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A new Santander class-action lawsuit claims that the company’s deceptive practices put consumers at risk, and exposed them to unnecessary risk. The bank failed to properly monitor dealer behavior and failed to factor in a consumer’s ability to pay. The settlement will award $5 million to states, plus $2 million to the settlement administrator. This new class-action suit seeks to recover the losses that victims have suffered as a result of the company’s actions.
The settlement involves substantial consumer relief.
Santander has agreed to delete negative credit reports related to loans it no longer owns and to provide plaintiffs with the information they are entitled to. Once the suit is finalized, Top Class Actions will notify the plaintiffs. A lawyer can evaluate the claim and contact the victims of the Santander practice. The attorneys will also work with the Attorney General’s office to determine how the settlement affects them.
The settlement outlines key points that must be addressed to resolve. While the suit is not filed in Texas, the Attorney General’s office should consider filing a suit against Santander in that state. As with any other class-action lawsuit, the suit should be carefully scrutinized before any decision is made. It’s important to understand the facts of the lawsuit before making a decision. The settlement can affect the lives of many consumers.
In the meantime, the lawsuits have been settled.
The case has been settled for $550 million. While this settlement is substantial, there are still many more cases pending against the lender. A recent settlement with Santander could result in additional compensation for many consumers. Regardless of how you view the case, the outcome of the case is a positive step in improving the quality of customer service in banking. While the lawsuit has a high profile, it is important to remember that this settlement is a significant step towards achieving consumer satisfaction.
Despite the settlement, Santander’s deceptive practices were not the only factors affecting consumers. The bank must take into consideration the entire borrower’s monthly obligations. If a consumer’s residual income is negative, then the bank cannot continue to extend the financing. This means the company will have to test a consumer’s residual income for three years. By doing this, the bank must ensure that the payments made by the consumers are affordable and that they can afford their basic living expenses.
Assuming the settlement goes through, Santander will have to remove negative information from consumers’ credit reports.
The lawsuit also claims that the company must compensate consumers who were unable to pay their bills. The settlement could award up to $663 million to affected consumers nationwide. This is a significant amount of money. The settlement would allow some borrowers to keep their cars. A majority of the lawsuits would require the bank to compensate the rest.
The lawsuit alleges that Santander did not consider its consumers’ ability to pay their fees and that their payments were excessive. Furthermore, the lawsuit claims that the bank violated the TCPA. The alleged violations resulted in the theft of all funds, and the company’s employees owed millions of dollars. Fortunately, the settlement will bring the financial institution into compliance with the rules of the TCPA.
The settlement also requires the bank to change its lending practices to protect consumers.
In addition to restitution for consumers, the settlement requires the company to consider the borrower’s total monthly obligations. If the borrower cannot pay, the bank must refuse the loan. The bank must also pay for the legal fees incurred by the plaintiffs. A Santander settlement can lead to massive financial losses for the company, but it is the right choice for borrowers.
The class action was filed by a group of business operations managers against Santander Bank. The bank had failed to pay the managers for overtime because the company required them to work a specific number of hours a week. The alleged deceptive practices led to the settlement, which includes more than 400 individuals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Consequently, a potential $663 million payout to affected consumers in the United States is a welcome step. | <urn:uuid:e421a4fc-a46e-4625-8e06-fcc2784d859a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://timeslaws.com/santander-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.966408 | 832 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Cllr Lucy Stephenson is the Leader of Rutland County Council.
May 2023, for Rutland, will be the four yearly performance review, aka the Local Government elections. To some extent, what is happening in Westminster, over which, as a Councillor, you have no meaningful power aside from barracking from the sidelines and forming good lines of communication with your MP, will have a significant impact on the ballot box at a local level. This is embedded by political commentators using Local Government election results as a KPI for Central Government. Irksome in many ways: to know that regardless of what you have achieved or not locally will pale into insignificance compared to what your Party has done or not nationally.
The average turnout for Local Government elections is shockingly low at around the 37 per cent mark, meaning that an average of 63 per cent of any given local population has shown no interest whatsoever. Local Government is the workhorse of any Government of the day. It is the bin collections, the pothole fillers, the Council Tax demanders, the Adult Social Care deliverers, and the child protectors. It manages buses, libraries, housing development, our daily lives in its broad hands. It is the less glamorous magician which turns theory into practice. It is also the barometer of where we have got to as a society. Demand for service far outstrips budget. The result: tighter thresholds for services, universal services trimmed, and persistent increases in Council Tax all against a backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis. 80 per cent of Rutland’s revenue budget comes from Council Tax; the national average 60 per cent. This equates to £331 less central government funding per Rutland household.
I will not explore the amenity disparity resulting from unfair funding between a rural area such as Rutland and that of its urban counterparts – it is an incredibly valid argument, but it is a smokescreen for an uncomfortable truth: Local Government in its entirety is creaking at the seams. Levelling Up is a start to redressing geographical disparity, harnessing local knowledge and understanding to make long-term plans to enable crucial investment in infrastructure that will help local economies flourish for the greater good of the wider community. It resonates with me as a Conservative, but it is a start only. Local Government requires something more fundamental.
Rutland, like every other Council, faces a bleak outlook: a medium-term financial plan that indicates gloomy deficits. Medium term, living within our means feels to be no more than a laudable aspiration – there are no laurels to rest on here, the magic money tree far away despite rigorous and persistent efforts to reconfigure and transform; ‘efficiency’ and ‘effectiveness’ the buzz words of the day. It confirms my assertion that there must be fundamental reform.
This is the backdrop against which we prepare for the May ’23 elections. Rutland has had a politically turbulent time since 2019. We started our new term with a healthy Conservative majority (19 out of 27 Councillors). We have since dropped to six; some have simply resigned prompting by-elections – which has resulted in the rise of the Independents, Lib Dems, Greens and for the first time in many years a Labour Councillor; others have jumped on the Independent bandwagon. I deliberately use a capital ‘I’: it is Political. People should not be hoodwinked into taking a literal meaning of the word ‘independent’ – it speaks to a ‘Politics has no place at a local level’ view. However, if a group of people align, form a group, have a leader and agree voting positions ahead of a meeting then the duck is most certainly quacking! I am new in post, as of May this year, a visible culmination of the aforementioned turbulence. In effect, I have a 10-month mandate to turn things around.
The big personality model for a leader has many things to recommend it; it does, however, carry with it the significant risk of being a single point of failure. It also runs the risk of diluting any Party’s fundamental philosophical approach because the focus becomes personality, not principle. A group that pins its fortunes on any one individual will need to weigh up this risk. A leader that acts with clarity, measure, and vision will help no end, but this does not eliminate the need for a strong team that is united by a commonality of purpose with a drive to deliver for the residents they serve. Decent candidate selection, is therefore crucial.
An effective election campaign necessitates thorough community engagement, not just to identify key support or indeed to get soundbite tag lines across. It is about residents understanding the not terribly sexy topic of Local Government. It is about understanding what is important to people who wish to live their best lives.
With deepened understanding, there is a chance of a bigger election turnout, whilst demonstrating clear principles that shows an honest, solution-focussed, and long term approach with deliverable actions. Democracy is great but it is vulnerable to fickle promises, opinion presented as fact, soundbite temptations that miss the nuance of policy development. Our electorate must be equipped to make informed choices – and that starts with a clear manifesto that people can see will improve their lives if delivered. | <urn:uuid:25a8880d-0573-4bb9-9da9-0916e0ab887c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://conservativehome.com/2022/06/27/lucy-stephenson-there-is-no-magic-money-tree-in-rutland-fundamental-reform-is-needed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950689 | 1,095 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Creating different tolerance bands on a Curve Form graph
If your looking to create a graph with a tolerance variation just follow these steps.
The first step is to generate a curve then we will apply the tolerance variations.
Click on the arrow below the Clearance Group pull down menu and begin to move through the list to identify the points where the tolerance bands change. Write these numbers down.
Now open the tolerance fly out from the curve dialog box by clicking on the arrow.
Check the Segment Tolerances
When you click on Settings the follow dialog box will open. Your last point will be listed in the list.
Click on the Create Tolerance Segments icon
Begin to fill in the Start and End point values.
Enter the tolerances associated with these points.
In our example the values will look like this
After the first entry this dialog box will appear. Answer YES the first time to remove the last point in the list. After each subsequent entry answer NO or your previous entry will be removed.
This is what the list begins to look like.
To assist you as you define the tolerance bands you can right click on the CAD window and select Show Tolerance Lines.
Create a Curve Form Characteristic by clicking on Form and Location/ Curve Form. Open the Curve Form and select the curve as the Feature.
Open the characteristic and click on the Graphic icon. The graphic will appear like this. | <urn:uuid:b59e334b-75f4-46e1-b85b-b39e45d14422> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.mbccmm.com/cmmq/index.php/training/calypso/128-calypso-tolerancing-curve-form-segments | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.845107 | 291 | 3.109375 | 3 |
A time travelling plot is a staple in children’s books. Like what I reviewed last January, there is always room for this kind of story. Stories like these embrace the unknown that give such thrill to our little ones.
In the case of Christian children’s books, time travelling is not the end of itself. The story must lead to the gospel. Speaking the gospel in the story shouldn’t be just an afterthought. It must be the center. We must always show the essentiality of the gospel or else we might lessen its importance to our children. I’m happy that this new book by Bible teacher, Sinclair Ferguson brings the gospel to the center. How? By going back to the beginning.
It’s the middle of the year (sort of) and it’s time for my favorite albums and EP’s of 2022. This is just a partial list and I will update it by the end of the year. I’ll be doing this every middle of the year because I just can’t wait to share what I’m enjoying and I hope you’ll like it too. I know that you love music and I think you’ll looking for some good recommendations. That where this post come in. Hope this will help you listen to right the kind of stuff.
Here’s some great quotes I got from a book I recently finished, Raising Kids in a Screen-Saturated World by Eliza Huie published by 10 Publishing. You can get your copy, both physical and digital by following this link.
“The biggest enemy parents have in raising kids in a screen-saturated world is the same enemy who continues to seek to destroy the work of God in your and your children’s lives. Don’t focus so much on fighting technology. Rather, fight against the ways Satan sneaks in to deceive and destroy.“
Summary: Set in the fall of Jerusalem 70 AD the story picks up Josephus Flavius, the Jewish historian as he pleads for the Romans to spare the temple. He then meet Shimon, who tells the story of John the Baptist.
Cover Artwork: The cover art is not that appealing to me. At first look it feels it’s not something about the gospel or any Bible story. It’s just the name “Fujishima” will catch your attention and think it’s a manga. Well I think it is and it’s a worthy read.
Men shouldn’t be comfortable with sin. Because we are at war with the flesh. It’s guns and grenades at not just targeting you, but you family and ministry. Being at war means picking up you weapon to fight the enemy. The enemy is thirsty for blood. He is ready to thrust his weapons against you. Who will drew first blood? Of course, not the enemy but you. Surviving The Trenches will be a manual on how to do it.
Summary: The Gospel of Mark is the shortest among the synoptic gospels and the earliest gospel account. It’s opens with John the Baptist preaching and baptizing in the wilderness and culminates with a short (the women flees the empty tomb) and a longer ending (Jesus ascended to heaven while his disciples fulfill the Great Commission) which Pillario accomodated both endings here.
Storytelling: For some the Gospel of Mark is the go to book if you want a short read of the gospel. Unlike the other books included in the synoptic gospels (Matthew and Luke) they covered lots of grounds in those accounts. Nevertheless we should honor it because, obviously it’s the Word of God and that’s how God design it to be. But being a short doesn’t apply here in this comic. This is not to say that the author or artist added words or sentences which the Bible forbids to us do. Pillario gave space for his artwork to add some details. I know, I know this is not the “Artwork” part of this review, but it’s hard not to point out this early on for how good Pillario utilized this to further move the readers with the necessary emotions that only his illustrations can deliver.
This blog was blessed by Sunday School Works, an online ministry providing free resources for churches, with two premium Sunday School curriculum this blog’s readers last April. So the good news is, I’ll be making it available for free again but now I’ll lift the limited time thing! So if you haven’t downloaded the curriculums, head over this link to get the freebies. Added to that is this interview with the founder of Sunday School Works/ Ministry to Children, Tony Kummer, as we talk about Sunday School and his ministries.
Hello Tony! Kindly tell us your testimony on how Christ saved you?
I was saved in High School when some school friends invited me to a youth group. After hearing the teaching, I started to read the Bible on my own and the Spirit really just opened my eyes that Jesus was real and his Gospel was for me too. I still remember the conviction in my heart reading through the book of Matthew for the fist time.
Summary: In this one-shot comicbook, Ayris and Bonk teams up to give a legit brief biography of this early Christian apologist, his conversion to Christianity, his teachings, death and legacy.
Storytelling: This comic is straight forward biography of this ancient Christian philosopher. Ayris gives us all meat without the extra i.e. heart wrenching stuff because there isn’t much in the life of Justin Martyr. However, as I have said if you want the meat, you’ll find it here. If your into that stuff without falling asleep then get this comic.
I’m so excited to vote this 2022 election. My chosen candidate has a great reputation and qualification to fit the highest power in this country. I’ve seen the rallies and support. I’ve seen transformation brought by this political brand. This will change to course of history. Unfortunately, my mother in law was admitted in the hospital in Manila so I can’t vote. We spend the first week of May preparing her for her surgery. This is the first time I missed out the presidential election.
Nevertheless, I waited for the results. Then it came. The results are in. And it was disappointing. I was hurt. I can’t believe what just happened. My heart sank. I want to shut myself from social media. There are lots of things running in my mind. Its one of those days that I don’t want to go through. The following days will be rough for me. I know I can be all gloomy. I need to lift me up. I had to. This morning, I did three things:
Summary: King David continues to tell little Solomon his story. This comic touches King Saul’s fall from the favor of the God of Israel, Samuel anointing David as the new king and revealing the Philistines champion, Goliath.
Cover Artwork: This cover is a departure from the #0 cover which is a minimalist and it doesn’t give away the story you’ll be indulging. Although this is an all for ages comic, you can see in the cover a bit of seriousness of what the content will be. Also the take away of the cover is the fantastic illustration of Anaya that is different from the previous issue (more of that later). | <urn:uuid:0569089d-d4b3-474b-a610-6f73b51fdd6a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://delightinggrace.wordpress.com/category/family/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.957358 | 1,580 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Quick Start Guide
This guide is intended as an introduction to the system for first time users. If you've not used the system before - or you would like a re-introduction to it - this is the guide for you.
Setting up data on the system
The first thing you should do on the system is upload your data to it. This will mean your students, teachers and parents will be up to date. This step is especially important for your subsequent evenings as changes in academic year will result in student cohort changes etc.
Set up an Evening
Once you have your data set up on the system, you're ready to start creating your evening. To create an evening where all your appointments are being carried out either in-person or video see Setting up a new Parents Evening guide. If you are setting up a Hybrid Evening where you can set up some blocks of time to run video calls and other in-person see Setting up a new Hybrid Parents Evening.
Setting up access for teachers
While not mandatory, you can assign teachers logins to allow them to access the system. This can help ease evening setups, since teachers can add their own teacher breaks - along with being able to see and add appointments. You can also set up Single-Sign On for teachers using our supported methods. Please check the Teacher Logins guide category for information on what we support. You can find more information about creating logins for teachers - and configuring their permissions - in the Teacher Permissions guide.
You can view and edit appointments in the administrator panel by going to the Evenings section on the left then selecting the evening you wish to see the appointments for. Click the Appointments option on the left after selecting the evening and you'll be able to see a full list of appointments along with being able to print them out and email a reminder to the parents using the relevant options. See this guide.
Reminders are emails or SMS texts (if you use one of our supported providers) sent to parents individually, or in bulk to remind them of their appointment times, or in bulk to remind them that they have yet to make a booking for an evening. You can find information on how to send reminders using our How to send Reminders guide.
If you need help with a particular task, you can search for it on our help guides. If you don't find what you're looking for or would just prefer to talk about it, you can email us on email@example.com or call us on 0333 344 3403 and we'll be happy to assist. | <urn:uuid:9adf8d29-cc4f-4563-a9e3-1de03d47361c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://support.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/article/445-quick-start-guide | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.934671 | 540 | 1.617188 | 2 |
CM Usman Buzdar announces the complete renovation of Pyala Lake near Ghazi Ghat, district DG Khan. These steps taken to preserve nature as well as increase tourism.
Government of Pakistan is very keen in promoting tourism in country. They are taking each steps to lure foreign tourists in country. Indus river is one of the longest and fertile river in the country. It helps irrigation of thousands acres of land. On the same belt a beautiful and appealing lake is present. Due to its bowl shape and deep water body, known as Pyala Lake. You can find this lake near Dera Ghazi Khan belt of Indus River near Ghazi Ghat. Pyala Lake near Ghazi Ghat is also known as Ghazi Ghat Seasonal Lake as it becomes a water reservior only seasonaly during the monsoon season.
Pyala Lake is one of the hidden Beauty of Pakistan. It is almost 200 kanal in width and 80 feet deep from the surface. The most amazing part of lake is, the water turns blue in winters whereas it turns green in summers. Water is clean and transparent so the colors looks ethereal by naked eyes. It also has a waterfall near it. That waterfall makes the entire lake more appealing.
