SA, while New Zealand's dairy giants Fonterra and a2 Milk have submitted applications to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for supplying baby formula to the United States.
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100 years of summer camp
YMCA of Dane County celebrates a milestone at a time when kids may need camp more than ever.
In 1921, the Olbrich family gifted 22 acres along the northwest shores of Lake Mendota to the YMCA of Dane County, in what would become Camp Wakanda. The boys-only camp closed in 1972 and the land is part of what is now Governor Nelson State Park, but summer camp programming has only grown. This year, the organization celebrates 100 years of summer camp in Dane County.
“I think the celebration, really, is that the fundamental core and purpose of camp has not changed a lot,” says Mark Westover, president and CEO of YMCA of Dane County, which is often simplified to “The Y” to perhaps signal a more diverse community than what began as the “Young Men’s Christian Association” in the United Kingdom in 1844, and in Madison in 1886. Early Camp Wakanda attendees may have fit that description but today’s campers represent a far broader cross-section of Madison area kids, Westover says.
“I like to think we probably have more ways that we’re outreaching to the community to include more kids into camp. I can’t imagine it was as inclusive back then,” he says, adding that YMCA of the USA’s organizational structure allows each location to be built and funded locally, adapting to the community it serves. “But the core of developing lasting relationships, self-confidence with people, and helping them become their best selves, that still remains. And fun with a capital F.”
With today’s Kindergarten Camp, Discovery Day Camp and Specialty Camps, kids ages 4-13 “learn through play” in a weekly roster of physical, educational and creative curriculum led by state-licensed childcare staff. In 2019, 3,500 enrollment slots were filled — about 350 kids per week. In 2020, that number dropped to 2,500, and camp looked a little different with daily temperature checks, masks and social distancing. But Westover says it also felt more important than ever to provide fun, safe, interactive camp programming to local kids. “We really tried to maintain a sense of normalcy for the kids last summer,” he says. Maybe it was catching crayfish in the creek, kicking the soccer ball or constructing an art project. Or maybe it was providing the only meal of the day.
As a 501c3 — and despite being the organization credited with inventing the sport of basketball in New York in 1891 — The Y has always been more than a place to exercise. With its after-school, preschool and 4-year-old kindergarten programs (developed in partnership with Madison Metropolitan School District and others), The Y is Dane County’s largest childcare provider. During the pandemic, its three Dane County locations (Lussier Family West, Lussier Family East and Sun Prairie) provided 538,348 free meals to the local community and launched a 24/7 emergency childcare program for health care workers.
Even before 2020, that outreach extended to summer camp programming, where spots are first opened to kids whose families may be struggling with homelessness or otherwise can’t afford the $125-$300 weekly tuition. Through strategic partnerships with the Salvation Army, Joining Forces for Families and Sun Prairie Community Schools, kids are offered partial or full scholarships and bag lunches that are packed and given discreetly to them ahead of time. After the scholarship spots are filled, registration opens to the public. For the 2020 summer camp season, enrollment may have been down 25% but that financial assistance was up 28%.
“The Y wants to make camp available to everybody, regardless of background or income level. We understand that diversity brings a better camp experience to everybody,” Westover says, adding that although most people are familiar with the basketball origin story, many don’t realize The Y also started the nation’s first known summer camp in 1885. And as we begin to emerge from the pandemic, Westover believes summer camp will be even more important this year — its 100th summer.
“We’re starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel [but] what are the social-emotional impacts kids are going to be feeling?” he says. In addition to curriculum that fights summer learning loss, most Dane County kids have endured a year of virtual schooling and the loss of extracurriculars and even basic social interaction. “I think parents are very anxious for the kids to get out and re-engage with peers and develop those skills of peer interaction. Just engage and build self-confidence that isn’t all fueled by the family, however you define a family,” he says. At camp, “they’re able to develop in such a safe environment … a really accepting environment.”
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Hi :) I have tried searching for info on here that might help me out but to little avail. Perhaps if I have missed something glaringly obvious, somebody may point me in the direction of an existing thread that I can read though, but in the meantime, here goes! I got back into keeping carnivorous plants just over a year ago and now that I have the time and space to do a better job of it, it's gone a little way beyond a few plants kept on a windowsill. I have a cold frame greenhouse that I keep most of my plants in year round, with the exception of some of the more delicate ones I have obtained recently that I will treat accordingly when the time comes. Anyway, amongst those that I have out there are some yearling seedlings- both vft's and cobra lilies. They were out over winter and survived just fine but they are so very slow growing, I am wondering if they may do better if I were to bring them inside and put them under my T5 grow light? I just bought it for other plants but I would like to use it for my carnivores if it will be of benefit to them. I also have a bunch of sarras, some more Darlingtonia and a new lot of giant vft seeds that I sowed a little while back which are now beginning to show (well, not the vft's, it's a little soon for them yet I think). Would they be happier in more stable temperature/light conditions do you think? Everything else that has been kept outside in the little greenhouse is doing really well but I am still very new to growing from seed so if anyone has any advice regarding what I could do to give these seeds/seedlings a stronger start, that would be great :) For information's sake, the seedlings are all about 1.5cm across, the darlingtonia each have a bout 3-5 little tiny traps and the vft's a few more and the new lot of sarra/darlingtonia seeds that have germinated started showing maybe a week or two ago. They are all in appropriate carnivorous plant mix compost with no moss at this stage. Also, I have one small nepenthes hybrid (no idea what... it was a garden centre gift from someone) that was in the cold frame but I have since brought it inside after reading more about their care. It gets wonderfully warm and humid on sunny days but I fear it might get a bit too cold for it at night out there. I don't have many bright windowsills in my house that are not in direct sunlight. Where would you suggest I keep this plant that it may thrive? I have a modified shelf in the cold frame that blocks direct sunlight but is still bright but I just don't know if it's a good idea to put it back outside at the moment! Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Hey guys, just joined because you guys really seem to know your plants. This is my second year with sarracenia, had to do a reboot this spring because my plants died in the winter, and i'd like to avoid that this year. I got some ideas from other posts and was hoping for advise. I think my main problem is wind and prolonged freezing. My main idea is to first replant them in a bog to give them more insulation. The bog would be made out of one of two bins (20 x 20 x 40 or 30 x 25 x 50 cm). Next im thinking a "cold frame" out of a overturned opaque bucket with a fist sized vent, either submerged or not. The cold frame is about +10F than outside unsubmerged but has a much higher humidity. Any thoughts are much appreciated. I am currently in long Island NY | <urn:uuid:95988b07-f72a-40af-8bcb-2c7c2a69b6f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?/search/&tags=cold%20frame&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.980086 | 790 | 1.773438 | 2 |
This is the most popular course and it involves teaching improving grammar skills, the understanding, vocabulary, pronunciation, language structure as well as everyday English expressions and colloquialisms. This type of course aims to progressively improve the ability to understand the language; therefore, enabling students to communicate effectively in English in a variety of real-life situations. The standard course (20 lessons per week) is offered at all levels; starting from beginner to advanced. It includes learning the fundamentals of the language: the written form (composition) and the oral form (comprehension and expression), while the intensive course (30 lessons per week), which also includes an afternoon lesson in a smaller number of participants, is specially designed for those wanting to achieve language progress as quickly as possible.
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Chinese classical furniture
amazes the world with the wisdom of the ancients with its exquisite craftsmanship. In addition to the mortise and tenon structure and the 'joining' process, another outstanding feature is the surface treatment of the furniture parts, which are concave, flat, or convex, to reflect different styles and appearances. This is the most common and commonly used technique in classical furniture-the decoration of the stitches. 1. The concept of stitching. The stitching is one of the unique styles of furniture modeling in the Ming and Qing dynasties in my country. It refers to the shape of the edge line of the cut surface of the furniture part, the male and female lines formed by the height of the line, and the height of the surface. Convex and concave to show. On the surface, it seems simple, but careful observation is indeed ever-changing. With the same materials and the same size of the components, as long as the size of the surface and the thickness of the line are slightly changed, a variety of stitches will be formed, which makes the appearance of the furniture quite different. 2. Types of moldings. There are many types of moldings commonly used on classical furniture. The common ones are belt line, bowl line, eel belly, crucian back, sesame stem, bamboo patch, yang line, yin line, civil and military line, pinch line, There are dozens of dimple lines, concave lines, melon ridge lines, sword ridge lines, square lines, etc., but the shapes are all deformations between square (including rectangle) and circle (including ellipse). It can be roughly divided into two types: asymmetry up and down and symmetrical up and down. Regardless of the shape, craftsmen call them 'ice edgeThere are also some terms to describe these pins. For example, the long side of the frame is called 'side wipe1. Yang line: refers to the line shape that is higher than the plane or convex. 2. Concave line: refers to the line shape that is concave into the plane. 3. Incense line: It is a style of the yang line, the line is straight, the round curvature is larger than the general yang line, and the line feeling in the furniture is stronger. 4. Sword ridgeline: refers to the height in the middle, with slanted sides on both sides, like the back of a sword. 5. Belt line: refers to a relatively flat but wider Yang line, named after the leather strip used on a carriage. The narrower one is called the pimp line. 6. Water blocking line: refers to a raised sun line along the edge of the table, because its function is to block the wine and prevent it from flowing down the table. 7. Hole-making line: refers to a line shape that is raised on both sides and recessed in the middle. 8. Sesame stalks: refers to the stitches composed of two depressions (inner concave arcs), named because they are shaped like sesame stalks. 9. Muddy bamboo slices: Refers to the rounded muddy surface like bamboo slices. 10. Civil and military line: refers to two lines consisting of a muddy (convex on the outside) and a depression (concave on the inside). 11. Kneading line: refers to the line shape of the square or rectangular material that is discounted on the edge. 12. Melon ridges: The legs and feet of the tables and cabinets
in Ming Dynasty furniture are usually made of thicker materials. Generally, they are made into ribs and splits, which are commonly called melon ridges. Use melon ridges on the legs and feet of furniture such as 'one-leg three-tooth' tables and 'round-corner cabinets'. Related reading: The detailed whole process of making mahogany furniture 13. Tianpan line: similar to the water barrier. But the location is not on the edge, but on the inner edge of the face frame, which is common on the surface of furniture with small face frames such as coffee tables and flower tables. 14. Change the bamboo round: a kind of thread foot that looks like a round bulge. 3. The function of the stitching The use of the stitching makes the overall line of the furniture smoother and enriches the sense of space and hierarchy of the furniture form. The unevenness of the thread can produce light quality effects, making the shape of the furniture more substantial. The exquisite stitching contrasts with the heavy furniture shape, which clearly highlights the decorativeness of the linear beauty. The craftsmen use various forms of 'ice tray edge' to reflect various personal characteristics and expound their unique views on art.
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How Does Icing Work in the NHL?
This rule involves the lines on the rink, which are known as the blue and red lines. Icing occurs when a hockey player at one side of the rink flips the puck to the other side of the rink. The puck then crosses the red goal line.
How Has Icing Changed Over the Years?
Icing used to be the go-to play when teams wanted to make line changes. They would send the puck down the ice and provide adequate time for teams to change tired players for rested players. This no longer is allowed as the NHL decided that teams that ice the puck have to keep their players on the ice – no swaps are allowed.
Conclusion on the Icing Rule in Hockey
Although the rule should be simple, you can see why some people have a tough time understanding when and why an icing call is made on the ice. Sometimes especially when watching on TV, you might see an obvious icing situation occur but it doesn’t end up getting called.
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CS3231 : Theory of Computation
This module serves as an introduction to
1) some standard formal models of computation so as to develop an understanding of what can and cannot be computed by various devices and their relation to formal languages,
2) some techniques in computer science (e.g. nondeterminism, diagonalization, simulation and reduction),
3) the mathematical formulation of objects in computer science so as to study their properties.
Preliminaries: Algebra and languages. Operations on strings. The countability of strings and uncountability of languages.
Regular Languages and Finite Automata: Regular expressions. Deterministic and non-deterministic finite state automata and their equivalence. Equivalence to regular languages. Closure properties (union, complementation, Kleene star). Pumping Lemma. Decision algorithms.
Context-Free Languages and Pushdown Automata: Context free grammars. Regular languages are context-free. Chomsky Normal Form. Pumping Lemma. Decision algorithms. Closure properties (union, concatenation, Kleene star, intersection with regular set). The equivalence of context-free languages and pushdown automata.
Turing Machines: Programming Turing machines. Acceptance, recognition and computation by Turing machines. Multiple tapes and non-determinism do not add power. Church-Turing Thesis. Universal Turing machines. Chomsky Hierarchy. Decidability: Halting and other problems. Undecidability: Rice's theorem.
There are no pre-requisites for the course and we will keep it as self contained as possible.
Lectures: Every Thursday 2-4pm at LT15. First lecture on 12th August, 2010.
Tutorials: Every Monday 3-5pm at COM1/217. First tutorial on 23rd August, 2010.
Office Hours: Every Thursday 11-12pm (or by appointment).
Name : Rahul Jain
Office : S15-04-01
Email: first name at comp.nus.edu.sg
Phone: 65168826 (off).
We will use the following as textbook. All of what we will study will be from this book.
Title: “Introduction to the theory of computation” (Second Edition).
Author: Michael Sipser.
You may use the following as an alternate text for your own reference:
Title: “Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation.” (Third Edition)
Authors: J. Hopcroft, R. Motwani and J. Ullman,
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2007.
There will be two midterms and one final examination. All these will be open book. Each of the midterms are worth 25 points. Final exam is worth 50 points.
These are lecture notes using power-point slides. You are encouraged to also take your own notes.
Turing machine lectures from last year:
Each tutorial will be given to you during the lecture. You may hand in your tutorial solutions at the start of your tutorial class (this is not necessary but is encouraged). I will check the handed in tutorial solutions and hand them over back in the next lecture (there are no marks for these). You may discuss tutorials with your friends, however you should write the answers on your own. You would be randomly asked to present some questions during the tutorial class. Besides the tutorials, you are encouraged to work on several problems given in the text book. | <urn:uuid:6b26ca19-434c-47fc-8425-df8bf00060a7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~rahul/CS3231.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.890637 | 737 | 2.21875 | 2 |
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Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye presents the Zhije (Pacification) teachings of some of Tibet’s most historically significant and influential teachers in this next volume of the Treasury of Precious Instructions series, Kongtrul’s great collection of teachings from all of Tibet’s Buddhist lineages.The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own.In this volume, Kongtrul presents a diverse corpus of texts from the Zhije (Pacification) tradition that trace especially to the South Indian master Dampa Sangye (d. 1117), whose teachings are also celebrated in the Chöd (Severance) tradition. It includes source scriptures by Dampa Sangye, empowerments by Lochen Dharmashrī, and guidance by Dampa Sangye, Lochen Dharmashrī, and Sönam Pal. Also included are lineage charts related to the transmission of Zhije teachings as well as detailed notes and an orientation to the texts by translator Sarah Harding.
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?World War I and World War II were really just two parts of the same war.? Agree or disagree. Why?
Take into account each of the readings listed below. Which of the arguments and evidence presented most support your point of view, and which most undermine it? Explain your argument carefully.
The Origins of the First World War, Pg42-142
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria
AIP is an acute porphyria known to cause abdominal pain, gastrointestinal issues, and neurological changes.
Symptoms usually begin to present after puberty.
Acute attacks usually require hospitalisation and treatment by a porphyria specialist.
AIP is inherited from one of the parents and usually first manifests after puberty especially in girls. Severe abdominal pain with vomiting and constipation is the main feature but pain, numbness and weakness in the arms and legs can also be present as well as palpitations, confusion, agitation, seizures, hallucinations and insomnia. On blood tests sodium levels may be low.
Triggers include fasting, low carbohydrate intake, alcohol intake, infections and a whole range of drugs which are listed on porphyria websites and should be avoided. In women episodes may coincide with menstruation.
Management consists of avoiding these triggers and dealing urgently with acute attacks.
In acute attacks intravenous glucose and pain relief with opiates, usually morphine is required. If this does not settle the pain haemarginate infusions can result in rapid improvement and may be required on up to four consecutive days. Access to suitable veins is critical and haemarginate needs to be specially prepared and be given through a central line.
In acute attacks prompt attendance at a hospital emergency department is critical so treatment can be given promptly to relieve symptoms and prevent deterioration.
Because treatment needs to be given promptly and is complex its best to always attend the same emergency department and to have an agreed treatment plan spelling out in some detail what needs to happen. This ideally should include the contact details of a porphyria specialist and be agreed to by the patient, the emergency department staff and the porphyria specialist.
Importantly other cause of abdominal pain including appendicitis, cholecystitis endometriosis and bowel inflammation can still occur and must not be overlooked
Its important to confirm the diagnosis of porphyria and to document this clearly in the patient records and plan.
The best time to prove the diagnosis is during an acute attack when levels of PBG and porphyrins, mostly uroporphyrin, are high in the urine. Urine PBG can be done quickly but porphyrin estimations are usually done in a specialised lab and take time.
In laboratory proven cases of AIP elevated urine PBG is confirmatory during acute attacks of AIP but if symptoms are typical treatment should commence promptly and not be delayed while waiting for the test result.
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But Eliot Fremont-Smith, writing in The New York Times, found merit in the work.
“If ‘In Praise of Older Women’ goes not much of anywhere as a novel,” he wrote, “as an essay on erotics it is refreshing.”
The book inspired two films: a Hollywood version in 1978 whose stars included Tom Berenger and Karen Black, and a Spanish movie in 1997 with Juan Diego Botto as the central character and Faye Dunaway as one of the love interests. Its title became something of a cultural catchphrase, and by the time Penguin Classics republished it in 2010, it was said to have sold five million copies in 21 countries.
The Penguin edition came out when much was being written about the cougar-and-boy-toy phenomenon — older women, including some A-list celebrities, who were romantically involved with much younger men. In interviews at the time, Mr. Vizinczey rejected the idea that his novel was a forerunner of that trend; those relationships seemed merely physical, he said, whereas the ones he wrote about were something more.
“In the world I grew up in, sex was never just sex,” he told The Independent Extra of Britain in 2010. “It started with some kind of connection. The older women wanted to give something — not money, not a loan — to give something of themselves. You were friends, you had some point of unity. Intelligence was very important.”
Stephen Vizinczei — he later changed the spelling — was born on May 12, 1933, in Kaloz, Hungary, southwest of Budapest. When he was 2 his father, a Roman Catholic schoolteacher and antifascist, was murdered by the Nazis, who were ascendant in Hungary at the time.
As a young man he wrote plays, some of which displeased the Soviet-backed government that had taken control of the country after World War II. By the time of the 1956 uprising against that government, he was 23 and in the thick of the revolt; he was part of a group that pulled down a statue of Stalin in Budapest that October.
“We had no technical knowledge and hoped to pull down the colossal bronze statue with steel cables tied to the tractors,” he wrote in 2006 in a remembrance published in The National Post of Canada. “We were surprised that the cables snapped. But eventually someone with a blow torch came around and cut off Stalin’s feet at the boots.” | <urn:uuid:375dfa8c-3433-4de7-bf9c-db91a4e473a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://streamtvpro.co/news/stephen-vizinczey-in-praise-of-older-women-author-dies-at-88/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.988085 | 527 | 1.6875 | 2 |
The application object encapsulates the execution context within which a request is
processed. Its main task is to collect some basic information about the request,
and dispatch it to an appropriate controller for further processing. It also serves
as the central place for keeping application-level configuration settings. For this
reason, the application object is also called the
By default, the application object is an instance of CWebApplication. To customize it, we normally provide a configuration settings file (or array) to initialize its property values when it is being instantiated. An alternative way of customizing it is to extend CWebApplication.
The configuration is an array of key-value pairs. Each key represents the name of a property of the application instance, and each value the corresponding property's initial value. For example, the following configuration array sets the name and defaultController properties of the application.
array( 'name'=>'Yii Framework', 'defaultController'=>'site', )
Note that application is a component like almost every Yii class. It means two things:
array( 'import'=>array( 'application.components.*', ), )
We usually store the configuration in a separate PHP script (e.g.
protected/config/main.php). Inside the script, we return the
configuration array as follows:
To apply the configuration, we pass the configuration file name as a parameter to the application's constructor, or to Yii::createWebApplication() in the following manner, usually in the entry script:
Tip: If the application configuration is very complex, we can split it into several files, each returning a portion of the configuration array. Then, in the main configuration file, we can call PHP
include()to include the rest of the configuration files and merge them into a complete configuration array.
The application base directory is the root directory under which all
security-sensitive PHP scripts and data reside. By default, it is a subdirectory
protected that is located under the directory containing the entry
script. It can be customized by setting the basePath
property in the application configuration.
Contents under the application base directory should be protected against being
accessed by Web users. With Apache HTTP server,
this can be done easily by placing an
.htaccess file under the base directory.
The content of the
.htaccess file would be as follows:
deny from all
The functionality of the application object can easily be customized and enriched using its flexible component architecture. The object manages a set of application components, each implementing specific features. For example, it performs some initial processing of a user request with the help of the CUrlManager and CHttpRequest components.
By configuring the components property of the application instance, we can customize the class and property values of any application component used. For example, we can configure the CMemCache component so that it can use multiple memcache servers for caching, like this:
array( ...... 'components'=>array( ...... 'cache'=>array( 'class'=>'CMemCache', 'servers'=>array( array('host'=>'server1', 'port'=>11211, 'weight'=>60), array('host'=>'server2', 'port'=>11211, 'weight'=>40), ), ), ), )
To access an application component, use
ComponentID refers to the ID of the component (e.g.
An application component may be disabled by setting
enabled to false
in its configuration. Null is returned when we access a disabled component.
Tip: By default, application components are created on demand. This means an application component may not be created at all if it is not accessed during a user request. As a result, the overall performance may not be degraded even if an application is configured with many components. Some application components (e.g. CLogRouter) may need to be created regardless of whether they are accessed or not. To do so, list their IDs in the preload application property.
Yii predefines a set of core application components to provide features common among Web applications. For example, the request component is used to collect information about a user request and provide information such as the requested URL and cookies. By configuring the properties of these core components, we can change the default behavior of nearly every aspect of Yii.
Here is a list the core components that are pre-declared by CWebApplication:
When handling a user request, an application will undergo the following life cycle:
Pre-initialize the application with CApplication::preinit();
Set up the error handling;
Register core application components;
Load application configuration;
Initialize the application with CApplication::init()
Raise an onBeginRequest event;
Process the user request:
Raise an onEndRequest event;
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According to a recent survey, 25% of users leave a web page if it takes longer than 4 seconds to load. 74% of users looking for a website from a mobile device prefer not to wait if it takes more than 5 seconds to load. 46% of users refuse to deal with a web service if it is slow.
A CDN stands for a content delivery network, a geographically distributed group of servers that perform together to supply fast delivery of Internet content.
A CDN makes it possible to quickly transmit assets required for loading Internet content, including web pages, images, videos, and other files. Also, a CDN significantly improves loading times for pre-lands and landing pages, which results in better traffic delivery to the final offers and overall conversion rates.
How does it operate?
By and large, a CDN is a network of servers connected with each other to deliver content as quickly, affordably, reliably, and securely as possible. At the core of it, there are two fundamental constituents: points of presence (POP) and edge servers.
It’s interesting! In addition to points of presence and edge servers, there are lots of minor things responsible for decently routing the traffic, providing protection from attacks, and maintaining operation time.
Points of presence
A point of presence, frequently shortened to POP, is a single geographical area where a group of CDN edge servers is located. Consequently, when joined, POPs are multiple geographical spots that create the entire network. The total number of POPs that make up a CDN and each location significantly affects the global coverage.
An edge server is a server that resides between two networks and is located at each POP. Edge servers do not generate content; they keep a copy of it in the cache. The total number of edge servers located at each point of presence will vary for each CDN provider.
The POPs are located near the densest regions across the world. For large countries, there may be numerous different POPs. The overall idea of a CDN is to direct users to the nearest point of presence. When a user needs content from a website that uses a CDN, their request is redirected to the closest POP, where a web server sends the requested data.
It’s interesting! If we sort out Internet traffic generated by all people across the globe, we will see that the most bandwidth-consuming types of content are images, videos, and audio files. The supported content types may differ from provider to provider, but the most widely spread formats are the following:
- Pictures: PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, TIF
- Videos: MP4, HSL, FLV, MOV, WMV
- Audios: MP3, WAV, AIFF, AAC, PCM
- Others: CSS, JS, JSON, HTML, PDF, ZIP, TTF, OTF, WOFF
The pros of using a content delivery network
A CDN can brag about numerous advantages, providing users with next-level service availability and better protection in case of DDOS or other attacks.
Additionally, with existing CDN technology, geo load balancing allows the delivery of location-specific content and services, giving maximum productivity and efficiency. Let's have a closer look.
Better performance is undeniably one of the most meaningful advantages of leveraging a CDN. If users from all around the world need to access a certain resource, the use of a CDN is essential. Interestingly, upon performing various tests in many geographical locations, it has been reported that a content delivery network reduces website latency by 83% compared to websites without a CDN.
A CDN always directs requests to the nearest site. If one edge server is inaccessible, requests are automatically sent to the next attainable edge server. This, in turn, forms automatic redundancy guaranteeing that content always remains available. Without redundancy, visitors may come across an error page, which can significantly affect the chance that they will get back.
Routing traffic to a CDN simplifies controlling traffic bounces, which helps hold back a load on an origin server and minimize downtime. Moreover, since a website mainly consists of static data, a greater part of the content will be delivered quickly and seamlessly.
Denial-of-service attacks and web exploits have become a common issue. These attacks are mainly launched to distract attention while affecting systems with other exploits. One of the most unpleasant things about attacks is that it is often hard to distinguish improper traffic from decent traffic.
On this basis, a CDN serves as an essential instrument to secure websites. Today's most progressive content delivery networks put information security as a top priority, providing unique cloud-based solutions. Moreover, CDNs shield content providers and users by combating a broad range of attacks without ever sacrificing delivery and availability.
Bandwidth consumption costs for website hosting are major expenses for website owners. However, through caching and other optimizations, CDNs can reduce the portion of data an origin server must provide, thus significantly reducing hosting costs for websites.
Interestingly, there are many proven cases when increasing the overall speed of a website boosted conversions. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in the improvement of user experience. Additionally, it has been reported that just a second delay in load time, on average, leads to a 7% loss in conversions.
Since CDN-providers are the carriers of about half of the world's internet traffic, they generate extensive data about end-user web experiences.
Typically, this includes real-time monitoring and media analytics to evaluate end-user interactions with web content, and cloud security analytics to track online threats. The insights obtained, in turn, can help improve the overall user experience and result in increased sales or conversions. | <urn:uuid:2e8369ce-d263-4354-9a1c-30b2521dd159> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ucliq.com/blog/how-private-content-delivery-network-boosts-availability-and-performance | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.92591 | 1,199 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Wuhan province is the largest industrial material component sourcing region in the world. It’s what Detroit was 50 years ago—where everything is made. When Coronavirus halts the center of the world’s parts manufacturing, companies are left scrambling to keep their factories running. But how do you address a major supply chain disruption without losing the flow of materials and components to keep your business online? Enter APIs.
Let’s say you are an industrial OEM in North America or Europe. You build cars, tractors, bicycles, lawnmowers, snowblowers or earthmoving machinery. All that may be assembled in North America, Europe, Australia Japan or Korea, but most of the parts and components are likely made in China. So, when Wuhan gets locked down, workers can’t go to the plants and truck drivers won’t go into manufacturing facilities to pick up the parts, your supply chain is disrupted.
All of a sudden you have to pivot your sourcing to another location—most companies have backup sourcing contingency plans (for example in Canada or Mexico.) Let’s say you pivot and get your components from a supplier in Mexico City. Now you have to share design documents with them, quickly create a reliable and secure interface to exchange demand planning forecast information, purchase order information, establish and execute against an open purchase order against those parts that you’ve been getting from a supplier in China for the last 10 years.
APIs addressing supply chain disruption
If you could go to that company and say hey, with our API Management platform, we can quickly create a self-service where you and your suppliers can quickly build a fast and reliable API. That’s where Axway comes in. We can provide oversight management on your API to make sure it’s compliant and that there are no failures. Read what it means to be a Leader in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for API Full Life Cycle Management.
And you can quickly build and open up APIs to these new suppliers so that you can communicate with them. And you can start to get that source of components through the supplier in Mexico that you were getting from China. That’s a big deal!
That’s what we do. We quickly enable supply-side collaboration with new trading partners, to address an emergency in your supply chain.
It’s not just Coronavirus affecting global supply chains
This is not the first or the last time a pandemic has affected supply chains. But it’s also not the only potential global disruption. Here are a few more scenarios that can affect your global supply chain.
Political unrest: What if you are sourcing out of a country that is politically volatile?
Tariffs: What if a president inflicts 30% tariffs on a country that you are supplying from?
Weather: What happens if a Tsunami knocks out 20% of your supply base for the next 60-90 days? What do you do?
Axway is there for you
We don’t manage supplier relationships, but when your business has a contingency and you go to IT and say, “Wuhan is down, we need to start buying from ABC components in Mexico City starting next week. We have to have all the transactions to be able to execute against a purchase order and a commercial invoice. How are we going to do that, we have to get a bunch of EDI mappers?”