On 20th December 2021, Punjab Government announced the immediate rebuilding of “Pyala Lake”. It will preserve nature as it brought back the migrating birds that increases the fertility of land. Scenic beauty of area is enough to attract tourists. Right now Fort Munro is the only sight seeing in the area. It is really difficult and dangerous to reach at the lake.
The development project includes a boating area, walking track, gazebo, and some other facilities around Piyala Lake, according to Deputy Manager TDCP Shiekh Ejaz. The added facilities and activities would attract tourists from many other areas as well. Shiekh Ejaz also claimed that the lake is a popular spot for migratory birds.
Usman Buzdar, the Punjab Chief Minister, dispatched a special team of tourism experts, archaeologists, and Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) officials to conduct a survey and prepare a feasibility report for developing the lake as the best recreational site for locals. | <urn:uuid:2f0f2562-e8a7-4ae3-a070-30ffbbc6b14b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.viralnom.com/2021/12/22/punjab-government-decides-to-renovate-pyala-lake-near-ghazi-ghat/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.97095 | 462 | 2.0625 | 2 |
The recordings were made directly from the Tubular's outputs. No additional effects were used on any of the demo tracks. Some post-processing was done, including normalization, editing out extra silence, and removing pickup noise from the silent areas, to get the recordings ready for release. Only a simple volume adjustment was done on the parts you hear.
For the first three, you will hear the un-effected sound followed by effected versions, with increasing Drive setting. It sounds like the volume is increasing because each part was separately normalized to the same peak level (-1.5 dBFS). The "compression" effect produced by distortion adds loudness. In a mix, it gives the guitar more presence.
|Power chords. As with any distortion effect, Tubular sounds great on simple power chords. This demo uses chords composed of two notes a fourth interval apart.|
|Enhancement of vintage distortion effect. Tubular is used with a low Drive setting to add harmonics without dominating the sound. Higher Drive settings can also be used to produce a harsher distortion if that is desired.|
Harmonic enhancement is added to electric bass using a low Drive setting.
Listen carefully, and you will hear more growl and a deeper sound.
For all demos in this section, two Tubulars were used, one for each stereo channel, to preserve the synth's stereo image.
Demos 1 through 7 have 5-10 seconds of un-effected signal, followed by about 1/2 to 1 second of silence, then about 30 seconds of effected signal, with the amount of effect (Drive control of the Tubular) gradually turned up into saturation, then turned back down more quickly to fade out.
Demo 8 is an example of the Tubular effect used as a modulated effect, in addition to the filter being modulated. Listen for both the filter cutoff modulation and the distortion being modulated. Notice how it's a lot more interesting with two things being modulated, instead of just one.
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|Synth Demo 2|
|Synth Demo 3|
|Synth Demo 4|
|Synth Demo 5|
|Synth Demo 6|
|Synth Demo 7|
|Synth Demo 8|
These demos are similar to the synthesizer demos above, but for basic analog waveforms, to show how Tubular can be used with analog synthesizers.
|Sine Wave. When the effect of Tubular is turned up more, the waveform gradually turns into a square wave. Harmonics are added gradually at first, with the emphasis on even harmonics. By varying the Drive control of the Tubular effect, you can morph a sine wave back and forth between sine and square.|
|Triangle Wave. Tubular adds even harmonics, which don't exist in a perfect triangle or square wave. It adds presence that you normally need to use a square wave for, and allows morphing between a triangle wave to somewhere between a triangle and square wave.|
|Square Wave. When used on a square wave, Tubular adds even harmonics for a smoother sound.|
|Sawtooth Wave. Sawtooth waves are composed of both odd and even harmonics, making them notoriously hard on the ears. The usual method of taming them is to lower the filter cutoff to weaken or remove high-frequency harmonics. Tubular changes the balance of the harmonics to strengthen even harmonics and make it sound much smoother. This allows you to retain higher harmonics and still get a non-irritating sound.|
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NOTE: Includes 9-volt battery, but no power adapter. You will need a 9-volt power adapter like those commonly used for effects pedals. Specifically, it needs to provide a regulated 9-volt supply, and have a 5.5/2.1mm center negative connector. If you need help with this part, contact me, and I will send you a list of suggested products.
Tubular creates harmonic enhancement and distortion in the same way vacuum tubes do, but without the size, weight, power consumption, expense and unreliability. Using two class A FET preamplifier stages, Tubular produces double the effect of a single-stage FET or tube preamp circuit.
When the drive control of Tubular is set low, a gentle harmonic enhancing effect is produced that can make almost anything sound a little better and more interesting. As the drive is turned up, a thicker effect is produced, turning into a rich clipping distortion as the preamp stages are driven harder and harder. With the drive set high, Tubular creates the kind of wonderfully rich distortion that everyone loves and expects in rock music.
What's special about Tubular's distortion is that it is always rich in even harmonics, without creating annoying high frequency odd harmonics. Tubular's sound is easy to work with and allows more musical possibilities.
Simplifies creation of distorted, hard rock guitar sound.
Improves the sound of any other effect, including other distortion effects.
Adds "growl" to weak, thin-sounding electric basses. Adds presence. Especially effective for a bass with plain- or dull-sounding pickups and/or electronics.
Adds distortion effect to vocals or other mic'd sounds.
Warms up synthesizers or digital effects to fix overly "sterile" digital sound.
Helps to create "vintage" sound, for use on 1930s-1970s styles of music.
Getting a great sound from Tubular is simple. The easiest way to start is to turn the Drive control all the way down, and the Output control all the way up. This results in no boost or cut in level while adding a very light (almost subliminal) touch of harmonic enhancement.
From this starting point, increase the Drive control and decrease the Output control to keep the output level constant. (Increasing the drive causes the level to go up, so you need to compensate by turning the Output control down.) This process is really easy if you have a level meter in your signal chain.
There's a point where you may notice that as you increase the drive, you no longer need to decrease the Output control. In this range, Tubular is clipping heavily, and increasing the drive simply makes the distortion thicker and rougher. This effect is especially useful for playing power chords. Have fun!
True Hardware Bypass. When bypassed, Tubular adds less than 15 picofarads of capacatance, and less than 0.1 ohm of resistance. That's equivalent to about a 1/256" (0.1 mm) length of average guitar cable.
High quality circuit design and manufacturing: Designed for touring and recording professionals, or anyone who wants a world-class sound.
Made in USA using high-quality parts. To make sure you get top quality at a reasonable price, I get the best prices on parts that I can without giving up quality. Tubular is designed and manufactured to a high quality level, not a low price point.
Vintage/Modern design that uses FETs for desireable vacuum-tube-like harmonics along with modern opamps to avoid undesireable kinds of distortions or other sonic faults.
Frequency response: 20 Hz to over 40 KHz. For use with any kind of electronic or electric instrument - bass, synth, electric piano, etc. It's not just for guitar! The audio quality is hi-def ready, and is good for 24/96 or 24/192 recordings.
Input level: Nominal -10 dBV (0.4 volts peak signal amplitude). That is what an average electric guitar produces.
To use Tubular with a keyboard synthesizer, turn the Drive control on Tubular all the way up (clockwise), then use the output level on the synth or other device to control the drive. If your instrument has an unusually high output level, turn the Tubular's Drive control down as needed. Modular synths typically have much higher internal signal levels, and you will need to take the output from a module specifically designed to drive outboard devices such as mixers, and use the directions for line level instruments below.
To use Tubular with a microphone, you will need to amplify the level of the microphone to get it up to about -10 dBV. Use a microphone preamp, with less amplification than you would normally use to feed a mixer or whatever you usually use your microphone with.
To use Tubular with a line level instrument or effect, turn the Drive control on Tubular all the way down (counterclockwise), then use the output level on the other device to control the drive.
Internally surge protected to protect the sensitive semiconductors from voltage spikes coming in through the power or audio input jacks.
Powered from a 9-volt alkaline battery or power adapter. A power adapter is recommended. Current consumption is about 15 mA.
Powder-coated Hammond 1590B case. I do the powder coating myself to make sure it's done right. The coating is thick and durable.
It took many years of development to evolve the circuit used in Tubular. At first, I needed to learn a lot about designing circuits with FETs so I could use them to get the basic "tubular sound" I wanted. I tried many circuit configurations and models of transistors. I spent countless hours trying each circuit until I could hear and compare their harmonic differences and choose the best. Eventually, I got to a point where I realized I could make FETs sound almost exactly like the 12ax7 vacuum tubes that are commonly used in guitar amplifiers.
I spent a lot of time developing that type of circuit with intent to make it into a product, but during months of testing and evaluation, I reconsidered and decided it wasn't good enough! I came up with more ideas for circuits to try out that were variations on the same theme, and eventually developed the Tubular circuit using a kind of "hybrid" method that mixes high fidelity opamps with "vintage" preamplifier design. The result is a circuit that sounds much better, allows a wider variety of applications, and would have been far too complicated and impractical to be made with just vacuum tubes. Yet it easily fits in an effect pedal form factor and runs off of a 9-volt power adapter, while costing far less than any decent-quality vacuum tube guitar amplifier.
I tested pre-preduction units of Tubular over a two-year period, playing many kinds of music through them, and using them in different pedal chain configurations, along with many other kinds of effects, and could not find any way to improve the circuit. At that point, I felt confident Tubular was ready to sell as a product.
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A couple of threads ago, or on another website far far away, I brought up the question “How do PCs keep their ill-gotten riches in a society with corrupted officials just waiting to pounce on that steel dagger or bag of silver coins?”
People offered bribery, but that’s short term and dangerous.
The option that piqued my interest was pretending to be, or actually (illegally) becoming, a noble.
This thread is about how to achieve this endeavor.
Here’s the skeleton of an idea: Take an obscure son or daughter, raised on an estate outside the city, perhaps even sent to a distant master of the Way for many years, who’s become the sole remaining heir to a failing noble house, and replace the heir with an impersonator. Subsequent savvy “investments” in trading ventures restore the house’s fortunes, effectively laundering money from wherever it came from: criminal enterprises (high end thievery, caravan heist), repatriation of treasure from a ruin of the ancients, and moneys amassed by the Veiled Alliance.
You can do so many cool things with this!
Money laundering is a modern concept that may have no equivalent in the ancient world. Money laundering is a particular type of financial crime that came about due to government regulations.
It’s difficult to believe that the ancients would even consider these things to be a crime.
In many places there were many laws about “what is legal business, who can do some business” etc. If I good remember, during XX Dynasty, in Egypt, only Phoenicians had give loans with interest (usury?). Rest of population had legal give loans only as equal change. But this was great business, so propably many non-phoenicians also made loans with interest, but in “shadow economy”. If the level of apparent wealth was significant - it was necessary to explain to the pharaoh’s bureaucracy why you are so rich. And whether the officials believed it.
The earliest known case of money laundering is during the Han Dynasty. In China was many regulations about trade and manufacturing, who where can, who and where cannot, so many traders tried to avoid laws and next “legalize” this wealth by fake-business.
This was in ancient world easier (money laundering), but had place
The easier form of laudering by adventurers are… trade houses. Players have to faster find representants of TH than templars find big wealth of players, and get a fake contract or something similar (after birbes ofc, but peace with bureaucracy is more worth than interrogation, investigation and other doing by templars). Other options are contacts with aristocrats - they also can give fake-papers on your fun things.
Yeah, ‘robber barons’ were arl real thing, right?
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Checks for the illegal possession, trade, and use of fireworks will be stepped up, the ministers of agriculture and justice, as well as the chief of police and other stakeholders, agreed in a meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting was called to find solutions to tackle the surge in the illegal trade and use of fireworks in the recent period, often at times when people are asleep.
After examining the matter in detail, it was agreed that the police will enhance cooperation with the mines service to tackle the issue.
A technical committee will also be set up, which within a month will submit a proposal to the ministers with suggestions for the improvement of the legislation governing the legal and illegal use of fireworks.
The committee will suggest higher fines, and will re-evaluate which events will be eligible for a license allowing the use of fireworks.
According to data of the mines service, the authority responsible for implementing the law regarding explosives, around 550 licenses for the use of fireworks are granted per year to concerts, festivals and other cultural, philanthropic, municipal and community events.
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Joy Mills – USA
Joy, lecturing at Olcott,in Wheaton
The intent of THE SECRET DOCTRINE -- as indeed the intent of all esoteric writings -- is to transform the mind. It is to bring about a profound change in consciousness, and it is from that point of view that we should approach the work of H.P.B. At the same time we may recognize that she had to use the language that was available to her. She clothed the ideas she was presenting in the only language that was available; also, we must recognize that she was putting it in a western language. Specifically of course, it was written in English. But English is a very poor language, very poor from the point of view of philosophy. However, it is a very good language from other points of view; for example, it has spread all over the world. From a very tiny island the language has moved out almost everywhere. From that small island, England, there was a movement in trade and commerce all over the world. But to use such a language -- or indeed to use any western language -- to convey deeply philosophical concepts is to ask of those languages quite an impossible task. And consequently, we must look always behind the words to their deeper meaning, to what is meant by the external word. We must all the time seek the depth of meaning. We must seek that which is hidden by the word. And only by a change in consciousness, that is, a change so that the mind is no longer analyzing, but now moves to a new perception, can we come to understand the doctrine. It Is all too easy to be caught up in the externals, to be concerned with rounds and races and globes. What planetary chain is this? Do Mars and Mercury belong to this chain or do they not? To become concerned with what I call "the technologies of the lower mind." And then we miss the essence of what is presented, so I should like to use H.P.B.'s own statements to examine what is THE SECRET DOCTRINE and what are its sources.
Let me begin then with a quotation from H.P.B. in her magazine LUCIFER, which she published in London after she went there. This was written exactly one year after the publication of THE SECRET DOCTRINE. H.P.B. wrote as follows:
What I do believe in is: one, the unbroken oral teaching revealed by living, divine men, during the infancy of mankind to the elect among men. Two, that it has reached us unaltered. Three, that the Masters are thoroughly versed in the science based on such uninterrupted teaching.
I think that statement gives us a clue to the sources. First of all, that there has been an unbroken oral teaching. Now generally when we hear something, and we attempt to repeat what we have heard, the statements pass through our own personal filter, if I may call it that. It may be said that we hear what we want to hear, and we screen out what we don't want to hear. We color what we hear with our own feelings, and we therefore distort what has been heard. We have to understand what is meant by "the unbroken oral teachings," in which there was no distortion. Because, she says, they have "reached us unaltered." This inevitably points to the significant fact that the teachings can only be received by the individual whose mind is pure, by the individual who is receptive to them in their purity. And that therefore we are dealing not with a collection of facts, but with an interior teaching -- to which we must give attention. That is, we must listen.
And for that reason, THE SECRET DOCTRINE is based on a certain ancient text that has been identified as "The Stanzas of Dzyan." Now that text has never been discovered historically, although one student of THE SECRET DOCTRINE has suggested that there is now evidence of the origin of that text. Indeed, an American student of these volumes, who is also a student of Tibetan, has proposed that the Stanzas are rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist Tantras, that indeed they may have been taken from a text which is referred to in certain Tibetan works, and that they are known as the "Kalachakra teaching." It is interesting for example to note, that that teaching was always the special property of the Panchen Lama, and was focused at a monastery, the Tashi Lampo, which is located adjacent to Shigatse. The teachers of H.P.B., who were responsible for giving much of the material which we have in THE SECRET DOCTRINE, are said to have their abode in that locale. But it is said by the Indo-Tibetan tradition that the Kalachakra doctrine came directly from Shambhala, and therefore it is known as "the teaching of Shambhala." Therefore, this may have some historical evidence to support H.P.B.'s statements. There is a small booklet dealing with this, regarding the origin of the Books of Kiu-te.
The important point is not so much the historical evidence and the analysis of some of the Tantric texts said to be in the extant works in the Kalachakra Tantra. It is not necessary to analyze this, but to look very closely at the recognition that this is a teaching that was conveyed to the enlightened of humanity as a result of an interior illumination. The term DZYAN, which we have as the Stanzas, is of course a phonetic, Tibetan rendering of the Sanskrit JNANA, which is the same as the English word GNOSIS, and means therefore: wisdom in its comprehensive sense, and that this is the result of profound meditation, which in Sanskrit is known as DHYANA. One may just add that JNANA is also the title of the fifth and last section of the Kalachakra Tantra -- its most esoteric portion. So I have tried to show that there is indeed some historical evidence for the existence of these Stanzas but at the same time let me point to the fact that this wisdom, JNANA, arises within the individual seeking enlightenment, as a result of profound meditation. That is, arises because the mind, or consciousness, Is in a certain condition: a condition of pure listening. That indeed, when one clears the consciousness, removes the "filter," one can enter into a realm of knowing which is at one and the same time wisdom and action, a realm that therefore has its own creative potential.
It is said, for example, that the Rig Veda, which is the oldest scripture in the world, was heard by the rishis, the wise and saintly ones, and therefore was first "heard from within." Later on we will look more closely at this matter of sound, for it is the characteristic of the very substance of the universe. I don't want to pursue this right now, but only to indicate that there is that aspect of the creative principle which in Sanskrit is called NADA and then the creative principle is Naha Brahma -- that is to say, shall we say, "the sounding God," "the speaking God" if you wish, the creative principle that is forever sounding throughout the universe. And that sound is the basis of all harmony, the basis of all expression. Now it is this original sound from that depth of meditation in which one is attuned to the original sound that constitutes the unbroken oral teaching.