No, you go to APIs… you do it right away. Count on Axway’s API solution. Axway can even come in and help us manage it. We can bring in professional resources to write the APIs in a couple of days or less, and boom we are online with your new supplier in Mexico City. It’s that simple.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the rules of the game. AI can be used to extract new insights, transform decision making and enable improved business outcomes. Getting the most out of AI investments requires looking beyond technology by getting to the heart of business transformation. Staying ahead in the rapidly evolving Artificial Intelligence race requires business leaders to make fast, and informed decisions about where and how to deploy AI in their business.
AI initiatives should be allied to specific, well-defined opportunities and problems to have maximum impact. Significant investment is necessary in building skills, processes and tools to successfully exploit AI’s true potential.
The key areas that organization seeking to deploy AI should consider:
- Determine what AI means for your business
It’s important to first begin with defining your strategic objectives for AI. Start by identifying the problem and defining how AI can help in solving it. Research on the technological developments and competitive pressures coming up within your sector, with specific questions such as: How soon will change arrive, and how you will respond to it? It’s also important to identify the operational pain points that AI techniques could address, and at the same time identify the game-changing opportunities AI can open-up within your market.
- Identify a clear business application
AI initiatives should be linked to specific, well-scoped opportunities, problems and issues to have maximum impact. Get the most of your AI investment by aligning strategy to address problems that have challenged the organization historically and where AI appears to present a novel opportunity. Organizational collaboration is critical to identifying the business problem to solve. Also, data that’s well-suited to addressing the problem should be readily available. To prioritise where you will implement AI, it is important to map the key process flows that need to be automated and decision flows that need augmentation. Evaluate many use cases in which AI could drive specific business value and then consider testing with one or two high-impact business units.
To initiate AI-based automation in your business, consider the tasks which satisfy the following criteria:
- Build a data culture for AI
Artificial Intelligence is enabled by data. Identify the data source and focus on collecting the data from the relevant touchpoints. A major limitation faced by AI systems is low quality of data and not less volume of data. Given the pervasive nature of artificial intelligence, the consequence of it getting data “right” or “wrong” is significant. A common misconception is that algorithms and functionalities are more important than data in AI-powered applications. In fact, the two are inseparably linked—without the right data, building models is risky and possibly dangerous. Data enables AI technologies to learn how humans think and feel, and accelerates their learning curve, ultimately making them more accurate.Data is your primary asset and source of intellectual property, hence it’s important to assess what changes and investments can enable the organization to capture more and better quality of data. It’s also important to actively collect data assets unique to your core business process or identified as critical to delivering business outcomes. Managing data in support of AI is not a one-off project, but an ongoing activity that should be formalized as part of your organization’s data management strategy.
- Make sure you have the right talent
One of the key challenges that organizations are facing in adoption of AI is the lack of necessary staff skill. Most organizations lack the internal skills needed to plan and execute AI projects. While the demand for data scientists, data engineers, and other technology professionals is growing, these skills are in short supply. Forward-thinking organizations are addressing this challenge by training existing staff to become (citizen) data scientists. Business leaders are also looking to augment in-house expertise with third-party analytics firms that can provide a range of services, from creating use cases, doing pilot projects, training staff, to delivering managed services.The effects of artificial intelligence will be amplified in the coming decade as virtually every industry will transform their core processes and business models to take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The hurdle now is in business imagination, implementation, and management. For business leaders, it is imperative to get a plan for making AI work in the organization. Initial AI projects may get delayed or underdeliver, but the risk of organizations becoming non-competitive by ignoring artificial intelligence is high.
Helping your business to realise the promise of AI
LatentView Analytics is working with companies across industries to harness the power of AI to transform their business processes, drive innovation and enhance customer experience. To know how LatentView Analytics can help you plan for AI and leverage its potential within your business, please get in touch with us at email@example.com | <urn:uuid:52834fa1-57a1-42b5-908b-0cf59fe52b39> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.latentview.com/blog/four-ways-your-company-can-get-started-implementing-ai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.943208 | 970 | 1.570313 | 2 |
A Tourist Information Guide to the Yorkshire Coast
The Yorkshire coastline is a glorious stretch on the East Coast of England. It encompasses rugged cliffs and glorious beaches, tiny fishing villages, lost hamlets, windswept abbeys, charming countryside and more history than you can shake a stick at.
Some of the places below might not appear on a traditional map. I may also have lied a bit.
Hover over a mermaid to reveal a location; click her for more information. The map of mainland Great Britain at the bottom shows Yorkshire (red) and the rectangle on the south east of the Yorkshire coast is roughly the region covered by this map. The additional detail at the bottom of the shows villages and towns lost to erosion. | <urn:uuid:68e26309-e491-4c29-af06-dc00ced0e3a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://millyjohnson.co.uk/a-tourist-information-guide-to-the-yorkshire-coast/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.90627 | 150 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Secretariat support for Nauru
The Commonwealth Election Professionals (CEP) Initiative helped Nauru review its practice and processes to conduct fair and trusted elections.
In 2019, the Commonwealth helped Nauru’s electoral management body learn about encouraging women’s participation in elections.
At a working session in April 2019, the Commonwealth helped Nauru build skills to report on human rights in the country under the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.
In July 2018, the Commonwealth helped Nauru’s mining sector to engage with the International Seabed Authority (ISA). In February 2019, it helped Nauru learn about the ISA’s payment system.
In 2018, the Commonwealth helped Nauru improve its connections with trading partners. The country found out about reducing physical barriers to trade – for example, by improving infrastructure.
Nauru is a member of the Commonwealth Clean Ocean Alliance – the Blue Charter Action Group on tackling marine plastic pollution.
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Some say it was about oil, but read The Iraq War Was Not About Oil. Maybe some Senators voted for the war thinking that oil might make it worthwhile, but the war was never waged in a way to get an oil benefit, and we never did.
Some say it was about lies over WMD, but most of those people seem to be unaware that WMD were found in Iraq. See the Wikipedia article on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. George W. Bush and Tony Blair argued that Iraq was not complying fully with weapons inspections, and in fact it did turn out that Iraq had chemical and nuclear weapons materials that were not exposed until after we invaded.
These materials were not an imminent threat to America, but I don't think anyone said they were.
Nor does it make any sense to say we went to war to contain militant Islam. Other countries were bigger Islamic threats. Wikipedia reports on Christianity in Iraq:
The Christians of Iraq are considered to be one of the oldest continuous Christian communities in the world. ...So obviously the war was a disaster for Christianity in the region.
In Iraq, Christians numbered about 1,500,000 in 2003, representing just over 6% of the population of 26 million (down from 1.4 million or 8.5% of 16.5 million in 1987). Since then, it has been estimated that the number of Christians in Iraq have dropped to 500,000+.
Christianity and oil are two of the pillars of Western Civilization. If we had to fight a war to defend those pillars, then that could make sense. But apparently our leaders who waged this war had no intention of defending either.
The United States has spent nearly $6 trillion on wars that directly contributed to the deaths of around 500,000 people since the 9/11 attacks of 2001. ...Those 9/11 hijackers could not have realized that their big accomplishment was not bringing down the WTC, but suckering us into spending $6 trillion, and into advancing the Islamic cause in some ways.
In February, President Donald Trump estimated that "we have spent $7 trillion in the Middle East," saying "what a mistake" it was.
I also wonder why we fought World War II. Many say it was a necessary war to prevent Hitler from taking over the world. But read The Lies About World War II. It says that England and France started WWII, and the war was unnecessary and stupid. I am not sure, as it is hard to get objective info on the subject. | <urn:uuid:72987f71-8d18-4a17-8b1c-196c981d9c75> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://blog.singularvalues.com/2019/05/why-we-fought-iraq-war.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981434 | 515 | 1.765625 | 2 |
From the very beginning of the Great War, there was the ever-present risk that Germany would resort to chemical weapons, and this risk soon developed into a permanent threat for the foot soldiers on the front line across Europe. That threat became a reality when the first major gas attack was launched at the end of January in 1915. Germany’s Ninth Army released 18,000 gas shells on the Russian lines at Bolimov in what is now Poland.
The German commander, General Max Hoffman, watched the operation from the tower of a church that overlooked the battlefield. He found it hard to believe what he was seeing. The gas, a form of tear gas, appeared to have little effect. The German scientists who had created the gas failed to investigate how it reacted in the bitter cold of winter. In fact, the gas froze, the Russians appeared bemused and the gas attack proved a miserable failure. From his lookout, General Hoffman watched in disbelief, humiliated and very angry.
Shamed but undaunted, the scientists, headed by the Jewish chemist Dr Fritz Haber, who had led the way in synthesizing ammonia (for which he would be awarded the Nobel prize for Chemistry at the war’s end) went back to their laboratories. Haber with his shaven head, neat moustache, pince-nez and carefully buttoned white lab coat drove his team hard and, within a couple of months, had refined his chlorine gases and the canisters that would deliver them. The German High Command was delighted. Haber’s wife Clara was appalled. She too was a scientist and was idealistically opposed to science being used to develop such horrific weapons. She implored her husband to disband his development work, and when he refused and proceeded to come up with still more lethal gases, she shot herself through the heart with her husband’s revolver. For Haber, the survival of the Fatherland was more important than the death of his wife and he took himself off to see his latest chemical weapons in action. (His lengthy and highly complimentary biography on the Nobel Prize website manages to reduce his work on the poisonous gases, which killed tens of thousands of allied soldiers to ‘he organized gas attacks and defences against them.’ His son, by his marriage to Clara, followed his mother by committing suicide.)
It was a very different story when the Germans dropped Haber’s new pressurized gas cylinders on French Algerian troops at the beginning of the second battle for Ypres in 1915. The attack was launched at sunrise in late April. As the 5,700 cylinders exploded, releasing hundreds of tons of chlorine, a yellow-green cloud of gas drifted across the allied trenches. The French were unprepared and unprotected. Five thousand died from asphyxiation within 10 minutes of inhaling the gas; others were temporarily blinded and experienced difficulty with breathing. In the confusion, advancing German troops equipped with rudimentary gas masks took 2,000 prisoners. A Canadian medical officer, who was also a chemist, quickly identified the gas as chlorine and recommended that the troops urinate on a cloth and hold it over their mouth and nose. Up till now, the coconut was still in the wings. But its time would come.
The attack caused outrage: ‘Devilry, thy name is Germany,’ howled the Daily Mirror. The commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Sir John French, described the use of gas as ‘a cynical and barbarous disregard of the well-known usages of civilised war’. But within four months, Sir John was changing his tune: ‘Owing to repeated use by the enemy of asphyxiating gases in their attacks on our positions, I have been compelled to resort to similar methods.’
The threat of gas did as much damage psychologically to soldiers on the front line as it did physically. It created a sense of terror, which, for many men, was greater than the terror of bullets and bayonets. Professor Edgar Jones of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research in London identified many cases where the fear of gas had spread from one platoon to another with devastating effect. Adolf Hitler, as a young corporal, was so terrified of being gassed he left the army for politics.
The first substance designed to offer protection against chlorine and phosgene gases was activated carbon from the charcoal of red cedar. But this did not work against the gases most likely to be deployed. Almonds, Arabian acorns, grape seeds, Brazil nuts, Chinese velvet beans, coffee grounds and peanuts were all reduced to carbon, tested, but found wanting. Enter the coconut. Hindu documents dating back to 450 BC refer to coconut charcoal filters being used as water purifiers. In many parts of the developing world south of the equator, the woody shell is burned as fuel. And while the charcoal created was of little interest to the people of the South Seas, it did interest scientists in Europe and America. First to identify the adsorption properties of powdered charcoal was John Hunter, working at Queen’s College in Belfast in the 1870s. He discovered that powdered coconut charcoal presented extraordinary powers of gaseous adsorption. By the turn of the century, Raphael Ostrejko, a chemist born in Latvia of Polish parents, was working on a process that would considerably increase the charcoal’s adsorption powers. Ostrejko passed steam at high temperatures through the powdered charcoal and found the adsorption powers of the charcoal were increased by 100 per cent.
A factory in Stockerau in lower Austria went into production, calling their activated charcoal Eponit. Although the tiny pores on the surface of activated charcoal are less than 4 nanometres in diameter, they greatly increase the surface area of the powder – four capsules of activated coconut charcoal would cover a football pitch. The pores trap molecules of a wide range of toxins, including chlorine and 2-chloroethyl sulphide, the gas commonly known as mustard gas. This property made coconut charcoal attractive to chemists looking for the most effective ways of filtering poisonous gases.
‘We have been using activated carbon to remove toxic gases for a century or more,’ notes Gregory Peterson, leader of today’s gas mask filtration research group at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Centre in Maryland. ‘Coconut charcoal exhibited the additional qualities of being chemically stable and therefore remaining active for long periods; it was resistant to abrasion and offered protection against a wide variety of gases.’
But few ever thought that poisonous gases would be used as a weapon of war. So following the chlorine gas attacks at Ypres, scientists and engineers in the UK and in the US had to go into overdrive in their search for an effective mask. While a number of researchers claim to have been the first to link the activated coconut charcoal with wartime gas attacks, it seems likely that Nikolai Zelinski, a senior organic chemist at the university in Moscow, prompted by the gas attack on Russian troops at Bolimov, was the first to stuff the charcoal into the filters of gas masks. Defence establishments in Europe and America were quick to follow his lead.
In the US the search for used coconuts began in earnest with the gas defence division of the Chemical Warfare Services writing an open letter to the Franklin Baker Coconut Company. ‘We are finding it difficult to secure a sufficient quantity of coconut shells to meet our requirements,’ the letter began. It explained that the ‘best material that has been found for gas masks’ was likely to run short if sufficient coconuts could no longer be imported.
The letter was incorporated in an advertisement in women’s magazines encouraging housewives to use recipes that included coconut, and then make the shells available for collection by government agencies.
The advertisements helped, and tons of coconut shells were delivered to government collecting stations and sent on to the Edgewood Chemical Biological Centre at the US Army’s Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland. But this still was not enough, and a charcoal plant was established in the Philippines (still an American colony at the time) with agents scurrying across South-East Asia, buying up huge quantities of coconut shells.
A similar plea for coconut shells was issued in Britain by the National Salvage Council after the large quantities of coconuts imported from Ceylon still failed to meet the demand from mask manufacturers. Thousands of women toiled long hours in factories large and small that had turned from producing peacetime goods to making gas masks. At Melksham in Wiltshire, the Avon Rubber Company which had produced pneumatic bicycle tyres, tennis balls and tyres for Rolls Royce cars, switched to manufacturing gas masks.
By the end of 1939, 36 million masks had been distributed in Britain. The government believed that war would be certain to mean gas attacks from the very start of hostilities. While the gas attacks never materialized, the fear engendered by the possibility that every air raid could be the one to bring blinding, choking, asphyxiating gases meant the masks provided comfort and vital psychological assurance for every man, woman and child. Without the masks, the morale of the civilian population would have been tested beyond endurance.
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What would you do with 44 billion dollars? Solve world hunger? Fund the U.S. Climate Budget? Pay for 3 Hubble Space Telescope missions? Buy a social media platform…? Last week we saw the latest billionaire buyout, with Elon Musk securing the privatization of Twitter for 44 billion dollars. Most reports this week have focused on the controversy of this individual event, but if you take a step back, there is something more significant going on. Billionaires are idolized for their net worth and their Forbes ranking. We see wealth on a scale like never before and, at the same time, inequality like never before. Why are everyday Americans idolizing capital so much?
What does it mean to be a billionaire?
To be declared a billionaire, you need to have a take-home salary of more than $1,000,000,000. That’s 1 thousand millions. According to Forbes’ 2021 list of billionaires, there are 2,578 billionaires worldwide – the U.S. has the most billionaires with 724, followed by China with 698. This makes up more than 50% of all billionaires on earth. The U.S. is also home to the two wealthiest billionaires: Elon Musk ($219billion) and Jeff Bezos ($171billion). You’ve probably heard the elite wealthy be referred to as the 1% – billionaires are in the 0.1-0.01% range.
Connotations of billionaire status are often associated with either old money or new money – inherited or “self-made.” In describing Forbes’ rich list, much of contemporary media categorizes them explicitly under these labels. In fact, Forbes even gives their billionaires list a self-made score. This rating and the title “self-made” often get mixed up in the problematic world of “self-made culture”. Self-made culture is the overemphasis on attributing a person’s success to their individual effort downplaying their privilege or network. A high-profile example of recent years is Kylie Jenner, who Forbes cover magazine called the youngest self-made billionaire. Her success is undoubtedly commendable, but she grew up in fame, security, and a high-status family. Her success occurred in the context of privilege. Calling her self-made suggests that anyone can achieve billionaire status if they work hard enough.
“Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.”Noam Chomsky
Regardless of where a billionaire’s money comes from, their capital and status gain them their influence. Billionaires have a stake by proxy in national and international politics, social equity, and ultimately the face of the planet. Financial journalism calls out this billionaire infiltration of politics, comically calling it Casino Washington. The ultra-wealthy fund their way into American politics in overt and covert styles. Some have entirely self-funded their way into elections, like Michael Bloomberg or Jon Corzine. Others fund specific candidates, often in a narrow direction towards a favored policy, e.g., pharmaceutical drug prices.
Why idolize impact over capital?
To have wealth, in general, is not a problem. The power that billionaires gain by proxy of their capital for largely unregulated self-serving influences is the issue. Just think of U.S. tax laws. According to a Pew Research Center survey, Americans’ views about billionaires have grown somewhat negatively since 2020. Young adults were considerably more likely to report that having billionaires is bad for the country. It seems that billionaires are here to stay for the upcoming generation, with 86% of the existing billionaires from 2020 being wealthier than they were the year before. So, what can be done?
If the ultra-rich are here to stay, we need to shift our value messaging as consumers. We need to start recognizing the difference between someone whose wealth serves only them and someone whose wealth reaches far beyond their personal projects to the betterment of social and environmental causes. There are, broadly speaking, three approaches to wealth management of the ultra-rich.
- Self-serving: all about the capital, growing their wealth, and furthering leverage in politics or public platforms for the sole purpose of getting richer
- Philanthropic: donating proportions of wealth to good causes. This can be self-serving for image or altruistic intentions.
- Impact focused: all about the impact, placing their wealth in industries or causes that make the most difference and growing their wealth this way, using political leverage for social good.
At FLIT, we believe that you can grow your wealth without compromising your values by leading impact first. That’s not just true for our users; it’s an approach most accessible to billionaires. Impact first is what we should be idolizing, not net-worth or just % of income donated. What’s the real impact these people are making? How are they using their position and privilege to make the world a better place? When will Forbes start to rank their billionaires by social impact…?
WARNING! Impact Washing
We can’t say prioritize impact over capital without giving you a warning too – beware of impact washing. This is the impact version of greenwashing, where companies, banks, portfolios, celebrities, etc., phrase their work in a way that sounds better than it is and without acknowledging the damaging things they are doing alongside.
As mentioned in our article What is Sustainable Investing? you need to be eagle-eyed when it comes to impact washing. When a high net-worth individual claims to be making a difference in the world, ask yourself: what is the impact of their action? How is that impact measured? What other things are they involved in? Impact measurement is a challenge faced within the investing community and in the transaction of money at large (like billionaires buying and donating to things). Given there are no set regulations, we have to decide which framework we use. In the finance world, a couple of named frameworks for impact measurement include IRIS by the Global Impact Investing Network and the Operating Principles for Impact Management developed by public and private sector participants. Another framework more accessible to the everyday person is considering how this high net-worth individual is making a difference according to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. You can learn about them very easily at their website and look at the targets and indicators for each goal. There are 17 goals in total. They cover a range of issues such as gender equality, climate change, poverty, and quality of education. When Elon Musk buys Twitter which SDG is he contributing $44billion to? When the Oscars provide $100,000 gift bags to celebrities, which SDGs are they contributing to? When applauding the ultra-rich and idolizing their success, we need to shift our message. The impact should be specific, targeting a selected issue and resulting in real change – throwing money at the problem is also not the answer. These individuals need to make informed and intentional choices with their donations.
Where does that leave you? You may not be a billionaire, but you can still make an impact because, in the end, to make a difference in the world, you need to do more than hoard your money in a virtual piggy bank. FLIT helps you make an impact while building capital but being impact-led means we don’t compromise on values. If a billion dollars gets you in the decision-making pool, then instead of 1 person with a billion dollars, let’s get tons of people to make up a billion dollars and have more people voting in the world with their dollars. This is the age of the financial activist. This is the decade of action. | <urn:uuid:74f9164b-5b46-445b-bc93-c7f847a3df2b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://flitinvest.com/blog/idolize-impact-not-capital/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948235 | 1,582 | 2.625 | 3 |
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach - 17 January 2022 - The recent global pandemic
has fast-forwarded change. It has opened considerable opportunities for
businesses to make a profit while at the same time it has increased the
potential for crisis. The reality is the evolving threat matrix of the digital
economy, which is at the convergence of many factors: cyber security, data
management, weaponised information in the media, external attacks on supply
chains and rapid political and policy changes.
According to the latest figures released
by the Department of Statistics Malaysia, the country's digital economy has
grown at a rate of 17.1 per cent to a value of some RM320 billion, with some
estimates placing the value of the overall contribution of this sector to the
economy at 22.6 per cent. These impressive growth figures have garnered the
attention of investors and criminal elements alike.
The Malaysia Global Business Forum
(MGBF)'s exclusive roundtable series called "The Evolving Threat Matrix of the Digital
Economy" will confront critical questions impacting the future of business in
the rapidly digitising world. The four component events will focus on: addressing
security concerns in critical value chains; digital resilience in the corporate
sector; charting the future of data resilience; and addressing weaponised
information in the media.
When speaking about dealing with
security concerns in critical value chains, MGBF Founding Chairman Nordin
Abdullah stated, "The threat matrix has evolved. The frontline is at the
confluence of information warfare, propaganda, cyberspace incursions, social
media, algorithms, big data and behavioural communications, just to name a few.
Business leaders within complex global supply chains need to be aware of these
threats and if they wish to survive, must be prepared to manage these
When asked about digital resilience in
the corporate sector, Nordin mentioned, "Corporations are in a digital arms
race; it is just that many do not realise it. A new breed of mercenaries are
looking to exploit gaps in cybersecurity and digital frameworks. Coupled with
weaponised communications that is designed to bring companies to their knees,
organisations need leaders who understand the new rapidly evolving strategic
"Companies can now live, or die based on
their ability to generate and manage data. This strategic asset is also a
target, requiring protection from internal and external forces. Effectively
managing these existential challenges to business is the opportunity that
business leaders need to grasp to ensure a sustainable future," continued
Nordin when asked about charting the future of data resilience.
"Attacks on corporations and their
leadership often take the form of weaponised information attacks in the media.
These communications often fall on the heads of corporate communicators. It
goes deeper than the job scope and pay grade of communications teams. The
importance of understanding these advanced business threats now falls on the
shoulders of board members and C-suites," concluded Nordin.
Data-driven business decisions have
never been as crucial, especially in this era. Extracting relevant and timely
business data to analyse the competitive market environment is a key element to
success. The Malaysia Global Business Forum (MGBF) leverages off technology, experience,
and market presence to aid businesses in making data-driven decisions. The
series of events are part of an effort to realise a sustainable future in the
face of rapid change.
MGBF was established to empower stakeholders
at the intersection of international and Malaysian business. Through government
relations, business intelligence, advocacy, media engagement, market research,
networking, advisory and business matching, MGBF delivers results for
individuals, corporations, trade, and business associations, as well as
national and state governments.
For more information visit www.MalaysiaGlobalBusinessForum.com.
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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) introduced an article of impeachment on July 12 in the House of Representatives, seeking to remove President Trump from office for a charge of obstruction of justice. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was a co-sponsor of the article.
Sherman first brought up the subject of impeachment of the president on obstruction of justice charges in June. His argument was based up Trump’s alleged interference with an FBI investigation of Michael Flynn, who was his national security advisor at the start of his term.
The congressman believes that when Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, who has argued that he was let go in retaliation for investigating Flynn, this was obstruction of justice.
Sherman stated in a press release that recent disclosures from the president have shown that his campaign wanted assistance from Russia. It seems likely, Sherman claimed, that the president was trying to hide something when he tried to stop the investigation of Flynn and a wider probe about potential illegal activity with Russia. Sherman concluded that he thinks that his conversations with Comey and his subsequent firing are obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense.
Sherman also stated that Trump has engaged in conduct that is not becoming of a president but that these are not impeachable offenses. He stated that the constitution does not allow the president to be removed for impulsive or incompetent behavior, but it does allow a president to be removed for high crimes and misdemeanors, such as obstruction of justice.
House Will Not Move Forward With Impeachment Proceedings
Given that the House of Representatives is controlled by the Republicans, the body will obviously not move forward with impeachment hearings. But Sherman is hopeful that raising the option could spur the House to action in two major ways.
First, he hopes that filing articles of impeachment will inspire Republicans to have an intervention with the White House. If they see that impeachment could really happen, Sherman hopes that Trump’s ‘incompetent’ White House will be more careful and thoughtful. He hopes that Trump’s ‘uncontrollable impulses’ will be more controlled, and perhaps the country will face less danger.
Second, Sherman said that filing articles of impeachment is just the first step on ‘a very long road.’ He thinks that if Trump’s ‘incompetence’ continues, that Republicans will eventually agree to impeach Trump.
However, the response from the White House indicated that the impeachment article was not taken seriously. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed the action, saying that the impeachment article was the worst type of politics, and was ‘utterly and completely ridiculous.’
Other Democrats Don’t Support Impeachment
Most other Democrats on the Hill do not support impeachment at this time. Democratic leaders in particular have distanced themselves from any impeachment talk. They believe that it only serves to energize Trump’s supporters, and given the fact that there is no chance of impeaching while Republicans hold the House, the effort is pointless.
CNN added last week that there are just two Democrats that will even mention impeachment at this point. Both of the men who are supporting the current article are in safe Democratic districts and may even increase their standing there by filing the article.
CNN also noted that House Democrats fought over supporting impeachment of the president in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in June. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was reportedly wary of Democrats getting too quickly on the idea of impeachment.
Sherman filed the article of impeachment a day after Donald Trump Jr. admitted that he met with a Russian attorney during the presidential campaign. The subject of the meeting was about possibly damaging information regarding Hillary Clinton. The meeting was set up via email with an intermediary representing the Russian.
Trump stated that he received no information of value at the meeting. But some legal experts argue that simply meeting with a foreign person to talk about obtaining damaging information about a political opponent is against federal election laws.
No definite proof of collusion has been proven, but the emails, legal experts say, show how a special counsel investigation in this case could work. Those who have worked in the White House when under special investigation, such as during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, have said that special counsel can go in many different directions if there is any evidence found of any type of wrongdoing.
Obstruction of Justice Charges Different from Others
A federal charge of obstruction of justice is quite different from others because there has not been any harm alleged against a person or property. Also, obstruction of justice can encompass many different crimes. There are both federal and state statutes for most of these crimes, and laws have existed for them in the US for hundreds of years.
Federal law states that obstruction of justice involves elected officials who use a corrupt threat of force against due justice administration. Obstruction of justice therefore means that a person allegedly tried to interfere with official government or office duties, including the destruction of evidence.
For an official to be convicted of this federal criminal charge, three things must be proven in a federal investigation:
- There was some type of legal proceeding or process that could be obstructed
- There was a link that is obvious between the proceedings and the person’s attempts to obstruct
- The defendant was aware of the link
However, this charge also may be brought against those who have not been elected to office, if it has been shown that they somehow prevented justice from being served in criminal or civil courts. This can include intimidating or retaliating against witnesses, falsifying evidence, interfering with the personnel in a court, and other offenses.
An obstruction of justice charge also can be brought against a former president; a former US attorney general recently stated that President Obama could be charged with obstruction of justice in the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
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Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire
University of Toronto Press, 1982 - 677 pagine
John Stuart Mill's political essays are a blend of the practical and the theoretical. In this volume are gathered together those in which the practical emphasis is more moarked; those in which theory is predominant are found in Essays on Politics and Society, Vols XVIII and XIX of the Collected Works. The Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire are mainly from Mill's early career as a propagandist for the Philosophic Radicals (a term he himself coined). They provide a contemporary running account of British political issues at home and abroad, with a vigorous and sometimes acerbic commentary. Historians as well as political scientists will find interesting details of the view from the radical side, and all students of Mill will welcome the further elucidation of his development. Of special interest are his precocious if tendentious attack on Hume's History of England, and his reactions to Canadian and Irish issues, the latter being the subject of a previously unpublished manuscript. The textual apparatus includes a collation of the manuscript materials and identification of Mill's quotations and references. | <urn:uuid:e9fb8635-e752-4174-a2ef-ebae85746edf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://books.google.it/books?id=jsU9AAAAIAAJ&dq=editions:HARVARD32044101830263&hl=it&output=html_text&lr=&as_brr=0&source=gbs_quotes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.958014 | 243 | 2.15625 | 2 |
In Summer 2019, Sweet Kaya was discovered together with her mother and siblings in an abandoned industrial area in the city of Pernik, Bulgaria. They were left to fend for themselves with no access to food or water. Luckily for Kaya and her family, volunteers saw them and brought them to the local Municipal Shelter. The staff noticed Kaya’s remarkable friendly and gentle behaviour towards people and notified our team about a potential new therapy dog for the Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) programme.
After spending 6 months in the shelter, Kaya was finally adopted by her new owner and handler Petya. Kaya’s first trip to our veterinary clinic went smooth. Her eartag was removed and additional health checks were done. The test results showed she is in perfect health! Just like any other former stray dog, Kaya needed some time to adjust to her new life. She also shows how brave she is by following Smiley’s footsteps in becoming a therapy dog.
The story of an extraordinary bond between Kaya and Silviya
Growing up in a shelter and unfamiliar with the outside world, Kaya was very afraid in her first weeks after adoption. But after a lot of effort and patience, she started to flourish. Upon overcoming her fears and successfully completing her training to become a therapy dog, Kaya started supporting her first group: young adults struggling with substance use disorder at Tramplin centre in the city of Sofia. Kaya plays a vital role in these therapy sessions that support their recovery process. Her playfulness is contagious and moves their attention away from negative thoughts. Kaya’s former life and the hardships she had to overcome have helped form a very strong bond with the group as they identify themselves with her story. With the support of Kaya, the teenagers learn how to address their fears and learn about empathy and trust. Kaya mirrors their emotions and moods perfectly which help them with their recovery.
From the very first day, Kaya’s bond with a 17-year-old girl Silviya has been particularly strong. As Kaya was also a newbie, Silviya insisted on supporting her during the first sessions – always checking whether she had water and a comfy blanket in her corner. Kaya and Silviya share many similarities which made them instinctively closer. Both were adopted, and they share similar traumatic events from their pasts. Having survived violence and negligence, both were waiting for someone to take care of them. Fortunately, they both have found safe homes and loving families. While Kaya supported Silviya in her recovery process, Silviya helped Kaya in becoming a more confident therapy dog. They both positively impacted each other’s lives.
“Before coming to us, the only thing that Kaya knew was life in a cage, fighting for food. Now, Kaya’s life is the complete opposite. She has a welcoming home and a family who adore her, but she also has a meaningful mission to help adolescents who are in their own self-created cages (just like she once was).”
Says Antonia Rikova, FOUR PAWS dog trainer and handler at the AAI project in Bulgaria
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Many of Botswana’s camps are making increasing efforts to cater for younger guests, but there is arguably nothing quite so family-friendly as Ker & Downey’s Young Explorers programme. Families book exclusive use of a private camp, usually Footsteps Across the Delta, to engage with a programme of conventional game viewing and bush educational activities. The exclusive use of camp allows the guides and staff complete flexibility on activities, meal times and menus, which can be very helpful with the varying attention spans and tastes of younger guests! Activities usually involve game drives, mokoro excursions and fishing, but shorter walks can also be included, particularly with older children.
The programme is currently overseen by Paul, one of our favourite guides in Africa (he is part guide, part comedian) and it is likely that he will do some of the guiding. Children learn about tracks, plants, scat and other micro elements of the bush, in addition to big game viewing, before the presentation of a certificate at the end of their stay. This outstanding programme is available only for groups of three to six, with rates depending on group size, but for families looking for a very private safari experience it tends to be worth every penny! | <urn:uuid:203f6be6-3075-4052-afb6-54e8e24e62d1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.botswanaholidayarchitects.com/excursions/young-explorers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95232 | 248 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Addictions are diseases that affect both the mind and body. Addiction Treatment must help the addict does the following: cease using drugs. be drug-free. be more socially productive in the community, at work, and at home. This can include learning new skills to help with everyday tasks, as well as going through therapy and medication to help curb cravings for drugs. The addiction treatment program is designed to give the addict a better chance of living a normal life once he has broken the addiction cycle.
In most states there are specific programs that are available to individuals who are addicted to substances, such as alcohol, prescription drugs, or heroin. For those who have multiple addictions, multiple substances, or multiple problems, it may be difficult for them to find the right type of treatment to fit their needs. A good therapist will look at your life and determine what your problems are and if they have any underlying causes. They will then try to help you get past the problem or substance and replace it with something else. Therapists will also take a look at your personal life to determine if there are other problems which may be related to your addiction.
The Addiction Treatment Programs offered by most medical clinics should be very good at helping to treat their patients. It’s a good idea to look into the various programs and see how well each one works in terms of helping the addict overcome his or her addiction, as well as providing them with the resources they need in order to become healthy again. Most clinics should have a trained therapist that will provide a safe environment and learn how to be a great friend to someone who is suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction. | <urn:uuid:28724b5e-2b17-4a1a-a464-9fe84510251e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.therapykz.net/therapist/alabama/gulf-shores-al/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.969892 | 334 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Tips to Protect Personal and Company Information From Cybercriminals
If you follow transportation and logistics news, then every now and then you’ll come across a story about how a major trucking or shipping company was hit by a cybersecurity attack and how costly it was to recover from it.
While it’s not often you see these headliner stories, cybersecurity attacks happen more often than you might think. In fact, various reports over the last two years estimate that transportation has moved up to the top 5 industries most susceptible to experience a cybersecurity attack. In 2018 alone, there were more than 1,200 data breaches in the industry, exposing more than 444 million records according to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center. The average cost for those companies to recover from a breach? About $3.77 million.
That’s a significant financial hit to any company, let alone the time it takes to unravel the damage an attack caused. Time better spent elsewhere. The good news is, about 90 percent of the attacks that do occur are preventable according to Gartner Research. It takes a collective effort – from office staff to drivers – to protect company and personal information from getting into the hands of cybercriminals. Here’s what you can do to help prevent a data breach from occurring.
With many people continuing to work from home due to COVID-19, it’s a good idea to check your home Internet network to ensure it is secure. Oftentimes, it’s easier for hackers to breach home networks since there are typically fewer protections compared to networks found at the office. To limit your risk of experiencing an attack, establish a firewall and run anti-malware programs across all of your connected devices. And use a virtual private network to properly secure your Internet connection.
Don’t underestimate the importance of passwords. Create strong, unique passwords for each of your accounts and devices. If you’re using the same password for most or all of your accounts and devices, you’re putting yourself at extreme risk in the event one of them is compromised. Switch it up and change your passwords semi-regularly. It can be difficult to keep track of your passwords, so use a trusted password manager to help keep them organized.
Spam Emails and Phone Calls
If you receive an email that claims you’ve received a prize, free trip to Hawaii or anything that appears too good to be true, it most certainly is. It will likely contain a link for you to click on, but don’t. When you look closely at the email, you’ll likely see it was sent from some odd-looking email address. Most of us have received these before. The one’s that do catch people off-guard are the one’s that suggest you need to update your email, web browser or some other item that on the surface, would appear to make sense. But again, if you look closely at the contents of the email and sender, you’ll know it’s spam. When you see these types of emails come in, simply report them as spam and delete them. It’ll help your email recognize and block potential virus-containing emails from appearing in your inbox. Never respond to these emails with any personal information.
When it comes to incoming calls, never provide personal or company information over the phone unless you’re 100 percent sure of who the caller is. If you receive a call from an unrecognizable phone number and the caller begins asking questions like what your credit card number is, just hang up. If you really do have something going on with your account, contact the business or provider yourself so that you know you’re talking to a legitimate person who can help. It’s always better to safe than sorry.
Drivers are often more susceptible to potential hacks due to the nature of their job. They have less control over what Wi-Fi networks they can use when they’re on the road. It’s a good reminder that public Wi-Fi is in fact, public. Since public Wi-Fi is less secure, it’s a good idea for drivers to avoid logging into accounts that contain financial, personal, or company information that a cybercriminal would want to gain access to. Drivers should instead wait for access to a private Wi-Fi network or use data from their mobile phone plan.
Dealing with a Cyberattack
In the event your device or accounts are compromised, it’s smart to have your information and files saved in other places so that you can recover what was lost or damaged. When you’re no longer working on or don’t need classified documents or information, make sure you securely delete them. If you notice suspicious behavior on any of your accounts or devices, be sure to report it to one of your ‘higher ups’ so they can take a look and decide on the right course of action.
With the industry being one of the most susceptible to experiencing cyberattacks, it’s important to do what you can to protect yourself from having it happen to you. The costs can be very detrimental.
At Drivewyze, we understand we have a responsibility to protect the information you share with us. As the leading provider of weigh station bypass and driver safety services, we have multiple systems and layers in place that safeguard and protect driver, vehicle, and site visit information. Our commitment to security and managing information safely is also demonstrated by our SOC2 certification, an international gold-standard auditing procedure conducted through third-party audits. Additional controls include end-to-end encryption and third-party penetration tests on our systems to ensure we find and resolve any possible security vulnerabilities before they can be used maliciously. All Drivewyze employees must regularly complete security and data handling training to properly handle your information and to identify any suspicious behavior. If you have any questions or comments, we look forward to hearing from you at firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:4dec77f2-9dfa-47f8-a779-888298a2f284> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://drivewyze.com/blog/newsletter/preventing-cyberattacks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.94507 | 1,249 | 2.4375 | 2 |
The ideal canola plant stand is a uniform 7 to 10 plants per square foot across the field. This allows for some plant loss later in the season to insects or disease while still providing a crop that meets the minimum 4-5 plants per square foot required to meet its yield potential.
A uniform plant stand of 7 to 10 plants per square foot can also mature faster.
Consider this: With an average seeding rate of 5 lb./ac., an average thousand seed weight (TSW) of 5 grams, and 50% seed survival rate, you get only 5.2 plants per square foot. This doesn’t leave much margin for error.
This result could improve with achievement of a higher seed survival rate, but do you know your seed survival? Survival of 50% is typical across the Prairies, but the range is often 20-80%. Each situation will produce a different seed survival rate. Knowing how to improve the survival rate is key. (Link to recent article.)
—Seed 1/2” to 1” deep consistently row to row.
—Seed slower to ensure good and even seed depth from all openers. If you decide to speed up 0.5 mph, you may consider increasing your seeding rate by 0.5 lb./ac. to compensate.
—Limit seed-placed fertilizer.
—Penetrate trash for good seed to soil contact.
—Leave a firm seedbed, again for good seed to soil contact and seed placement.
—Seed into warm moist soils. Soils of 5°C and a general warming trend expected is a good start point. Seeding into cold soils can reduce survival.
Click here for more detail on these tips.
At current prices, if taking steps to improve seedling survival — even if those steps mean slowing down to do a better job — improve yields by one bu./ac., that’s $15,000 over 1,000 acres of canola.
Seed size is less important than the agronomy steps to improve seed placement and seed survival. Knowing a seed lot’s thousand seed weight (TSW) gives you an idea how your seeds per square foot planted this year compares to last year. Note that it may take an extra 10% survival rate to compensate for a 1 g increase in TSW and still reach 5 plants per square foot. There is little room for error.
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by Joseph Joyce
A global threat such as the coronavirus should be met with a global response. National governments, however, have generally not coordinated their efforts, with the exception of those that belong to the European Union, and even there the distribution of vaccines has not gone smoothly. International agencies, on the other hand, such as the International Monetary Fund have responded more quickly. Moreover, the IMF has shown a willingness to play an active role in preparing for the post-pandemic world and to take on issues outside its usual remit.
The IMF’s past attempts to resolve financial crises have not always been successful (for an account see here). The IMF’s policy prescriptions at the outset of the East Asian crisis of 1997-98 included contractionary fiscal policy conditions for the governments that adopted IMF programs, as well as higher interest rates. There were also structural conditions that dealt with the privatization of government-owned enterprises. While such policies may have been appropriate for a crisis that was due to expansionary macroeconomic policies, fiscal and monetary measures did not precipitate the East Asian crisis. Capital inflows had fueled bank lending and asset prices had soared, while central banks were committed to fixed exchange rates. Once foreign investors became alarmed about the exposure of private borrowers to currency and maturity mismatches, they began to exit, provoking a “sudden stop” of capital and currency devaluations.
The IMF faced criticism not only from the East Asian governments but from economists outside Asia. The macroeconomic policy conditions were inappropriate for a crisis that originated in private capital flows, and were based on overly optimistic projections of growth. Structural conditions were viewed as unnecessary and diverted attention from the measures that need to be undertaken. The IMF was also blamed for indirectly provoking the crisis through its advocacy of the removal of capital controls before the crisis. The IMF subsequently relaxed many of its program conditions as the nature of the crisis became more clear, but the damage to its reputation was enormous.
A decade later the IMF again faced a widespread financial crisis, and this time its response was very different. The global financial crisis of 2008-09 showed some similarities in its background with the Asian crisis. Inflows of capital to the U.S. and several European countries had fueled increases in asset prices and distorted expenditures. Once the bubbles in housing prices burst, financial institutions sought to unload mortgage-backed securities, forcing their prices down further. The rapid nature of the collapse in asset values and the lack of liquidity in financial markets exposed the fragility of the financial sector.
While the central banks of the advanced economies coordinated their responses, the IMF assisted emerging market economies that were caught up in the economic downturn precipitated by the financial collapse. The Fund lent to 17 countries, with the largest amounts of credit going to Hungary, Pakistan, Romania, and the Ukraine. Moreover, the policy conditions attached to the programs reflected an awareness of the origin and severity of the global contraction. Fiscal policy in the program countries was utilized to respond to falling private demand, although their governments avoided the large deficits that occurred in the advanced economies. Interest rate increases designed to prevent runs on currencies were limited and exchange rates did stabilize. Moreover, the IMF allowed the use of capital controls. Overall, the IMF received high marks for its initiatives during the global financial crisis.
In retrospect, the post-crisis recovery did not go as smoothly as it should have. Many countries felt compelled to reverse the expansionary policies of the crisis period because of fears of excessive debt. This contractionary trend was exacerbated by a sovereign debt crisis in Greece. Other European governments sought the inclusion of the IMF in addressing the crisis, and for the first time the Fund had partners: the European Central Bank and the European Commission. The initial macro policy changes imposed by this “troika” sought to restore fiscal balance, but their contractionary effects kept tax revenues below their anticipated levels, which led to further cutbacks. The IMF differed with the European governments over the sustainability of Greece’s debt burden and the need for debt forgiveness. Eventually the Greek economy began a recovery, but in retrospect the austerity policies there and elsewhere led to a slower recovery that there could have been.
The IMF has drawn upon these past experiences in formulating its response to the pandemic. The Fund has again responded quickly to assist its members, approving emergency financing through its Rapid Credit Facility and its Rapid Financing Instrument to 80 countries and assistance under other arrangements to another five nations. It has extended debt service relief to 29 of its poorest members that have obligations to the IMF. The Fund and the World Bank have called on bilateral lenders to suspend debt service payments from the poorest countries, and the governments of the Group of 20 agreed to do so for official debt. The agencies have called for private lenders to implement similar measures.
The IMF has also sought to prepare countries for the post-pandemic world. Kristalina Georgieva, the current Managing Director of the IMF and the first from a East European country (Bulgaria), has supported policy initiatives in areas that traditionally do not fall under the IMF’s purview. She has supported national policies that seek to address different forms of inequality, including income and wealth inequality as well as gender and generational inequality. She has also called for including climate related risk in the IMF’s economic and financial assessments , and using fiscal expenditures to target “…climate-resilient infrastructure and expanding green public transportation, renewable energy, and smart electricity grids.”
Will the IMF be able to engineer such broad changes? The IMF is an agent responsible to 190 principals, the sovereign governments that are the IMF’s members and oversee its activities. Some of these may feel that Georgieva’s policy agenda is too ambitious and/or expensive. There are also disagreements over how to finance the IMF’s assistance to its poorest members. Proposals to issue more Special Drawing Rights (SDRS) have faced opposition from the U.S. On the other hand, differences amongst its principals may allow the IMF more freedom to expand the scope of its mandate. There is also the danger that a wave of debt crises following the wave of public borrowing by emerging maket governments may force the IMF to focus on debt restructuring.
The IMF, and Georgieva in particular, deserve credit for bringing forward issues that traditionally have not been addressed in discussions of international macroeconomic concerns. Monetary and fiscal policies, for example, have impacts on racial and gender inequality that have been overlooked. Climate change will constrain the actions of the governments of the most vulnerable countries. Whether the IMF is successful in actually steering governmental actions towards these areas will depend on the willingness of its members to adopt wider and inclusive approaches in their responses to the coronavirus
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Alsym™ Energy, a developer of next-generation rechargeable batteries, announced that Alsym and Synergy Marine, in collaboration with Nissen Kaiun, Japan, will develop applications specific to the marine shipping industry using Alsym’s high-performance, low-cost technology.
Singapore-based Synergy Marine is a global ship management services provider, currently managing more than 500 vessels. Greenhouse gases from ships are predicted to make up 17% of total global emissions by 2050 if the industry does not accelerate efforts to electrify.
What are the terms of the transaction?
Ports generate substantial amounts of air pollution, up to half of total emissions in some metro areas, and some ports require ships to use high efficiency fuels and keep speed limits within 20 miles of shore, while others have banned the use of diesel generators while docked.
Alsym will provide Synergy and Nissen Kaiun with 1GW of batteries per year for 3 years starting in the company’s first year of high-volume production, conditional on the battery systems meeting key performance levels and regulatory requirements specific to cargo ships.
Alsym’s batteries may be used to propel cargo ships and tankers as they enter and leave port, power berthed ships, and support peak shaving applications at sea. The company plans to start pilot manufacturing its non-flammable batteries for EVs, ships, and stationary storage later this year in Massachusetts, with high-volume production expected to follow in 2025.
By using low-cost, inherently non-flammable raw materials with robust global supply chains, Alsym’s aims to provide batteries at a fraction of the cost of lithium-based technologies, making electrification both safe and economically viable. These batteries can help reduce risks to crew and cargo, as well as lower insurance costs for fleet managers and shippers.
What were the executives’ thoughts on the transaction?
“Synergy Marine is on the cutting edge of technology in the maritime sector, and we’re honored to be part of their journey to work with owners in their transition away from fossil fuels,” said Mukesh Chatter, President and Chief Executive Officer at Alsym Energy.
“By manufacturing batteries from low-cost, readily available materials that are inherently non-flammable and non-toxic, we’re providing an economically-viable way to help them decarbonize while also lowering operating expenditures and insurance costs associated with lithium and cobalt-based battery technologies,” Mukesh Chatter further commented.
“Zero-emission vessels are the future of maritime shipping, and we’re working with like-minded owners, including Nissen Kaiun, to decarbonize every part of the ecosystem as quickly as possible,” said Captain Rajesh Unni, Founder and CEO of Synergy Marine Group.
“By lowering the cost of electrification and minimizing the risk of battery-related fire events, Alsym’s technology is well-placed to be a safer alternative that can help the shipping industry meet its goal of zero net emissions by 2050—especially in light of the European Commission’s recent proposal to classify lithium as toxic,” Unni further commented. | <urn:uuid:7e98a458-6218-4910-9760-13fa3c1a657b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://busycontinent.com/alsym-energy-and-synergy-marine-team-up/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.932897 | 669 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Use your cover letter to explain the employment gaps in your work history and allay any concerns your potential employers may have about your readiness for the job.
If you’ve been in the workforce for a while, chances are you’ve probably experienced at least one employment gap in your work history. Legitimate events may have kept you out of the workforce for some time. You may have been laid off, experienced an illness, taken care of a family member, traveled, or changed careers.
If you have gaps in your employment history, your potential employers might have some questions about these gaps. Their skepticism is reasonable. Most employers would rather avoid candidates who seem to be “job hoppers” or who have a history of job loss due to poor performance. If you’ve spent some time on the sidelines, they’ll want to know why.
Use your cover letter to address the employment gaps that may show up in your resume. Here’s how.
Express your employment dates in years.
In your “work experience” section of your resume, list the start and end years only, not the months or days. This will spark fewer concerns that you’ll need to explain away.
Mention non-family-related gaps directly.
In your cover letter, directly address that gaps that you’re comfortable discussing. For example, if you left your job to start a business, but it never got off the ground, share this proudly. A bold move like this showcases your willingness to take risks and try new things. The same applies to overseas volunteering, artistic endeavors, and other career side-trips that might showcase your strengths as an employee.
Keep family-related gaps to yourself.
While you may openly address your professional gaps in employment, it’s best to keep your personal gaps to yourself. For example, if you left the workforce to raise your children, you don’t have to share this with anyone. In fact, the law protects you from employers who ask during an interview. In cases such as these, keep the conversation focused on your qualifications and skill sets.
Highlight your mid-life career shifts.
If your employment gaps took place when you decided to switch career paths, build your cover letter around this narrative. Explain the reasons behind your decision. Outline the details of your journey from one field to the next. If your new career involved any kind of study or training that took the place of full-time work, state this clearly. Again, be proud of the risks you’ve taken and the accomplishments you achieved by leaving the workplace for a while.
If you really were fired, be careful.
If you did leave the workforce for a while due to performance or unreliability, tread carefully. In this case, it’s best to refrain from mentioning your employment gap in your letter (and in your interview) until you’re directly asked about it. When that happens, be ready to shed a positive, diplomatic light on the incident and explain what you learned during the process.
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College Students And Credit Cards Are Dangerous
Learn About College Students And Credit Cards
Many so-called experts will give you a long list of positive reasons why college students and credit cards can be beneficial. When they enter the work world they will be way ahead because they will have already established a credit history. Their needs (food and housing, books) will immediately be met since they will not have to wait for a cash transfer or check from home.
However, the list of negatives far outweigh the list of positives and have a more lasting impact on their financial futures.
Many college students may seem all grown up and worldly but are clueless about the concept of debt. It is so easy to rack up credit card debt, especially when college life is half about learning and half about making new friends and having fun. Impulsive spending is quite common among college students while they are building relationships and learning. They want they get is easy to accomplish with credit cards.
If they mindlessly build up credit card debt during their formative college years, they will not only be responsible for the financial burden of their student loans when they graduate, but also their credit card debt.
Deep Unpaid Debt
Too much debt does not make a very positive credit history; especially if they pay their bills late or miss payments. Their credit scores will be viewed by employers, landlords, auto loan companies and insurance companies. If they have a poor credit score because of too much fun and too little responsibility, is it worth it?
You would do anything for your children and believe that college students and credit cards is the right financial move. Before you make that decision, decide if your child is financially responsible and capable of making good financial decisions. It is not a bad thing if they are not; but wouldn’t you want to know that before you set them up for a financial nightmare? | <urn:uuid:332ffa01-5a89-4f60-b0de-7b782e49f258> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dollarcents.org/credit/college-students-and-credit-cards-is-taboo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.974599 | 380 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Adidas has created the miCoach Smart Ball for young and adult soccer players who are serious about improving various dead ball shot skills (i.e. penalty kicks, goal kicks, corner kicks, etc.). The sensors inside the ball monitor statistics like speed, power, spin, impact points, and trajectory, which are then sent via Bluetooth 4.0 to the iOS app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch devices running iOS 7 or higher (no support for Android). This ball will help with drills, but not necessarily help with scrimmages or kicks along the ground (the ball must be airborne). The app also helps train the player for ball mastery by providing you with video libraries of drills, and with tips and guidance. The miCoach Smart Ball comes with a charging base and AC charging adapter to allow for wireless charging.
- Size 5 regulation weight
- 32 heat-welded die-cut TPU outer panels with integrated sensor package; TPU bladder; requires inflation
- Battery life: ~2,000 kicks / one week
- Charging time: ~one hour
- Package includes charging base and AC power plug
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Read and analyze the selected case closely and apply the critical thought process as practiced during the in-class exercises. The case must be evaluated from an operations perspective.
Provide a high-level executive summary of the situation from a long term, strategic perspective. In this summary, also include comments as to how well the daily operations align with the company’s strategy. As in the business world, perfect information is not available. Only the facts as written in the case study are available for your analysis.
Develop an action plan and explain in detail the support for this plan, using operations as a basis for your decision. Note: there is no single correct answer for this part of the assignment. Building a strong operational business case from an operations perspective will earn maximum points for this element of the assignment.
Next, answer the questions at the end of the case. Your responses must be clear and concise in relation to concepts from the textbook and class discussions. Direct citations to sections of the text and possible direct pages are required.
It is anticipated that total responses will require approximately ten to twelve pages of typed text. A title page is required. Twelve-point font either Time New Roman or Calibri is required in M/S Word, double spaced with one inch or equivalent metric margins top, bottom and sides of pages.
These solutions may offer step-by-step problem-solving explanations or good writing examples that include modern styles of formatting and construction of bibliographies out of text citations and references. Students may use these solutions for personal skill-building and practice. Unethical use is strictly forbidden.Executive summary:
Six Sigma has focused on the reduction of errors in the processes whether it is manufacturing, marketing, inventory management or even in services management. The main idea of Six Sigma is to analyze and find out the cause of the errors or variations that occur in the end product or the process. Effectively the process of Six Sigma is important in completing the task at hand with quality rather than completing it quickly. It focuses on continuous improvements made to the process of production, and it makes use of statistical concepts like standard deviation (is referred to as Sigma) and applying it to the collection of production and managerial data. As it uses the statistical methods, Six Sigma has become a scientific and practical method of attaining improvements in the production process of manufacturing industries. It is also applicable in other industries like the financial services industry, hospitality industry; as the concept of Six Sigma are being applied to various processes across any business unit. This paper analyses the implementation of Lean Six Sigma at 3M organization and how it has improved its bottom line, but at the cost of innovation and creativity.
There are many quality improvement tools that are taken up by both manufacturing industries and service industries. Total quality management and methods such as Six Sigma have been adopted by many companies to reduce waste, cut down cost, bring down the variations in quality, etc. This paper analyses application of Six Sigma in 3M Company and whether it has killed the innovation and whether it applies to All the departments and branches of the company across countries.
The first section discusses the concept of Six Sigma, its disadvantages and advantages in general. The second section will discuss the action plan to carry out the successful implementation of the Six Sigma across all the business units of 3M and the third question will discuss the questions given in the case of the 3M
1. Six Sigma: Its Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma process was introduced by the Motorola company, and the credit goes to bill Smith and Michael Harry. Six Sigma process is a statistical approach in analyzing and detecting the variations in the quality of products and attributing them to specific processes which can be improved upon such that it achieves a rate of 3.4 defects for every million and output. Initially the Six Sigma approach used the DMAIC process where define- measure- analyze- improve- control steps are involved to critically improve the processes and control the system effectively(3M, 2007)....
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Last week during lunch I learned about a cool little project that my colleague Alan Renouf was working on in his spare time at night. He was interested in learning more about Docker and thought the best way to learn about something new was by using it, which is normally how I learn as well. He came up with a nifty idea to create a Docker Image that would house a bunch of useful VMware tools which included several VMware open source projects as well.
UPDATE (11/23/16) - The Docker Container has now been updated with all the latest vSphere 6.5 SDK/CLI/Tools. We also plan to make this new version of the Docker Image available on Docker Hub, so stay tuned for those details shortly.
Some customers in the past have built similar offerings by using a free VMware Appliance called vMA (vSphere Management Assistance). vMA is nothing more than a stripped down version of SLES that has the vSphere CLI (vCLI) pre-installed. In my opinion, vMA is pretty limited and you can not install additional packages without voiding official support. Even if you decide to ignore support and install custom packages, I have often seen this break existing dependencies. When I talk to customers about their use of vMA, most used it because it was just there, but the majority prefer to use their own harden distribution of Linux and install their own admin utilities and packages which may also include non-VMware tools.
I personally have no problem building my own VM appliance that contains the various VMware packages, utilities and scripts that I use on a daily basis. However, not everyone is comfortable with this idea. Wow could this be further simplified and automated? Well, enter vmware-utils a Docker Image that allows you to automatically build a new image that contains some of the most popular and widely used VMware Utilities.
I wanted to enhance the awesome work that Alan had done with couple more VMware open source tools that I thought might be useful to VMware Administrators, which I actually wrote about here in my List of VMware CLIs, SDKS and DevOps Tools article. I have already submitted a pull request for my changes here. If there are other tools or packages you think that are useful and wish to contribute back, feel free to clone the repository and submit a pull request!
The latest vmware-utils now contains the following:
- vSphere CLI 6.5
- PowerCLI Core 1.0
- vSphere Management SDK 6.5
- vSphere SDK for Perl 6.5
- vSphere SDK for Ruby (rbvmomi)
- vSphere SDK for Python (pyvmomi)
- vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Python 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Perl 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Java 6.5
- VSAN Management SDK for Ruby 6.5
- VSAN Management SDK for Python 6.5
- VSAN Management SDK for Java 6.5
- VSAN Management SDK for Perl 6.5
- Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5
- OVFTool 4.2
- PowerCLI Community Repository
- PowerCLI Core Docker Container Samples
- William Lam's vGhetto Script Repository
- Pyvmomi Community Samples
- Docker Client v1.12.3
- Docker Compose v1.8.1
For those of you who are new to Docker, a great way to quickly get started is by using an awesome tool called boot2docker which allows you to run Docker Containers on either a Windows or Mac OS X system. This also helps remove any barriers if you do not want to setup a Linux machine to get Docker of if you are like me, running on Mac OS X and rather not have to spin up a VM just to use Docker. Below are the steps on getting boot2docker working and building your own vmware-utils Docker Image.