The reason that it has reached us unaltered is that the world has never been without its divine teachers, and there has always existed therefore a race of "the elect among humanity." To those who have felt such compassion for humanity, those who were eager to share this wisdom, we have given the term "Masters" or MAHATMAS. They do not refer to themselves by that term because they recognize that they are also "learners" who are endeavoring both to hear the teaching and to convey the teaching. And so H.P.B. gives as the third point she believes in, that the Masters "are thoroughly versed in the science based on the uninterrupted teaching." But this does not mean that they have come to a full comprehension of the teaching. This may seem a rather shocking statement to make! But in the letters that they wrote to Mr. Sinnett, they make it clear the fact that they have still more to learn. How much greater their wisdom is than ours, there is still a greater wisdom to be achieved. And consequently, if you are familiar with those letters to Mr. Sinnett, you will recognize that they frequently had to ask a Chohan, a being beyond their status. And you will also recognize how often they referred to that teacher of teachers, the Buddha, who, it is said, was the first of our humanity to achieve full enlightenment. And yet even in that state, because he was in physical incarnation, certain mistakes were made. I refer you to a section in H.P.B.'s ESOTERIC TEACHINGS, a section called "The Mystery of the Buddha." It is said that out of his great compassion for suffering humanity, he revealed more than was permissible. And therefore, the interior presence -- we may call it that: the interior being -- had to take another incarnation. There is a great mystery here that we cannot explore fully right now. But it is a subject of very great interest, and it is one, I suggest, that we need at some time to look into. In brief and to make it as simple as possible, we may say that that interior presence appeared later as the great Shankaracharya. And we have then another step in the transmission of the original teachings. For it was the great Shankaracharya who presented the teachings in yet another way that could be meaningful -- we call those teachings the Advaita Vedanta. The Vedanta is the essence of the Veda's. The term VEDA incidentally, comes from the Sanskrit root VID, that is "to see," and is also "to hear," so that it is the VIDYA, that which is truly seen in its purity, or that which is heard in its totality. We may say it is the hearing that H.P.B. refers to in THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE. And so it is the perception without any cloud, without any mist, without any obscuration. It is the hearing of the original sound, the seeing of what I like to call "the original face of God," "the original face of the Logos." It is that, then, that again is transmitted, and we begin to see a chain of transmission. Of course, there were other great divine teachers, expressing the original teachings in unique ways. It is for this reason that H.P.B. could write:
It is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings, however fragmentary and incomplete, contained in these volumes, belong to neither the Hindu, the Zoroastrian, the Chaldean, nor the Egyptian religion, to neither Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, nor Christianity exclusively. The Secret Doctrine is the essence of all these. Sprung from it in their origins, the various schemes are now made to merge back into their original element, out of which every mystery and dogma has grown, developed, and become materialized.
This gives us a clue to the structure of THE SECRET DOCTRINE and also should warn the student against what we may call "the materialization of the teachings." She warned us against this: to move from doctrine to dogma, to move from the teaching to its concrete expression. And this of course is a danger which we have to avoid.
So THE SECRET DOCTRINE in its structure presents first the translation of those archaic Stanzas, and that is already two steps removed from the original, oral teaching. Perhaps we could say even three steps, for the oral teachings were heard otherwise they would not be oral. That hearing, what was heard, was expressed first in symbols. Those symbols -- and H.P.B. refers to that archaic text of symbols -- were then expressed in a sacred language, a language of which there is no record, which H.P.B. refers to as "Senzar." But no student of linguistics is acquainted with such a language. While it is postulated that there is a root-language of all the Indo-European languages -- a language that has been lost -- it is difficult to recognize that that may have been the language to which H.P.B. referred. And so we have to recognize that Senzar may refer not so much to a language, but what she called "the most difficult mode of thought altogether." She calls this mode of thought "logo-grammatical." She says that, "It is the most difficult method of all, as every letter represents a whole word." And then she added, no one who is not initiated into the mystery of the occult, religious "logography" can presume to know what a name in any ancient fragment means before he has mastered every letter that composes it. So I would suggest that Senzar is not a language as we think of English or Dutch or German or French, but is a mystery language, in the sense that it is perhaps a quite ordinary language hiding occult meaning. We may even say it is a kind of "code," and one must then be initiated into reading it. Now it is apparent that H.P.B. was indeed initiated into this code. So we have the next level in which she has attempted a translation. And that forms the basis then of THE SECRET DOCTRINE, but we must realize that this is indeed a translation -- as well as she could do it or the Masters could help her do it -- of what is probably untranslatable. In fact, in one of the letters to Mr. Sinnett, H.P.B.'s own teacher, the Master Morya, told Mr. Sinnett that we must agree upon terms. And he added, "because our terms are nearly untranslatable."
So one sees the difficulty in a step-down tradition and while she says the Masters are versed in the science based on this uninterrupted teaching, there is every evidence in the letters that they are still themselves learning further aspects of the tradition. For example there is a very remarkable statement in one of the letters in which the Master Kuthumi writes "I had to study for 25 years before coming to the doctrine of cycles." Are we willing to give so much time to some of the preliminaries? We say the doctrine of cycles is a very simple doctrine! I often hear it said in some theosophical circles "We have heard endless lectures about karma and reincarnation!" I would suggest that we know only a fraction of what those two terms really mean, I'd suggest that we have really only begun to understand what this doctrine is. Now from the Stanzas there are yet further expositions. H.P.B., for example, gives commentaries on each of the SLOKAS or verses. And then because she was presenting this work to the western world and making public for the first time certain fundamental concepts or ideas of the esoteric philosophy, she added two further sections in each of the two volumes. She commented on the language that was coming into use in her days and the language which is our language in this century: the language of science. We may not realize the extent to which science has provided us with a language today, science has given us all of our metaphors. Just as in the Renaissance period and prior to that, the language was that of religion, so from the late nineteenth century to this century, science is our language. So she has a long section in which she uses that language to show what are the original teachings. Do not pass over that section lightly, by saying "well, the science to which she referred is outdated" -- actually, while some of the external facts have changed, the essential scientific attitude has not changed. Also she recognized that it was through science that further explorations into the teachings could be made. And then she has a section on symbology, again pointing to the original teachings.
In one sense THE SECRET DOCTRINE was not put together by H.P.B., nor even by her teachers, but as history records, it was organized by a remarkable uncle-and-nephew team: Archibald and Bertram Keightly. When H.P.B. moved to London in 1887, from Ostende, Belgium, it is said that the manuscript that comprised THE SECRET DOCTRINE was about three feet in height! And H.P.B. was not much of an organizer. You can read about this in the reminiscences of the Countess Wachtmeister, in which both Archibald and Bertram Keightly report how they assembled this mass of manuscript. But because they were working with H.P.B. and she was indeed working with her own teachers, the organization followed the pattern of all occult teachings.
So the structure emerges because of the intent of the work. And I come back to that intent to awaken a new mode of thought in the reader. And therefore the message is, that there is a life to be lived if one would come to wisdom, not just to understanding, not just to a collection of knowledge.
[FROM: Chapter Two in LIVING IN WISDOM: LECTURES ON "THE SECRET DOCTRINE, copyright 1989, Theosofische Vereniging in Nederland / Amsterdam. Reprinted with permission. The booklet was transcribed from a class given at the August 1988 Summer School of the Dutch Section of the Theosophical Society.] | <urn:uuid:994bca22-f1a8-46cf-bf03-7fab6ef03c3e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophy/3026-sources-of-the-secret-doctrine?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.980135 | 3,684 | 1.8125 | 2 |
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Do you toast bread for a peanut butter sandwich? If you have a toaster oven, you need to make a toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwich with it. Like right now. The bread gets buttery, golden, and perfectly toasted on the outside but stays tender and squishy inside. Just like a classic PB&J…but better.
Do you butter toast before peanut butter? Method. Pop the bread into the toaster. Once the toast is crispy golden, remove from the toaster, and immediately spread the margarine on whilst still piping hot. Evenly spread the peanut butter on top of the toast.
Which is better toasted or untoasted bread? Toast isn’t better for you than plain bread, but if you’re unwell or have digestive problems, it’s a wise choice. Dr Niket Sonpal insists that toasting bread doesn’t “kill nutrients or lower its nutritional value. Vitamins and minerals are still within the bread”.
Is PB&J better toasted? That’s when our social team posted the poll to Twitter—and, at time of publication, nearly 2,000 people have voted, with respondents split right down the middle—47 percent chose untoasted and 47 chose toasted (six percent chose: “spoon emoji straight from the jar”—which, while we admire your ardour, is really neither …
What is jelly in PBJ? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich (PB&J) consists of peanut butter and fruit preserves—jelly—spread on bread. The sandwich may be open-faced, made of a single slice of bread folded over, or made between two slices of bread.
Should i toast my bread for peanut butter? – Related Asked Question
How do you make a PBJ better?
- Make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich as desired.
- Strawberry PB&,J: add sliced strawberries.
- Banana &, Honey PB&,J: add sliced banana and a drizzle of honey.
- Chocolate PB&,J: add chocolate chips.
- Apple PB&,J: add sliced apples.
- Bacon PB&,J: add cooked and drained bacon to your sandwich.
How healthy is peanut butter on toast?
Many people enjoy having peanut butter toast for breakfast, but it is healthy? According to Harvard Health Publishing, this delicious snack has many nutrients that make it a healthy choice. For one, it’s a great protein source, with 15.1 grams of protein per serving. It’s also a good source of fiber and potassium.
Can we eat peanut butter with bread?
Pairing the peanut butter with a whole-grain or whole-meal bread can balance the nutrients along with providing you with the minerals that the peanut butter does not have. It can be used as a meal replacement because of its high nutritional value.
Is peanut butter on toast good before bed?
Therefore, eating peanut butter or other foods with tryptophan before bed may alleviate sleep issues. Peanut butter is highly nutritious and rich in protein, which reduces food cravings and promotes muscle growth. It also contains tryptophan, which may enhance sleep quality.
Can we eat bread without toasting?
Although it can be nice to toast bread, the one thing you want to avoid is burning it. Not only will it affect the taste, but burning bread can actually cause a potentially carcinogenic compound called acrylamide to form on the bread, which can cause health problems if consumed too often.
Why can I eat toast but not bread?
Toast is easier to digest than bread as the toasting process breaks down some of the carbohydrates. Toast can help decrease nausea and reduce heartburn, but not all toast is the same. Whole wheat bread is more healthful than white bread but is high in fiber and can be difficult for some people to eat.
Why is toast better for you than bread?
Toasting bread doesn’t change its nutritional value, but it may decrease the glycemic index. Toasted bread calories aren’t any fewer than untoasted bread calories. Toasting also doesn’t affect carbohydrates or gluten, it may lower the glycemic index of bread, which is an advantage.
What bread goes best with peanut butter?
The chefs agreed that the best bread for a PB&,J is classic white.
What bread is good for PB&J?
By using an artisan bread and heating it in butter, a crispy, golden crust develops on the bread similar to the way it would on a grilled cheese. Plus, the heat melts the peanut butter and jelly into a gooey, rich confection. Try rye, whole-grain, or sourdough bread for added dimension in flavor.
Why does PB and J taste good?
Chef and author Justin Warner calls this “the law of peanut butter and jelly.” The fat in peanut butter is mostly good fat, the sweetness comes from the jelly, and the bread is the vehicle that holds all this gloriousness together. The combination is basic but tasty and satisfying.
Who invented PB and J sandwiches?
In the case of the quintessential American PB&,J sandwich, the most important person in this part of the story is a man named Paul Welch. In 1917, Welch secured a patent for pureeing grapes and turning them into jelly.
Is a hotdog a sandwich?
When it’s served in the roll, it’s also a sandwich. We know: the idea that a hot dog is a sandwich is heresy to some of you. But given that the definition of sandwich is “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between,” there is no sensible way around it.
What goes well in a peanut butter sandwich?
What to Serve with Peanut Butter &, Jelly Sandwiches
- Creamy Tomato Soup. Soup and sandwich will always be a classic combination. …
- Chili. Comfort food plus another comfort food? …
- Apple Slices. Apple slices add an extra dose of nutrition… and a crunchy contrast, too! …
- Banana. …
- Bacon. …
- Cheese. …
- Grapes. …
How do you raise a peanut butter sandwich?
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- Toast oat nut bread.
- Spread creamy peanut butter on toast.
- Place banana slices evenly on top of peanut butter.
- Drizzle honey on top.
- Sprinkle chia seeds.
- Place other toast piece on top.
- Cut into triangles.
What can you dip in peanut butter?
What to Serve with Peanut Butter Dip
- Dipping a range of fruit into, such as apple &, pear slices, celery, banana, strawberries &, Fruit Kebabs.
- Dolloping on top of healthy desserts such as Baked Bananas.
- Spreading onto Apple rings.
Is toast with peanut butter good for weight loss?
Peanut butter is a good source of protein that can promote the feeling of fullness and result in fat loss. It may also reduce your appetite and help you consume limited calories. This will help you lose weight. You may also experience better metabolism with the consumption of peanut butter.
Can you lose weight and eat peanut butter?
Though it’s high in protein, peanut butter is also high in fat content, packing nearly 100 calories into every tablespoon. But research suggests that consuming peanut butter might not stop you from losing weight. In fact, eating it might even help you shed pounds.
Is peanut butter toast good for weight gain?
Not linked to weight gain if eaten in moderation
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The Complex Role of a Business Analyst
What Does a Business Analyst Do?
A business analyst is responsible for analysing data and information to offer recommendations as to how they should develop their operations. They may help them to solve issues within the business or simply suggest how they can make more money. A lot of the work that they will carry out will involve using software systems and they will be looking at a large amount of data.
Many businesses want some answers to how they can make their team more efficient and analysts often recommend IT solutions. This is due to IT solutions being the most advanced.
Their daily tasks may include:
- Working with the business members and discovering what the long term goals are.
- Suggesting changes and documenting the progress of such change.
- Presenting how your changes will benefit the business.
- Looking at data analytics to find patterns.
- Testing whether solutions would work for the business.
- Implementing technology to update the business work force.
The role is clearly complex due to the need to be able to analyse high quantities of information as well as having a high level of responsibility. However, the role is highly rewarding. The sense of reward is high once they achieve a recommendation with successful outcomes. They are also significant players in business growth meaning their input into business projects is desirable.
Why Is Business Analysis So Important?
The Fast Progressive Digital World
Because analysts can help a business adapt and implement new technology to make their practices more efficient, they play an essential part in helping businesses develop along with the progressive digital world.
If businesses fail to develop in the way that competitor businesses do, then they may fall behind and become overwhelmed by fellow businesses.
They Can Help a Business Adapt to Changes
Some businesses do not do well when adapting to changes which will affect the way that they work. One of the roles that an analyst may do is help the business with how to use new operational systems and helping them with their problems. As there is guaranteed to always be changes, this role is essential to keep the business progressing.
They Can Help to Reduce Business Costs
Furthermore, one of the purposes of an analyst is to maximise the profits of a business and reduce the costs. This can help a business stay within their targeted budget and be able to use some of their budget on another focus of the business.
Where Can This Career Take You?
There are many career development opportunities that you can progress with in this role. After a number of years you could work as a senior business analyst and even progress to director level. Alternatively, this career could lead you into more advanced data analysis or systems analysis and other technical areas. Furthermore, you could choose to become a project manager or be a employee for change management.
As many of the roles are highly IT based, there is also the possibility of you entering a career such as an IT technician or other computer based roles.
Many business analysts are passionate about business development and some become business development managers.
If you have worked as a business analyst for many years, you would have built up a strong professional profile which would pave the way for a rewarding career in many different sectors.
What Sort of Person Would Be Ideal for the Role?
In order to be ideal for the role, you will need to be passionate about making developments. Further, you will need a self-starter attitude. This means you are ready to get on with work independently and can manage your own time. It would also be a great role for someone who is interested in technology.
Those who are always developing themselves as a person will also be ideal. This is because they will have the right attitude to always find the best business solutions.
The ability to be critical would serve you well. This would allow you to be critical when looking at business operations to improve them. It would also allow you to do research and criticise things that would not be suitable for your client. Someone who researches solutions and fails to explore wider options would not be ideal for this role.
Finally, you will need to be professional. When you attend client meetings you will have to be polite, dressed smart and generally have a professional demeanour.
How Do You Become a Business Analyst?
There are many routes to get into this career. Because it is a highly skilled career, employers will likely look for those who have a degree. You could take a degree in business management, business information systems and more related degrees. For highly reputable businesses that would search for the most skilled people and offering the largest salary, they will look for those who have at least a 2.1 or 1st class degree.
Alternatively, you could also have some experience in a similar role such as a project manager and with a wealth of experience you would be able to progress into a business analyst role.
If you did not want to commit to the high pressure environment of a degree for 3 or more years, you could first take a diploma. An HND meaning Higher National Diploma is the equivalent to the first 2 years of a degree in terms of its level. You could take a Business HND and top it up to a full degree by just 1 year at an approved university. Many HNDs are focused in the business subject.