Step 1 - Download the Docker Client for your specific OS (Windows, Linux or Mac OS X)
Step 2 - Take a look at the vmware-utils README, I spent some time updating it to make it more consumable for new users of Docker and follow the "How" section which will have you download the 4 VMware utilities as well as the vmware-utils DockerFile which we will need to build the Docker Container.
Step 3 - Create a directory and place all files into that directory. In this example, I have called the directory "vmware-utils".
Step 3 - We are now ready to build our vmware-utils Docker Image. Change into the "vmware-utils" directory that contains the files you downloaded earlier we will need to specify a "tag" for our image as part of the build command. In this example, I have called my image "lamw/vmware-utils" and to start the build process run the following command:
docker build -t lamw/vmware-utils .
Step 4 - The build itself may take some time depending on the speed of your internet connection. You will know when it has successfully completed when it states "Successfully built X" where X will be some unique ID as seen in the screenshot below.
docker run --rm -it lamw/vmware-utils
At this point, you are now logged into the vmware-utils Docker Container that you have just built! It contains all the VMware Utilities that I have listed earlier and for more details on what has been installed and the location of the utilities, take a look at the vmware-utils Github documentation. If there are other tools you would like to see, feel free to contribute back by cloning the repository and submitting a pull request. I am definitely looking forward to seeing how this project evolves and providing a more dynamic way of creating a vMA-like experience without the current limitations. Keep up the awesome work Alan! | <urn:uuid:4bc8e28c-43ba-446f-9bb8-f79e9eeb2773> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://williamlam.com/2015/02/cool-docker-container-for-vmware-utilities.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.931457 | 1,233 | 1.648438 | 2 |
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Why are you so angry all the time, E?
You're like smash, relax.
You're not the Incredible...
Hi. James from engVid.
E's turning green, and I know The Avengers are all over the planet, so I'm sure you know
And the Incredible Hulk is powerful because he's angry, he's always angry.
And the funny thing is I find most people are angry about this, angry about that.
So I want to help you today do a little better, because when people are fighting, well, they're
fighting because they care.
If you didn't care, you wouldn't fight with anyone.
And I have a two-part lesson...
What I mean by two parts is I'm going to start off by giving you some expressions so you
can kind of get rid of the fighting, and then I'm going to give you some vocabulary you
can use instead of saying:
"I'm angry. I'm angry. I'm so angry."
There are other words that really let people know what you mean, and you can use some of
these words and the phrases I'm going to teach you, and you'll notice that your interactions
or the way you talk to each other will change and you'll probably be a lot happier, and
not like E. E Smash, so angry, so angry. All right?
So let's go to the board.
So what did I tell you here?
Okay? I want us to stop the fighting.
And how are we going to do that?
Well, the first thing we have to do is accept that...
Or accept that arguments and fighting are a part of life, and as I said, it's because
You fight because something is important to you, or someone is fighting with you because
something is important to them.
And when you don't take the time to understand it's important to them, that's what makes
the fight worse.
Half of the times things can be resolved or solved or fixed easily if you just go:
"Hey, that bothers you? Got it."
Once most people hear that, they're willing to talk to you.
But if they don't think they're being heard, they smash, they hit hard.
So let's go to the board.
Okay, so I'm going to give you two types of phrases.
These will help you...
One will help you let the other person know that you care and you're listening, the other
one is so that you can express yourself.
Because it's important that you have a voice and you should be heard.
And then in the second part when we come back we'll do words that aren't always about being
angry, but show different states and emotions, and I'll explain them and you can use them
when you're ready.
So, let's go.
Okay, these phrases, as it says, will help show that you care about the other person.
And how do we show we care about the other person?
Sometimes it's to say or to show that they're intelligent. Right?
So the first statement I use as this:
"You have a good point" or "That's a good point".
In saying: "That's a good point"...
I got to put a comma here, I just forgot my comma.
"That's a good point", in saying that you're admitting that what they're saying, there's valid.
Valid means has some truth.
You're not automatically agreeing with everything they say, and that's important.
When people are arguing, you don't have to agree with everything, but you have to listen
and see what they say because sometimes what they say is good and can help both of you
in your relationship.
So simply just saying, you know: "You have a good point.
I should think about this."
Or: "That's a good point."
Even if I don't agree with everything, I can still listen to you and hear that these are
good points or these make sense.
By using these phrases here, I just want to point out that it will help you because what
you're saying really is: No matter what we fight about, at the end you're still my good
friend, you're still my girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, lover, student, or teacher.
Okay? Not all together, by the way.
But, you know, each one as a partnership, we're...
We can still be good or have a good relationship even though we don't agree right now.
So that's the first one.
Here's the second one: "I can understand why you want X."
Well, what I want is important to me, and the fact that you can understand it means
at least you're listening to me or you think my views are important.
So, by saying that, you can say: "I can understand you want X."
Once again, you're not saying I'm going to give it to you, but you know what?
We've been dating-what?-15 years, living together, we have five kids, two kittens,
a dog, and a pony - you want to get married.
I can understand why you would want to get married after all of this commitment.
It doesn't mean I'm going to do it, but I can understand it because I thought about it.
That will at least let the person think: "Okay, you can understand."
They might want something, be prepared, but at least you're showing: I listened to you
and I get it.
And it's fair, you can understand that.
"Tell me more. ...And how can I help you?"
This is very powerful.
Very, very powerful, but be careful when you use it.
When you're telling someone: "Tell me more", you're saying:
I respect you as a person so I'm willing to listen to you.
I know, I said scary words: "listen to you".
My mouth will remain shut.
That's right, shut it and listen.
And then when they're done you can say: "And how can I help?"
In my job, in my day job-day job-when I teach I also help with students and that, and I've used this.
And I know it sounds crazy, but it works very well because first...
Please don't... Don't be angry when I say this, anyone watching.
Well, when somebody's angry it's like a snake.
A snake has venom.
And the snake bites.
Now, the snake has to let that venom go or it's not good for the snake.
You know, yeah. It's just not good for the snake.
So the snake bites you, you take the venom.
Now, the snake lets the venom go, it feels better, it can go about its business.
That's what this is about.
"Tell me more" is someone's angry, they got to let it out.
By letting them let it out it's like...
Think of a balloon.
The balloon is big, about to pop, but as the air...
The air goes out, the balloon won't pop, and now the balloon can go back and forth, still
be a balloon and not explode.
That's good for the balloon. Right?
It's also good for you because you let it out, usually they let you know exactly what's
going on so you can think about it if your mouth is shut, and then you can say:
"And how can I help?"
Honestly, 50% of the time once they let that out, they're like: "I just needed to vent."
"Needed to vent" is an English expression means: "I was upset or angry, I had all this
energy inside and I had to let it go.
And now I let it go, I can do it myself.
I can fix it myself."
The other 50%, that's why I said it's dangerous, when you say: "And how can I help?" they might
say: "Hey, this is what I want from you."
And because you said: "How can I help?" you kind of have to do it.
But remember what we said up here?
Because you care about the argument or you care about the person, you probably want to
help them because you actually do care about them.
So keep that in mind. Okay?
And once they vent, usually what they ask for isn't this big, monstrous thing.
Sometimes it's a little thing that you can help with.
So be generous, say: "How can I help?"
It goes a long way. All right?
Now, these thring-, three things, as I said, will tell the other person that you care about them.
Especially this one: "How can I help you?" because I care about you.
And it'll change your relationship, it'll change the way you fight.
You'll have more respect for each other.
And you're learning my language, so I'm trying to teach you how we think.
And these words are important to us.
Now, there's two sides to every coin, and a coin is money, and in this case there are
two sides to every argument: The people you're fighting with and you.
If you don't express or let people know how you feel, things won't change for the better
or things won't be good.
So in this case I want to take the time to go through and give you some phrases that
are useful to help you express yourself.
Here's the funny thing.
Remember before we have to put the other person high and lower yourself to make them feel better?
And by the way, it's not a sign of weakness to go lower.
It takes great strength to be able to sit down and let someone else talk.
But in this case, ah, when you want to really push your point, you have to do something
a little different.
Once again, you got to lower yourself. Huh?
Well, for some people this is called lowering themselves.
For me it's actually being very strong.
You got to tell the truth.
And in order to do that without being too strong and making the other person defensive,
which means they want to fight with you instead of listen, we're going to take what I would
say is a soft approach or a soft way of communicating.
The first one is this: "Look, I know this might sound stupid, but what really is bothering
me is this..."
So, yeah, look, I know this might sound stupid, but what's really bothering me is...
By saying: "Look"...
That's a secret command, by the way.
Saying: "Look", you're saying: "Stop. Pay attention."
But then you're saying: "What really is bothering me",
but this part here: "it might sound stupid" is saying:
"I know to you this may not be a big thing, and I know it's kind of, you know, not that important",
but because you're doing that it kind of softens what you're
about to say because you're going to say what is really bothering me.
This does not make me happy.
But I'm not saying: "Hey, stupid, you pissed me off."
I'm saying: "Hey, I know. Sorry. Don't mean to bother you."
And because that most people will go:
"Well, no, it's no bother. No, no, please speak",
because I've lowered myself and said:
"I know it doesn't seem important to you, but..."
And most people are generous enough that they'll go: "Okay, cool. Gotcha.
Well, why don't you talk?"
Cool. See? You secretly slide in.
First you come in, smash!
First you say: "Look, pay attention."
Then you lower yourself, then you introduce what you want to say.
Cool? I know, sneaky. Sorry.
Sneaky means not direct, but sometimes you do what you do to get the job done. Right?
Here's a second: "That" and I say "X".
Whatever X is, it could be a comment they said, a thing they did:
"hurt my feelings because..."
Once again you're saying: "I'm hurt."
You're not putting the blame on the other person.
You'll notice if you listen carefully when I do these, I'm never saying:
"It's all your fault."
The first one I'm saying: "You might think this is stupid because it's something I'm thinking."
Not you being stupid, not your fault.
This one: "That thing hurt my feelings. Not you."
That thing that you said.
Not you, but the thing that you said hurt my feelings, and it hurt my feelings because...
Then I tell you why it hurt my feelings.
Because I'm not directly coming at you, the person can actually sit down and listen because
they don't feel like they're being attacked.
It's really important.
Third one is this one:
"I'm scared and I don't really want to admit it, but I'm afraid you
Or: "I'm afraid..."
Admitting scared is natural for humans that if someone says: "I'm scared" or "I'm afraid",
you want to protect them because coming to you saying: "Look, I'm scared of this", I'm
saying: "You're my protector.
Can you help me?"
And for the average person, they'll go: "You're scared?
What are you scared of?"
And they want to play superhero: "How can I help?"
So by saying that and you're saying: "I'm afraid, but I'm afraid", blah, blah, blah,
what is making me afraid, it allows them to listen and then want to participate and help you.
It's kind of like this one.
Remember I said: This might get you in trouble because they will ask for your help?
Well, this gets them in trouble because if they're going to be your protector, they have
to do something.
Yin and yang, a bit of balance on that. Okay?
So, using these phrases will change your arguments because fighting's a part of life, you can't
But what you can do is use the fight to make a better relationship.
And by doing that, what we want to do is first of all let the other person know you care.
It doesn't matter how this argument goes, at the end we're still going to be who we
are; brother-sister, mother-father, husband-wife, teacher-student.
Our relationship doesn't change because we have a disagreement.
And I really want to listen to what's wrong so I can help.
At the same time sometimes you have to tell people this isn't working, but I want you
to know that I care about our relationship.
It's not going to change, but this is what I need from you to make it work.
Pretty cool, huh?
And it's all words, and that's why you're here, to learn English and how we use it.
Not just vocabulary, not just grammar, but how it works together to make us...
Or make us able to communicate with each other.
Now, we're going to come back in a second and what are we going to do?
Well, there's other words besides "angry".
I'm sure that's...
It's like "delicious", there are other words besides "delicious" for food, there's other
words besides "angry" for emotions, and we're going to look at that in our vocabulary.
Are you ready?
Okay, so, let's go into the vocabulary.
We've got some useful statements that we learned earlier, and we'll do the vocabulary now.
Angry is a natural way of being, but that's a general term because what it usually covers
are other words that we're actually feeling.
So I'm... I've got them listed here because if your only word is "angry", here are some useful
words to express yourself other than "angry".
Or when you say "angry", what do you really mean?
How do you really feel inside?
"Angry" is a heat, let's just say, that you want to do something.
It's like an energy that you want to move and use. Right?
And you don't feel good.
When I say those things, it's like: What the hell does that mean?
And that's when people feel angry, they're like: "I'm so angry!" and you're like: "Why? What?"
Here's what "angry" sometimes means, and if you actually think it through...
I mean, it's an English lesson, but let's go a little further. Okay?
It'll help you become less angry as you can actually express what you really mean.
And you'll probably get more results this way.
So, first: "angry".
I love this word: "upset". Upset's a funny word.
For men and women it's a little different, so please listen carefully.
"Upset" means you're not happy about something.
And you have this energy that you want to move and do something, fix something, change something.
You want to do...
That's what anger does, it makes you want to do something.
"Upset" means you're not happy about it and want to do that.
That's general for men.
For women "upset" is a little different, so guys, be careful.
If a woman says she's upset, she's sad and angry at the same time.
Ladies, you know what I mean.
I know you're learning English, but you know when you're so angry, but you're sad that
the bunny died in the movie, and you're so upset you want to do something about it?
That's dangerous for men because she might hit you.
Yes, she's sad and crying, but she might hit you so keep that in mind.
So if a woman says she's really upset about something, go: "Okay, baby, what's wrong?"
and take a step back, just out of swinging distance. Okay?
Because she'll be crying at you, and she'll have a knife.
"I'm so upset, baby."
Step back and go:
"Why? What's wrong, honey? How can I help? Tell me more." Okay?
It is a bit of a joke, but that is one of the differences between males and females
on that particular word in my opinion.
Men will be angry, that means they want to change something, they're not happy about
Women are sad and they still have that anger that they need to do something usually at
Is it good or bad?
No, it just is.
We're often disappointed and we think it's anger because we didn't get what we wanted
or we didn't...
Someone didn't do what we thought they should do.
So, I'm so angry you didn't bring that money like you were supposed to.
And what I really mean is: I'm so disappointed because I trusted you and I made plans based
on my trust in you.
That totally changes it because when you say "disappointed" to me, I'm like:
"Oh, how can I make it up?"
When you say "angry", I'm going to give you a reason why I'm angry too or as well.
So "disappointed" means I didn't get what I wanted.
Maybe you wanted to go to a great university and you go:
"I'm so angry. Yale said no to me for the fifth time."
Well, really I'm disappointed I don't have the marks or there's not an opportunity for
me to go to a school I really want to go to.
So "disappointed" is not getting something you really want.
Sometimes people say they're angry when they're really disappointed.
I want to make a joke about stupid people here, but I won't.
But sometimes people are angry because they're confused.
They don't know what's going on.
And remember I kept saying that anger is like this energy you want to use?
Because you want to do something.
Right? Something's not working, you want to do.
Well, some people get confused and they don't know, so: "Now I'm angry!"
It's like: -"Why?"
-"Because I'm confused, and I don't know what to do so I got to be something."
And it's easier to say I'm angry than confused because "confused" seems to me: Well, speak
to someone, they can help you and get rid of your confusion, and you won't be angry.
But sometimes people are confused so they say angry.
A perfect example, a family finds out one of their daughters or boys are gay or homosexual.
They will say they're angry about the situation, when maybe they're confused that they don't
know how it happened, blah, blah, blah, blah, all these other things, but it comes out as
anger and it's not necessarily that way.
Right? Everybody's different.
I put "scared" but I meant to write "stressed".
A lot of people, they say they're stressed or they confuse being stressed with being
angry, which means...
Stressed means you have a lot of things going on and you feel like, you know, you've got
a lot pressure on you because you're stressed. Right?
But usually it's scared.
When I'm really stressed or scared...
Ask a child something.
Ask a child why...
About the first day of school.
They won't say they're stressed, they'll say they're scared.
And when you ask them why they're scared they'll say: "I'm scared the other children won't
like me, I'm scared it'll be too difficult."
If you ask an adult about the same thing, they'll say: -"I'm stressed about the first
day of school." -"Why?"
-"Because there's just so much going on."
And then you go: "What are you stressed about?"
They can't really articulate, and "articulate" means to say or explain.
But as soon as they change the word from "stressed" to "scared", suddenly they can tell you:
"I'm scared of this, I'm scared of this."
So if you can change that word from "angry", or "stressed" to "scared", you might notice
you're not as stressed and you're relaxed once you get it out. Okay?
"Frustrated", "angry", same, right?
No. "Angry" is that energy to move.
"Frustrated" is you're not getting what you want.
It's not the same as "disappointed".
Something's stopping you from getting what you want.
If I were trying to leave this room, and I can't get out of the room...
I'm going to start getting frustrated.
Now, some people might go: "[Roars] Hulk Smash."
I'm getting frustrated because I want to go and I can't go.
And then I go: "Frustrated, okay. Yeah, I'm frustrated because I can't get out when I want to get out."
That doesn't mean I'm angry.
Angry at what?
What is this angry thing, right?
That means I'm trying and I'm not getting it, so I'm frustrated.
It's stopping me.
Some people get angry about things because they're really anxious, they're worried, and
it seems so scary and you're so weak to say you're worried, but then there's nothing wrong
with saying you're worried.
You're afraid of it.
But "worry" means to think about the future and not to have control, and you think about
all the things that can happen in the future, and you're worried that a lot of them are
bad and they can hurt you.
And that leads to being anxious about: What can happen next?
What can happen in the future?
Once you worry... Worry.
[Laughs] Once you realize you're worried and you're anxious, you can let it go because
99% of those things are never going to happen.
So, confusing anger, you're angry about this or the possible future and anxious starts
getting kind of crazy.
And "overwhelmed" means you have too much happening, too much work, too much pressure,
It's way too much, you cannot deal with it, cannot handle, cannot do it, so you're overwhelmed.
Some of you get overwhelmed when I speak because I speak so fast.
You put it on and: "[Mumbles]."
You go: "[Gasps]."
And you need to walk away from the screen.
You can't even turn it off.
I'm overwhelmed by his voice.
Too much, too much, too much.
And I'm giving you all these words because if you talk about being angry with someone
or something what happens is you don't communicate.
Remember I talked about this energy you need to do something?
You want to smash, you want to tell them, you want to force them, you want to change
them, you want them to do something because of that.
But once you can let it go and just realize: "Look, I'm sorry, I'm just a little scared
right now because I'm anxious about what will happen on Monday.
I'm worried about it", that energy's gone and you can use it to actually make better
So, yes, an ESL lesson, I've given you some definitions for some words that will help
you express yourself, but it's also kind of a human lesson. Right?
So, let's go and see how well you have mastered your humanity or your anger.
All right? Your inner Hulk, let's say.
Now let's start with the first quiz question:
I don't want to admit it, but I'm really afraid of..."
Please don't tell me you're confused because what you're going to do if you don't remember
the answer is rewind the video.
Go back a minute or two, and you'll see the answer was already given to you.
It's one of the statements I gave you just to help you remember.
We just talked about being angry is one of the worst words you can use all the time.
We want to improve your vocabulary, so we don't want to say: "I'm angry.
I don't want to admit it", it doesn't make any sense.
You'd have to be angry about something.
But: "I'm scared, and I don't want to admit I'm afraid."
These two words are synonyms, so it's saying:
"Hey, look. I really am afraid."
I'm saying it twice to you, so maybe you can listen to me because I'm afraid.
Let's do the next one:
"I feel __________ at work because I have so much to do, and I have more and more work to do all the time."
If "disappointed" means you're not getting what you want-right?-then what I'm thinking
Think of a wave coming over you, crashing over you.
You have too much.
Right? So we're overwhelmed.
"You have a __________ point."
If you've ever watched the X-Men, there's Wolverine, and Wolverine has like sharp claws.
He could probably make a good point, but I want you to figure out which one's correct:
sharp or good?
This one is from the first points I was saying to let someone know that you care.
You want to tell them you had a good point.
Show I care about what we're talking about, I care about you and our relationship.
"I'm _________ because I didn't get into my favourite university."
What do you think that would be?
Well, I know you're thinking, and you're right, it could be you're angry, but once again we
were trying to improve our vocabulary, and if you notice here I said sometimes you go
here and we want to say this because I said you're upset, meaning you're sad that something
And I would be upset if I didn't get into my favourite university, right?
So I think you would be, too.
Anyway, look, I hope you've enjoyed the lesson on how to...
It's not argue fairly, but argue in a way that makes your relationships better.
And trust me, you're going to need this because as you get better at English you're going
to find that there are a lot of people who don't agree with everything you think, and
I mean, you won't agree with everything they think.
And this is one of the best way to maintain your relationships.
So, what I want...
Where do I want you to go?
Well, to www, right?
.eng as in English, vid as in video.com (www.engvid.com)
where you can do the rest of the quizzes.
And before I say we go, I would like you to make sure you hit subscribe, and it's somewhere around here.
I never really know, but hit subscribe, depending on where it is on your screen.
And as always, thank you very much for watching.
I look forward to seeing you at our next video.
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The Creator collection is more bold and definitely stands out among the other themes with its different patters and colors as well as the more interactive curtain.
“Creativity is much more in focus and it is all about this “do-it-yourself” trend. So, we wanted a univers that wasn’t just nice to look at, but also had functional elements that children can interact with”.
“Children can be part of decorating their own bed and deciding on the theme, which can change a lot depending on what is placed in the pockets”.
“It is created to involve the child”.
The Creator curtains come in two different colors; Tinsel and Orion Blue that both have pockets with room for drawings and smaller gadgets. This allows children to create the expression of the curtain themselves.
“You can put it together in crazy ways because it doesn’t have to be that neat – compared to the other themes that are more stylish and less brave”.
“It doesn’t have to be divided – you can use Tinsel with the Leopard print and vice versa. So, there is also the option to be creative with the bedding”.
Creator is all about bringing creativity into the children’s room and getting children to help their parents store all their little treasures. The theme is not that set on a certain age, but fits well for both younger and older children.
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This is a continuation, responding to common misconceptions of Standing. I give my official definition of a Stander in Part I.
- Standing is a method for saving a marriage.
- Standing is still or waiting.
- Standers are fundamentalist Christians.
Part II (This Post)
- Standing is weak—Standers are doormats.
- Standers go against the Stockdale Paradox.
- Standing is about Acting As If your spouse will return.
- Standers are not accepting the reality of their situation; they are in denial.
- Saving the marriage is the primary objective or focus.
- Standing is a form of control or manipulation.
- Standers are Standing for something that is dead.
- Standing creates pressure and it is counterproductive because it isn’t attractive to the leaving spouse.
- The only acceptable outcome is reconciliation.
- Standers bail out their MLCers (Ex. support them financially while they cheat)
- Standers lie (to outsiders) about the affair or keep it secret.
Standing is weak—Standers are doormats.
This is one of those things often said by people who disagree with and disrespect the individual choices of a Stander. It’s an if A is true then B must also be true idea. So for example: if you are a Republican then you must be against abortion. Certainly many and perhaps most Republicans are against abortion, but that is not true as a general statement applying to all Republicans.
Standing is active and includes both Respect-Boundaries and Rule-Boundaries.
Standers get defensive when accused of being doormats or not accepting reality and that their actions make no sense because it feels a bit like who are you to tell me what I feel, know, accept, understand…when you are not me. When you don’t know what I’ve been doing that is active regarding Standing, when you do not know or accept that I have set boundaries…when instead you assume a bunch of stuff?
We get those comments/accusations as though they are fact: what you are doing makes no sense or what you are doing is stupid, or you are being a doormat… They usually don’t come with asides like it seems to me you are being… or I don’t understand the sense in that. I completely understand that some people simply don’t understand, but it feels insulting when the statements are made without concession to them being opinions, feelings, lack of understanding… And even worse, when people do make such statements they sometimes follow them with an interpretation as to why the person is making stupid or nonsensical actions: you must be angry or codependent or whatever… It seems to me that they may not want to accept the explanation that maybe the person is a strong leader who sets boundaries because in their mind that doesn’t fit the stereotype of what they think it is to be a Stander.
You’re on the doormat when you allow your MLCer to create the boundaries which you follow rather than creating boundaries yourself. One reason this misconception exists is because some Standers let their MLCers walk all over them. The same is true of those who are not Standing, so it is not specific to Standing does not advocate it, but it takes time to regain strength and take back personal power after the trauma of Bomb Drop.
Standers go against the Stockdale Paradox.
Optimists are the first to fall. That is the basic idea of the Stockdale Paradox, but it’s really about optimists with specific expectations—such as time-oriented expectations—are the first to fall. The Stockdale paradox is great for Standers. Admiral Stockdale was a realistic optimist. He was a Prisoner of War held captive for 7 years during which he was regularly tortured and beaten. During that time he never lost faith in the end of the story, never doubted he would get out, and consistently believed that he would prevail and turn the experience into the defining event of his life.
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”
-Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale
I had faith that Sweetheart and I would reconcile, I just didn’t know when. There are people who want to put a narrow timeline on Standing like 6 months or a year. In some situations that is fine, and for all people it is a personal choice. But if there is a pattern of something taking a certain range of years and you choose to Stand in a situation that fits that pattern, what is the point of a limit that is significantly shorter than the range? Are med students disappointed when after two years of medical school they do not yet qualify to become board certified doctors? The people who think they are going to be the exceptions often fall fast. Successful Standers (and by successful I don’t only mean those whose marriage eventually reconcile) are like Admiral Stockdale.
Standing is about Acting As If your spouse will return.
I do not encourage expectations and it is not about Acting As If your spouse will return—it’s the opposite actually. I discourage that sort of expectation.
It is not about fighting either. Fighting yields fighting. So I prefer to refer to it as Peacing.
Standing can include contesting divorce actions, accepting them or even initiating them if that is what is necessary for the protection of finances, Self and the family.
The idea of Acting As If is about expectations for individual moments or situations. So when your spouse comes home from work. It’s about not Acting As If they are going to be mean and start a fight and instead Acting As If they are not mean—whether you instead approach the situation neutrally or as though they will be bursting with joy may depend on your intimate knowledge of your spouse. But the gist is that you do not approach a situation treating it as though it is negative before it has started. | <urn:uuid:38d61c9f-3ea0-4a0e-9840-35aedbfc9e43> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://loveanyway.theherosspouse.com/2012/12/19/misconceptions-about-standing-part-ii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964606 | 1,268 | 1.742188 | 2 |
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Time to step it up, people.
Americans are eating less ice cream, according to an unsettling new study from market research firm Mintel. While some 92 percent of households bought frozen treats in the past six months, 22 percent indicated they're cutting back on the quantity purchased, mostly for health reasons, according to the study. And volume sales of ice cream and frozen treats are expected to decline while Mintel projects a slim retail sales increase of 1.8 percent to hit $12.6 billion in 2016.
But it's not all glum raisin. Turns out that American consumers are spending more money for more premium and single-serve products. Gone are the days low-fat and low-calorie frozen treats satisfied the guilty conscience. People are seeking out smaller portions of more indulgent products, the study said.
"That's not news to people in the food industry. You see people across categories willing to pay more for higher quality food," said Joe Oberweis, president and CEO of Oberweis Dairy, based in North Aurora.
Oberweis ice cream, which represents roughly 40 to 50 percent of the company's sales, has fared well with these recent consumer trends. The ice cream is considered "super premium" because it surpasses the threshold of 14 percent butterfat, Oberweis said. And indulgent flavors with a mix of ingredients, like the Black Raspberry Chocolate Chunk, are going gangbusters.
Consider Oberweis' Honey Butter Cashew, which launched this year.
"We literally ran out of it," Oberweis said.
While the majority of consumers still buy single-flavor ice cream, a growing number of shoppers are "intrigued by flavors with mix-ins," according to the Mintel study. About 41 percent of consumers are buying ice cream with other ingredients, such as cake bits and chocolate chunks, compared with only 24 percent in 2013.
"The wide range of single-flavor frozen treats and products with unique mix-ins are keeping consumers from becoming bored with the category. The rise of new, trendy flavors speaks to the dual components nostalgia and indulgence play in the market, while internationally inspired varieties like mochi ice cream and gelato are succeeding in flavor and format," said Beth Bloom, senior food and drink analyst at Mintel, in a news release Thursday.
And while mainstays like vanilla and chocolate are holding their own, ice cream with ingredient and flavor combinations that may have seemed unlikely just five years ago are driving growth, Oberweis said. In the not-so-distant future, he said, shoppers can expect to see bacon chocolate ice cream in stores.
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Online continuing education for psychologists typically contains no less than hints from this branch, as so many therapists are referred to as upon to handle relationship issues. The family structure is a fragile one and plenty of families come close to the breaking point earlier than they enlist the help of a counselor.
Depending on what field of psychology you are thinking about, you are almost sure to have the ability to find topics that pertain to your follow and might help you obtain your skilled goals. Although these classes, if they come from a reputable supply, do supply educational accreditation, there are additionally many who can boast a real furtherance of data as well. There are few topics as broad as that of psychology, and most lessons-whether on-line or offline-break down their coursework into the varied branches of examine. One fascinating branch of study is that of marriage and household therapy.
And in the event that they ask, and they’re going to if they’re a predator, don’t send photos or video, and most importantly, do not meet them in particular person. Remember when you’re youngsters have been young and also you took them to the playground?
Some online continuing education for psychologists is in the area of forensic psychology. This branch of the normal field puts psychological well being professionals in the legal arena. Though it could have little in widespread with the commerce of fictional forensic psychologist Alex Cross (from Along Came a Spider and different James Patterson novels and movies), it may be an thrilling, rewarding field of examine. This subject has a lot of sensible software potential and may end up in rewarding and thrilling knowledge that transcends simple felony pursuit.
Their aim is to get ladies to send compromising images and videos of themselves. And for a few of these predators, they have much more dangerous plans for his or her victims. Unfortunately, this drawback of boys and males pretending is growing, because it is easy to fool young ladies on-line with out their parents understanding about it. It’s as if the predator has entered your own home, and in actuality they have, however through the web.
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Classes in this area are designed to prep the professionals with extra details about the treatment of sufferers, each legal and noncriminal. Often, employees in this field are referred to as upon to testify in court docket, whether or not it’s for malpractice fits or felony investigations and prosecutions. Anyone thinking about online continuing education for psychologists should have a look at their state’s necessities and make sure their shore up those needed credits before anything. Many discover that straightforward Internet entry to this wealth of reputable info will increase their pursuit of knowledge for its personal sake.
It could possibly be as simple as “I love this panty and bra set I simply purchased. What’s your favorite set? Hey in case you have an image of yourself I’d like to see it.” You should be very careful; many of those younger boys and grownup predators are really good at pretending in order to acquire a girls belief. Anytime they begin hinting at something sexual, then you realize it’s a guy. It’s fun to satisfy new people and find new pals but you by no means really know who’s on the other facet of the dialog.
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The Positive Impacts of an Internal Communications Strategy.
This year, the modern workplace underwent an unprecedented process of change. Shifts to work cultures, communication, safety adjustments to the office, and huddle space environments, not to mention widespread digital transformations in response to remote working.
Ask any CIO, Facilities Manager, Head of AV how they think the workplace has changed over the last 10-15 years, and you’ll more likely get puffed out cheeks, some considered silence, and a response to say that it has changed beyond all recognition: people don’t come into the office when they do they’ll move from space to space frequently, 70% of jobs can be done with a supercomputer that fits in your pocket and distance is no barrier for colleagues interacting.
With these seismic cultural and technological shifts, companies, no matter how large or small, are seeking new ways to collaborate and communicate across teams, departments, and geographical locations. A by-product of all of this is, is the growth of internal communications departments in enterprises.
Internal communications are when employers, employees, and colleagues share information and talk to each other to ensure a mutual understanding between leadership, management, and staff.
Communication is delivered through an appropriate channel and should result in employees knowing exactly how their role contributes to achieving company goals. An effective internal communications strategy plays a key role in motivating and engaging employees, resulting in many businesses’ overall success.
But why? What are the positive impacts of an internal communications strategy?
1. Achieving goals.
To achieve organizational goals, co-ordination and communication among various departments are essential. Effective internal communications will help to co-ordinate projects and tasks amongst different departments.
Effective internal communications can help to motivate employees. It can bridge the gap between what’s decided at an upper management level and how these decisions are implemented right across the company. Without a sound strategy, communication can get lost in translation or watered down, resulting in a disengaged and demotivated workforce.
3. Employees understand the bigger picture, the company’s vision, and how they fit in and contribute to this vision.
According to Gallup, 24% of employees worldwide are ‘actively disengaged’
With an effective internal communications strategy, employees will feel valued, listened to, and like an important part of the team and the organization.
4. Employees are more productive.
When an employee is fully aware of their contribution to organizational goals, they contribute more and feel better about the value they add. Hence, they stay on the job and help move the business forward.
5. Knowledge is power.
Let’s take the example of competitor information. Knowing your competitor’s strengths and weaknesses are necessary for high performance in a competitive market place. With an effective internal communications strategy, this information can be shared with the right people at relevant times. Accessibility of the right information is also important for agility; internal communications can help make everyone aware of where to find the right information. Many companies use company websites, internal blogs, SharePoint, Yammer, and other tools to share information or links to stored information.
6. Better leadership.
Leaders are better able to understand employee needs and how to meet those needs to motivate, inspire, and engage them in the business’s overall goal.
7. Managers have a greater understanding of their workforce.
Sourcing the best employees for your organization can be difficult, so when these employees exist in your organization, it is important to retain them. According to a survey from SHRM, 46% of HR pros say retention is their greatest concern, followed by employee engagement at 36%.
Building the trust and credibility to keep employees engaged requires effort. Internal communications can help build trust and credibility by proactively listening to employees and providing ways to give feedback.
We at DisplayNote Technologies recently utilized our own team communications tool to include all staff members in an exercise of naming a new product we are due to release to the market later this year. We (the marketing department) set up a group within our team communications tool and invited all staff members; we asked them for feedback on the top 10 names that the marketing department had already shortlisted. Then, we asked team members to reply to the group with their favorite name. This method was highly effective as we collaborated and made the decision within 24 hours of starting the exercise, all staff members were engaged, and the majority vote won! All staff members now love the name for the new product and are eagerly awaiting its release.
8. Exchange and generation of ideas.
Engaged employees who understand the bigger picture and overall vision of the company tend to feel encouraged to give more feedback and offer new ideas. By providing an effective way of communicating these ideas and brainstorming, an organization can benefit from increased creativity among employees, encouraging overall innovation.
What does a good internal communications strategy consist of?
According to Staff Motivation Matters, good internal communications consist of the following;
- Open and objective communication
- Clear, jargon-free, succinct language
- Consistent and regular communication
- Two-way dialogue
- Understanding the audience and what appeals to them
- Using good verbal, non-verbal, and written communicators
- A communication identity that people recognize and use
- An accessible medium.
“The power of communication lies in keeping your audience involved in its evolution, because it is their interaction and interest that will mean the difference between communication that goes nowhere and is read by no one, and communication that can motivate entire workforces.”
Great communication must be a continuous process. It’s an organizational habit. You must work every day to ensure you communicate openly and honestly with employees and colleagues.
By making an effort to provide an effective way of communicating and providing information, you encourage employees and colleagues to give positive feedback and contribute to overall success by doing their jobs better.
There are many effective communication tools to keep you collaborating remotely and ‘sync and share’ document storage solutions like SharePoint and DropBox, all of which can have a positive effect on communications across organizations.
The overall impact of providing a good internal communications plan is a positive one! Good communications can only result in higher levels of motivation, engagement, performance, and business results.
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There's no doubt that 2013 had its share of exciting and heartbreaking entertainment news. From the good news like Cicely
"Government is aware of social media activity on the existence or otherwise of a picture of President Mandela lying in state
Even world leaders can't resist taking funeral selfies. President Barack Obama, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt can be seen in the photo taking a selfie during a memorial service for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday.
UPDATE: Roberto Schmidt, the photojournalist for Agence France-Presse who caught President Barack Obama goofing around with
Mandela could be a tenacious politician in that sense. Greenberg recalled that "he hated de Klerk," believing strongly that
I realized that his humor was the skilled and disciplined response of a person who had learned that the only way to speak truth to an oppressing power was to couch it in wit.
Calling Mandela a Communist or a terrorist shortly after his death is mean-spirited, but it is a bigger condemnation of the moral blindness of much of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War than it is a criticism of Mandela.
This week brought the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a man whose towering authority derived from his relentless devotion to humanity at its most basic level. While locked away for 27 years, the rage of injustice was supplanted by a willingness to build bridges to those who'd imprisoned him. After his release in 1990, his first goal was reconciliation, not retribution. "The whites are our fellow South Africans," he said the next morning. "We want them to feel safe." And after becoming the first democratically elected black president of South Africa, that unremitting dedication to what's best in us continued. "He no longer belongs to us," said President Obama upon learning of his death, "he belongs to the ages." But let's not relegate him to the ages just yet -- we desperately need his spirit of transcendence and compassion right now. As he wrote in 1995: "It always seems impossible until it's done." Rest in Peace, Madiba.
As Ta-Nehisi Coates points out at The Atlantic, National Review founder and editor William F. Buckley wrote in a 1985 column
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First of all, you need to know how serious his astigmatism is. Astigmatism is due to the refractive error which results from the shape of the eye not being round enough. Nearly every one has astigmatism to some extent. If the situation is not so serious that his vision has been affected, you can just leave it alone. However, if the situation is not so optimistic, you have two options.
1.Get prescription corrective lens for your child, whether eyeglasses or contact lenses. You doctor will choose what the most suitable is for him.
2.Let your child wear eyewear to correct his vision until he come of age. When his eyes has grown well, you can take him to have laser surgery to change to shape of his cornea and cure his astigmatism.
Apart from the two treatment, you can also prevent his vision from getting worse through the following precautions:
1.Have his vision checked regularly.
2.Teach him to read, watch TV, use computer, or play iphone in right position and distance.
3.Adjust the lighting of your house so that his vision won't be harmed.
4.Add food rich in vitamin A into your recipe.
Generally speaking, it is dangerous for your child to have astigmatism. According to some experts, shadow images, eye muscle spasms, eyestrain, and headaches, blurry vision will be possible to them. For the treatments, of course, surgery can be done to cure it. Also, wearing contact lenses can do a help too. So just take your child to see the doctor.
It is so bad for your child to get the astigmatism. Thus the retina image blurred this refractive error state which is called astigmatism. They may have the blurred vision. Far near vision is poor, seem to have double images. They will have easy eye fatigue, eye pain, headache, nausea and vomiting. Whatever astigmatism must take the mydriatic optometry, especially for mixed astigmatism. You could let your child take the 1% atropine eye drops and eye ointment mydriatic optometry, twice a day. After three consecutive days, he should take Fang Kejian optometry. You should let him to wear the eyeglasses with astigmatism role to help him have the right vision. He should also use the corneal contact lens to do the correction at the eyes. He should not watch tv or play computers for a long time with little rest which will make the situation of the eyes get serious.
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Let’s start with a simple question – what does it mean to be mindful?
Being mindful means being more present and aware of each passing moment of your day. By practicing mindfulness, you learn how to appreciate life and make every minute count.
So, if you wish to find peace in this over-stimulated, fast-paced world we live in, it’s crucial to introduce mindfulness into your life. Here are 5 effective techniques that can help you out.
1. Pause and breathe
We are aware that your day is busy, that you have a lot on your mind, and that taking a break is nowhere to be seen on your to-do list. However, you might be surprised to hear that taking some time off will do wonders for your productivity. If you dedicate as little as 20 minutes a day to practice mindful meditation, you will give yourself a chance to destress and become much more focused on your daily tasks.
While meditating, focus on your breathing and try to pay attention to every breath you take. That’s the easiest way to stay mindful of the present moment and practice awareness.
2. Stop multitasking
While it is true that technology makes our lives so much easier by facilitating multitasking, it’s also true that multitasking is eating away our productivity. In fact, by constantly switching between tasks we are becoming 40% less productive than when we are focused on a single task at hand.
So, whenever you start feeling overwhelmed, stop, re-focus your thoughts, shift your attention to a single task, and be mindful of what you are doing and how it makes you feel. There is a strong relationship between mindfulness and creativity, better concentration, higher efficiency, and an increased ability of your mind to learn new things. In other words – being present in the moment really pays off.
3. Focus on gratitude
No matter what you’re doing – cleaning the bathroom, eating, drinking tea, walking, doing yoga, washing your hair, or ironing your clothes – focus on that experience and take time to be grateful. Each chore is a possibility for you to see, feel, touch, or learn something new about yourself and the world around you, so don’t miss out on the chance to live your life to the fullest.
For example, stop using smart devices, reading newspapers, or watching TV when you’re eating. Instead, practice awareness and be mindful of the food on your plate. Focus on its texture, colors, and flavors, and think about the journey each ingredient had to take before it became part of your meal.
4. Silence the world around you
Silence is essential when practicing mindfulness, especially if you’re a beginner, so learn to embrace it. Let’s face it, we are living in an era of noise pollution. Traffic, airplanes, radio, TV, phones, and the endless chattering of people all produce noise that surrounds us even throughout the night. What’s more, we got so used to this type of pollution that we often find the silence uncomfortable.
However, we should all learn how to enjoy and appreciate it. Create a quiet corner in your home where you can sit and meditate without being interrupted by loud or sudden noises. Once your ears adapt to the quiet, you’ll start to hear many different, familiar sounds in the distance, like the wind or chattering of the birds. Such gentle disruptions are ideal for practicing the art of mindfulness.
5. Interact with others
For the most part, mindfulness is an introspective activity that revolves around you and your perception of the world. However, there are times when you can and should think about how your actions and behaviors influence those around you. Being mindful of others and trying to do something nice for them is one of the most rewarding experiences you may have.
Mindfulness goes hand in hand with compassion and greater understanding of others, so not only does this practice help you as an individual, but it’s also beneficial for your friends, family, and colleagues as well.
To sum up
Practicing mindfulness has a multitude of benefits for you and your loved ones. It teaches you how to enjoy every moment of your life, how to listen to yourself and others, and how to be more grateful, compassionate, effective, and productive. Essentially, mindfulness teaches you how to live. | <urn:uuid:b1449698-825a-40ed-9a98-64ea73dd2b99> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://puffaround.com/art-of-being-mindful-person/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955397 | 905 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales are known for appealing characters who overcome adversity, making the stories accessible to readers of all ages. From "Thumbelina" and "The Princess and the Pea" to "The Little Mermaid" and "The Traveling Companion," these 18 tales are not only entertaining but enlightening too. Included are 26 full-page color drawings by acclaimed illustrators Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, and Harry Clarke - along with dozens of pen-and-ink images - that add a soft artistic touch to the stories, making this volume a treasured keepsake. Textured cloth cover features intricate foil stamping and a full-color illustration. A ribbon bookmark ensures that you never lose your place. | <urn:uuid:e98834f5-b806-4c2b-9262-38285556114d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://poetscornerbookshop.com/products/hans-christian-andersens-fairy-tales | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.940046 | 149 | 1.726563 | 2 |
The charge of publishing seditious statements refers to leaflets found in Ponsonby Road, 2 km from the Prime Minister’s office in Sandringham Road, Auckland, after an axe attack on the window of the Prime Minister’s electorate office, during the foreshore and seabed legislation debate.
Sedition is defined within New Zealand as being “speech, writing or behaviour intended to encourage rebellion or resistance against the government”. Selwyn has been charged under section 81(1)(c) of the New Zealand Crimes Act 1961, which forbids any such publication which means “[t]o incite, procure, or encourage violence, lawlessness, or disorder”. The New Zealand Police cite the pamphlet as being seditious.
This is the first prosecution for sedition in New Zealand for at least 75 years.
The decision to charge Selwyn has drawn considerable controversy within New Zealand, with many bloggers protesting. Blogger Idiot/Savant, who has extensively researched the history of sedition in New Zealand, called the law “an archaic holdover from feudalism which should have been relegated to the dustbin of history long ago.” Blogger Lewis Holden, stated “Allowing the state to prosecute an individual for publishing an idea is morally abhorrent and wrong. The state should not have such a power at its disposal: to do so invites abuse of our right to freedom of speech.”
The Crown says to find him guilty the jury must decide if the pamphlets encouraged other New Zealanders to break the law through similar crimes, and whether Selwyn knew that is what the material set out to do. | <urn:uuid:651334ab-1ffd-499c-9cb9-8ad8ce985f3e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://uncensored.co.nz/2006/06/08/a-step-backwards-for-freedom-of-speech/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.952948 | 339 | 2.25 | 2 |
Selected Industrial View with W. Garth Smith, CEO and co-founder of MetaVR, Inc.
On the occasion of I/ITSEC 2017, MILITARY TECHNOLOGY publishes its Annual Simulation and Training Bosses (SATB) Series that conveys the thoughts and messages of the world’s defence simulation and training leaders, according to the question: “How do you apply/integrate live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) technologies to your tactical training, and can LVC training address the military’s readiness crisis??”
While MetaVR doesn’t make LVC systems (we aren’t system integrators), we provide the underlying technology to integrators for training systems used in LVC systems. We provide the image generator (Virtual Reality Scene Generator, “VRSG”) and high-resolution content: the round-earth geospecific 3D terrain and culture and dynamic entity models. Virtual training is valuable if the 3D virtual environment closely matches the live-training environment. VRSG provides out-the-window, sensor, and radar simulation components all based on the same terrain. This ensures the fidelity of matching views required for air to ground training missions such as joint fires, close air support, and UAS simulation.
For example, imagine training at a range on the Fallon Range Training Complex at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. The targets are pretty well-known; pilots become familiar with them during close air support training missions. We have the infrastructure for LVC training on this range: 2cm per-pixel resolution terrain that we built from imagery collected by our SUAS, thermally accurate military models, etc. VRSG generates artificial sensor feed, so pilots can identify a target and engage. A pilot steers the aircraft toward a real location on the range but the aircraft’s sensor view is replaced by VRSG’s simulated sensor view of the range. (Because VRSG’s real-time physics-based imagery classification simulates the sensor view, the sensor view of 2cm resolution terrain is very accurate; details such as helicopter landing pads and small craters left from exploded ordnance are visible.) Using a high-quality SAF, the pilots could encounter a modern Russian EW platform with an air-defence system that they have never seen before and at a location on the range where there are no real-life targets. Even the EW response on the aircraft can be stimulated with the SAF. Our business partner Battlespace Simulations’ (BSI’s) Modern Air Combat Environment (MACE) generates artificial intelligence entities, thus making the target behaviours and EW signals that show up on VRSG’s simulated terrain. The instructor, using MACE, can put targets on these on unfamiliar locations that do not really exist in the physical world. The value for this kind of training could be significant.
I/ITSEC is showcasing the future of innovation across defences and www.monch.com/mpg/news/iitsec17.html brings together key developments from the show. For more information and a print version of the SATB series, please see MILITARY TECHNOLOGY #12/2017, available on booth #257; and frequently check back for more NEWS FROM THE FLOOR. | <urn:uuid:3caa5eef-f03e-492f-a1a5-7d4d67706056> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://monch.com/satb-metavr/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.905128 | 681 | 1.695313 | 2 |
We finally had some freezes this year. After two consecutive winters that were so extraordinarily warm they didn’t cause any freeze damage to vegetation in my location (north Marion county, Florida, USA), temperatures this season finally dipped below the freezing point. Cold enough to cause something like what used to be typical winter die-back in sensitive plants. But compared to the majority of winters I’ve seen in my experiences here in Florida (since 1996), this was an extremely mild winter.
This was the coldest it’s been here in three years, since January 2018, when temps dipped to the low to mid twenties. For perspective, I’ve seen it get to 15 F here in a cold winter. Winters for the last decade have been much milder than previously. I’m not sure if that’s an effect of the warming global climate or not, since an extreme winter cold snap can happen as a result of a wavy jet stream allowing a cold air mass to push southward, which can happen even in a context of overall rising average global temperatures. (The Texas freeze this February illustrated this phenomenon, with temperatures dropping to 11F in Houston, which is about at the same latitude I am at.)
The results of this winter on plants:
Banana plants in open areas exposed to the sky lost all their leaves to frost (but were resprouting leaves by March). All developing stalks of fruit were destroyed on these plants, so we won’t get any more ripe bananas until probably July at the earliest, whereas for the last two years, we’ve had year-round banana harvests. Banana plants in sheltered areas under evergreen oaks lost some leaf area, but maintained some green leaves right through the winter (unfortunately because of the shade, these plants make few fruits).
Chaya, which used to freeze to the ground every winter at my property, has not frozen back at all the past two winters. This year the plants froze back partially, and are now resprouting anywhere from two to four feet up. (I plan to cut them back to the ground to clean up the mess of dead sticks).
Ficus sycomorus – Several years ago I stuck a plant of this species in the ground near my house as a source of cuttings for grafting figs onto. At the time, I figured it would freeze down to the ground every winter, so I didn’t worry about how big it would get. After two years with no freezes, the plant has grown into a small tree, dominating the area. This winter it completely defoliated and partially froze back to major limbs, but it’s sprouting back now. I think I’m going to chainsaw it to the ground and graft an edible fig onto it.
Mulberries – All of the mulberry varieties I grow were fully dormant during the late December freeze, and they handled it fine. During the early February freeze, one variety, the one I’m calling ‘Bryces Worlds Best’, had broken dormancy, and had emerging new leaves and flowers. To preserve these, I wrapped sheets around most of the top of the tree. But it turns out that effort was not necessary – even the branches that poked out of my crude covering were fine, and and are loaded with fruits at the time of this writing (late March).
Ficus racemosa – I lightly wrapped sheets around the lower portion of this tree, and it froze back to where it was covered. It’s sprouting back vigorously.
Ficus palmata ‘Icebox’ This once went completely deciduous, losing all its leaves, but suffered no dieback.
Cordia myxa – The two trees I have of this species also got sheets wrapped lightly around their lower portion, and they froze back approximately to the level I covered them. They are also vigorously sprouting back.
Cereus peruvianus – I have a number of fruiting kadushi cactus plants in various locations planted out in the ground. I covered some with sheets, but even the ones I left uncovered showed no signs of frost damage. | <urn:uuid:ee574fd4-7aaa-44e5-baf2-17eff3bed9af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://floridafruitgeek.com/2021/03/31/winter-2020-2021-report-the-temperature-finally-dipped-below-freezing-this-season-but-not-by-much/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.969323 | 866 | 2.453125 | 2 |
You will learn how to find and identify creek critters (macroinvertebrates) living in Popes Head Creek, and generate Stream Health Reports based on your findings using the Creek Critters smartphone app. The stream site is a 10-minute downhill walk from the parking area. Participants will work in shallow water (less than 10 inches deep).
This is a FREE event, but registration is required. Children over 10 years old are welcome to participate.
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“Terrorism can be located in the human heart.” Soft-spoken Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh spoke these words to a hushed crowd at the Memorial Church March 8. “We can remove terrorism from the human heart through the practice of deep listening. Deep listening can help remove wrong perceptions.”
The free public event was sponsored by the Harvard Buddhist Community and the Memorial Church. People thronged to the church as early as 6 p.m. for the 7 o’clock talk.
The crowd settled into pews and, when the pews filled up, sat in the aisles. Nhat Hanh’s teachings have found a broad audience in the West, reaching across religious traditions. He is revered as much for his lifelong work as a peace activist as for his exquisitely straightforward lessons.
A prolific author – he has written 85 books of prose, poetry, and prayer – Nhat Hanh is famous for his work during the Vietnam War when he encouraged Buddhist monks to emerge from their contemplative lives to help the suffering people of Vietnam. He calls this “engaged Buddhism.”
When Nhat Hanh walked onto the altar, students of his who had gathered there bowed in return to their teacher’s respectful greeting: the men with shaved heads, the women whose hair was covered by scarves matching their simple brown robes. The audience also returned Nhat Hanh’s bow.
“My dear friends,” he said, “every time you bring your attention to your in-breath and your out-breath, you are focused and you don’t think of the past, the future, your projects. In our daily life we breathe all the time but we are seldom aware of our breathing.”
He speaks softly, this monk in his mid-70s who has been exiled from his homeland for more than 30 years because of his nonviolent efforts to reconcile North and South Vietnam. After he was exiled, Nhat Hanh persuaded Martin Luther King Jr. to publicly oppose the war. King nominated Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. “Conferring the Prize on Nhat Hanh,” wrote King, “would … remind all nations that men of good will stand ready to lead warring elements out of an abyss of hatred and self-destruction.”
For Nhat Hanh, world peace and interpersonal peace are found in the same way. He uses the analogy of seeds within each person – seeds of anger and violence, but also seeds of compassion and understanding. Nhat Hanh advises the practice of what he calls “selective watering.”
“You and your loved one can sign a peace treaty,” he said to quiet laughter. Nhat Hanh would have us tell our loved one, “‘Darling, I promise I will avoid watering the seeds of anger, violence, and despair in you.’
“Many of us are peace activists,” Nhat Hanh continued. “We want to serve the world. So we have to take care of ourselves. Every day, water the seeds of understanding and compassion. Breathe in, breathe out the energy of mindfulness. This energy helps us look deeply into the nature of our emotions, so we can gain insight into our suffering and the suffering of others. Insight always brings compassion.”
Violent actions cannot cultivate peace, Nhat Hanh teaches. “Suppose someone does something that makes you suffer,” he said. “You want to punish that person. But with mindfulness you become aware of your desire to punish, and you become aware that the other person may have a lot of wrong perceptions that cause him anger and despair. He needs help, he doesn’t need punishment. Understanding him makes compassion arise in your heart.”
As in our relationships with our loved ones, so in our relations with the world. When fellow Buddhists were gunned down in Vietnam, Nhat Hanh and his co-activists responded nonviolently. He would now have America act similarly toward those who perpetrate attacks against our country. “We would like,” he said, “to address the people who have tried to destroy us, say to them ‘We know you must have suffered a great deal to do such a terrible thing to us. We would like to listen to your suffering. We want to live in safety, and we know you also want to live in safety.’ It is only by understanding suffering that we can reduce suffering.”
As Nhat Hanh spoke, the crowd seemed to lean into his words. Dorothy Austin, associate minister of the Memorial Church, reported that she felt her conviction grow as she listened to Nhat Hanh’s words. “The most basic principle of interfaith dialogue is that the dialogue must begin within oneself,” she said. “Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace within ourselves.”
“I was struck by the still and warm atmosphere Nhat Hanh created,” said Chris Bell, co-chair of the Harvard Buddhist Community, “and by the power of his smile. One learned as much about mindfulness from observing the way he held his tea as by processing the words he was oh-so-quietly saying.”
And quietly, Nhat Hanh delivered a gentle challenge: “I propose in America that we organize televised sessions of deep listening,” he said. In these sessions, the nation’s perceived enemies would pour forth their pain and suffering. “When America expresses her willingness to understand the suffering of other people, she will inspire respect. Showing understanding and compassion is the best way to provide ourselves and other people with safety.” | <urn:uuid:f20a42bc-f5f6-4e82-86ef-285e457c10d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/03/peace-in-the-heart-peace-in-the-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.978713 | 1,225 | 2.5 | 2 |
(POSTPONED) Restoring bird populations: scaling from species to ecosystems, BOU2020
Restoring bird populations requires working at a range of scales, from individual animals to whole ecosystems, and from local sites to whole flyways. Birds can be indicators of recovery trajectories for entire ecosystems and can be integral to the success of habitat restoration, for example through their functional roles as predators, scavengers and dispersal agents.
This landmark international conference will bring together the latest science underpinning the restoration of bird species and their ecosystems, focussing on successes, challenges and future directions. This 2020 event coincides with a milestone year for assessing Aichi targets for biodiversity conservation, and comes on the eve of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration that will run from 2021-2030. It will be of broad interest to conservation-, population- and community-ecologists, practitioners and policy makers.
More information here. https://www.bou.org.uk/conference/2020-restoring-bird-populations/ | <urn:uuid:34ed1250-3a90-4be7-8080-5e560cd6ddf0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://swansg.org/2020/03/02/restoring-bird-populations-scaling-from-species-to-ecosystems-bou2020/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.858941 | 214 | 2.5625 | 3 |
I had made a map a while ago with ArcGis Online. The map format was web map. I am trying to add a field to my layer, but there is no such option on the description table (Table options only provide me with 4 options, none of them is add field, I have tried both enabling/disabling editing).
Solved! Go to Solution.
It looks like your ports layer is a feature collection. In order to add a field to a table, you must use a hosted feature service: Show tables—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS . To publish ports as a hosted feature service, hit save layer in the map viewer, and then navigate to the resulting layer item. A publish window will appear to give you the option to publish as a hosted feature service. (This requires an organization account).
Only the owner of a hosted feature layer or an administrator of the organization is able to make changes to the attribute schema.
Are you one of them?
I have created and hosted two layers as well. One layer I am able to add a field to (in ArcGIS online) and the other I cannot. I have enabled full editing on both layers. Very perplexing... On the one layer which I cannot add the field to, I used a unique valve (thematic - a simple yes/ no symbology). Could this be the reason why I can't add a field?? Is this a bug? Or human error?
Are both layer hosted feature layers or are any layers hosted feature layer views? It isn't possible to add a new field to a hosted feature layer view, but it can be added to the source feature layer and then displayed in the feature layer view. IF this is the case, let me know, if they are both hosted feature layers, I'd suggest getting in contact with support to further investigate this issue.
How was the layer created? Was it published from a shapefile/file geodatabase or created from Map Notes? Can you find the item in your My Content?
Also, if this layer is a copy of another, you won't be able to add a field to it, only to the original layer.
Thank you for your answer. To be honest I created this map one and half years ago, so it's been a bit blurry to me! I probably created the layer from the web map interface of Arc GIS Online website (I might have done it from Arc Gis Desktop, but I doubt it). I can find the map from my content. This layer is not a copy of another, it is the original.