Qualifications Are Not Everything – Desirable Skills
In order to become an analyst, you do not only need qualifications, but you also need the right skills. Essential skills include:
One of the most important skills that a business analyst needs is to be able to research how a business can develop the operations. This is extremely important that each recommendation is well thought out. If a lack of research has been conducted, then it could lead to mistakes and a loss from the business. There are also lots of different solutions and choosing the most effective one is essential. Many business analysts will look at tried and tested solutions, finding where similar problems within a business have occurred before. This way, they get the most certainty that the solution will work.
Excellent Understanding of Technology
Because business analysts work with IT systems to solve problems, they often need to be familiar with a number of different software’s. Although for a lot of the business analyst jobs out there, IT skills are not essential, it is useful.
Some businesses need particular software created so that their business can be more efficient, such as software to automate their customer relations and so on.
In addition, they may need to know how to test a new solution and therefore will have to operate the computer systems.
Another of the most important skills that analysts need is an awareness of the business world. Businesses are created with a plan to make money and being responsible for the improvement of business operations means you must have this in mind. Without any commercial awareness, you would not know what would make your clients business successful.
During the role, you will be expected to talk to clients as well as your employees. Sometimes, when you have to explain your proposals to a client you will have to show great communication skills so they understand the solution. Some business analyst solutions can be complex and knowing how to ensure everyone understands is essential so that they can take your recommendations on board.
Developing Your Network
Many experienced business analysts will be able to work freelance. This means that they often will need to build up an excellent record and reputation for clients to choose them to help with their business issues. Building your skills network can help with this. Your skills network refers to the network you create around you that will help you develop your professional skills. This may include connecting with people who have worked in the industry for years on LinkedIn. They may also be able to give you some advice on how to get into the career based on their personal experiences and what is expected.
What is the Working Environment Like?
The role of a business analyst is sometimes very independent, and sometimes it can involve working within a team. You will have to work with clients and with other colleagues if you work for a firm of analysts.
Some business analysts will work freelance when they are confident enough to work without support. For these individuals they will normally work from home and attend the clients business as and when needed for meetings.
Why Should You Progress With This Career?
One of the reasons that this career is so desirable is because of the fact that businesses are developing at such a rapid speed. There are lots of businesses who need people to help them keep up. In addition, there are numerous problems that can occur within a business such as losses. In general, most companies would jump at the possibility of their income being increased by looking at the data behind their operations.
Because of this, it means that business analyst jobs are in high demand. It is a great career to get into if you want a guaranteed job.
There is also a skills gap in this area, as analyst jobs have not been around for very long. You could be part of filling the skills gap and do something that not many people do.
If the above information has not convinced you, another great reason to become a business analyst is because it can offer you a salary of between £30,000 and £40,000 a year. This can rise further to around £40,000 to £50,000 once you are highly experienced.
Another great reason to be involved in this industry is because of the great sense of achievement that you get once you have found workable solutions to a businesses problems. You could get the chance to be someone who works for a large business and create success. Many individuals say this is one of the best parts of the job.
Due to the in demand nature of the career, you would be assured that your job would be very secure. As a lot of the work can be done from home, this also means your job would be more secure if something like the pandemic were to happen again. Many industries are moving their businesses to home working and closing their offices altogether for the future. Home working might become the new norm.
This article has informed you about what a data analyst does and why it is important. It has also informed you of how to be involved in this career. Finally, it gave you some insight on why you should enter the sector.
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Bitcoin has had quite a week. On Thursday, the cryptocurrency surged past $19,000 a coin before dropping down to $15,600 by Friday midday. The price of a single Bitcoin was below $1,000 in January. Any investors who bought Bitcoins back in 2013, when the price was less than $100, probably feel pretty smart right now.
But not all early cryptocurrency enthusiasts are counting their coins. Instead they might be racking their brains trying to remember their passwords, without which those few Bitcoins they bought as an experiment a few years ago could be locked away forever.
That’s because Bitcoin’s decentralization relies on cryptography, where each transaction is signed with an identifier assigned to the person paying and the person receiving Bitcoin. It’s how the system is able to process large transactions without a central bank, since each exchange is guaranteed by authenticating when money is going from one wallet to another using both public identifiers and private passcodes, and no one can access your Bitcoin wallet without your private password. If someone else somehow had your password and swiped your coins, they’re gone for good. Passwords are used to unlock your bitcoin wallet address, and if you forgot your password, those coins are locked away. There’s no central point of control to help retrieve your Bitcoin or change your password. If there was an easy means of cracking open people’s Bitcoin wallets when a password was lost, the cryptocurrency would be worthless, since the whole point is security without centralization.
“I’ve tried to ignore the news about Bitcoin completely,” joked Alexander Halavais, a professor of social technology at Arizona State University, who said he bought $70 of Bitcoin about seven years ago as a demonstration for a graduate class he was teaching at the time but has since forgotten his password. “I really don’t want to know what it’s worth now,” he told me.
“This is possibly $400K and I’m freaking the fuck out. I’m a college student so this would change my life lmao,” wrote one Reddit user last week. The user claimed to have bought 40 bitcoins in 2013 but can’t remember the password now.
“A few years ago, I bought about 20 euros worth of bitcoin, while it was at around 300eur/btc.,” lamented another Reddit user earlier this week. “Haven’t looked at it since, and recently someone mentioned the price had hit 10.000usd. So, I decided to take a look at my wallet, but found that it wasn’t my usual password. I have tried every combination of the password variations I usually use, but none of them worked.”
Another Redditor said he or she had so much inaccessible Bitcoin after to losing the wallet identifier that the poster offered $20,000 to anyone who could recover the Bitcoins. These stories are starting to rack up on Reddit—and it’s possible some are hoaxes—as Bitcoin’s incredible climb jogs their memories of buying $9 of cryptocurrency on a lark.
Others are trying to access the Bitcoin wallets of people in their family who have died and apparently taken their Bitcoin passwords to the grave. In one particularly sad case on Reddit on Thursday, a person shared a story about how their brother-in-law, who was an early investor in Bitcoin and took his own life, leaving his wife and six-month-old in great financial need. The family had his computer, but no instructions for how to retrieve the Bitcoin, which could be extremely valuable now.
All of which means if you or someone you love is riding high on a Bitcoin investment you made when everyone thought it was just a geeky fad, it’s probably best to make sure the password is stored somewhere safe and retrievable, at least to one other person. Life comes at you fast. | <urn:uuid:4afaa011-ce4a-43f1-ab11-cf67b7341280> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/people-who-cant-remember-their-bitcoin-passwords-are-really-freaking-out.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.978619 | 820 | 1.828125 | 2 |
I'm using Quartus Prime Standard 18.1 and trying to program a serial PROM device SST25VF016 in Active Serial mode. Programming cycle succeeds but is extremely slow, takes more than 3 hours for 16Mbit. Any ideas?
You're using a SPI Serial NOR Flash from Microchip for configuring a Cyclone IV FPGA via AS mode. The SPI Flash device has a HOLD# signal. Can you probe the HOLD# signal and find out if this signal is being held low for long period of time. If this HOLD# signal is kept low , it would temporarily stop/halt the serial data transfer. Where have you connected this HOLD# signal on the board/FPGA?
Also check the status of the WP# signal. This should not be low during configuration
The device can work at 25MHz as well as 80MHz. Make sure you are operating it at 25MHz. If its still slow, try reducing this clock frequency to 10MHz/6MHz and see if configuration happens faster. | <urn:uuid:592d47a9-e753-450d-9e31-78c0cd13f54d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://community.intel.com/t5/Programmable-Devices/Quartus-Programmer-is-extremely-slow-takes-3-hours-to-program-a/td-p/649378 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.917245 | 215 | 1.726563 | 2 |
WI-FI DOORBELL: ARE YOU READY FOR A SMART WIRELESS HOME?
The doorbell has been a staple of every front door in homes for generations. Whether it entails a traditional chime, a buzzing sound, or even an intercom, you could find many doorbells on today’s market. But there is a special evolution in the doorbell industry that truly stands out. This entails the Wi-Fi doorbell.
This type of doorbell is an intriguing option that uses an online network to help you see what is happening outside of your door. It lets you view what is outdoors and then even gives you the opportunity to directly interact with someone depending on how the doorbell is organized.
The Main Concept
Also known as the ring video doorbell, the important point about this smart doorbell is that it uses a special layout where you will review who is at your door in real-time. An online connection links your doorbell and an online network so you can check on what is happening right outside your door.
A Wi-Fi doorbell is a simple unit to use thanks to the functions that it comes with. The doorbell has several parts that make it work perfectly:
- A basic button is included to trigger the doorbell.
- A small camera lens will also be included. This should be featured above the button.
- A speaker and microphone may also be found on the doorbell. This allows you to talk to whoever is trying to get into your home.
- Depending on what you order, you might come across something that can wirelessly connect to the lock on your door. This would let you automatically trigger the lock on your door.
This is a simple setup that is very special and unique in its own way. Instead of just walking over to your door, you will get a clear look at who is ringing the door from your mobile device or computer.
How The Link Is Generated
The mechanism inside this smart doorbell will create a signal that can be read by a Wi-Fi network. The signal will move out to a modem or other online connection in your home and then be read by a computer or mobile device linked up to it. This gives out a signal to your computer or app stating that someone is ringing your doorbell.
Why Use It?
It can be a hassle to bear with getting up to answer the doorbell at times. It can even be dangerous if the person who is trying to ring your door is someone you do not know or expect to see coming out to your home.
With a Wi-Fi doorbell camera, it is easier for you to see who is at your door in real-time. You will know who is there while also having the option to talk with that person first. You can ward a person off if necessary or you can simply greet someone and let that person know you will be there in a moment.
Even more importantly, a Wi-Fi doorbell camera, or wireless video doorbell, could be useful if you are out of your property and someone tries to come to your door. Your mobile device will let you know when someone rings your door via a motion detection sensor. As a result, you can see that your home is being protected and that you know who is trying to get there even when you are not present. Of course, you also have the option to talk to whoever is trying to access your home from afar.
The functionality and security that comes with this special type of doorbell is a good point for anyone to explore. You will know what is happening in any case as you have an extra sense of security over your home.
How It Works
The process of using a Wi-Fi doorbell is easy to understand. A few steps are used here to get the doorbell set up and ready:
- The doorbell will use a particular signal or code. This will be used to distinguish the doorbell from other models that are similar to it.
- You will use an app that links up to your doorbell. You would have to log onto the app to get access to it. This app should work on either your computer or a mobile device.
- As someone rings your doorbell, the app will produce a video display. This shows you who is ringing the doorbell.
- You have the option to then interact with someone through a speaker, if applicable, or you can choose to trigger an unlocking feature on your door. This is provided that the doorbell can link up to your lock.
This simple process makes it easy for you to see who is trying to open the door.
A Strong Camera
The features that come with a Wi-Fi doorbell should be explored. To start, you might see that the camera can work with a 720p high-definition lens or better. The camera display gives you a clear image of whatever might be in front of your doorbell.
You should also look at how wide the lens is. A wide lens is typically found here to help create a better look where the entire front step is. You can see more people at a time when the lens is a little wider. It does well if you are waiting for a larger party to come over and you want to see that everyone is there.
Motion Activation Works
A motion activation feature may be used on your doorbell. This feature works as the camera will identify large items that might start moving. It can let you know when someone is coming up to your door even if that person does not ring your doorbell.
This is a great feature of a Wi-Fi doorbell to see as it lets you know when someone is delivering a package to your door. It is even more important than ever before these days when you consider how so many people often try to steal packages that are left on other peoples’ doors.
How The Talk Feature Works
The two-way talk system will use a small microphone inside the doorbell’s unit. It links to your computer or mobile device as you can use a microphone on either one to talk back to the person. This lets you ask the person what they are doing.
This is a useful security feature, but it is even better when a noise cancelation feature is included. This would keep any ambient sounds like wind and leaves rustling from getting in the way. Noise cancelation lets you focus on what someone is trying to say to you as the door opens.
Can Night Vision Work?
Depending on the model you get, you might be able to find something that uses a night vision feature. This would work well when you consider how not every front door offers enough lighting for everyone.
Night vision works on a camera as infrared light is produced around the lens. This invisible light will generate enough illumination to help you see what is outside your door. It does produce a black and white image in most cases, but this is to make it easier for you to distinguish things in the dark.
This feature helps you confirm who is coming to your door. More importantly, it keeps you from possibly missing out on someone who tries to come over at night. Of course, this also works as a deterrent as you can quickly identify anyone who might be trying to break into your home.
How Your App Works
You must also notice how well the app that links to your doorbell works. The app uses a layout that gives you information on what is happening with your doorbell and buttons for triggering a lock or a microphone. The layout should be simple and useful. It should also be supported by any mobile device, so it is not hard to use or load up in some way.
Working With A Lock
The last point to note is that a Wi-Fi doorbell may link up to a smart lock. This is one that uses signals from the doorbell or another mechanism through a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection. The lock can interact with the doorbell by triggering it to open or close depending on what you press.
This is a beneficial option, but it should be reviewed based on the type of lock and doorbell you use. The app you use might not support the lock in question. Check to see how the layout for a smart lock works so you have a clear idea of what can go well into your door and if it is supported by your doorbell.
Look at how well a Wi-Fi doorbell can help you with keeping your home secured. This is a great doorbell option that gives you the added protection that you deserve for your home. It offers a simple design that is useful and helps you see what is happening outside your door with ease.
While it is not unreasonable to think in this new day and age how companies and legislation are only used in the perpetual hunt for your wallet, in this specific case, it is not the truth. We need to throw away the misconception that child car seats can last forever...
Since the industrial revolution in the 18th century, man has been doing things that affect the air quality by polluting the air that we breathe. From the factories we run to the cars we drive and even the kind of fuel we use in our homes, all these things contribute...
A Wi-FI doorbell is a great option that gives you the added protection that you deserve for your home. It offers a simple design that is useful and helps you see what is happening outside your door with ease.
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If you are an art aficionado and want an idea for a date or a day out with friends, why not make the most of the free London museum, Tate Britain. Book your free ticket and visit its corridors full of wonder and excitement while learning something new such as exploring The Procession by Hew Locke.
Hew Locke is a contemporary artist who has been chosen for this year’s Tate Britain Commission. His installation is found right at the museum entrance, in the main room. Locke’s installation is revolutionary, not only because it portrays our human condition in such an original way but because it has a message for the younger generation. A message of resistance and individuality. A message of resilience from the dreadful past of slavery and other human atrocities is weaved within the life and death narrative.
It is a strong art installation, which creates a mix of strangeness and beauty. Indeed, he describes his art as a "mix of ideas of attraction and discomfort – colourful and attractive, but strangely scarily surreal at the same time".
This duality that his art evokes works well for its spectator who almost feels part of the art piece as walking past its many human-sized mannequins. There is something tangible about this art piece, almost relatable as one’s life is always harboured with a resistance, drenched in resilience to simply fight for the right to be ourselves and to exist. We all have at some stage of our lives raised a banner for our right to be.
The procession expresses such, not only the process of life and death but the narrative in between which is our fights for freedom, for basic human rights or simply the ultimate fight which is to be loved and understood.
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A team of engineers at the Northwestern University have come up with a method to 3D print metal objects using not only metal powders but also rust. The paper called Metallic Architectures from 3D Printed Powder-Based Liquid Inks has been published in the Advanced Functional Material Journal.
The process is similar to the one ExOne’s Direct Metal Printers work with. The technique uses liquid inks, made of metal powders, solvents and an elastomer binder, that are then dispensed through a nozzle to create a 3D object. Once finished, the powders are being fused by heating the structure, called green body, in a simple furnace.
Compared to laser sintering techniques, this process allows for the use of a wider range of materials, including metal mixtures, alloys and metal oxides and compounds. Iron oxide (rust), for example, can be used to 3D print structures that are then treated with hydrogen, to turn the green bodies into the respective metal before sintering in the furnace.
“It might seem like we are needlessly complicating things by adding a third reduction step where we turn rust into iron,” David Dunand, one of the paper’s author said. “But this opens up possibilities for using very cheap oxide powders rather than corresponding expensive metal powders. It’s hard to find something cheaper than rust.” | <urn:uuid:c573886d-c18d-4f17-9004-930fd97b8fe2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.3printr.com/northwestern-engineers-unveil-method-to-3d-print-rust-2433602/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.934979 | 293 | 3.25 | 3 |
Rice & beans is a common kid staple and this Panda Bear version is a great way to create a cute and quick lunch while you’re reading one of our favorite Eric Carle books, Panda Bear, Panda Bear. The beans are an great source of protein and fiber and will help to power your little one through their busy afternoon. Substitute brown rice, quinoa, or any other whole grain for an added boost of nutrition and don’t forget the kiwi and celery to round out this healthy lunch.
Nutrition Tip: Alone, beans and rice are incomplete proteins, meaning they lack all of the essential amino acids our bodies need. Together they complete one another, providing all of the essential amino acids found in animal proteins.
Panda Bear Rice & Beans
- 1/2 cup cooked white rice
- 1/2 cup low-sodium black beans drained, rinsed
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 kiwi peeled, sliced
- 1 slice low-sodium deli turkey
- Arrange rice & beans in the shape of a panda. Create a tree out of the rolled-up turkey and kiwi slices and place celery stick in panda’s hand for bamboo. | <urn:uuid:9ff795d2-cb45-4928-96f7-d06c85a1037b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://healthyfamilyproject.com/recipes/panda-bear-rice-beans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.879123 | 262 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Meshram, Pratima and Abhilash, and Sahu, Rina (2020) Environmental impact of spent lithium-ion batteries and green recycling perspectives by organic acids - A review. Chemosphere, 242 (IF-5.778).