In the Webmap, click the 3 dots beside the layer name > choose Item Details > can you send a screenshot of what you see? It should look similar to this: | <urn:uuid:7f1ac4f1-523d-4a53-98ae-29518abb862a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/unable-to-add-field-on-web-map/td-p/15483 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.919954 | 619 | 1.828125 | 2 |
We are getting near the end of our special month long coverage of the Negro Leagues to commemorate Black History Month. So far, topics we have covered include the best hitters, the best pitchers, women of the Negro Leagues, the relationship between the Negro Leagues and Latin America, and so much more.
1947 was the year that the color barrier was broken. After nearly six decades of segregation from Major League Baseball, the high level of talent and and the distinct style of play—both of which often drew crowds the rivaled MLB games—made integration necessary for the game to grow.
With that said, five players from the Negro Leagues competed in Major League Baseball in ‘47. Despite what they faced on and off the field, they dared to make a name for themselves among baseball’s best. And the best part? They remained among baseball’s best players.
Jackie Robinson - 2B
57.2 fWAR, 135 wRC+, Hall of Fame
Anyone who knows anything about the history of baseball knows about Jackie Robinson. After all, his jersey number is retired among all MLB organizations. But even for the non baseball historian, Robinson is a fixture in American history in general. I, for one, remember learning about Robinson’s impact in my 4th grade elementary school classroom.
Known for his ability to get on base as evidenced by his career .409 OBP and 12.8% walk rate, Robinson was dually known for his ability to score runs as well. from his rookie year in ‘47 through 1953, Robinson touched home plate no less than 99 times in any one season. During his career, he also stole 197 bases.
On July 23, 1962, Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Larry Doby - CF
51.1 fWAR, 137 wRC+, Hall of Fame
Unlike Robinson’s rookie season in ‘47, Doby’s talent didn’t quite take the league by storm. Starting in 1948, however, Doby absolutely raked. For that year and the next decade thereafter, Doby never had a wRC+ below 127. In contrast to Robinson, Doby was known for his power. During his peak years of 1950-54, Doby totaled 30.8 fWAR—a respectable career’s worth in just five seasons— along with 138 long balls and a 148 wRC+.
Doby and teammate Satchel Paige were the first Black players to win a World Series championship when they both helped Cleveland win the title in ‘48. With the help of Doby and Paige, Cleveland won a franchise-record 111 games. Along with being one of the first Black players in Major League Baseball, Doby became one of the first to play in Japan when he and Don Newcombe signed with the Chunichi Dragons.
Larry Doby was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Hank Thompson 3B
23.4 fWAR, 120 wRC+
Thompson did not break out in his rookie campaign with the St. Louis Browns. His first great year came in ‘50 when he slashed .289/.391/.463 en route to a 126 wRC+. Coupled with the impeccable defensive metrics he had that year, he tallied his first and only 5.0 fWAR season. Interestingly, it was during this season when he became the first player to record two inside the park home runs in one game.
After signing with the New York Giants before the ‘48 season, Thompson became the first Black player to play in both the American and National Leagues. Before eventually becoming a staple at third base, he, along with Giants teammates Monte Irvin and Willie Mays, comprised Major League Baseball’s first all Black outfield. Though Thompson did not eventually become a hall of famer, he had a very respectable baseball career in his own right.
Willard Brown - CF
Hall of Fame
Brown’s time in Major League Baseball was brief. After leading the Kansas City Monarchs to six pennants in 10 seasons, a 21 game stint in ‘47 as Thomas’s teammate in St. Louis was the extent of his big league career. After being released by the Browns after that year, Brown went on to win two triple crowns in Puerto Rico, earning the nickname ‘Ese Hombre,’ translating to ‘That Man.’
After his short stint in the majors, Brown returned to the Monarchs of the Negro Leagues and continued to play professional baseball until 1958. Brown was the first Black player to hit a home run in Major League Baseball when he hit an inside the park homer off of future Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser.
Off the field, Brown fought in World War II, and was among the many present during the D-Day Invasion in 1944. In 2006, Brown was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as well as the Caribbean Baseball Hall of fame as part of its inaugural class.
Dan Bankhead - P
Bankhead was the first Black pitcher to appear in a Major League Baseball game, and was also Robinson’s first Black teammate when he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers in ‘47. Bankhead was known for having electric stuff that caught the eye of Branch Rickey. He could never quite harness it, however, due to the fact that he was afraid of the ramifications of hitting white batters.
After pitching for two years in the minors after his rookie campaign, Bankhead was back up in ‘50 and pitched 129.1 innings in 41 games. In his only year which he earned substantial time on the mound, he pitched to a respectable 5.50 ERA and 4.80 FIP. After the 1951 season, he would never get back to the Major Leagues, but continued his professional baseball career in Mexico, playing for various teams until 1966.
Brian Menéndez is a contributing writer for Beyond the Box Score, as well as a senior writer for DRaysBay. Additionally, he has been featured in The Hardball Times. You can find Brian on Twitter at @briantalksbsb. | <urn:uuid:779f2974-fd68-4dec-8555-b750933f8597> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2021/2/25/22300077/the-five-players-who-broke-mlbs-color-barrier-in-1947 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.982886 | 1,274 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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Glyphosate application to the rapid-response (RR) biotype of glyphosate-resistant (GR) giant ragweed ensues in loss of foliage via rapid tissue death, thereby reducing glyphosate translocation. Experiments were performed to determine if this GR response, in contrast to a non-rapid response (NRR) GR biotype, results in antagonism of the selective herbicides atrazine, cloransulam, dicamba, lactofen, and topramezone. Application of glyphosate at 1,680 g ae ha-1 in the greenhouse resulted in antagonism between all five selective herbicides for the RR biotype, whereas glyphosate applied at 420 g ha-1 was antagonistic only for cloransulam. Application of selective herbicides 2 d prior to glyphosate treatment avoided the antagonism observed in the RR biotype. In the field, glyphosate mixtures with dicamba and topramezone were antagonistic on the RR biotype across both 2015 and 2016 field seasons. Thus, the RR effectively reduces glyphosate efficacy but also has potential to diminish the activity of glyphosate mixtures with selective herbicides, and the degree of antagonism between these mixtures escalates at increasing glyphosate rates.
Nomenclature: Atrazine; cloransulam; dicamba; glyphosate; lactofen; topramezone; giant ragweed, Ambrosia trifida L. AMBTR | <urn:uuid:096d6518-c48b-454f-a6af-abf896bc848b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bioone.org/journals/weed-technology/volume-32/issue-1/wet.2017.92/Glyphosate-Induced-Antagonism-in-Rapid-Response-Giant-Ragweed-Ambrosia-trifida/10.1017/wet.2017.92.short | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.869648 | 297 | 2.203125 | 2 |
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A Buddhist on a Christian on Buddhism
by Egil Lothe, President of Buddhist Federation of Norway, Mongolia Web, July 28, 2008
Oslo, Norway -- I have lately drawn attention to viewpoints of Thomas Terry about a connection between Buddhism and the prevalence of corruption in Mongolian society.
As President of Eagle TV Thomas Terry has been given a unique opportunity to promote his religious viewpoints in Mongolian society. His views on Buddhism are regularly published on his blog which figures prominently on the homepage of Eagle TV. As an evangelical Christian Thomas Terry also represents a religious movement which is being aggressively promoted in Mongolia. His viewpoints are assumedly also taken seriously by his Christian Mongolian followers and may even have some influence on the Mongolian public due to the lack of religious knowledge in Mongolia today. They therefore deserve to be seriously scrutinized.
Thomas Terry certainly doesn’t make a secret of his attitude to Buddhism:
Certainly I'm no fan of Buddhism. The teachings of Buddhism cannot hold a candle to the life of Jesus Christ. As I've written previously, Christianity is superior to Buddhism ethically, historically, and factually.
As we see from the following statement, neither does he hesitate to attack head on the founders of other religions as morally debased individuals:
Consider some of the most respected figures in religious or political history. Moses is revered by the Jews as their lawgiver. Yet Moses was a murderer. Mohammad is honored by 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide as a prophet. Yet Mohammad was a pedophile, having sex with a child bride when she was just nine years of age. Buddha is revered by more than 300 million Buddhists. Yet Buddhism’s founder abandoned his family without warning to search for enlightenment.
Since he starts out as a crusader attacking Buddhism as inferior one would assume that Thomas Terry had done some serious studies of Buddhism, giving him the knowledge on which to base his allegations about the defects of this religion. Apparently this is not the case. In his statements in his blog he refers to two books comparing various religions with Christianity.
These books have little scholarly value being basically expositions by American evangelical Christians trying to prove the superiority of their own faith. Still this does not hold him back from passing a number of deeply derogatory judgments on Buddhism. I will look at a few of them. As there is limited space for a thorough discussion I will mainly point to passages from the Buddhist scriptures and traditional expositions of the doctrine stating the Buddhist position on the points raised by Thomas Terry.
At first it should be realized that for Buddhists the Buddha is the Supreme Being born into this world for our sake, as expressed by these words about his birth:
The Bodhisatta, the foremost jewel, unequaled,
has been born in Lumbini town in the Sakyan land
for the good and happiness of the human world.
The perspective suggested by Thomas Terry’s statement above about a Buddha abandoning his family is therefore completely unacceptable to Buddhists. The monk Piyadassi Thera gives the traditional view about the Buddha’s leaving his wife in the royal palace:
… He (the Buddha) was overcome by a powerful urge to seek and win the Deathless, to strive for deliverance from old age, illness, misery, and death not only for himself but for all beings (including his wife and child) that suffer. It was his deep compassion that led him to the quest ending in enlightenment, in Buddhahood. It was compassion that now moved his heart towards the great renunciation and opened for him the doors of the golden cage of his home life. It was compassion that made his determination unshakeable even by the last parting glance at his beloved wife asleep with the baby in her arms.
According to tradition the Buddha returned to his palace after his enlightenment with his wife and son later joining his order as his disciples. In Buddhism love includes ones near ones but is not limited to them, as expressed by the following verse praising the Buddha:
You were kind without being asked,
you were loving without reason,
you were a friend to the stranger
and a kinsman to those without kin.
Thomas Terry’s harsh remarks about the Buddha therefore go far beyond an objective assessment of the founder of Buddhism being more a character assassination which for that reason is highly repugnant to Buddhists.
The Goal of Buddhism
This is a point were Thomas Terry is not too clear. He talks about “the ultimate eradication of the individual”, that “Buddha came that people might rid themselves of personal existence”, that “Buddhism promises only an arduous, lengthy road toward personal non-existence in a nebulous nirvana”. No wonder that he thinks that “Buddhism is a philosophy where the living hope for an eternal death.” His basic interest, however, does not seem to understand Buddhism, but rather to attempt to make Buddhism appear as unattractive as possible to his audience. The question, however, is whether what he says has anything to do with the teachings of Buddhism.
First of all Buddhism never speaks about the highest state as death. On the contrary the achievement of nirvana is often described as the final victory over death as the following scriptural passages about the Buddha declares:
Then I considered thus: Suppose that, being myself subject to birth, aging, sickness and death, to sorrow and defilement, I seek the unaging, unailing, deathless, sorrowless and undefiled state, the supreme security from bondage, Nirvana
"Homage to you, … who have won
the hard victory, defeating the army of Death,
(…)." Thus they pay homage, the devas,
to one who has reached the heart's goal,
for they see in him no means
that would bring him under Death's sway.
The question is then, what about the Buddhist teaching about the human person? What about the teaching about human beings not having an unchanging self nature, that Mr. Terry remarks might refer to? To this question the answer is that the descriptions of Buddhist schools of thought regarding human nature are very sophisticated, analysing the fact of change as well as continuity of human beings. The important thing to remember, however, is the emphasis on the fact (as Buddhism sees it) that we survive our physical death and continue our existence in a new form. As human life as well as other forms of existence only lasts for a limited time this phenomenon of repeated existence has happened innumerable times in the past and will be repeated again until we reach the supreme state of eternal perfection beyond birth and death which Buddhists refers to as nirvana. However, this state cannot, by its very nature, be described through ordinary reasoning. One becomes, like the Buddha: "Deep, boundless, hard to fathom, like the ocean."
The perspective of Buddhism is very broad: happiness in this life, happiness in lives to come, and the supreme happiness of ultimate liberation. However, the point which Thomas Terry doesn’t seem to understand is that absolute reality, which Christians refer to as “God” or “heaven”, while other designations are used by Buddhists, is a topic that is particularly ill suited for diatribes against other religions. It is sad to see a person arguing for the superiority of his religion by issuing claims about another religion that are plainly untrue.
Ethics of Buddhism
Ethics is an area where Thomas Terry has a lot to say:
The whole idea of suffering, desire, and detachment in Buddhism has had an effect on Buddhist societies that most Buddhists themselves do not recognize. Buddhism not only fears suffering, but actually contributes to suffering. By emphasizing detachment and the elimination of desire, Buddhism puts an unnatural barrier on relationships that stifles the fullest possible expressions of mercy and sacrificial love. Certainly there is love in Buddhism, but not the kind of love that we see in the demonstration of Christ on the cross. That is Buddhism's greatest tragedy. The fullest possible expression of love cannot be experienced without suffering and sacrifice. Buddhism fails to understand this, and thus is a system that has an outward expression of love that is void of a truly impassioned heart.
Here again we see a rather muddled statement mixing allegations about the state of affairs in Buddhist societies (“unnatural barriers on relationship that stifles the fullest possible expressions of mercy and sacrificial love”) with theories about the causes for such a situation (“emphasizing detachment and the elimination of desire”). Again, the question is whether this description has anything to do with reality.
As we all know, people, whatever their religious label, tend to ignore the ideals of their religions and do in fact often behave contrary to them. The general behavior of people in a society is therefore not a reliable source of knowledge about the ethics of a particular religion. Thomas Terry’s claim that Buddhism “contributes to suffering”, in the way he suggests, is therefore highly problematic. I think for instance that suggesting that Mongolians are “stifled” in regard to “expressions of mercy” compared to say, Russians or that Thais lack “sacrificial love” compared to, say Americans are highly risky statements that those thus characterized, with good reasons, would find very insulting.
At this point I think is time to clear up some misunderstandings about Buddhism. Contrary to what some falsely claim, Buddhism does not go against what we may call “the pursuit of happiness”. Quite the contrary. Neither does it advice against seeking worldly happiness. What it does advice against is seeking worldly happiness at the expense of others. However, it also points out that there is a happiness higher that that dependent on worldly gains. The shift in focus involved in pursuing this higher happiness generally happen gradually as the individual matures in his understanding of life. There is thus nothing in Buddhism inhibiting the full expression of human emotions in relation to others.
Then there is the claim that Buddhism fails to understand that “love cannot be experienced without suffering and sacrifice”. Again this is a false claim. Love as understood by Buddhism always implies a willingness of self sacrifice, as expressed by the following verse from the Buddhist scriptures:
Even as a mother protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings.
The willingness to sacrifice ourselves for the benefit of others have to be cultivated little by little so we get to the state where we may actually do so when needed:
Our Guide instructs us to begin
By giving food or other little charities,
That later, step by step, the habit once acquired,
We may be able to donate our very flesh.
Sadly, Thomas Terry goes on with claims that are as false as those already put forward:
In religious practices like Buddhism, self-denial is practiced as part of achieving enlightenment. In other words, a person denies self in order to gain something for himself. …. The model from the Bible is radically different, and far nobler. We deny ourselves in order to benefit other people and God’s kingdom.
I will not comment here upon his description about the teaching of the Bible. I have included it, though, as it is so typical of his rather childish rhetoric of praising his religion by belittling others. But again he is falsely accusing Buddhism. One of the earliest passages from the Buddhist scriptures recounts how the Buddha told his first sixty monk disciples, who had achieved enlightenment, and thus had nothing more to gain for themselves, to go out in the world to help others achieve the same goal as they had achieved:
Go forth, monks, for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, benefit, and happiness of gods and men.
This principle has been upheld as fundamental in all traditions of Buddhism. A text often referred to by His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the Bodhicaryavatara which includes the following verse:
As long as space remains,
As long as sentient beings remain,
Until then, may I too remain
And dispel the miseries of the world.15
A brief study of the Buddhist scriptures should make it abundantly clear that the allegation of Thomas Terry that a Buddhist only “denies self in order to gain something for himself” is utterly false and a grave misrepresentation of Buddhism.
Reasons given for the superiority of Christianity
At this point it may be worth taking a closer look at some of the reasons put forward by Thomas Terry for the superiority of Christianity. One reason emphasised by him in relation to self-denial is the concept of obedience to God. Here16 he mentions Genesis 22: 1-13 where “God” says to Abraham:
Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you. …
When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.
As the story goes “God” having tested Abraham’s obedience gave him a goat to kill instead. I think it is not only Buddhists that are horrified rather than impressed by this example of blind obedience going as far as being willing to kill one’s own son as an offering to an imagined “God”!. Unfortunately the Bible not only includes praiseworthy injunctions to love ones neighbour and so on but also some highly problematic stories such as 1 Samuel 15, 1-3 where “God” actually orders the Jews to carry out wholesale genocide as revenge on a neighbouring tribe :
Now listen to this message from the Lord! This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came from Egypt. Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.
How can a religion sink so abysmally low? I must confess that the answer eludes me. To a Buddhist these biblical passages should at least serve to remind us about the value of Buddhism where stories, such as those just referred to, would be totally unimaginable. They also suggest the need for critical examinations of all claims to represent absolute truth whether from Thomas Terry or any other religious fundamentalist. Or, as the Buddha says in the scriptures:
Come, Kalamas. Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing, nor upon tradition, nor upon rumour, nor upon scripture, nor upon surmise, nor upon axiom, nor upon specious reasoning, nor upon bias toward a notion pondered over, nor upon another's seeming ability, nor upon the consideration 'The monk is our teacher.'
When you yourselves know: 'These things are bad, blameable, censured by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to harm and ill,' abandon them... When you yourselves know: 'These things are good, blameless, praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,' enter on and abide in them.
However, Thomas Terry is right about one thing: “Glorifying God is unimportant and irrelevant to Buddhist”. He doesn’t stop with just saying that, though. Here he “lets the cat out of the bag”:
But biblically, to the extent that God is ignored or opposed, people must correspondingly suffer. … in ignoring God, Buddhists believe they can escape suffering, but this will only perpetuate it forever. … The very means to escape suffering (true faith in the biblical Christ) is rejected in favour of a self-salvation, which can only result in eternal suffering. (My emphasis)
The idea that everyone, however good they may be as human beings, but rejecting “true faith in the biblical Christ” should be punished by “God” with “eternal suffering” in the hereafter is an appalling idea to say the least. However, the horrible callousness of this idea doesn’t seem to bother Thomas Terry as he shouts out these terrible treats to Mongolian Buddhist from the “God” he believes in. I think it is difficult to see this as anything else than religious hate speech!
Thomas Terry bases his statements on passages from the Bible, such as Matthew 25:46 which says:
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.21
Thomas Terry also refers to Revelation 20:10-15 which says:
Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. … And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.22
On this background Thomas Terry’s talk about a “God who expresses love for His creation” begins to sound rather hollow. What kind of love is there when those rejecting “true faith in the biblical Christ” are punished with “eternal suffering” as described above? How much is the hope to “exist forever with a loving God” worth to say a Mongolian Christian if the same “loving God” throws his Buddhist mother into “the lake of fire” to be “tormented day and night forever and ever” merely because she rejects “true faith in the biblical Christ”?. One is reminded by the contrast with Buddhism here:
For the happiness which, though sublime,
Cannot be shared with others,
Pains rather than pleases
Those like you, O Righteous One.23
The problem with Thomas Terry’s evangelical Christianity should be obvious to any discerning person: it is a message which condemns to “eternal suffering” in the hereafter everyone who doesn’t accept its particular offer of salvation. It is therefore a message of fear, intimidation, and intolerance. It is therefore a message that creates divisions and conflicts between human beings. It is therefore a message that teaches its followers to despise other religions. It is therefore a message that Mongolia really doesn’t need. To Buddhists such a message is a false and harmful delusion. As a European Buddhist I am pleased that my Christian friends in my own country have, by and large, thrown away the bigotry of religious fundamentalism. I therefore hope that my Mongolian friends will succeed in preventing their beautiful country from becoming a dumping ground for such destructive beliefs. | <urn:uuid:1d486bd3-0194-4985-b981-584f6320c460> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,6891,0,0,1,0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.969714 | 3,942 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Valentine’s Day is all about showing your love for your significant other. But what if it were also about showing your love for perfect strangers?
February 14th is National Donor Day, a day of awareness about how registering to be an organ donor can give someone a second chance at life. Does your driver’s license currently indicate that you are a donor? If not, and you’d like your organs (as well as potentially your tissues, marrow, platelets and blood) to help someone else after you are no longer here, sign up to be a donor today. In the time it takes you to register, someone with a life-threatening condition will be added to the waitlist.
Wondering if your registration will really make a difference? Here are a few statistics that help underscore the need for more donors:
- 117,001 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant
- 18 people will die each day while waiting for a new organ
- 1 organ donor can save up to eight lives total
In particular, there is a need for more minority donors. While organs are not matched according to race/ethnicity, there is a greater likelihood that compatible blood types and tissue markers – the critical elements of the matching process – will be found among members of the same ethnicity. Thus, a greater diversity of donors could potentially increase access to transplantation, which is essentially the only treatment for end-stage organ failure (e.g. kidney failure, heart failure, liver failure).
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Use of nutritional supplements providing vitamins and higher doses of antioxidants does not appear to interfere with the efficacy of radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
In the prospective trial, 53 men with prostate cancer scheduled to undergo radiation therapy for curative intent were enrolled in a phase I, double-blind study and randomized into three treatment groups to receive placebo; a supplement containing dietary reference intake (DRI) doses of vitamins and minerals (DRI formulation, similar to Centrum Silver); or an orthomolecular preparation containing higher doses of six antioxidants in addition to the standard reference intake doses of vitamins and minerals. Study treatment was initiated 1 week prior to the beginning of radiotherapy and continued for 3 months after its conclusion.
'No significant differences' in outcomes
"Growing interest among cancer patients in the use of antioxidants has created some concern about the possibility of detrimental effects on treatment response, and in particular whether it might somehow protect the cancer cells from radiation therapy," said Dhiren Shah, MD, a radiation oncologist at Cancer Care of Western New York, Buffalo, one of five radiation oncology centers participating in the study. "Our study suggests supplements containing self-care dosages of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants can be taken safely by prostate cancer patients during radiotherapy. However, longer follow-up in a larger patient population is needed to confirm these initial findings."
"This is an exploratory study with a small sample and relatively short follow-up so far in terms of assessing the effectiveness of radiation therapy," added principal investigator Jean K. Brown, RN, PhD, dean and professor in nursing, nutrition, and rehabilitation science at the University at Buffalo School of Nursing. "However, it has a rigorous design, and so the results provide some early evidence for answering the question about the appropriateness of antioxidant use during radiation therapy.
"Follow-up is planned to 5 years and we hope to conduct a larger trial. However, based on our findings so far, it does not appear that cancer patients need be counseled to avoid taking antioxidants during radiation therapy."
The patients enrolled in the study received external beam radiation with or without brachytherapy using similar treatment protocols across all investigational sites. The majority of men had stage II prostate cancer (83%), Gleason scores 7 to 9 (54%), and received androgen deprivation therapy (56%). Differences between groups in baseline characteristics were adjusted for in the statistical analyses of outcomes.
All but one enrolled patient completed the study and excellent adherence with study medication was verified for all participants via capsule counts and measurement of serum vitamin levels.
'Real-world' antioxidant use studied
Discussing the rationale for conducting the study, Dr. Brown explained that while dietary supplements appear to be widely used by cancer patients as a self-care strategy, this practice is very controversial among oncologists because of the lack of studies investigating its potential risks and benefits. Previous research on this topic is comprised of animal studies and clinical trials investigating very high doses of selected antioxidants as adjuvant treatment to radiation therapy.
"Based on careful literature review and ongoing monitoring, we believe ours is the first study examining a more 'real-world' use of antioxidants," Dr. Brown noted.
"As our study is the first of its kind and because the NCI funding we received was for an exploratory-level trial, we believed it was critical to look at a full spectrum of outcomes ranging from a cellular level to a holistic perspective."
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Obamacare has snuggled up with big pharma and the dividends are enormous. ACA was supposedly for the little people, to help those who did not have insurance, but as the numbers suggests, it was for the pharmacy companies, insurance companies and big government.
$3 trillion was spent by American's on healthcare, with the mandatory purchase of insurance and rising prescription drug prices.
The government is also profiting in this Obamacare scheme, with 7.5 million people paying the ACA penalty for not having insurance. Though those paying the penalty, which ranged from $95 to $200, was far less than what a monthly premium would be, even with subsidies, the government made $1.5 billion in fines.
Those rolling in the green seem to be the government, pharmacies and insurance companies, not the voters who were promised a pack of lies.
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Biography of W. H. Auden (1907 – 1973)
Auden was born 21 February 1907, in York, the son of a physician. At first interested in science, he soon turned to poetry. In 1925 he entered Christ Church College, University of Oxford, where he became the centre of a group of literary intellectuals that included Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, C. Day Lewis, And Louis MacNeice. After graduation he was schoolmaster in Scotland and England for five years.
In London, in the early 1930s, Auden belonged to a circle of promising young poets who were strongly leftist. His book Poems, which helped to establish his reputation, focused on the breakdown of English capitalist society but also showed a deep concern with psychological problems. He subsequently wrote three verse plays with Isherwood: The Dog Beneath the Skin, The Ascent of F-6, and On the Frontier. In 1937 he drove an ambulance for the Loyalists in the Spanish civil war. In the same year he was awarded the King’s Gold Medal for Poetry, a major honour. Trips to Iceland and China – the first with MacNeice, the second with Isherwood – resulted in two jointly written books, Letter from Iceland, and Journey to a War.
In 1939 Auden moved to the US, where he became a citizen and was active as a poet, reviewer, lecturer and editor. His Double Man and For the Times Being reflect an increasing concern with religion, which, he discovered, offered a better solution to his problems than communism. The Age of Anxiety, a “baroque eclogue” that takes place in a New York City bar, won him the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and provided an apt and convenient name for his era. His numerous other works include Collected Poetry, the Shield of Achilles, Collected Longer Poems, and several opera librettos written with the American Chester Kallman. From 1956 to 1961 he was professor of poetry at Oxford, and in 1972 he returned to Christ Church as a writer in residence. He died 28 September, 1973, in Vienna.
As a poet, Auden bore some resemblance to T.S. Eliot. Like him, he had a cool, ironic wit, yet was deeply religious. He was concerned to a greater degree than Eliot, however, with a social problems. Possessed of probing psychological insight, Auden also had a supremely lyric gift.
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Hema stops labeling kids clothing "boys" and "girls"
From the end of this year, Hema is removing all gender indications from its children's clothing. In 300 of the 700 Hema branches, the children's clothing department will no longer be labeled "boys" and "girls", but simply "kids". Hema is the first Dutch retail chain to take this step, NU.nl reports.
According to Hema, the company is receiving more and more requests from young customers to make clothing more gender neutral. One 10-year-old girl asked Hema on Facebook for stronger girls' underwear, saying she doesn't like the ever present pink hearts. Hema is therefore also expanding its assortment to include more variation.
British department store John Lewis removed the "boys" and "girls" labels from its children's clothing assortment earlier this month. John Lewis took this step after the chain was recently under fire for "sexist" children's clothing. For example, the chain had Morrisons Tshirts on sale for boys and girls. The boys shirt read "Little man, big ideas", while the girl shirt said "Litte girl, big smiles". | <urn:uuid:5d6058ea-5ab9-4960-a194-2975ac33f93b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nltimes.nl/2017/09/20/hema-stops-labeling-kids-clothing-boys-girls | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.965412 | 238 | 1.882813 | 2 |
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A smile is your novel accessory and pearly white teeth make it much more beautiful. To fend the aching tooth off and want to keep those pearly whites intact, taking great care of your teeth is an absolute necessity. You should always clean your teeth! As Miguel de Cervantes said, every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond. So make sure to clean your teeth, and care for them as well as you would take care of a diamond!
It is important to teach youngsters about dentistry and the importance of looking after their teeth, and dentist quotes can be a great way to do this. A dentist can clean our teeth for us every so often; however, the main obligation to clean our teeth is immovably on us. It is so important to clean your teeth to care for your winning smile! Smiling is great for your health and these dental quotes are a wonderful motivation to recollect that they are your teeth; no dentist can clean them better than you!
Dental quotes are a great way to realize the importance of cleaning one’s teeth. We have even discovered a few awesome quotes for dentists themselves, for every dentist at work at the present time! Here the list includes the best inspirational dental quotes, inspirational funny dental quotes, short dental quotes, funny quotes about teeth and smiles, dental hygiene quotes and sayings, dental inspirational quotes.
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Inspirational Dental Quotes
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.
Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
The tongue is ever turning to the aching tooth.
For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.
I like it when my mother smiles. I especially like it when I make her smile.