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The huge usage of rechargeable batteries in electronics has added to a recurrent problem worldwide in generating tonnage of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The inadequacy of the resources of the depleting critical metals has also been described in vogue. The environmental assessment of the life cycle of the LIBs has been elucidated vis-a-vis the effects of raw material supply, transportation, and recycling. Based on the available work for recycling technologies, this review also attempts to elicit the various methods practiced in discharging/dismantling, classification, and separation of components followed by metal recovery. The authors have reviewed the major developments in the area of recycling of cathode material by using various acids for extraction of metals from spent LIBs, compared the merits and demerits of acids used and presented a comprehensive outlook to the processes formulated vis-a-vis imperative need for using green techniques. The necessity for benign recycling methods is stressed upon to alleviate the need for high temperature and oxidative acid leaching conditions. The various green lixiviants (organic acids) attempted to extract metals from spent LIBs have been discussed in detail with respect to the mechanism, efficacies as well as the various factors (selectivity, cost, etc.) that govern the use of organic acids in battery recycling. It was ascertained that the GHG emissions to extract Co using organic acids stand 1/8 of that using an inorganic acid leaching process. Efforts need to be envisaged in separating the leached metals from these lixiviants ensuring economics and environmental benefits.
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The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) is committed to serving, inspiring, and promoting student and public school success.
Strategic campaigns to raise awareness of the overall benefits of education
Meeting the emerging needs of the community by providing leadership and support for children, schools, and the greater community.
A premier service organization.
Fostering respectful, supportive, and inclusive work environments within and across branches, departments, clusters, and sites.
The Alternative Education Department provides educational programs for students under court supervision, and who are expelled or who are deficient in credits and have experienced challenges in matriculation in the traditional school settings.
We believe that all our students can be successful. The mission of AED is to treat the needs of the whole youth, ensuring that they grow in our programs with access to an enhanced academic and social skills set, a belief in their ability to succeed, and the knowledge that they have a team to support them.
The Alternative Education Department (AED) provides educational services for students who have been unsuccessful in other educational settings for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to: social, emotional, economic, and legal issues. The Alternative Education Department serves at-risk and incarcerated youth in two types of settings: (1) Juvenile Probation Department facilities – Juvenile Hall, Ranch facilities, and Alternative Collaborative Programs; and (2) Community Schools serving students released from their home districts. AED emphasizes improving students' literacy, numeracy and social skills. AED also provides opportunities for preparation for future employment through job development, Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses and the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET). All students participate in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). Our Course of Studies in the core subject areas address the California Academic Content Standards, and students actively earn credits toward graduation.
Santa Clara County Office of Education Alternative Education Department is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is committed to providing an educational environment that promotes the development of literacy, 21st century skills, resiliency and appropriate social skills that will help our students to have a successful life.
If you attended an Alternative School with the Santa Clara County Office of Education and would like a copy of your transcript or high school diploma (attended 2001 to present), you may contact Norma Bayless, Transition Coordinator at (408) 573-3214.
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Climate change presents a serious challenge to cities that may face unanticipated stress on critical infrastructure and city services. In particular, climate science predicts a growing number of heat events that will threaten the health of vulnerable populations in urban settings. Major heat waves have caused thousands of excess deaths in the United States and Europe in the past decade. Regional planners across the globe are developing models to help them understand the impact of climate change on services including healthcare facilities, emergency response services and critical infrastructure.
Under the "100 Resilient Cities" Program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, Epistemix personnel worked with the City of Pittsburgh to develop and simulate a combined heat wave and air pollution disaster scenario. We used our platform to create a synthetic population that matched Allegheny County’s actual population statistics and demographics, including age, income, race, and household size. Then we assigned the risk of asthma to individuals in the population based on age, race and sex. We also took into account that the effects of air pollution vary by elevation in different areas of the City. Finally, we simulated and forecasted the effects of a heat wave and air pollution on the location, number, and timing of requests for emergency medical service, and measured the impact on specific hospital emergency departments within the City. Using ArcGIS, a user can ingest Epistemix output to visualize the results of models, create maps and movies, and perform spatial-temporal analysis.
Epistemix delivered model-derived insights to enable civic leaders to plan for the effects of climate change. The Epistemix approach brought together specific information about the demographics of a city's population, the spatial distribution of people with specific health risks, and the availability of healthcare centers to estimate the vulnerability of city's emergency medical response system to potential future heat and air pollution threats. Moreover, we can use the same analytical approach to forecast the effects of climate change -- or other anthropogenic or natural disasters -- for any county in the United States, providing tools for better resilience through preparedness planning. | <urn:uuid:81b4b414-2ca6-4912-b408-9aca34fb1153> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.epistemix.com/blog/simulating-challenges-from-a-changing-climate | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.91765 | 417 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Cambodia government said that it had no plan for maintaining oil production in the country after its partner KrisEnergy made an announcement. KrisEnergy announced it was headed to liquidation, just five months after extracting the country’s first drop of oil.Singapore-listed KrisEnergy said on June 4 that it was unable to pay its debts based on actual and/or contingent liabilities and will proceed to liquidation.
KrisEnergy signed a pact with Cambodia government in 2017 to develop 3,083 sq km of the Khmer Basin in the Gulf of Thailand known as Block A, after it bought out Chevron’s operating interest in 2014 for $65 million.A Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman said that they can’t predict and they can’t answer this question, let’s wait and see when asked about future oil production. Tanya Pang, KrisEnergy Vice President, declined to comment when contacted by email, referring Reuters to past statements.
Completed in 2018 with donations from prominent tycoons, the 33-meter-high concrete monument was constructed by Hun Sen’s government to commemorate its legacy and achievements, particularly the win-win strategy a mix of military offensives and political amnesties that helped to bring Cambodia civil war to an end in the late 1990s. | <urn:uuid:958a10b5-0afd-4c19-9a73-8ec3fe47793d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chemicalsnews.org/cambodia-government-have-no-plans-for-oil-production/2091/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965502 | 270 | 1.8125 | 2 |
The purpose of this Policy is to inform you about what we do with all data we collect and/or process and why collect it.
Here, we also provide the contact details of our Data Protection Officer, should you have any questions or wish to obtain any information about the processing of your personal data.
1. Who are we?
The Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) is a not for profit, private international organization, with its head office in the Hague, Netherlands, comprised by professionals who perform unique advocacy work, through a specifically developed method, in which CCCA preserves, collects, and handles information on illegal activities associated with deforestation and environmental degradation to support authorities, other not for profit partner organizations and individuals in order to promote compliance and enforcement of the environmental law, at both national and international levels. CCCA is committed to preserving people’s privacy and protecting personal data, always adopting all measures and best practices so that people’s information is protected and held in confidence, as well as to preserving people’s privacy, always in compliance with the legislations in effect, particularly, Law No. 13.709/2018 – General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) applicable to the Brazilian territory.
2. What is personal data?
Personal data is any data that could identify an individual (person) or make this person identifiable in any way. The following are examples of personal data: Name, CPF No., ID (RG) No., address, and physical features of a person.
3. What is processing of personal data and what are the existing types of personal data processing?
The processing of personal data is any and all types of handling, action, and use of the personal data of a person. Types of processing include use through the collection, storage, sharing, transfer, categorization, classification, among other types of personal data handling.
4. What type of data do we collect?
CCCA processes information that may or may not contain personal data (“Information”), and is classified under the following groups:
(i) Public databases: we collect personal data made available on public databases, which disclose said information with the purpose, among others, of protecting human rights and the environment, considering that CCCA keeps the purpose for which the personal data was made available by its owner to the public base; and (ii) Data you provide: personal data provided by you when visiting our website and interacting with CCCA. CCCA does not collect sensitive personal data.
5. How do we treat personal data?
We process personal data according to the purposes they were made available on public databases, as well as to identify evidence of illegal activities associated with environmental crimes. We may also process your personal data to keep you updated with our activities, donations, and events, you must consent it in order to enable us to contact you. Whenever possible, CCCA will anonymize personal data, i.e. it will not be possible to identify the person who owns the personal data.
6. What is the purpose of the treatment?
The purpose of the processing of personal data by CCCA is to protect the environment, by providing relevant information to collaborate with partner entities and public authorities in investigating activities associated with environmental crimes, with the objective of helping promote compliance with environmental legislations, in order to protect the environment and human rights at all times.
7. Is CCCA, when treating said Information, complying with a General Data Protection Law?
CCCA is complying with the LGPD and is in accordance with the Information Access Law – Law nº 12.527/2011, as it collects and treats Information made available on public platforms for the purpose the Information was made available by the public authorities.
8. Does CCCA store and process information in a safe manner?
9. What are the rights of the individuals that CCCA processes the personal data and how should these individuals request information about their personal data?
If your personal data consists of Information processed by CCCA, you may request, with regards to the processing of your personal data, the following from the CCCA Data Protection Officer (DPO), through the following email: email@example.com
- To access and confirm the processing of your personal data;
- The amendment of your personal data correction; and
- The anonymization of your personal data.
For CCCA to correctly meet your request, you must make it in writing, submit it to CCCA’s DPO email mentioned above, containing your full name, the personal data you wish to have access
and obtain information about and/or request the anonymization. Should you have any questions regarding the processing of your data by CCCA, the CCCA’s DPO may confirm whether your personal data was accessed or not if you ask the DPO by writing and email the DPO, including in your message the data you wish to obtain information about.
10. Does CCCA make international transfers of personal data?
CCCA’s head office is in the Hague, Netherlands, thus CCCA informs you that your data may be transferred for purposes of studies, research, investigations, and for implementation of policies for fighting environmental deforestation and environmental protection. To ensure security and confidentiality of Personal Data transferred in this manner, CCCA implements all proper and necessary measures in order to guarantee the appropriate protection of your Personal Data in accordance with the LGPD, as well as warrants that it will only make international transfers to countries or international bodies that meet the standards of protection and privacy provided for in the LGPD.
11. Does CCCA share personal data?
As CCCA performs its activities, it may share the personal data collected, within the legal limits of the LGPD, with organizations and governmental and judicial authorities which repress environmental crimes and preserves the environment and protects human rights. Therefore, CCCA will enter into agreements intended to ensure that the recipient of the personal data meets the LGPD, as well as performs treatment within the limits under which the personal data was collected.
12. When will CCCA delete personal data?
CCCA will delete personal data once the purposes of the processing of the personal data have been met and must do so within no more than five (5) years following receipt of the personal data.
13. Applicable legislation
This document was prepared based on Federal Law nº 13.709/2018 (General Personal Data Protection Law – “LGPD”). CCCA reserves the right to change, add, or remove contents and parts of this policy at any time and at its sole discretion. We recommend that you become aware of this policy whenever browsing this website.
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What is a good topic for Nursing Research?
Top quantitative nursing research topics
- A closer look at data collection ethics in adult healthcare.
- Evaluating the mortality rates related to sex and heart attack.
- Analyzing the development of telehealth.
- Cardiovascular issues and their treatment.
- Comparing home care to nursing homes.
- Evaluating critical care nursing.
What are the different titles of nurses?
4 main levels of nursing degrees and credentials
- Nursing assistant (CNA) Nursing assistants also go by the title of nursing aides or CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants).
- Licensed practical nurse (LPN)
- Registered nurse (RN)
- Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)
What is the highest nurse title?
Doctor Of Nursing Practice
What’s the lowest level of nursing?
As the name suggests, CNAs assist nurses with patient admittance and vitals. It is the lowest-level credential related to the nursing field and the quickest point of entry. That said, it’s important to remember that CNAs are not technically nurses.
What is the hierarchy of nursing?
To recap, the nursing hierarchy from bottom to top is: nursing aids, LPNs, Staff Nurses, Charge Nurses, Nursing Managers, Directors of Nursing and finally the Chief Nursing Officer.
Is a nurse practitioner higher than a physician’s assistant?
Is NP higher than PA? Neither profession ranks “higher” than the other. Both occupations work in the healthcare field, but with different qualifications, educational backgrounds, and responsibilities. They also work in different specialty categories.
Who has more education NP or PA?
If you’re looking to jump right into practice, physician assistants finish school quicker than physicians or NPs without a nursing education. However, if you are already a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, you have a significant advantage when pursuing an Advanced Practice Nursing degree.
What is the difference between a PA and a nurse?
Both nurses and physician assistants take care of patients, and neither one is a medical doctor (that is, an M.D. or D.O.). However, RNs approach patient care from a nursing model that focuses on assisting the patient, while PAs take an approach more similar to that of physicians, Rasmussen College reported.
Do you call a PA C doctor?
In an academic setting anyone with a doctoral degree can be referred to as doctor. In a healthcare setting legally only physicians and dentists can be addressed as doctor (to ensure there is no confusion among patients as to who the person is). No. They’re called either Physician Assistants or PA’s.
Can a PA C write prescriptions?
PAs can prescribe medication. PAs are “done with school” and will never “be a doctor”. PAs practice and prescribe medications in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. A PA is a nationally certified and state-licensed medical professional.
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Ohio may never again experience a snowy owl invasion like it saw last year when, at about this time, an unprecedented 107 of the Arctic visitors were sighted in 36 counties, including 30 at various Northeast Ohio lakefront sites.
Now the snow white beauties appear to be on their way to a second consecutive year of above average sightings.
Not wanting to miss out on the snowy action, on Sunday I visited the state's most-reliable site for owl sightings: Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport.
It didn't take long to find one, as I pulled up to Gate 11 on North Marginal Drive and almost immediately noticed a white raptor perched on the airport runway's yellow "E" sign.
The owl casually rotated its head without opening its eyes, taking in all of the foreign sounds of gulls, surf and aircraft not usually heard on its tundra breeding grounds. Even a noisy single-engine prop plane and a private jet on take-offs failed to ruffle the calm bird's feathers.
Ornithologists debate the cause of the owls' periodic invasions. Some theorize that they are related to booms and crashes in the population of lemmings -- the raptors primary food source. Others believe the invasions are a result of fluxuations in the owl population, and that the adults drive the young birds from their favorite feeding grounds when they get too crowded.
Regardless of the cause, as the owls fly southward and cross the broad expanse of Lake Erie, the first stretch of land they often encounter is Burke Lakefront Airport, which resembles the flat, stark fields of their homeland. The grass strips between the runways also are alive with mice, rats and voles on which the owls can gorge. And the facility is surrounded by fences that keep out people who, otherwise, might harass the birds.
Other raptors from the Great White North also find the Burke fields inviting. Paula Lozano tallied sightings of rough-legged hawk, Northern harrier and American kestrel, in addition to the snowy owl on Sunday.
Other birders had similar success at various lakefront sites over the weekend, including Jen Brumfield, who found a snowy on Cleveland's outer break wall off of the East 55th Street Marina; Ray Hannikman, who found a snowy at Cleveland's Wildwood Park Marina; and Erik Bruder, who discovered two snowies on the break wall beyond Lorain's hot waters pier.
The rest of Ohio's birders must be satisfied to read the reports on the state's Internet bird sites and yearn for the opportunity to see such desirable Arctic raptors that are becoming increasingly common here during the Northeast Ohio winter.
Hannikman, Jerry Talkington and Irene Krise spotted a red-throated loon just inside the breakwall at Fairport Harbor on Sunday. Talkington also counted nearly 200 common goldeneyes on the lake off of Sims Park in Euclid.
Common redpolls are showing up at the Lorain Impoundment behind the Spitzer Marina, where they are foraging in the weeds along the main path through the wetland.
The Oberlin Reservoir hosted white-winged and surf scoters, Chris Pierce reported.
After leaving the Burke area, I birded other nearby habitats, finding an adult bald eagle with a fish at the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, and rafts of waterfowl in the lake off of Edgewater Park. The ducks included good numbers of common goldeneye, lesser and greater scaup, ring-necked, redhead, canvasback, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, and horned grebe. | <urn:uuid:40b23843-4169-46b0-963e-339ba88228cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cleveland.com/neobirding/2014/12/snowy_owls_staging_a_repeat_pe.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.94142 | 763 | 2.046875 | 2 |
1. How Spin Works now has its own domain! This means you can access the website from howspinworks.com! However, at this stage, if you want to find a page from the URL, you'll have to access the website from howspinworks.weebly.com.
2. A new camera means I can update the old videos with high-definition slow motion videos!
3. How Spin Works goes to India! As part of a Science conference in Northern India, How Spin Works part 2 will be presented, and a section dedicated to preserving rubbers and sustainability will be placed on the "Part 2" page.
Hope you enjoy these updates!
How Spin Works Part 2 has been added to the website! There have been a few re-shuffles, and it will take some time before the site is organised again, but hopefully the site will start looking prettier soon. Enjoy!
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Remember that backspin lifts the ball up, so don't hit it hard and horizontal with backspin or the ball will float up and go out! However, if you hit the ball hard and low from below the net, it will curve sharply back down.
Buying your first bat is the first choice you'll make. Choosing how you hold your bat is also important. In the way of tables I recommend a cheap folding table. If you're just practising at home, then it will be high enough quality. Even if you want a competitive match, provided you don't want to play official tournaments on it!
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DO YOU ALREADY PLAY BUT WANT TO LEARN A FEW NEW THINGS?
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I WILL BE ADDING NEW VIDEOS ON HOW TO PLAY AND UPDATING OTHER TIPS AND TRICKS REGULARLY.
If you have any questions or requests, let me know.
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- 1 Why should we go to Sunday school?
- 2 Why are children in the US required to go to school?
- 3 Why is the American public education system so bad?
- 4 Does Sunday school still exist?
- 5 What are the responsibilities of a Sunday school teacher?
- 6 Is a Homework illegal?
- 7 Is it illegal for a child not to go to school?
- 8 Is school a waste of time?
- 9 Where does the US rank in education 2020?
- 10 What is the US ranked in education?
- 11 Why education system is bad?
- 12 Who invented Sunday School?
- 13 Who invented school?
- 14 How long does Sunday school last?
Why should we go to Sunday school?
Learn About God When your little ones go to Sunday school, they will find the age-appropriate Bible teaching their young minds are so eager to absorb. Their teachers can shape the lessons to meet the comprehension level and interest of any age.
Why are children in the US required to go to school?
Compulsory education laws require children to attend a public or state-accredited private school for a certain period of time. These laws were put in place not only to improve literacy rates but also to discourage the widespread child labor practices of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Why is the American public education system so bad?
Let’s examine 18 problems that prevent the US education system from regaining its former preeminence. Parents are not involved enough. The demands of careers and an over-dependence on schools put higher-class kids at risk too when it comes to the lack of parental involvement in academics.
Does Sunday school still exist?
However, the last three decades have seen a sharp decline and today they attract just one in every 25 children. If the current trend continues, church statisticians predict that only one in a 100 will go to Sunday school in 16 years’ time.
What are the responsibilities of a Sunday school teacher?
The purpose of a Sunday school teacher is to organize and oversee Sunday school and bible study lessons. They are usually hired by churches and are responsible for a range of tasks including developing lesson plans, assisting with fundraising events, and leading children in educational activities.
Is a Homework illegal?
In the early 1900s, Ladies’ Home Journal took up a crusade against homework, enlisting doctors and parents who say it damages children’s health. In 1901 California passed a law abolishing homework!
Is it illegal for a child not to go to school?
But in NSW, it is against the law not to provide your kids with approved schooling, and parents can find themselves in court facing heavy fines for not complying.
Is school a waste of time?
Like most things in life, it’s about quality, not quantity, but traditional schooling generally focuses on getting as many hours as possible into the school day. Another argument as to why school is a waste of time is that it measures success on such a structured and rigid method.
Where does the US rank in education 2020?
The US now ranks 27th in the world for its levels of healthcare and education, according to a new study.
What is the US ranked in education?
Ironically, despite the United States having the best-surveyed education system on the globe, U.S students consistently score lower in math and science than students from many other countries. According to a Business Insider report in 2018, the U.S. ranked 38th in math scores and 24th in science.
Why education system is bad?
Lack of Interest. 90% of the education is theoretical with minuscule scope for practical learning and research on the part of the pupils. There is no space for creative learning and thinking and students are always bound to a specific syllabus and are not really encouraged to go out and about their seems.
Who invented Sunday School?
Although religious education of various types had been known earlier within Christianity, the beginning of the modern Sunday school can be traced to the work of Robert Raikes (1736–1811), a newspaper publisher in Gloucester, Eng., who was interested in prison reform.
Who invented school?
Horace Mann invented school and what is today the United States’ modern school system. Horace was born in 1796 in Massachusetts and became the Secretary of Education in Massachusettes where he championed an organized and set curriculum of core knowledge for each student.
How long does Sunday school last?
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No retirement crisis in Canada
The upcoming meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers will touch on what's become a politically charged debate about expanding the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Proponents have tried to convince Canadians they are not saving sufficiently for retirement with some even suggesting we are on the brink of a retirement crisis. These views simply do not reconcile with the available empirical evidence. Thankfully, there's no retirement crisis in Canada.
It's important to clarify how we should think about retirement adequacy before determining whether a problem exists. Indeed, measuring the adequacy of Canada's retirement system can be complicated by divergent definitions and how different sources of income are accounted for.
The income level in retirement needed to maintain living standards is typically lower than one's pre-retirement income. The reasons are complex and precise replacement rates depend on individual circumstances and pre-retirement earnings. Income replacement rates can be as low as 50 to 60 per cent but the rule of thumb among financial planners is between 70 and 80 per cent.
People can maintain their consumption in retirement with less income partly because they spend less on commuting, raising children, and work-related expenses; certain taxes also fall in retirement years (think: payroll taxes). An analysis of adequate replacement rates must therefore reflect these realities.
In this regard, Canada's retirement system is generally achieving adequate replacement rates. In fact, that was the conclusion from an extensive probe the federal and provincial finance ministers commissioned back in 2009. The summary report found: Overall, the Canadian retirement-income system is performing well, providing Canadians with an adequate standard of living upon retirement.
Canada's retirement system consists of three main pillars: government income support programs like Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement that are paid to eligible seniors regardless of their employment history (pillar one), the CPP (or QPP in Quebec) which is a government-administered pension based on contributions from one's employment (pillar two), and other savings including Registered Pension Plans, RRSPs, and Tax-Free Savings Accounts (pillar three).
Thanks in large part to a generous pillar one, eligible low-income seniors experience relatively high replacement rates of income in retirement. And this pillar partly explains why Canada has one of the lowest rates of senior poverty in the developed world. Let's be clear: expanding the CPP won't help low-income seniors over a replacement rate hurdle.
To the extent that other Canadians are deemed to have lower than desired replacement rates, a key problem is the failure to take a comprehensive view of the resources available to them in retirement. Failing to do so overlooks large forms of savings such as real estate, equity in a business, and financial assets held outside of tax-preferred accounts. Critically, these assets can help supplement income as people downsize their family home, collect investment property income, or sell their businesses.
According to data from the federal Department of Finance, real estate assets (net of mortgages) and other non-financial and financial assets (less consumer debt) account for more than two-thirds of the aggregate assets held by Canadians. Any analysis that ignores these assets misses the lion's share of Canadians' savings.
A recent Statistics Canada study that accounted for the potential income Canadians could derive from such assets found that senior-led households are actually better off than those headed by younger adults. And calculations by actuary Fred Vettese suggest that virtually all Canadian households will achieve adequate replacement rates when these assets are considered. Canadians are clearly more prudent and prepared for retirement than bigger CPP advocates give them credit.
However, to the extent that a small group of Canadians with modest incomes have inadequate retirement income, more research is required to better understand who these individuals are and the factors that contribute to their circumstances. But expanding the CPP is a blunt instrument that would affect all working Canadians. And it would be illogical to impose a compulsory increase to the CPP when the current retirement income system is serving the great majority.
So what problem are CPP proponents trying to fix? The current mix of public programs, employment-based pensions, tax benefits for private savings, and other assets appear to be helping the vast majority of Canadians achieve reasonable living standards in retirement. To the extent that certain cohorts may be saving inadequately, the policy debate should be about targeted measures to address the problem not a one-size-fits-all reform.
As finance ministers prepare to meet to discuss a CPP expansion, they should consult the available evidence which does not support claims of a retirement crisis. Finance ministers should exercise caution and resist pressure to act.
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Last week, the fifth annual Norwich Model Arctic Council (NORMAC) convened at Norwich School in the UK. Like last year’s conference, NORMAC 2020 spanned three days, from the afternoon of Thursday 5th March to the afternoon of Sunday 8th March. It was the largest NORMAC conference yet, involving 49 pupils visiting from seven secondary schools in the UK and Spain, who between them represented eleven home countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. I was especially pleased to see some familiar faces, including one pupil attending his third consecutive NORMAC conference!
NORMAC 2020 began with an Opening Ceremony featuring introductory speeches from each delegation, both Arctic States and Arctic indigenous people’s organisations. Delegate speeches were followed by a warm welcome from Mr Steffan Griffiths, Head Master of Norwich School. Delegates then enjoyed a Welcome Dinner to break the ice and get to know one another ahead of the long days of negotiation that were to come.
Those many hours of diplomatic meetings began in the historic and beautiful surrounds of the Great Hospital, where delegates simulated meetings of three Arctic Council Working Groups—EPPR, PAME and SDWG. Delegates considered a number of important challenges facing the Arctic today, and which are very much on the agenda of the real Arctic Council—safety in Arctic marine tourism, plastic pollution in the Arctic marine environment, and sustainable energy in Arctic communities. Having attempted to develop joint approaches to these issues in Working Groups, delegates reconvened at Norwich School on Saturday and Sunday to simulate a Senior Arctic Officials’ Meeting and a Ministerial.
As one might expect, negotiations were fraught at times. But with the active engagement of a number of NORMAC veterans, who had previous experience of trying—and at times failing!—to build consensus on difficult issues within a short few days, delegates managed to agree a joint ‘Norwich Declaration’ on all the issues on their agenda. As one delegate said about what she learned the most from the conference, it is indeed possible for people with different positions or goals to work together towards consensus in a cooperative and productive manner.
NORMAC isn’t only about intense diplomacy, however. In between their meetings, delegates also enjoyed a formal dinner on Saturday evening in the stunning Music Room at Norwich’s Georgian-era Assembly House. Our keynote speaker was Prof Mariele Neudecker from the Bath School of Art, who discussed the interplay of imagination, the environment, climate-change and the Arctic in her own multimedia artistic oeuvre. Delegates then had the chance to test their Arctic-related knowledge in entertaining and educational ‘Arctic pub quiz’!
I launched NORMAC in 2016 in order to raise awareness and understanding of the Arctic amongst youth, to inspire them to learn more about the region, and to help them build skills in public speaking, persuasion, negotiation and consensus building. Feedback from delegates and teachers strongly indicate that these conferences have been very successful in doing so.
As I’ve said before, NORMAC and its sister conferences, MAC Bilbao and the recently-launched WYCOMAC, are unique amongst model-diplomacy conferences. What makes them unique is also what makes the Arctic Council unique amongst international organisations—permanent seats for Arctic indigenous peoples around the negotiating table, and a commitment to consensus-based decision-making. In practical terms, this means that NORMAC delegates learn not only about the Arctic, but also about the indigenous peoples who call it home. And they experience not only how to take a position and defend it, but also how to find the bridging solution that unifies many differing and sometimes hotly defended positions.
Finally, very special thanks as always must go to the Norwich School pupils and staff who assisted me in organising and running NORMAC 2020 (senior pupil secretariat pictured above). We received glowing feedback from both delegates and teachers alike, and I look forward to next year.
The sixth annual NORMAC conference is already tentatively scheduled for 4th to 7th March 2021. If your school would like to participate, please don’t hesitate to register early interest. I’d particularly welcome participation from schools in the Arctic, and especially from indigenous pupils. | <urn:uuid:686d89f7-2ba1-48a0-a605-0b58d7eb0f03> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://polaraspect.com/2020/03/09/norwich-model-arctic-council-5/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964457 | 862 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Keep these Turkey Day fire safety tips in mind this Thursday
Published 6:50 am Wednesday, November 25, 2020
For fire departments across the nation, Thanksgiving can be a busy day.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, Thanksgiving is the leading day for home fires involving cooking equipment.
“A lot of it boils down to cooking issues,” said Austin Fire Chief Jim McCoy.
To avoid a Thanksgiving Day fire, McCoy gave the following tips:
• If you’ve been drinking alcohol or are feeling sleepy, don’t cook on the stove.
• Stay in the kitchen while you’re frying or boiling anything.
• Turn off the stove top if you leave the kitchen.
• Set a timer as a reminder for anything cooking in the oven.
• Keep flammable material away from the stove.
• In the event of a grease fires smother it with a lid and make sure it is cool before moving. Do not use water to extinguish it.
• Keep kids at least three feet away from the stove while cooking.
• Make sure electrical cords are not hanging off the counter.
• Make sure pot handles are turned in while cooking on the stove.
• Make sure all smoke alarms are working.
• If deep frying a turkey, make sure it is thawed and dry, as water and boiling oil are a fire hazard.
• When using a turkey fryer, the U.S. Fire Administration recommends only using it outdoors on a level surface with at least three feet of space on all sides free of children and pets. The USFA also warns not to overfill the fryer as excess oil will spill out when the turkey is placed inside the pot. | <urn:uuid:07177d02-8976-46c8-b38e-341e7b44da96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2020/11/keep-these-turkey-day-fire-safety-tips-in-mind-this-thursday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.920117 | 356 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Nothing is known about the biology of Tetramorium shensiense.
- 1 Identification
- 2 Distribution
- 3 Biology
- 4 Castes
- 5 Nomenclature
- 6 References
- 7 References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
Bolton (1977) - This species is close to Tetramorium pilosum of Sri Lanka and Tetramorium urbanii of Bhutan, but the former is larger than shensiense and has a differently constructed petiole node, and the latter has much longer antennal scapes and shorter propodeal spines.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 34.699355° to 34.699355°.
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- shensiense. Tetramorium shensiense Bolton, 1977: 83, fig. 10 (w.) CHINA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Holotype. TL 3.8, HL 0.88, HW 0.84, CI 95, SL 0.64, SI 76, PW 0.62, AL 1.04.
Mandibles striate; anterior clypeal margin with a shallow but quite distinct impression or notch medially. Clypeus with three strong carinae. Frontal carinae long and strong, extending back almost to the occiput and surmounted by a low, vertical, translucent lamella. Antennal scapes relatively short, SI < 80. Maximum diameter of eye c. 0.18. Occipital margin of head slightly indented medially, the sides of the head convex. Propodeal spines elongate, narrow, upcurved along their length. Metapleural lobes broadly and quite bluntly triangular. Petiole node in profile massive and high, the height of the tergal portion distinctly greater than the dorsal length. Anterior and posterior faces of node roughly parallel, the dorsum feebly convex. In dorsal view the petiole node about as broad in front as behind, broadest at the midlength. Dorsum of head with spaced-out relatively weak longitudinal rugulae and with sparse, very feeble cross-meshes so that the longitudinal component predominates. Occipital margin with some anastomosis of the rugulae forming a weak reticulum. Dorsal alitrunk with a weak disorganized rugoreticulum which is strongest on the pronotum. Dorsum and sides of petiole with weak rugulae but the post petiole almost completely smooth. Gaster unsculptured. All dorsal surfaces of head and body with numerous erect hairs. Colour orange-brown but the basal portion of the antennal scapes much darker, blackish brown or black.
Paratypes. As holotype, with dimensions TL 3.7-3.8, HL 0.86-0.90, HW 0.82-0.86, CI 93-97, SL 0.64-0.66, SI 76-78, PW 0.62-0.64, AL 1.02-1.06 (3 measured).
- Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 36:67-151. (page 83, fig. 10 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, 2001. Report of Rapid Biodiversity Assessments at Jianfengling Nature Reserve, Southwest Hainan, 1998 and 2001. South China Forest Biodiversity Survey Report Series (Online Simplified Version): No. 3. KFBG, Hong Kong SAR, ii + 35 pp.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Skarbek C. J., M. Noack, H. Bruelheide, W. Hardtle, G. von Oheimb, T. Scholten, S. Seitz, M. Staab. 2019. A tale of scale: plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13115
- Staab M., A. Schuldt, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, and A.M. Klein. 2014. Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologia 61: 32-40.
- Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp. | <urn:uuid:a6563ab1-15e4-49dd-b7c3-d24cf09c8784> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://antwiki.org/wiki/Tetramorium_shensiense | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.738076 | 1,490 | 2.25 | 2 |
To the general public, Google is synonymous with Android in large part because of Google Mobile Services (‘GMS’). GMS refers to a mix of popular apps and backend services (provided by Google) that run on Android. For the most part all consumer Android tablets and smartphones have GMS on them. When making a custom Android product for use in business, commercial, industrial or medical settings GMS becomes less vital; in many cases unwanted. This article explores what benefits GMS brings to Android products and why it’s not suitable for many custom Android products.
What is GMS?
Pure Android, often referred to as Android Open Source Project (‘AOSP’), is a robust, mature, and flexible mobile device Operating System. Since Android is open source many companies have spun off unique versions of Android. An online search for ‘custom Android ROM’ comes up with scores of examples. Apps are installed on top of the base Android OS. GMS includes many popular apps such as Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Play, and several others. GMS also provides services that improve the Android experience like auto app updates, location services, notification services, and others.
A product that comes with GMS has passed a series of performance and usability tests. CTS and GTS are automated software based tests that test the devices’ hardware performance and compatibility with Google apps, respectively. These tests ensure that any Android device (with GMS) will satisfy a user’s expectation of quality and, regardless of the brand, all Android devices provide a similar user experience.
This works well for consumers and for Google. Consumers get a great device and operating system loaded with useful apps for free. Google, an advertising company that leverages user data to deliver high value ads, gets more user data to monetize. The amazing free software Google provides, like Android or Google Docs, the software this article is written on, all serve the business case of delivering high value ads.
Is GMS necessary for a custom Android product?