Blessed are those who can hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.
A smile remains the most inexpensive gift…
I didn’t want to be an actress. I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you.
Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.
I was created to create beautiful smiles.
But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.
There is no weaponry in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.
If you’ve put a smile on someone’s face today, you’ve done more good than you know.
When I was in sixth grade… I wrote my first sketch, The Dentist. I played the dentist… what can go wrong at the dentist…
In diagnosis, think of the easy first.
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
If Alien was my friend, I’d like to be with him when he went to the dentist…
She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.
I always notice a person’s smile. I’m a dental hygienist.
Good dental care doesn’t make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, its hard to be a good student.
Don’t take life too seriously! Nobody gets out alive anyway. Smile.
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Some people who can skirt precipices without a tremor have a strong dread of the dentist’s chair.
You’re never fully dressed without a smile.
Whether you have teeth or not, smile! Because our world always needs a smile!
If a patient cannot clean his teeth no dentist can clean them for him.
Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling calm face.
You should avoid sweets. After all, you just signed away your dental insurance.
Dental hygiene is the study of preventive oral healthcare including the management of behaviors to prevent oral disease…
I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.
No one would disagree that it would be better to maintain oral health throughout life…
I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
When he smiles it’s as if you’ve just told him the first joke on earth.
Poor dental hygiene can be fatal.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought?
Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things, he’s got it all.
His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.
The role of a dentist is to preserve and prevent oral diseases of teeth, gum, and jaws and supporting structures.
My dentist is actually a highly technical specialist, constantly experimenting with the latest dental research. The equipment he has makes my old dentist look prehistoric.
Dentistry is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental disease.
No one can take our smiles away when dental decay is kept miles away.
Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones
Inspirational Funny Dental Quotes
Some tortures are physical and some are mental, but the one that is both is dental.
When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It’s like do-it-yourself dentistry.
You don’t have to brush all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep.
I won’t have to brush my teeth or floss tonight. Any food trapped in my teeth got knocked out.
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.
Smile, it lets your teeth breathe.
A gold tooth is to some blacks, what braces are to all whites.
The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentist’s drill.
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist’s office would be full of luminous ideas.
Roses are red, violets are blue. It’s time for your dental cleaning and maybe a checkup, too.
I had very good dentures once… It’s the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.
Dentist, a man with more pull than a politician.
My health plan doesn’t cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year.
All dentists talk while they work. They have inherited this from their professional ancestors, the barbers.
An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is again.
A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.
Love conquests aren’t dental check-ups.
The only way I can make a Jim Carrey face is through Novocain at the dentist’s office.
I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. He told me to wear a brown tie.
The man with a toothache thinks everyone is happy whose teeth are sound.
Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.
I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out.
If you have more cavities than you have teeth, then you’ve led a sweet life.
Lying through your teeth does not count as flossing.
Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.
When life is kicking others in the teeth, become a dentist.
Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients and for dentists a pocketful of gold.
Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls a coin out of your pocket.
Ignore your teeth and they’ll go away.
Short Dental Quotes
A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.
Teeth are always in style.
Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.
Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.
Math anxiety is worst than a regular check-up at the dentist.
Teeth aren’t pearly until you smile.
Trips to the dentist – I like to postpone that kind of thing.
Eyes are the windows to the soul. A smile is the mirror of the heart.
Funny quotes about smiles and teeth
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
Smiling is fun with healthy teeth & gums.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Dentist, is a man who always tries not to get on your nerves.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Music helps not the toothache.
To be prepared is half the victory.
Nutrition is also a significant factor that influences the development of the entire mouth, not just the teeth, and it should include a healthy prenatal diet, breastfeeding, and raising children on real, unprocessed food.
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile if you just smile.
A genuine smile comes from the heart, but a healthy smile needs good dental care.
His teeth are beautiful, the loveliest I’ve seen so far on these streets.
I go to a woman dentist. It’s a relief to be told to open my mouth instead of shutting it.
Beyond brushing, the internal factors that nourish the teeth are so important: eating real foods, hormonally balanced minerals, fat-soluble vitamins, and healthy fluid exchange through the teeth.
The teeth protect the dust, germs, and any foreign objects entering the mouth with the help of lips.
Stress, processed foods, and inadequate nutrition negatively affect dental fluid flow.
The teeth give sound support with the help of jaw bones to facial structures.
The smile of a child enlarges the universe.
Babies are generally born without teeth, yet their teeth are already forming.
Dental Inspirational quotes
Smile, it lets your teeth breathe – Author Unknown
Blessed are those who can hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists, – Ann Landers
Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth. –Mallory Hopkins
There is no weaponry in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile. – Dorothy Dix
She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth. – Benjamin Franklin
You’re never fully dressed without a smile. – Martin Charnin
Cleaning with dogs in the house is like brushing your teeth with Oreos. – Author Unknown
You don’t have to brush your teeth, just the ones you want to keep. – Author Unknown
An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is again. – Richard Baxter
If a patient cannot clean his teeth, no dentist can clean them for him. – Martin H. Fishcer
A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. – Charles Gordy
The man with a toothache thinks everyone is happy whose teeth are sound. – George Bernard Shaw
A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms. – Og Mandido
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. – Mark Twain
If you have more cavities than you have teeth, then you’ve led a sweet life. – Stanley Victor Paskavich
Lying through your teeth does not count as flossing. – Author Unknown
Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters. – Douglas Coupland
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. – Mother Theresa
Dental hygiene quotes and sayings
Floss like a boss!
Teeth are always in style.
I just like to smile. Smiling my favorite.
Cavities don’t scare us!
Be kind to your dentist. Because he has fillings too.
A smile takes but a moment, but the memories of it last forever.
Keep calm and floss on
Because your smile deserves it.
You don’t have to floss all your teeth… Just the ones you want to keep.
It’s all fun & games until a tooth gets knocked out.
Don’t rush when you brush.
Improving lives, one smile at a time!
Were your dental defenders.
What does the fox say? Brush, brush, brush, brush, brush, brush, brush, FLOSS.
Happy to be a filling fixer, patient preparer, saliva sucking, dental assistant!
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France has unveiled plans to cover 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of roads in solar panels by 2020, following a five-year research effort by road construction company Colas and the French National Institute of Solar Energy.
“The maximum effect of the program, if successful, could be to furnish five million people with electricity, or about 8% of the French population,” said Ecology and Environment Minister Ségolène Royal. France’s Agency of Environment and Energy Management calculates that a kilometre of solar roadway could meet the electricity needs of 5,000 people, excluding heat.
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The decision to have a child is a big step for a couple. Once the decision to try and get pregnant is made, they hope to get a positive pregnancy test immediately. If a few months go by without a positive pregnancy test, many couples grow anxious and start wondering what is wrong.
Trying to Get Pregnant? Why Are We Not Conceiving??
Are You Ovulating Regularly?
- It is not uncommon for women to have an irregular ovulation pattern. The only way to know if you are ovulating regularly or not is to monitor for signs and symptoms that occur with the process of releasing an egg.
- Test your temperature every morning. This is called basal body temperature. Women will have a spike in their temperature right after ovulation. Looking at these charts can help a woman pinpoint her ovulation time.
- Record your cervical mucous every day. Women know that their vaginal discharge changes throughout the month, but when this discharge is stretchy and clear, like egg whites, you are getting ready to ovulate.
- And the last sure fire test for ovulation is an ovulation test kit. These tests, which are a stick that you urinate on every morning, detect a hormone called LH that is highest in the body right before ovulation.
Too Much of Good Thing?
- Less can be more when you are trying to make a baby. Having intercourse every other day around the time you will ovulate will optimize your chances of getting pregnant and not deplete his sperm count too much.
- Sperm live approximately 72 hours and eggs live about 24 hours. Intercourse every other day allows your body to have a constant supply of living sperm whenever your ovulation occurs.
Are Your Bodies Ready to Conceive?
- Both of you should be as healthy as possible when trying to conceive. Regular exercise, a diet rich in nutritious foods and avoiding toxins like cigarettes, recreational drugs and alcohol are good steps in the right direction.
- Healthy supplementation. Supplements like a prenatal vitamin with L-methyl folate, vitamin D3, liposomal vitamin C, and a high-quality probiotic, can provide your body with a good foundation for pregnancy.
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24th October 1942 57 Squadron Lancaster I W4251 F/O. Miles
Operation: Milan, Italy
Date: 24th October 1942 (Saturday)
Unit: No. 57 Squadron (motto: Corpus non animum muto - 'change my body not my spirit'). 5 Group
Type: Lancaster I
Base: RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Pilot: F/O. John Thomas Norie Miles 116729 RAFVR Age 21. Missing - later classified killed (1)
Fl/Eng: Sgr. Gilbert Gordon Fraser Aus/14065 RAAF Age 32. Missing - later classified killed (1)
Nav: F/O. William Caldwell Hamilton J/10176 RCAF Age 33. Missing - later classified killed (1)
Air/Bmr: Sgt. Joseph Gordon Taylor 1036176 RAFVR Age 22. Missing - later classified killed (1)
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Herbert Blatch Smith 798655 RAFVR Age 20. Missing - later classified killed (1)
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Arthur Francis Heffernan 1033069 RAFVR Age 32. Missing - later classified killed (1)
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Walter John Wakelin 1389383 RAFVR Age 34. Missing - later classified killed (1)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at12.33 hrs on a risky daylight bombing operation to Milan with 87 others from 5 Group.
The force moved independently direct over France using partial cloud cover to a rendezvous at Lake Annecy in France prior to crossing the Alps.
The operation took the city totally by surprise with the warning sirens not sounding until the first of 135 tons of bombs exploded on the city. Light flak was encountered and Italian fighters were weak.
The bombing continued for 18 minutes which destroyed or damaged 441 houses, including the University, the prison, offices of the local fascist party, 2 churches, 2 schools and 2 hospitals. RAF reconnaissance later reported that the Caproni aircraft factory had been hit as well as a umber of commercial and industrial buildings. At least 171 people on the ground were killed.
The allies lost 3 Lancasters, with one other crashing near Ford, Sussex on return. Details:
50 squadron Lancaster 1 R5691 flown by 25 year old, Sgt. Russell Lloyd Cumberland Aus/403644 RAAF - all 7 crew lost or missing after coming down in the North Sea.
207 squadron Lancaster 1 W4121 flown by 21 year old Fl/Sgt. Lawrence Ritelli Wright 1378917 RAFVR - all 7 crew killed after the aircraft crashed at Blainville sur Mer in France.
49 squadron Lancaster 1 W4306 flown by Fl/Lt. Dorian Dick Bonnett DFC 45416 RAFO - 5 crew killed, 2 injured after crashing at Ford, Sussex on return.
Lancaster W4251 was hit by 37mm flak by 1012 Battery Dicat Unit with the aircraft crashing at Segrate near Milan, Italy.
Above left: some of the crew, as yet unidentified. Right: Crash site (courtesy Buckley at War - see credits)
(1) On the15th July 1949 Missing Research and Enquiry Unit listed the crew as having no known graves. Buried in Segrate Communal Cemetery marked as unknown. All their names inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial. However in 1952 the bodies of the crew were identified and moved to the Ravenna War Cemetery.
F/O. John Thomas Norie Miles. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Son of Lieut. John Miles, R.N and of Frances Lottie Miles, of Hayling Island, Hampshire, England. John attended Portsmouth Grammar School 1933-1938. His brother 19 year old, David William Norie Miles an apprentice serving in the Merchant Navy also died in service on the 16th January 1941. He was on the S.S. Oropesa (Liverpool) when it was attacked and sunk by U-96 commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (shown right - see credits) after being hit in the stern by a torpedo south east of Rockall in the North Sea. 106 crew died with 143 survivors picked up.
Sgr. Gilbert Gordon Fraser. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Born on the 08th March 1910 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Worked as a motor mechanic prior to service. Enlisted in the RAAF on the 04th March 1940 in Sydney. Embarked for England on the 13th June 1941 - arrived 31st August 1941. Son of Edward and Jessie Fraser and husband of Annie Isabella Geddes Fraser who he had married on the 26th April 1930 (nee MacFarlane, later Hodgekiss, died 26th July 1961, age 51), of 2 Jupiter Street,Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia.
F/O. William Caldwell Hamilton. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Born on the 18th December 1909 in Chicago, USA. Son of William George and Mary Etta Hamilton (nee Caldwell). Husband of Marjorie Hamilton (nee McBride, later Hamilton-Riedell - died 1992) of 51 Redbbrook Road, Great Neck, New York.
Sgt. Joseph Gordon Taylor. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Worked for Pan American Airlines prior to service. Trained in Canada and USA. Son of John Hopwood Taylor and Hannah Taylor, of Bryn-y-Baal, Mold, Flintshire, Wales. Grave inscription: 'Tenderly He Watches Over You'.
Sgt. Herbert Blatch Smith. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Son of Dr. Thomas Percy Smith (died 1941) and Mary Maud (nee Blatch - died 1936) Smith of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Sgt. Arthur Francis Heffernan. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Son of John James Herffernan and Hannah Heffernan, of Blackley, Manchester, England.
Sgt. Walter John Wakelin. Ravenna War Cemetery Collective grave IV. F. 2-4. Son of George and Susan Wakelin; husband of Bertha Elizabeth Wakelin (later Riedel), of Ilford, Essex, England. Grave inscription: 'At God's Command He Fell. He Had No Chance To Bid His Friends Farewell'.
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(CNN) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Sunday that the United States is “never going to be totally immune from threats” to its national security.
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The moon is slowly shrinking over time, which is causing wrinkles in its crust and moonquakes, according to photos captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Unlike Earth, the moon doesn't have tectonic plates. Instead, as the moon's interior has cooled over the last several hundred million years, it has caused the surface to wrinkle as it shrinks.
Unlike the flexible skin of a grape when it shrinks into a raisin, the moon's brittle crust breaks.
This creates stair-step cliffs called thrust faults as part of the crust is pushed up and over another close part of the crust.
There are now thousands of cliffs scattered across the moon's surface, averaging a few miles long and tens of yards high. The orbiter has taken photos of more than 3,500 of them since 2009.
In 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt had to ascend one of these cliffs, the Lee-Lincoln fault scarp, by zig-zagging the lunar rover over it.
Today the moon is 50 meters "skinnier" because of this process. And as it shrinks, the moon actively produces moonquakes along the faults.
Researchers re-analysed seismic data they had from the moon to compare with the images gathered by the orbiter.
Data from the seismometers placed on the moon during the Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 missions revealed 28 moonquakes recorded between 1969 and 1977.
Researchers compared the location of the epicenters for those quakes with the orbiter imagery of the faults.
At least eight of the quakes occurred due to activity along the faults. This rules out the possibility of asteroid impacts or rumblings from the moon's interior.
This means that the Apollo seismometers recorded the moon shrinking, the researchers said. The study of Apollo seismic data and analysis of more than 12,000 of the orbiter's photos were published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
"It's really remarkable to see how data from nearly 50 years ago and from the [orbiter] mission has been combined to advance our understanding of the Moon while suggesting where future missions intent on studying the Moon's interior processes should go," said John Keller in a statement, study author and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
The researchers believe the quakes are still occurring on the moon, which means that its actively changing.
"Our analysis gives the first evidence that these faults are still active and likely producing moonquakes today as the Moon continues to gradually cool and shrink," said Thomas Watters, senior scientist in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
"Some of these quakes can be fairly strong, around five on the Richter scale."Some of the quakes also happened during a point in the moon's orbit when it was farthest from Earth, indicating that the tidal stress of Earth's gravity could have contributed to stress on the moon's crust.
"You don't often get to see active tectonics anywhere but Earth, so it's very exciting to think these faults may still be producing moonquakes," said Nicholas Schmerr in a statement, study author and assistant professor of geology at the University of Maryland.
Schmerr designed the algorithm that re-analysed the Apollo data.The researchers noted other evidence in the orbiter's photos of landslides and boulders at the bottom of bright patches, signalling recent activity.
Over time, the lunar surface darkens due to weathering and radiation, so bright spots are areas where recent activity has exposed areas on the lunar surface.
"For me, these findings emphasize that we need to go back to the moon," Schmerr said. "We learned a lot from the Apollo missions, but they really only scratched the surface. With a larger network of modern seismometers, we could make huge strides in our understanding of the moon's geology. This provides some very promising low-hanging fruit for science on a future mission to the moon."
"Establishing a new network of seismometers on the lunar surface should be a priority for human exploration of the Moon, both to learn more about the Moon's interior and to determine how much of a hazard moonquakes present," said Renee Weber, study co-author and planetary seismologist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, in a statement. | <urn:uuid:3deea142-07ea-437d-9770-50cb27360dde> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.9news.com.au/world/nasa-news-earths-moon-is-shrinking-and-quaking/8bc46c34-9065-4570-9a71-4577acb04f60 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.945431 | 918 | 4.125 | 4 |
William Thomas Stanfill was born on January 13, 1947, and died on November 10, 2016.
He was a defensive end.
He played for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League and then the NFL after the AFL-NFL merger of 1970.
Stanfill was a member of Miami’s two Super Bowl-winning teams.
He attended Cairo High School in Cairo, Georgia, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and track and field.
During his football years, as a senior, he was named the Class AA Lineman of the Year after leading his team to three Region Championships.
Playing basketball, as a senior, he led his team to the state championship and was named the state tournament MVP.
While he did track and field, he added three state discus and one shot put AA titles.
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Leonora is a novel written by Maria Edgeworth and published in Although Edgeworth is known for having her novels (Castle Rackrent, The Absentee) address issues of nationalism in an Anglo-Irish context, Leonora instead privileges English manners over French plot of the novel centers on the newly married Leonora and her decision to bring back to England a woman who had been Author: Maria Edgeworth.
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Semalt Expert Presents 4 Tips To Avoid Being Trapped By Ransomware
Ransomware attacks have become extremely common nowadays with companies, governments, and corporations that thought had the most secure data system losing thousands of dollars to hackers. Here are four tips to avoid getting hit by ransomware.
Note that the following tips stipulated by Frank Abagnale, the expert from Semalt, can also help you to stay safe from trojans and viruses.
1. Avoid opening suspicious email attachments
Most of the hackers will send an email to the targets with an attachment that contains the ransomware or trojan. Opening the attachment will automatically install the software on your computer thereby giving the hacker full control over your computer. Therefore, never open suspicious email attachments even if the address looks similar to your colleagues or peers.
2. Watch the links you click on
Did you know that one click on a spammy link can result in a ransomware being installed on your computer? That's right – most of the corporations that have been hit by ransomware in the past only had to click on a link that looked legit only to end up losing thousands of dollars to hackers. Moral of the story is that you should avoid clicking on any link that you come across online. You never know what might be lurking behind the curtains waiting to devour your hard earned money.
3. Watch where you download software from
There are thousands of software development companies in the world today. Unfortunately, not all of them are legit. Some are in the business of selling malicious software to clients instead of the legit software that the user is looking for. Downloading and installing such software will immediately introduce a ransomware on your computer thereby locking all its contents until you pay the ransom amount. To be on the safe side, it is recommended to only purchase and download software from legitimate and reputable sites.
More importantly, avoid the free and cracked versions of the premium software. Most of them come bundled with third party programs that can transform into ransomware once you install the software. Adware may also be installed alongside the cracked or free software.
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The increase in ransomware attack has triggered internet security companies to develop robust anti-ransomware software that you can install on your computer to reduce the risk of being hit by one. Research to find the most reliable, efficient, and trustworthy anti-ransomware that you can install on your computer. Be sure to run checks periodically after installing it to secure your computer from this kind of malicious software. In addition, make sure that you update it regularly to enhance its ability to deal with the existing and future ransomware. Note that hackers release new versions of this malicious software online on a daily basis.
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LONDON (AP) — Facebook is opening an engineering center in London that will build tech tools aimed at keeping harmful content off its site.
The U.S. social network’s announcement Wednesday comes as governments put more pressure on the big tech companies to better police their platforms.
The company said in a statement it will add more than 500 new tech jobs, including 100 in artificial intelligence, for the new hub by the end of the year.
It said “a significant number” of the new jobs will be in the company’s community integrity team, which works on stopping spam and abuse and addressing violence and personal safety.
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Pop-ups are not only annoying, but they can actually have dangerous implications to security and privacy. In some cases they may even download viruses to your Mac if you accidentally click on them.
Simple Ways to Block Pop-ups in Safari
Fortunately there are several ways that you can block pop-up ads in Safari – though their effectiveness can vary.
Built-in Pop-up Blocker in Safari
Both the macOS and iOS versions of Safari have a built-in pop-up blocker. It can be found under.
- macOS: Preferences > Websites > Pop-up Windows > Block or Block and Notify.
- iOS: Settings > Block Pop-ups.
Additionally on the macOS Safari you should open the Security tab in Preferences and check the option to ‘Warn when visiting a fraudulent website’ – just to be safe.
It should be noted that although this is a convenient option – it is not always effective against all pop-ups. To add extra security, ensure you have an up to date antivirus and malware protection in place as well as a Mac VPN to encrypt the network traffic to and from your device.
Ad-Blocking Browser Extensions
One of the more popular ways to block pop-ups is to install one of the many browser extensions designed to block ads on Safari. However recently Apple’s SDK was changed and it has limited their effectiveness.
Overall the changes have made ad-blocker browser extensions far less effective. That being said they still offer a bit more protection than the built-in pop-up blocker in Safari, which makes it worth trying them out.
Generally the best option that you could try is AdGuard for Safari. It is an excellent ad-blocker, but its filtering capabilities are limited by the new SDK.
Keep in mind that browser extensions will only work to block pop-ups within Safari itself – and not other browsers, or apps.
AdGuard’s Ad-Blocking Apps
Compared to browser extensions, the AdGuard apps offer a big step up in terms of protection and will block ads in Safari as well as other browsers and apps. Each one provides more advanced filtering, and is able to more effectively block pop-ups.
In particular you’ll be able to choose between.
- AdGuard for Mac that will block all ads and pop-ups as well as help to improve your browsing security, and privacy. It can be customized and further extensions added to it if necessary, such as AdGuard Assistant.
- AdGuard for iOS Pro that will provide excellent filtering to stop ads and trackers from browsers and most apps. It will also provide protection from malicious websites.
In short these two options are the most effective ways to ensure that you’re protected from pop-ups on macOS and iOS respectively when using Safari – or other browsers too. It will even help your webpages to load faster, and improve your overall browsing experience.
“Which to Choose?”
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Ireland’s economic recovery has seen a welcome fall in unemployment and growth in employment. As recovery has strengthened, wages have also started to grow, at rates of more than 2 per cent in 2015 and 2016 according to latest forecasts.
The starting point for our analysis – as in other years – is a budget which would see incomes rise for all households in line with this wage growth. This could be achieved by increasing tax bands, tax credits and welfare payment rates in line with overall wage growth.
We use this policy as a neutral benchmark against which to measure the distributional impact of actual policy. The default policies implied by budgetary conventions such as Ireland’s “opening budget” are not suitable for this purpose.
Our analysis uses Switch, the ESRI tax-benefit model, to provide a nationally representative picture of the impact of Budget 2016 on Irish households. The model is based on a sample of more than 4,500 real households, from the CSO's Survey on Income and Living Conditions.
The scale, depth and diversity of this survey allow it to provide an overall picture of the impact of the budget on Irish households, which simply cannot be gained from selected example cases.
At this stage, some 36 hours after the budget, our initial analysis is able to take into account most of the major tax and welfare initiatives in Budget 2016.
Universal social charge
On the taxation side we include the changes in universal social charge, the self-employed and homecarer tax credits, and the marginal relief afforded to those on incomes just above the PRSI exemption limit.
On the welfare side, we take account of the Christmas bonus, increases in old-age pensions and in child benefit, and increases in family income supplement, fuel allowance and the respite care grant. We also include the increased income disregard for lone parents on jobseeker transition payment.
Items not included are capital taxes, the 50 cent rise in tax on cigarettes, employer PRSI changes, the abolition of the pension levy, and the introduction of paternity benefit.
Expected wage growth in both public and private sectors is now rather similar, at about 2 per cent. While we do not at this stage specifically analyse the impact of the manner in which public sector pay changes will be delivered, some of these – such as the flat-rate element to the reduction in pension-related deduction – involve a distributional element favouring the lower-paid and will be analysed at a later date. Like most such models internationally, the ESRI model examines the immediate distributive impact of the overall budget package chosen before any responses in labour market or other behaviour.
Most international models focus exclusively on direct taxes and cash benefits. The ESRI model has been extended to take account of some issues outside the tax-benefit arena. Our analysis includes the impact of the increase in the national minimum wage on the incomes of low-wage workers, but is silent on the potential impact on employers or owners of businesses employing these low-wage workers.
This is quite different from a change to a tax or benefit, where the net gains of households are counterbalanced by a change in net revenue for the Government. Our analysis also includes the potential impact of the extension of the early childhood care and education scheme, attributing a value to the places provided, based on the cost of provision, and including this as a resource which is added to parental income. While this is a commonly used valuation approach, it is also commonly questioned (as, for example, by Cormac O'Dea in a paper to the ESRI Budget Perspectives conference). A similar approach could be taken to the extension of free GP care to children, but this will require more time.
In order to summarise the distributive impact, we rank households by their income adjusted for numbers of adults and children. We then divide the households into five equal-sized groups or “quintiles”, from lowest income to highest income.
The chart shows the percentage gain or loss for each of these quintiles for Budget 2016.
Budget 2016, compared with a neutral budget, which indexes tax credits and welfare payments in line with expected wage growth of close to 2½ per cent, has little impact on the incomes of the poorest quintile.
Looked at another way, Budget 2016 delivers similar income to the lowest-income quintile as a wage-indexed budget. For other income quintiles, Budget 2016 raises incomes by between half and three-quarters of 1 per cent above the level that a neutral budget would provide. The small scale of this overall impact contrasts with perceptions of Budget 2016 as a major “giveaway”. This is because, with wage growth of close to 2½ per cent, the cost of a neutral budget – keeping average tax rates constant and welfare payments growing in line with wages – is itself substantial.
More detailed analysis of the distributive impact of Budget 2016, and of the impact of budgets since 2009, will be provided later this year in an article for the ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary.
One issue which has received less attention is that international experience with property taxes suggests that they work best when there is regular updating of the valuation base.
When valuations become outdated, disparities often emerge which bring the tax into disrepute – this was one of the factors which led to the demise of household rates.
Pressure to defer revaluation is common: England has deferred revaluation for its council tax for more than 20 years. In this context, the decision to freeze property tax until 2019 – likely to be in the second half of an electoral cycle – is a serious concern.
Sharp increases in market values do not mean that tax liabilities must also jump: adjustments to tax rates at local level, some of which have taken place already, could prevent this.
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A case study by Indian team, Jet fuel based on a mustard plant can replace petroleum-base aviation fuel to reduce carbon emissions by 68 percent, according to a study led by an Indian scientist in the US.
The missing piece of paradox is, according to Dwivedi, the lack of local seed processing and oil processing infrastructure in SAF. "If we can access the supply of livestock and provide fair economic benefits to the company.
we can produce carinata-based SAF in the southern US, "said Puneet Dwivedi, a professor at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia, in the US.
Investigators have noted that the aviation industry emits 2.5 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions from the US and is responsible for 3.5 percent of global warming.
"SAF based in Carinata could help reduce carbon offset in the aviation sector while creating economic opportunities and improving the flow of natural services in the southern region," Dwivedi said.
SAF production prices from carinata range from USD 0.12 per liter at the low end to USD 1.28 per liter, based on existing economic and market incentives, the researchers said.
The price of petrol jet fuel was $ 0.50 per liter - more than SAF based carinata while current economic benefits were included in the study, they said.
Dwivedi is part of the Southeast Partnership for Advanced Renewables from Carinata, or SPARC, a 15 million project funded by the US National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Using SPARC, researchers have spent the past four years researching how to grow carinata in the southeast, examining questions about genetics and best practices for higher crop yields and oils.
With those answers in place, Dwivedi is confident of Carinata's role in supporting the region's economy and environment. “In the South we can grow carinata as a winter crop because our winters are not so bad and other regions of the country, "he said.
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Treating common eye problems can sometimes be simple. It’s important not to ignore them, since vision affects almost everything you do. Learn more here.
Eye problems are particularly troublesome, since vision affects nearly everything you do. Here are the best treatments for the following common eye problems.
Your eyelids can become red and itchy if glands at the base of your eyelashes become clogged with oil. You may see flakes around your eyelashes. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, you can soothe your eyes by applying a warm compress — a clean washcloth soaked in warm water and wrung out a little. Close your eyes and let the cloth rest on them for at least a minute. You could also try soaking the cloth in diluted baby shampoo. An ophthalmologist may use an electronic device to unclog your oil glands or prescribe antibiotic eye drops or ointment.
Cluster or migraine headaches
Headaches often include eye pain, and your eye doctor can help you determine the cause. Light sensitivity, severe pain, and nausea suggest migraine. The Food and Drug administration has approved a new treatment, with an electrical device you apply yourself.
This problem is more common in areas of the southern United States, especially when young people swim or fall asleep wearing contact lenses. Gardening, or handling dirt for another reason, can introduce dirt into your eye. If your eye is very painful, and has a discharge, you probably have a bacterial infection and need to see a doctor immediately. Untreated, an infection can cause blindness. Your doctor may have you apply an antibiotic every half hour even during the night. After 24 hours, you can apply antibiotics every two hours. Within 48 hours of beginning treatment, you may start using a steroid. You should see improvement within a week.
If the iris of your eye becomes inflamed because of a drug reaction, infection, autoimmune response, or injury, your eye may ache and become red and teary. You’ll need eye drops to apply steroid medication and to dilate your eyes to prevent complications. If the problem was caused by an injury, it usually goes away within two weeks.
Painful pressure inside your eyeball, or glaucoma, is treatable with daily eyedrops if it is caught early. Other options include outpatient laser surgery or other procedures like a trabeculectomy or implant for drainage. People with diabetes and people over 40 with a family history of glaucoma need more frequent eye checkups.
A bacterial infection around your eyelid, a sty can be very painful but also treatable at home. Use a warm compress or tea bag to soothe your eye, stay away from makeup and contact lenses, apply an antibiotic ointment, and massage the area gently.
Allergies can make you feel as if you have dirt in your eye or simply make your eyes itchy and red. Try over-the-counter allergy eyedrops or oral medication (antihistamines).
Dry eyes may bother you most on airplanes, in air-conditioning, or while riding a bike or staring at a computer screen. Common meds can make the problem worse. So can various illnesses. Try using over-the-counter tears if your underlying issue has been treated.
Photokeratitis (flash burns)
Too much sun can make your eyes burn. Use artificial tears, a cold washcloth, or pain relievers or antibiotics recommended by an eye doctor.
A scratch on the surface of your cornea may hurt but heal on its own within three days. You may need an antibiotic ointment, and a steroid to relieve inflammation.
Conjunctivitis ( pink eye)
When the white part of your eye appears red or pink and it begins to ooze, you have conjunctivitis. The cause can be a virus or, less often, a bacterium. See your doctor if symptoms continue after a few days; you might need prescription antibiotic eye drops. Because pink eye is very infectious, stay away from other people and wash your hands frequently. A warm, damp washcloth, artificial tears, and over-the-counter analgesics (such as ibuprofen or aspirin) will help. If the cause is a virus, it will clear up on its own within a few days.
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Tengger Cavalry, a Mongolian folk metal band based in New York City, released their most recent album, Cian Bi, earlier this year, and now they’re exclusively premiering the music video for the track “Redefine” via Consequence of Sound and Heavy Consequence (watch below).
The band formed in 2010 and has released an impressive seven albums since then. Their sound is also described as nomadic folk metal, combining traditional Mongolian music with heavy metal riffing.
Frontman Nature “G” Ganganbaigal, who delivers his vocals in the Mongolian throat-singing (Khoomei) style, explains that the video is about “cultural conflict.”
Nature tells us, “As core members of Tengger Cavalry and traditionally trained Mongolian folk musicians, both [my bandmate] Wulijimuren and I immigrated from China to New York City several years ago. Being stripped away from the Nomadic Grassland and stepping into the very industrial and multi-cultural world of the Big Apple, we’ve both faced challenges of progressing and preserving the traditional Nomadic culture in our lives and in modern day.”
He adds, “Unlike Viking trends, Nomadic culture still exists upon the Grasslands and horse riding landscapes in Northern China and is facing great danger in the face of modernization and industrialization from the South. This video represents the mixed challenge we, as Tengger Cavalry, are facing every day. It’s a video about cultural conflict, homeland, modern culture, progression and inner strength.”
Tengger Cavalry actually briefly broke up earlier this year but quickly re-formed with a new lineup, still fronted by Nature, and released a video for the single “Heart”.
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Living the Legacy:
The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that
ever has." That was Margaret Mead's conclusion after a lifetime of observing very diverse cultures around the world. Her
insight has been borne out time and again throughout the development of this country of ours. Being allowed to live life in an
atmosphere of religious freedom, having
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later, women were still less than three percent of our congressional
representatives. Today women hold only 11% of the seats in Congress, and 21% of the state legislative seats. Yet, in the face
of such small numbers, women have successfully changed thousands of local, state, and federal laws that had limited women's
legal status and social roles.
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We encourage volunteerism in two categories:
Direct Service Volunteers:
When someone has experienced domestic or sexual violence, they seek advice in a confidential setting with trained professionals. At Women’s Resources of Monroe County, we offer help through a 24 Hour hotline service. Direct Service Volunteers (and staff) are available for our hotline and are fully trained through a 69 hour Counselor Advocate Training Course. The training curriculum is endorsed by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and sanctioned through the Women’s Resources of Monroe County organizational leadership. Our goal is to offer support, information, referral or services to best meet the needs of women, children, and men reporting domestic or sexual violence issues through the availability of 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
If you want to help victims directly through our domestic violence service area, please contact our Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator: email@example.com.
Non-Direct Service Volunteers:
For those interested in helping with special projects or events, we offer many Non-Direct Service volunteer opportunities. We have counted on over 50 volunteers to assist with special events and other projects such as our Annual Geranium Sale, Annual Gala, and other activities.
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"It did feel good. I cried on the way home, just so grateful for this opportunity to help others and to be safe with my kids out of the horrible situation I was in. This is just such an amazing thing to be a part of, so glad I can help" ~ A Women's Resources' Hotline Volunteer after sheltering a victim and their child | <urn:uuid:dc7b2494-7fac-4476-960e-0ceab9a12079> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wrmonroe.org/how-you-can-help/volunteer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.940194 | 361 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Preliminary reporting of echocardiographic data by cardiac sonographers has become a key issue in the echocardiography community. A survey on this issue was sent to 248 academic physicians and 89 (35.8%) were returned. In response to a question in the survey, 76 physicians stated that they had at least a limited amount of knowledge in echocardiography. For the group, 62% wanted a written or verbal preliminary report and 52% concluded that this report should be a part of the cardiac sonographer's position. If cardiac abnormalities are suspected, 65% wanted the results before the cardiologist reviewed the study, but only 42% of the physicians wanted a diagnostic versus a descriptive type of report. About 49% stated that if necessary they would attempt to influence the cardiac sonographer to give them a preliminary report, whereas 67% of the physicians would possibly use this information to medically manage the patient. Fifty percent believed that it was legal for a cardiac sonographer to give a preliminary report. Another 70% said that the cardiac sonographer would NOT be “practicing medicine without a license” and 66% concluded that they would NOT be “aiding and abetting the unauthorized practice of medicine” if given this information. These data have important potential ramifications for both cardiac sonographers as well as for the practice of cardiology regarding the issue of preliminary echocardiographic reports.
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You know what sucks? Trying to spread cold butter on bread. Usually you end up with clumps of butter randomly spread out over the bread. No bueno. The ButterUp Knife by DM Initiative wants to save you from eating butter clumps. The Australian-based designers discovered having a grater spreads cold butter much better. So, they went ahead and added a serrated edge to the ButterUp Knife. The edge aerates the butter making it easier to spread. Check out their Kickstarter and order one now. | <urn:uuid:091d0865-d68f-4e56-b513-372d82554fc8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sofreakingcool.com/24731/butterup-knife/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.936957 | 104 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) represents a group (PCH1-6) of neurodegenerative autosomal recessive disorders characterized by hypoplasia and/or atrophy of the cerebellum, hypoplasia of the ventral pons, progressive microcephaly and variable neocortical atrophy. The majority of PCH2 and PCH4 cases are caused by mutations in the TSEN54 gene; one of the four subunits comprising the tRNA-splicing endonuclease (TSEN) complex. We hypothesized that TSEN54 mutations act through a loss of function mechanism. At 8 weeks of gestation, human TSEN54 is expressed ubiquitously in the brain, yet strong expression is seen within the telencephalon and metencephalon. Comparable expression patterns for tsen54 are observed in zebrafish embryos. Morpholino (MO) knockdown of tsen54 in zebrafish embryos results in loss of structural definition in the brain. This phenotype was partially rescued by co-injecting the MO with human TSEN54 mRNA. A developmental patterning defect was not associated with tsen54 knockdown; however, an increase in cell death within the brain was observed, thus bearing resemblance to PCH pathophysiology. Additionally, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea mutant zebrafish homozygous for a tsen54 premature stop-codon mutation die within 9 days post-fertilization. To determine whether a common disease pathway exists between TSEN54 and other PCH-related genes, we also monitored the effects of mitochondrial arginyl-tRNA synthetase (rars2; PCH1 and PCH6) knockdown in zebrafish. Comparable brain phenotypes were observed following the inhibition of both genes. These data strongly support the hypothesis that TSEN54 mutations cause PCH through a loss of function mechanism. Also we suggest that a common disease pathway may exist between TSEN54- and RARS2-related PCH, which may involve a tRNA processing-related mechanism. | <urn:uuid:5d26a82b-fe0e-4bd2-b957-b6b968f7e119> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21273289/?dopt=Abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.918238 | 436 | 1.703125 | 2 |
New Foundation for Old School Landscapes
I love Motown. Aretha Franklin is one of my favorites, but my desire to hear soulful songs does not end there.
Diana Ross and The Supremes, Four Tops, the Temptations……they are all classics in my opinion. My love of music from the 60’s and 70’s does not carry over to landscapes of the same era. The popular look of boxed-off evergreen shrubs in straight lines died years ago, but we still see the same look in our neighborhoods today. Perfectly sheared cubes and spheres have their place in the garden or in certain landscape situations, but in front of our homes they look “old school” and boring. It is past time to shake up our foundation plantings. To accomplish this, we need to use different plants, shapes, colors, and more curves!
For years gardeners have used boxwood and Japanese hollies along the foundations of their homes. These have been popular plants because they are evergreen, can mature to heights that remain under windows, and are fairly easily sheared into different shapes and sizes. The problem is that they have become incredibly generic. It seems like many foundation plantings look the same with a single row of sheared shrubs and nothing else. One way to avoid this look is by using different plants. The idea of using an evergreen shrub that matures to around four feet in height is fine, but there are plants other than boxwood and Japanese holly that can fit the bill.
There are many new plant introductions that can add excitement to boring foundation plants. One such introduction that I selected for my yard is the Obsession Nandina (Nandina d. ‘Seika’).
This Nandina is an evergreen, dense shrub with brilliant red foliage on new growth and in the fall. Obsession Nandina is beautiful planted in mass or as an accent and grows just 3-4 feet high and wide given full sun to part shade. Nandina is a plant species that has many uses in the garden. Their foliage color, texture, and the ability to produce flowers and berries can add a ton of interest to the garden. These low growing Nandinas will require very little pruning, but if they do need to be cut I will selectively hand prune them. Shearing these plants will result in the same old formal linear shapes that I want to avoid. By hand pruning, the plants are allowed to grow their own way, and have more of an informal look.
Many people have started using another type of holly called ‘Carissa’ holly (Ilex cornuta ‘Carissa’). ‘Carissa’ is a great little evergreen shrub that is different from Japanese hollies in texture and natural form. The leaves of ‘Carissa’ are much larger than those of the Japanese hollies, providing a coarse texture to the garden. The plant itself maintains a nice tight mound shape, rarely requiring pruning.
Given the correct lighting, plants such as Encore Azaleas and Gardenias can also be utilized as backdrop plants in foundation plantings.
Both Azaleas and Gardenias are quite variable in size depending on the specific cultivar used, ranging from a couple of feet in height, to over six feet. Gardenias and azaleas would also add color to the landscape through their flowering ability.
Speaking of color, there is nothing wrong with using plants that have different or interesting foliage color as foundation plants. Are you tired of green “bushes”? Try using plants with variegated or colored foliage. Sunshine Ligustrum is an interesting new plant introduction with evergreen, golden yellow leaves.
Sunshine adds a little tropical flare to the garden through its foliage, and can reach 3-5 feet in height and spread.
Using plants with different forms intermixed in a foundation planting will add interest, depth, and help accent nooks and corners of your home. ‘Emerald’, ‘Degroot’s Spire’, and ‘Holmstrup’ are all cultivars of Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) with a columnar growth habit that can be utilized on corners of homes to help frame the house and landscape.
These plants can mature anywhere between eight and fifteen feet in height, but will not grow much wider than three feet. They fit nicely in tight spaces. These plants are conifers (evergreens like pines or leyland cypress) and their textures combine well with those of broadleaf evergreen shrubs. Curly leaf Ligustrum (Ligustrum j. ‘Coriaceum’) and sky pencil holly (Ilex c. ‘Sky Pencil’) are both broadleaf evergreen shrubs with columnar habits that can be used in the same manner as the arborvitaes. Even some of our camellias have narrow, upright growth habits so that they can be intermixed in the landscape around our homes.
Bed shape can play a major role in the appearance of foundation beds as well. In many older landscapes, beds are the length of the front of the house, and four or five feet deep. This creates the formal, linear look that many try to avoid. By making our beds deeper and adding curves to our planting areas, we can create space in front of foundation plants to add a more diverse selection of material. This is where great landscapes set themselves apart from others. Some gardeners feel reluctant to add deciduous plants (plants that loose their leaves in the winter) to their landscape because they feel that their garden will look barren in the colder months.
This can be avoided with a nice evergreen background using some of the plants that we have talked about. Using a solid evergreen backdrop allows gardeners to plant Hydrangea, Spiraea, Rose of Sharon, Sweet Betsy, and many other deciduous plants that can add interest throughout the year. It also creates spaces for perennials and annuals, which both have long blooming seasons.
Being brave and breaking the mold of past landscapes can provide you with an opportunity to have something different in front of your home. The classic music of the 60’s and 70’s is still classic today, and for a good reason, but I feel like the landscapes of that era should have stayed in that time period. Does your landscape need a face lift? | <urn:uuid:cb31a5e9-4014-4f1c-a075-f2634d86426f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fairviewgardencenter.com/blog/old-school-landscapes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.943741 | 1,376 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Bruno Taut was a key figure in architecture around 1920. His visionary ideas and manifestos still belong to the icons of Utopian architecture until today, among them his expressionist tract Die Stadtkrone (City Crown, 1919). Taut’s influence on German post-war architecture has been comprehensively analyzed in art and architectural history. The reception of his ideas and writings within the first generation of Zionist architects and their urban visions for Eretz Israel has however been largely overlooked in research on Taut. Among them are Alex Baerwald, Alexander Levy, Richard Kauffmann and Erich Mendelsohn – names that are inscribed in Israel’s history of architecture. With their drafts, they carried the city crowns idea to the New Zion. The article analyzes the aspects of Taut’s oeuvre which the Zionist architects adopted and implemented in their urban visions for Eretz Israel.
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Although this depends on many factors, including which currencies you want to convert and which country you are travelling to, generally speaking exchanging your money AFTER you travel will provide you with a more favourable exchange rate. The rule is simple: the more common the currency is, the cheaper it will be.
Do you lose money when you exchange currency?
In a normal currency exchange transaction, you will usually lose a “spread”. It’s the difference between the buying and selling price of a currency. This is why you see buy and sell rates at exchange outlets and banks. In retail banking, the spread is a few cents on the dollar.
Is it better to exchange currency before you leave?
Doing the exchange before you leave gives you more opportunities to shop around for the best rates and allows you to avoid the pain of having to deal with the exchange fees once you arrive and have more limited options.
Is it better to exchange money at a bank or currency exchange?
“Banks do work to ensure that the rates they offer are competitive, and they can be better than other foreign exchange providers,” according to the Canadian Bankers Association. Bank rates can be better, but they can also be worse. As with many purchases, it’s “buyer beware.”
How do I get the best exchange rate?
Top tips on how to get the best available exchange rates
- Plan ahead. …
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- Pay in local currency. …
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What is the best time of day to exchange currency?
The time of day often affects the exchange rate that can be achieved. The best time can be in the morning or late afternoon. For American dollars the best time to transfer was 3am.
How can I avoid the exchange rates?
How to Avoid Foreign Transaction Fees
- Watch Out for Conversion and Transaction Fees.
- Open a Credit Card That Doesn’t Have a Foreign Transaction Fee.
- Exchange Currency Before You Travel.
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Currency Exchange at Banks
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Can I exchange foreign currency at a bank?
Can you exchange foreign currency cash at a bank? Yes. However banks deliver this service in a variety of ways and can differ in terms of: Currencies available.
What is $100 Canadian in euros?
Quick Conversions from Canadian Dollar to Euro : 1 CAD = 0.69737 EUR
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|C$ 100||€ 69.74|
|C$ 250||€ 174.34|
|C$ 500||€ 348.69|
Is it better to exchange money in US or Europe?
Even if you want to exchange cash, it’s generally better to do so in Europe. … Because banks offer better rates than exchange companies, such as those at train or plane stations, you may want to exchange a small amount in the U.S. so that you will have some cash on hand, especially if your bank charges high ATM fees.
Do banks buy back foreign currency?
If you’ve still got an amount of money in another country’s currency and you want to change that money back to British pounds Asda Money will buy back most foreign currency notes at the current buy back rate with 0% commission – whether you bought them from us or not – at any one of our Travel Money Bureaux.
Which bank has best foreign exchange rate?
Banks giving the best money exchange rates to India
- ICICI – Money2India. ICICI Bank offers the Money2India facility for transferring money to more than 100 banks in India from USA. …
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- IndRemit. …
What is the cheapest way to exchange currency?
Though there may be a small fee, your bank or credit union will almost always be the best place to exchange currency (and the cheapest). You may be able to order currency at a branch location or by phone or online to have it delivered to you, or to pick up at a branch. | <urn:uuid:c4d92f97-76c3-4c64-b3fa-a7c52026a51c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://teamcowboykeith.com/blockchain/best-answer-is-it-better-to-exchange-currency-abroad.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.903137 | 1,053 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Caring for a newborn during flu season can be extra stressful. While you can’t prevent your child from ever catching a bug, these tips will help you give it your best shot.
It’s always stressful when your baby gets sick because you feel so awful that he’s suffering. However, it can help to understand how common it is for your little one to catch a bug here and there.
Because babies’ immune systems aren’t as fully developed as those of adults, they tend to get sick very easily. The average baby can catch a cold up to eight times during her first year.
Even though it’s not always a big deal, it can still be scary and upsetting when your little one doesn’t feel well. Plus, you have to worry about the big stuff, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu, which can leave babies vulnerable to other infections.
What to Check for When Your Baby’s Sick
Try as you might, your baby is going to catch a cold. Actually, you want him to because it builds up his immune system.
If a baby doesn’t get sick during his first year of life, it usually means he’ll be sick all the time in preschool or daycare. Here’s how you can tell if it’s just a cold, or something more serious you should call the doctor about:
- Fever: If your newborn has a fever, you should treat her immediately and, in some cases, call the doctor. If she’s 3-months-old or younger and has a rectal temperature of 100.4 or more, call the doctor right away. A fever can be very serious for a baby this small. If she’s older than 3 months and has a low fever, give her some children’s Tylenol or ibuprofen. If the fever doesn’t go away or she exhibits some of the other symptoms below, call the doctor.
- Vomiting or diarrhea: Not to be confused with spitting up, vomiting is more forceful and tends not to be as watery. If your baby vomits, has diarrhea, or doesn’t wet his diaper a few times a day, something could be wrong. If you notice blood in his stool, you should call your doctor.
- No interest in eating: Newborns should want to eat several times a day and breastfed babies sometimes want to nurse every hour. If your baby is suddenly disinterested in food or hasn’t been eating much, see a doctor.
- Extreme weakness: See a doctor if you notice that your baby is unusually lethargic, has a weak suck when nursing, feels limp and floppy, or has a weak cry.
- A change in color: If his face, tongue, or lips look blue, seek medical attention immediately.
- Difficulty breathing: Respiratory distress should never be taken lightly. If you notice your child is struggling to breathe, wheezing, breathing rapidly, or her chest wall is pulling in when she breathes, see a doctor.
- Nonstop crying: You know your baby’s temperament. If he’s extra fussy and crying a lot—especially to the point that he’s having trouble sleeping—consult your doctor.
Remember, you should always take your child to the doctor if you feel like you need to. It’s always better to be safe than sorry!
Now, let’s dig into some simple things you can do to improve your baby’s chances of making it through flu season without catching a serious illness.
Stay Up to Date on Vaccines
Regardless of your child’s age, you should stay up to date with her vaccine schedule, especially for things like whooping cough and rotavirus, which can badly infect babies.
If your baby is 6 months or older, check with your doctor about the flu shot. It’s the best way to prevent the flu, which you absolutely want to do. The flu can be serious for babies and quickly lead to other life-threatening conditions, like pneumonia.
Get Your Flu Shot
Speaking of flu shots, you should get one, too, as should anyone who spends a lot of time with your child. When you’re a parent, the flu shot doesn’t just protect you from getting sick; it protects your little ones, too.
This is the best way to prevent the flu from entering your household.
Wash Your Hands Often
It sounds simple enough, but so many people forget to wash their hands enough—even when they’re around a baby a lot.
If you go to the store or any public place, always wash your hands with soap and water before you touch your baby.
Of course, you should also wash your hands after you use the bathroom or after you touch other people. You can wash baby’s hands, too, or carry some hand and face wipes with when you’re both out.
Change Your Clothes When You Come Home
Washing your hands before touching your baby is important, but so is changing your clothes. Lots of icky germs and bacteria could be hanging out on there, especially if you commute via public transportation.
Change into something new and clean before snuggling with your little one.
Regularly Clean Pacifiers and Toys
Babies put everything in their mouths and drop stuff all the time. Keep an eye on their toys and pacifiers and clean them all the time.
You should clean a pacifier whenever it’s dropped on the floor. Some studies have shown that putting a pacifier in your own mouth before you give it to your baby can build up his immune system and prevent allergies.
Also clean his toys with wipes or soap and water—especially if they’ve been out of the house or another child has played with them.
Enforce a No Kissing Policy
You might assume most people know not to kiss your tiny newborn on the face, but you’d be wrong. A lot of people will kiss your baby, even in the middle of flu season.
It’s a quick way to get germs all over his face, which is definitely not what you want. Ask anyone who is close to or holding your child not to kiss him. Even if the person doesn’t have any visible signs of a cold or illness, it doesn’t mean he or she isn’t carrying germs that could infect your baby.
And if someone doesn’t listen to you, don’t let her hold the baby!
Consider Staying Home
The annoying truth is taking your baby out to crowded, public places during the winter isn’t really the best idea. You have no control over the germs around or the people spreading them.
As isolating and frustrating as it might be, the safest thing to do is stay home. If you do have to take your child out, keep her in a stroller with a blanket over her.
Make Sure Visitors Don’t Have Colds
Your child can’t talk, so you have to advocate for him. If someone wants to come over and visit, that’s fine. But do make sure you ask if they’ve had a cold, or if they’ve been sick recently. If they answer yes to either of these questions, ask them to wait and come over when they’re feeling better.
You might also want to avoid allowing other little kids around your baby, if possible. Toddlers carry tons of germs and don’t understand hygiene, so they can easily spread things to a baby.
Make Sure Baby Gets Enough Sleep
Ensuring your baby sleeps a lot isn’t just for your sanity, it’s also for his health. Babies need sleep to grow, develop, and stay healthy.
If you’re really struggling with your child’s sleep habits, be sure to get on some sort of sleep training method or speak to your doctor.
Keep Yourself Healthy, Too
You can worry all you want about your baby catching something out in public or from someone else, but don’t forget you can make her sick, too.
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20 January 2022
Elizabeth Okiakama is a community-based researcher who worked on the Pasifika Prediabetes Youth Empowerment Programme study (PPYEP)*. This study developed a collaborative partnership between university and community-based researchers, and two Pasifika communities in Auckland and Tokoroa, to empower youth to co-design, deliver and evaluate a community health intervention to prevent prediabetes.
Elizabeth (pictured above with fellow researchers Dani Prapavessis and Jen Filikitonga) works for South Waikato Pacific Islands Community Services (SWPICS) in Tokoroa, which supports the Pacific Islands community living in this town, many of whom are of Cook Islands decent. SWPICS was one of two community partners in the PPYEP project, led by Dr Riz Firestone at Massey University and facilitated by PhD student Dani Prapavessis.
A community need
When Elizabeth was first asked to work on PPYEP, her only prior connection to prediabetes was that her Dad had diabetes.
“It was a learning curve for me. However, I jumped on board with Dr Riz and Dani and they guided me through this programme. I had to find our participants, and explain to them that this is a youth programme, and that the outcome for us is to co-design an intervention and to raise awareness around prediabetes in our community”.
The key elements of PPYEP were an important drawcard for Elizabeth:
“We know that prediabetes is very high in our Pacific community and we have a large population of Pacific people in Tokoroa. I just wanted to encourage and support and raise awareness around how deadly this disease is. If we can prevent diabetes from being in our community and we can help that one extra person, we have made a difference”.
Elizabeth has some special qualities that made her the ideal person for co-ordinating the youth in this project:
“I have three teenagers so I get the gist of how teenagers feel these days. When it was time to recruit, I went straight to the local high schools. I recruited one teenager and then said to them ‘Ooh, do you think this person is suitable, yes of course! Do you think this person is suitable’…and the next minute I ended up with twenty young people doing the programme every Monday night.”
She was inspired by the youth recruited for the study.
“Having that consistent commitment from our young people – it encouraged me to keep going. They were looking forward to it, talking about it at school and always messaging me. I am like an Aunty and they would say ‘Aunty can you pick us up, or can you drop us off?’ I would always go that little bit extra so they had the support to come here, have a healthy meal, and then we could roll straight into our programme.”
Being involved in PPYEP also revealed more about life in Elizabeth’s community:
“The struggle is definitely real in regards to prediabetes. And not just the disease, but everything that is around the disease, like the cost of food, the access to medication, doctors or medical care – it makes me want to support more, so these things can be readily available to our community.”
Even though the PPYEP intervention only ran for a short time, it has had some lasting change. Elizabeth shared one such example:
“For our PPYEP intervention, our young people co-designed an eight-week walking challenge. One participant continued the walking and now she looks amazing! She is still continuing that today because she was on that line of being prediabetic – she didn’t want to go there!”
“People who saw the change in her, like her sister, said ‘this programme has changed my sister’s future’. The eight-week challenge that this group of young people created has made an actual lifetime change for someone. That’s an awesome outcome for us.”
Sharing research findings
At the conclusion of the study the PPYEP research team went back to Tokoroa to share the findings of the research with the community. Elizabeth commented on how important it is to do this.
“It is good that our research is being noted and out there. But sometimes when research comes to us and goes, it doesn’t come back. We don’t have an outcome or we don’t know the findings…it needs to not stop halfway. We want to hear the feedback, whether it is good or bad. We want to hear the findings.”
“When we had the PPYEP celebration, these young people’s parents came along because they just thought ‘what have they been up to every Monday?!’ Riz and the team came along and we did a big presentation: this is what they were up to every Monday afternoon!”
As well as helping to create a lasting change for members of her community, Elizabeth developed her own skills, especially in public speaking. She is now facilitating a follow-on research initiative in her community, funded by Healthier Lives.
“We have just started a new programme working with families instead of youth. I was very nervous going into this one as I am facilitating with adults, peers of my own age.”
Elizabeth is still in contact with the youth involved in the PPYEP study and happily talked about the various students and what are studying or where they are working. The strong connections made during the study endure:
“They are still actively involved. If we have an event, they are willing to come along and volunteer, just to give back.”
“Knowing that our young people in PPYEP made a change in another person’s life… that just fills my heart”.
Pasifika Prediabetes Youth Empowerment Programme (PPYEP) research page
*PPYEP was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Health, the Health Research Council of New Zealand, and the Healthier Lives – He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge, as part of a three-way partnership established in 2016 to invest in research aimed at improving long-term health conditions.
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Confirmation 2022 - Closed
Holy Communion 2022 - Closed
Reconciliation - 12-23 September
The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist.
In Baptism we become members of the Church, the Body of Christ. We become children of God through the Sonship of Christ. In baptism we enter into a relationship with God.
Confirmation roots the recipient more deeply in divine sonship, binds us more firmly to Christ and to the Church and reinvigorates the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The Eucharist received as Holy Communion increases our union with Christ and with his Church. It preserves and renews the life of grace received at Baptism and Confirmation and makes us grow in love for our neighbour. It strengthens us in charity, wipes away venial sins and preserves us from mortal sin in the future.
For centuries in the Western (Latin) Church this was the order in which these sacraments were celebrated and received.
This is still the order the sacraments are celebrated in the Eastern Catholic Churches, often being celebrated all at same time, even with infants.
In the Latin Church the three sacraments are generally celebrated separately. Some Latin diocese now celebrate Confirmation before Eucharist. In the Archdiocese of Sydney, and therefore at St Thérèse, Eucharist (Holy Communion) is celebrated first followed by Confirmation.
The new life received in Baptism has not abolished the frailty and weakness of human nature, which remains in the baptised such that with the help of the grace of Christ they may prove themselves in the struggle of Christian life.
Reconciliation restores us to the state of grace we possessed after Baptism. We are fully open to the gifts God offers us in the the other sacraments, namely Eucharist (Holy Communion) and Confirmation.
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