While GMS works great for consumer devices, many companies producing custom Android devices for alternative uses (commercial, business, medical, industrial) just want Android and not Google. GMS comes with a lot of obligations for manufacturers. Firstly to get GMS the device must use the newest version of Android. Using the newest version of Android poses a problem for custom devices. Most custom Android devices run a special app. App development happens at the beginning of a project; usually on a generic retail device, well before starting a custom device. Between the time app development starts and mass production of a custom product several versions of Android could have passed. The brand has no reason to update the Android version and probably reasons not to. Updating the Android version means having to retest the app and modify the code so the app works smoothly with the new Android version. New versions of Android usually have updates which benefit consumers, but only sometimes are relevant to custom products. Custom Android products need stability more than the latest feature updates.
Meeting the requirements of GMS limits the customization possibilities. Hatch does varying degrees of firmware modification on all of our projects. Due to the kind of customizations Hatch’s clients need, most products wouldn’t pass CTS and GTS, prerequisites to obtain GMS. Beyond this, GMS is the link between Android and Google. Companies may not want to share information about their business with Google.
How does not having GMS affect Android’s usability?
On the surface, devices with GMS certification come with some of the most popular Google apps like Maps, Play, YouTube, Gmail, and several others. Under the surface GMS powers important features like location services and OTA updates. While Google’s apps aren’t usually applicable to speciality Android products used for commercial, industrial, or medical purposes, the backend services are useful. Devices that don’t come with GMS need alternative ways to include these important backend services. Brands can either manage these services by themselves, use outside companies or open source projects (like F-Droid and MicroG) that offer ‘GMS-alternative’ services.
Google has a mobile device management (‘MDM’) platform for enterprise customers. To use Google’s MDM software the device must have GMS. There are third party MDM providers that provide the same services without the restrictions inherent to GMS. Retail products struggle to find a seamless alternative. Huawei was forced to create an alternative when they lost the right to work with Google. They came out with HMS to replace GMS, but Huawei is one of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers in the world. Not everyone has such deep pockets, and even HMS struggles to compete with GMS from a user experience standpoint.
What’s the verdict on GMS?
In most cases custom Android devices made for specific use cases not only work well without GMS, but don’t need GMS and wouldn’t meet GMS certification requirements anyway. Removing the challenges that come with having GMS opens up possibilities to fully customize Android hardware. Alternative software solutions exist for replacing the parts of GMS that non-GMS devices need. So, for the most part, GMS is great for consumer Android products, but isn’t necessarily beneficial to custom Android devices. | <urn:uuid:c0a07d03-5041-4b7f-87bb-b0abd1a0cd05> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hatchmfg.com/does-your-custom-android-device-need-gms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.918683 | 1,108 | 2.125 | 2 |
The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review a lower court decision Tuesday that gave officials at Governors State University in Illinois authority to censor student journalists.
A June 2005 decision by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals allowed standards previously used for censorship standards for high school and elementary school newspapers to be used to squelch criticisms of the Illinois university’s administration. The case, Hosty v. Carter, marks the first time that such censorship standards have been extended to the college and university level.
The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case means that the direct effects of the Seventh Circuit’s ruling are limited to Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Student journalists Margaret Hosty, Jeni Porche and Steven Barba originally sued Governors State in January 2001, after Dean Patricia Carter told the printer of the university’s newspaper, The Innovator, to hold future issues until a university official had approved its contents. The Innovator had published both news stories and editorials critical of the Governors State administration. Carter’s actions were in spite of a university policy that said the student newspaper staff “will determine content and format of their respective publications without censorship or advance approval.”
In the case, Illinois Attorney General James Ryan asked the court to extend the precedents in the Supreme Court’s 1988 landmark decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier to college media. In the Hazelwood decision, the nation’s top court ruled that high school administrators have the right to censor content in a high school newspaper if the newspaper is not established as a “forum for public expression.”
The Hosty v. Carter case made its way to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where a three-judge panel ruled in April 2003 in favor of the students. But in June 2005 an 11-judge panel reversed the earlier panel’s decision, siding with the university administration.
In a seven-judge majority, the court ruled that the Hazelwood decision did apply to college newspapers, unless the newspaper is a “designated public forum.” Even if The Innovator were a public forum, the court ruled, Carter would be entitled to immunity from damages for censoring the paper because she could not have reasonably known that the Hazelwood decision did not apply to college and university student publications.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case is a mixed blessing for the campus media at Portland State, said Judson Randall, student publications adviser. Considering the current Supreme Court’s conservative bent, particularly with the addition of judges Samuel Alito and John Roberts, Randall worried that they would uphold the Midwest court’s ruling.
Though the scope of the Hosty v. Carter case will stay in the states in the Seventh Circuit, proponents of First Amendment rights in academia are sure to react to Tuesday’s decision.
“I think it’s absolutely ludicrous that the issue is even in question,” said Josh Gross, editor of The Rearguard, a left-leaning monthly newspaper at PSU. “Why is it that the First Amendment rights of students are considered flexible, but no one else?”
Gross said that instilling a sense of responsibility in the press coupled with a general understanding of the importance of outside critical analysis will be more effective than bureaucratic measures and litigations.
“We need to consider as a society what message decisions like Hazelwood or Hosty v. Carter send to our future journalists,” said Matt Petrie, editor-in-chief of the Vanguard. “Censorship policies, especially at the high school and college level, teach budding reporters and editors that free speech is not a valued tenet of society, that they should fear authority and not step on anyone’s toes, exactly the opposite of what we should be teaching them.”
While the Hosty v. Carter decision could be far reaching and has sparked concern from student journalist and college media advisers, it appears unlikely that the decision will have any immediate effect on PSU specifically.
Because the court ruled that the Hazelwood decision only applies if newspapers have not been declared a “public forum,” the Portland State Student Publications Board amended its charter this year to specifically designate the university’s student publications as public forums. Randall described this change as an extra insurance policy for freedom of speech at PSU.
Portland State President Daniel Bernstine has never made an attempt to censor content in the university’s student publications, and has frequently made statements upholding the right of the publications to choose their content.
“There is no question that the decision to include the editorial in the newspaper was within the proper purview of the editorial staff. The value and tradition of our right of free speech and free press, including the prohibition of prior censorship, are very important,” Bernstine wrote in a letter to the editor to the Vanguard last fall, in reaction to an opinion piece he found offensive. | <urn:uuid:aabf0fa2-f05f-4fc8-a36b-7517ad0bba95> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archive.psuvanguard.com/supreme-court-wont-hear-college-censorship-case/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955183 | 1,032 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Can a school resource officer question a student?
Generally, school administrators can question students at school without a parent or guardian being present. The school district may have a policy that requires the school to first contact a parent, but each school district is different so it is important that you check the actual policy.
Why are there police officers in schools?
School police are full-time sworn officers with law enforcement capabilities. Their primary role is to maintain order and security on school grounds and provide a positive learning environment. School police are encouraged to engage with students, teachers, staff, and the community to foster school-police partnerships.
Is a school resource officer a cop?
A school resource officer, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), is a law enforcement officer “responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools.” They help train and educate school staff members and students, develop safety plans and serve as a …
Why do you want to be a school resource officer?
Why do you want to work as a school resource officer? SRO pays better than most police jobs. You are aware of the crime at schools, and the difficult position of teachers and administrators in trying to mitigate it without having the law enforcement authority.
Can school police pull you over?
But short answer is yes a school resource officer can pull you over outside of the school. police officers have the authority to pull you over anywhere, anytime. sometimes, police are assigned as school police officers, if that is what you meant. security ‘police’ hired by the schools are not police officers.
How can police promote safe schools?
The COPS Office supports safe schools by providing grant funds, technical assistance, and resources to help deploy school resource officers (SROs).
Why police should not be in schools?
Why Police Officers Don’t Make Schools Safer Another 22.3 percent had security personnel. School-based arrests, which fall more harshly on students of color, put students in direct contact with the justice system. Poor policing within schools therefore puts students on the fast track to the school-to-prison pipeline.”
Are police in schools effective?
The previously mentioned national study showing increases in arrest rates also found evidence that school police do make schools safer, at least according to principals. School leaders reported slightly lower rates of criminal incidents — particularly violent ones — in schools with more police.
How do I become a school officer?
To have a career as a school resource officer (SRO), you must first meet the qualifications to become a police officer. You need a high school diploma, and you must be at least 21 years old. You have to complete police academy training before getting a job as a law enforcement officer.
What are the duties of school resource officers?
The School Resource Officer’s responsibilities include developing the best safety procedures for potential threats in the school, conducting drills with students and staff, breaking up fights, and de-escalating aggression between students and between students and teachers.
What is a good question to ask a police officer?
Interview Questions for Police Officers:
- What makes you a good match for this position?
- If you witnessed a fellow officer committing a crime, what would you do?
- Can you describe a very distressing situation in which you remained calm and collected?
- Have you had any encounters with the law?
Can a school police officer search you?
School officials and sworn law enforcement officers may conduct a search without reasonable suspicion or probable cause if the student voluntarily consents to the search. School officials and law enforcement officers are not required to advise students that they have a right to refuse to give consent to search.
How long have police been in schools?
The first documented SRO was placed in a school in Flint, Michigan in 1953. However, the topic was not broadly discussed until 1968, when the Fresno, California Police Department looked to the school resource officer program as a tool to “revitalize its image in the eyes of its youth”.
How do you ask a cop out?
- You could start by approaching and asking if you could buy the officer a cup of coffee. ( Likely the officer will thank you and decline )
- “Hi, hey… Can I ask you something?
- ” I don’t think so” – ( don’t give up: ) “Can I give it to you anyway in case you change your mind?” ( with a Smile …
How much do school resource officers make?
As of Mar 17, 2021, the average annual pay for a School Resource Officer in California is $40,595 an year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $19.52 an hour. This is the equivalent of $781/week or $3,383/month.
Do all schools have police officers?
2 Moreover, nearly half of all public schools have assigned police officers. These officers are commonly referred to as school resource officers (SROs) or education resource officers.
Do school resource officers carry guns?
Are school resource officers usually armed? Yes. A school resource officer is a commissioned, sworn law enforcement officer, not a “security guard.” NASRO recommends that all SROs be issued and carry all the same equipment they’d have on any other law enforcement assignment.
When did police start working in schools?
Police make schools safer—right? SRO programs first appeared in the 1950s, but did not become widespread until the late 1990s. The federal impetus came in the form of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Oce of Community Oriented Policing Services program, which heav- ily subsidized the hiring of SROs.
How do the police impact on the work of schools?
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Unlocking finance for smallholder farmers
Many smallholders African farmers manage their finances through a Village Saving and Loans Association (VSLA), a savings and loan group made up primarily of female farmers. VSLAs are part of the approach of development organization CARE to fight poverty. The app developed by CARE makes it easier for members of VSLAs to borrow, save and invest. This in turn improves their farming practices and their livelihood. CARE has turned Chomoka into a social enterprise that is working with Rabo Foundation to reach even more farmers.
Chomoka helps to bundle savings
“African farmers – often small-scale farmers or fishermen – are incredibly enterprising. About 37% of these are women. They work hard to provide their families with enough food and a better future. The best way to achieve this is to grow their business, but that often doesn’t work because they need more financial resources than they can save themselves or borrow from fellow villagers. Chomoka helps them formalize their savings to position them for a successful integration into the formal economy,” says Zuabida Bai, Managing Director, CARE Social Ventures.
Chomoka (Swahili for “rise up”) helps farmers in Tanzania gain access to that credit. “Because banks have traditionally wanted guarantees against loans” Zubaida explains. “These farmers do not have access to land that can serve as a collateral for financial institutions.”
How does the app work? “It’s specifically intended for the members of VSLAs who pool their savings and give each other small loans from that pool. This enables them to buy new hoes, plows or fishing nets, for example. Prior to Chomoka these transactions were manual and prone to errors and inconsistencies, there was also a fear of loss/damage of the physical paper records. There was no backup,” says Zubaida. “Chomoka allows them to enter the date into the app through a smartphone or feed data via SMS into the app. The app not only creates ease of transaction and storage of data for refence in the future, but also allows the group to harvest the power of this transaction history. The groups and individual members can use these digital records to access loans from banks or microfinance institutions .”
The digital record enables greater transparency about the resources that the VSLA has, and reduces the likelihood of errors. Perhaps most important of all, it helps farmers to build a digital credit history. They can then share this digitally with banks and insurers, so that they no longer need to make long trips to the city to apply for credit. Financial services and products have therefore literally become accessible.
Other countries and languages
Increasing numbers of farmers now use the Chomoka app – in Tanzania, where it was launched in 2017, at least 10,000 VSLA members are using the product. “There is clearly an excitement around the usage of the app,” Zubaida says. “The Chomoka app helps them save time and transaction errors, it also gives them hope that the usage of the app will help them get integrated into the formal economy, through access to bank and microfinance credit.” Chomoka has recently launched versions in local languages in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Uganda. “These countries are strategically chosen as expansion countries because of CARE’s longstanding activities in these regions.
Growing with care
The establishment and expansion of Chomoka is due in part to strong support of CARE. “As a global development organization, we are committed to fighting structural poverty and social injustice,” says Richard Kooge of CARE. It makes sense to him that CARE turned to the Rabo Foundation for support. “Our vision is in line with that of the Rabo Foundation: to fight poverty and inequality through innovation, and facilitating entrepreneurship.”
It was this vision that has motivated CARE to develop Chomoka and turn it into a social enterprise. “It encourages entrepreneurship with the help of innovation, so that small businesses start earning enough to grow sustainably. In addition, we have been helping to set up VSLAs in Africa – the Chomoka app’s exact target group – for many years. We also encourage women to become members as it gives them a better social position; they are often more responsible with loans as well. In this way, Chomoka and CARE’s activities reinforce each other.”
Chomoka hopes to reach at least 7,500 VSLAs in Uganda in the coming years. “We collaborate with Rabo Foundation and its allies on the ground in achieving this,” says Zubaida. “Rabo Foundation’s investment in terms of capital and access to networks has positioned Chomoka for scaling and success. We are confident that we will be able to scale, and with that increase the impact on the lives of un(der)banked population in Africa.”
Why Rabo Foundation supports Chomoka
When CARE told Rabo Foundation about the Chomoka app, Julia Peters, innovation manager, and her colleagues at Rabo Foundation quickly became enthusiastic. “Chomoka is helping a hard-to-reach part of our target group with this app. That’s why we are now funding their activities in Uganda and putting them in touch with our local network,” says Julia. “We also share our financial expertise with Chomoka, for example in the area of credit scoring. This is all aimed at helping them to move forward, so that more farmers can access financial products and services.” | <urn:uuid:9ec158ee-d0b5-4aef-bd1a-e010064cb694> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.carenederland.org/carexpertise/chomoka-the-app-that-is-unlocking-access-to-finance-for-smallholder-african-farmers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.960082 | 1,178 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Sugar; cocoa butter; whole milk powder; cocoa mass; emulsifier: soya and sunflower lecithin; natural vanilla flavouring, whey powder (milk); butteroil (milk); colours: beetroot red, curcumin, copper complexes of chlorophyllins, iron oxides, beta carotene, sulphate ammonia caramel, titanium dioxide.
Milk Chocolate - Cocoa solids: 35% min. Milk solids: 21.9% min.
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We’ve got smart cars, a smart grid…and now a smart nail. Jeff Dahn and his colleagues at Dalhousie University have added some intelligence to the lowly steel nail in order to improve penetration testing on Li-ion batteries.
The team described its project in the current issue of the Journal of Power Sources. An abstract:
Nail penetration is one of the common safety tests used to simulate some aspects of an internal short circuit event in a Li-ion cell. The test is usually performed with an ordinary steel nail, and the only data normally gathered has been a simple pass/fail result depending on whether or not the cell emitted smoke or flame, along with a thermocouple on the surface of the cell.
The smart nail has been developed to allow the collection of temperature versus time data at the point of nail penetration. This nail, in conjunction with a thermocouple on the cell surface and tabs on the ends to measure voltage, should provide new insights into the behavior of cells during this type of abuse testing, and aid in the development of safer Li-ion cell chemistries.
Now if someone could only develop a smart hammer…
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Sir Anish Kapoor Biography
Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors working today. He was born in Bombay in 1954 and lives and works in London. He studied at Hornsey College of Art (1973–77) followed by postgraduate studies at Chelsea School of Art, London (1977–78). Recent major solo exhibitions include Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), Rome (2016); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City (2016); Château de Versailles, France (2015); The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow (2015); Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul (2013); Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2012); Le Grand Palais, Paris (2011) and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2009). He represented Britain at the 44th Venice Biennale (1990), for which he was awarded the Premio Duemila. He won the Turner Prize in 1991 and has honorary fellowships from the London Institute and Leeds University (1997), the University of Wolverhampton (1999), the Royal Institute of British Architecture (2001) and the University of Oxford (2014). His major permanent commissions include Cloud Gate (2004) for the Millennium Park in Chicago and Orbit for the London 2012 Olympic Park. In 2013 Ark Nova, the world’s first inflatable concert hall, was launched for the Lucerne Festival in Japan. He was elected Royal Academician in 1999, awarded the Premium Imperiale in 2011 and the Padma Bhushan in 2012. He was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2013. | <urn:uuid:597f16d0-a64c-4b37-88ff-0d1d64e106a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.genesisprize.org/honorees/laureate-2017/biography | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.908913 | 362 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Trump Administration Postpones Listing Monarch Butterfly As Endangered Species
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
One of the most notable insects in North America is in trouble. Federal wildlife officials announced today that monarch butterflies deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act, but they won't get it. Why not? NPR's Nathan Rott explains.
NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE: What the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said today is that declines in monarch butterfly populations are so severe that they do warrant federal protections, but they're precluded from getting them because of limited resources. It would be kind of like your dentist saying, yeah, you need to get that cavity filled, but we've only got so many fillings, so get in line. And the line for monarchs is long. The Fish and Wildlife Service says 161 other species have priority nationally, which makes today's announcement bittersweet for people like Sarina Jepsen.
SARINA JEPSEN: On one hand, I'm really happy to see that the Fish and Wildlife Service recognizes that monarchs are threatened with extinction.
ROTT: On the other, they're not doing much about it. Jepsen is with the Xerces Center for Invertebrate Conservation (ph), which helps count monarch populations every year. And the trend line, she says, is alarming.
JEPSEN: I really don't think that monarchs can wait indefinitely for protection.
ROTT: As recently as the 1990s, there were millions of monarch butterflies fluttering through backyards and across fields in the U.S. You've probably seen them and their recognizable rust-orange wings. But the Eastern population of monarch butterflies has declined by 80% since the mid-90s. The Western population, which winters in Central California, has dropped even further.
JEPSEN: Actually, just this year, we're seeing potentially the collapse of the Western population.
ROTT: Federal wildlife officials are asking the public to help by planting milkweed and using less insecticide. They'll also review the monarch butterfly's status every year. But the decision is still frustrating to Jake Li, who specializes in endangered species at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center.
JAKE LI: If you've already done, like, 90% of the work to make a warranted finding, well, just do the remaining 10% and get it done.
ROTT: By putting the listing off, Li says, it will not only cost more time, but money. And with the extinction crisis worsening, money for biodiversity will be in short supply. Nathan Rott, NPR News.
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The Federal Government plans to set up Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to regulate operators in the midstream and downstream oil industry, under the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new PIB is currently before the National Assembly for consideration.
NAN reports that the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) are currently the regulators of the downstream oil and gas sector.
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) also regulates the activities in the upstream and the downstream sector.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva had on September 3, announced that PEF and PPPRA would be merged to form a new regulatory body called the “Authority”.
This, he said, would help to harmonise activities in the downstream for efficiency in service delivery to Nigerians.
According to the copy of the new bill obtained by NAN, the Authority will have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, sue and be sued on its own name.
“The Authority shall be responsible for the technical and commercial regulation of the midstream and the downstream petroleum operations in the petroleum industry,” it said.
It said that the Authority would focus on regulating the midstream and downstream technical, operational and commercial activities.
The bill indicated that the agency would also ensure safe, effective and sustainable infrastructure development in the midstream and downstream petroleum operations.
“It will also promote health safe, efficient and effective conduct of midstream and downstream petroleum operation in an environmentally acceptable and suitable manner.
“Also, it will promote a competitive market for the midstream and downstream petroleum operations and promote the supply and distribution of natural gas and petroleum products in the midstream and downstream,” it said.
The bill also noted that the Authority would ensure as its objectives the security of natural gas supply for the domestic gas market.
It further noted that the regulator would ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing midstream and downstream operations, among others.
The new bill listed the functions of the regulator to include regulating petroleum liquids operations, domestic natural gas operations and export natural gas operations.
It added that the Authority would also determine appropriate tariff methodology for processing of natural gas, transportation and transmitting of natural gas, transportation of crude oil and bulk storage of crude oil and natural gas.
“The Authority will be setting cost benchmark for midstream and downstream petroleum operations, provide pricing tariffs framework for natural gas and fair market value of the applicable Petroleum products.
“Advise the government, its agencies and other stakeholders on the commercial market relating to tariff and pricing frameworks.
“Grant, issues, modify, extend, renew, review, cancel, reissue or terminate licenses, permits and authorisation for midstream and downstream petroleum operations among many others,” it said.
On membership of the governing board, it said that appointments shall be made by the President and be subjected to confirmation by the senate, except for the appointment of ex-officio members.
It noted that the board would consist of one Non-Executive Chairman, two Non-Executive members, Chief Executive of the Authority, two other Executive Directors responsible for Finance and Account, and Transportation and Distribution Infrastructure.
It added that the board would have one representative of the commission not below the rank of Executive Commissioner, one representative of the ministry not below the rank of a Director and a representative of the Ministry of Finance not below the rank of Director.
The new bill noted that with the Authority, the sector would be properly regulated for effective and efficient service delivery.
NAN reports that the Senate had on October 20 passed the new PIB for second reading and constituted a committee that would work on the bill for further deliberation.
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What’s greener than a golf course? Emerald, mint and every-shade-of-green-in-between stretch sublimely to the horizon. There is no doubt of its beauty.
In fact, up to 70% of course-side residents enjoy the view more than playing the actual game of golf. But the golf course, which has long been the greenest symbol in our suburban vernacular, just isn’t very eco-friendly.
National Geographic estimates that a typical course generates an astounding amount of pollution from fertilizers and insecticides. And an average golf course uses as much water as a small town.
Fortunately though, Audubon International has created an eco-friendly certification program for golf courses as part of its mission to assist in the “responsible management of land, water, wildlife and natural resources.”
Audubon reports that nearly 80% of the more than 15,000 golf courses in the United States are located in urban or suburban areas. When golf courses are properly designed, constructed and managed, they can provide immense benefits to the surrounding—and increasingly urbanized—ecosystems. Through services such as storm water retention, runoff filtration, urban wildlife habitat, wildlife corridors and heat island effect reduction, wildlife can flourish near a golf course.
Currently, the North Shore has two golf courses that are Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries:
- North Shore Country Club, Glenview
- Skokie Country Club, Glencoe
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A rotary position sensor translates angular mechanical position to an electrical signal. Rotary position sensors are designed for applications that typically require frequent adjustment. Shaftless designs allow for different engagement mechanisms, such as a customized shaft, a motor control, a human interface adjustment or a mechanical arm position locator. Rotary position sensors can be used in applications where a user needs to control a variable output such as a frequency, speed or volume control. Typical applications include test and measurement equipment, consumer electronics, small engines, robotics, and medical equipment. The Bourns® Model AMS22S Series uses Hall Effect magnetic technology to sense rotary position.
Bourns online product training
Mineral Source Reporting for Sensors, Panel Controls, Encoders, Precision Potentiometerss, Dials: CMRT
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By: Saeed Yousuf
QUETTA: The Secretary Secondary Education Department Balochistan, Mr. Abdul Fateh Bhangar chaired a high profile discussion on bringing science and robotics initiatives into public school education in Quetta on Monday.
Attending the meeting were representatives from nine robotics organisations from across Pakistan, who briefed Mr. Bhangar and other officials of the school education department on innovations in math and science education that how introducing them into the classroom can facilitate education in line with the requirements of the 21st century.
The officials of the Secondary Education Department appreciated the the gathered science professionals and reiterated the Balochistan government’s commitment to improve science education in schools to enable the children of Pakistan’s role in the country’s economic and scientific future.
The discussion also marked the formation of a Pakistan Robotics Alliance, with the support of the Balochistan Secondary Education Department, for the promotion of robotics and science education in the country.
All participants agreed that the investment in science should not be limited to opportunities for more engineers and doctors in the market-place, but to allow all children to gain cognitive skills, logic and critical thinking.
The meeting ended with agreement on action points to continue collaboration between the education department and the Robotics Alliance.
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This easy recipe is definitely worth putting at the top of the favorites list for family and friends. Just about everyone loves stuffed potatoes, as they are tastfully yummy and extremely easy to prepare. Not only are potatoes delicious, they and also healthy, and it is important for health conscious individuals to know that potatoes, when prepared in a healthful way, are an all-star addition to a balanced, healthy diet.
Healthy cooking methods for potatoes include baking and boiling. To make baked potatoes, scrub them clean, then use a fork to make several holes in the skin. Rub the skins with olive oil, and place the potatoes on a lined baking sheet. Cook for 60 to 70 minutes at 400°F until tender, rotating every 30 minutes. For boiled potatoes, add a pound of baby potatoes to a large pot of salted water and bring to a boil. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes until tender. To make mashed potatoes, drain the boiled potatoes and mash them in the pot with a dash of milk and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
Chefs regularly include mashed or baked potatoes as a base for a nutritious meal, topped with ground turkey, bean chili, and other lean proteins. Instead of sour cream, many will add a dollop of Greek yogurt or chunks of avocado. And let's not forget to eat the skins, as they are an excellent source of added fiber and nutrients.
Types and Benefits
There are many varieties of potatoes. Some of the most common include Russet, Yukon Gold, and baby red potatoes, while fingerling and purple potatoes are not as well known.
All potatoes provide energizing carbohydrates, mostly from starch, in addition to insoluble fiber concentrated in their peels. They are excellent sources of potassium, an essential mineral that’s important for healthy blood pressure, and also provide vitamin C and folate.
Furthermore, potatoes are rich in compounds known as polyphenols that act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from free radical damage that is associated with disease development. Red and purple potatoes get their color from anthocyanins, which may help fight inflammation in the body and lower blood pressure, among other benefits.
Cheese Stuffed Pototoes
6 large potatoes
1 large egg yolk
½ cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
½ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
⅓ cup chopped onions
¼ cup chopped bell pepper, red or yellow
½ cup crispy chopped bacon
½ cup fat-free ranch-style dressing
Bake potatoes at 400F for 60 to 70 minutes or until tender.
Slice off the top ½ inch of each potato and carefully scoop out the insides of the potato into a large mixing bowl.
To the potato, add dressing and cheeses, reserving a little of each to sprinkle over tops. Blend with an electric mixer.
Mound mixture into potato shells and sprinkle with reserved cheese, chopped onion, bell pepper, and bacon.
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Condemnation of Terror Attacks Against Civilians
Wednesday 27th July 2016
We at the MCHC Trust and the Almanaar Centre are appalled by the terror crime committed yesterday 26th July 2016 against a Catholic priest – Father Jacques Hamel – in Rouen, France. This is an abhorrent attack on humanity perpetrated by criminals against all. We condemn it and all other terror attacks and mass-murders committed in every corner of the world. There is no justification to deprive humanity of peace and or to undermine the sanctity of life. A crime against one is a crime against all.
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Health officials in Tennessee have confirmed six cases of measles in the Memphis area since Thursday, surpassing in one weekend the nationwide total for all of 2016.
Until the recent outbreak, there had been four cases reported this year, a steep decline from 2014 and 2015. But health officials say the frequency and intensity of outbreaks are unpredictable, and they were racing to try to contain this one.
Dr. Tim Jones, the state epidemiologist for the Tennessee Department of Health, said in a telephone interview that none of the six patients had been immunized. They included infants who were too young to be immunized and at least one adult who chose to forgo immunization, all in Shelby County.
What concerns Dr. Jones is that the six people were divided into three unrelated clusters in different parts of town, and officials had been unable to piece together how their paths might have crossed.
Over the weekend, health officials contacted susceptible individuals who might have visited health facilities near the same time as the patients, to confirm that they had been vaccinated or to encourage them to get a shot now.
Since the first cases were identified, the department has vaccinated more than 100 people, and many more probably got doses at their private doctors, Dr. Jones said.
Those who have been immunized have little to worry about, but he said the number of infections was likely to rise.
“I will be shocked if we don’t have many more cases,” he said.
Until the recent outbreak, the state had confirmed just nine cases since 2004.
Despite the outbreak, there has been a significant decrease in measles patients so far this year in the United States.
As of April 1, four people from three states — California, Georgia and Texas — were reported to have measles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By contrast, 159 cases from 18 states and the District of Columbia were reported in for the same time period in 2015. Health officials were worried then because 70 percent of those cases were linked to an outbreak that started in December 2014 in Disney theme parks in Orange County, Calif.
The infection flourished mostly among unvaccinated children and adults who did not know if they had been vaccinated. Thirty more cases were reported by the end of the year.
In 2014, the United States had the record number of measles cases — 667 — since the disease was thought to have been eliminated in 2000. Nearly 400 of them occurred in unvaccinated Amish communities in Ohio. At the time, the Philippines was having a major outbreak, and many of the cases in 2014 were imported from there.
Measles spreads through the air and is highly contagious. Not only does it pass through droplets in the air, but it can also linger. Infected people can also spread measles before a telltale rash of flat red spots develops.
The measles virus “literally is like a tracking device,” said Dr. Manisha Patel, a medical epidemiologist at the C.D.C. “It will find susceptible people.”
Travelers bring the measles virus to the United States and transmit it to people who are unvaccinated, but since 2000, it no longer originates here.
Most infants do not have their first measles-mumps–rubella shot, known as M.M.R., until 12 months, leaving them vulnerable to infection if not enough people who are old enough to get vaccinated do. Measles can be serious in children younger than 5, sometimes causing pneumonia, brain swelling and even death.
The idea is that enough people in a population — or herd — must be vaccinated to protect the vulnerable who cannot be vaccinated, because they are newborns or because they are being treated for cancer with radiation or drugs.
After the Disney outbreak, a push ensued to get the M.M.R. shot to unvaccinated children, but some parents defended their right to raise their children without immunizations.
In the 2014-15 school year, the median rate of M.M.R. adoption for kindergarten students in United States was 94 percent. Tennessee reported 95.1 percent.
The C.D.C. says that the vaccination is about 93 percent effective, and that two doses are 97 percent effective. It recommends children receive their second dose at ages 4 through 6 years.
“If you can get vaccinated, you should get vaccinated,” Dr. Patel said. “That’s the best way to protect not only yourself, but other people around you that can’t get the vaccine, and to protect these outbreaks from happening.” | <urn:uuid:fa3c0028-be46-453f-8818-10b9458ead83> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jasperandsardine.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/measles-outbreak-in-tennessee/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.981186 | 947 | 2.203125 | 2 |
It's shocking how many Hollywood stars did smack.
Everybody wants to slap somebody sometime. Luckily, actors in movies do it so you don't have to. The above shot is a good example. Edward G. Robinson lets Humphrey Bogart have it in 1948's Key Largo, as Claire Trevor looks on. In vintage cinema, people were constantly slapping. Men slapped men, men slapped women, women slapped women, and women slapped men. The recipient was usually the protagonist because—though some readers may not realize this—even during the ’40s and 50s, slapping was considered uncouth at a minimum, and downright villainous at worst, particularly when men did it. So generally, bad guys did the slapping, with some exceptions. Glenn Ford slaps Rita Hayworth in Gilda, for example, out of humiliation. Still wrong, but he wasn't the film's villain is our point. Humphrey Bogart lightly slaps Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep to bring her out of a drug stupor. He's like a doctor. Sort of.
In any case, most cinematic slapping is fake, and when it wasn't it was done with the consent of the participants (No, really slap me! It'll look more realistic.). There are some famous examples of chipped teeth and bloody noses deriving from the pursuit of realism. We can envision a museum exhibit of photos like these, followed by a lot of conversation around film, social mores, masculinity, and their intersection. We can also envison a conversation around the difference between fantasy and reality. There are some who believe portryals of bad things endorse the same. But movies succeed largely by thrilling, shocking, and scaring audiences, which requires portraying thrilling, shocking, and frightening moments. If actors can't do that, then ultimately movies must become as banal as everyday llife. Enjoy the slapfest.
Broderick Crawford slaps Marlene Dietrich in the 1940's Seven Sinners. June Allyson lets Joan Collins have it across the kisser in a promo image for The Opposite Sex, 1956. Speaking of Gilda, here's one of Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth re-enacting the slap heard round the world. Hayworth gets to slap Ford too, and according to some accounts she loosened two of his teeth. We don't know if that's true, but if you watch the sequence it is indeed quite a blow. 100% real. We looked for a photo of it but had no luck. Don't mess with box office success. Ford and Hayworth did it again in 1952's Affair in Trinidad. All-time film diva Joan Crawford gets in a good shot on Lucy Marlow in 1955's Queen Bee. The answer to the forthcoming question is: She turned into a human monster, that's what. Joan Crawford is now on the receiving end, with Bette Davis issuing the slap in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Later Davis kicks Crawford, so the slap is just a warm-up. Mary Murphy awaits the inevitable from John Payne in 1955's Hell's Island. Romy Schneider slaps Sonia Petrova in 1972's Ludwig. Lauren Bacall lays into Charles Boyer in 1945's Confidential Agent and garnishes the slap with a brilliant snarl. Iconic bombshell Marilyn Monroe drops a smart bomb on Cary Grant in the 1952 comedy Monkey Business. This is the most brutal slap of the bunch, we think, from 1969's Patton, as George C. Scott de-helmets an unfortunate soldier played by Tim Considine. A legendary scene in filmdom is when James Cagney shoves a grapefruit in Mae Clark's face in The Public Enemy. Is it a slap? He does it pretty damn hard, so we think it's close enough. They re-enact that moment here in a promo photo made in 1931. Sophia Loren gives Jorge Mistral a scenic seaside slap in 1957's Boy on a Dolphin. Victor Mature fails to live up to his last name as he slaps Lana Turner in 1954's Betrayed.
Ronald Reagan teaches Angie Dickinson how supply side economics work in 1964's The Killers. Marie Windsor gets in one against Mary Castle from the guard position in an episode of television's Stories of the Century in 1954. Windsor eventually won this bout with a rear naked choke. It's better to give than receive, but sadly it's Bette Davis's turn, as she takes one from Dennis Morgan in In This Our Life, 1942. Anthony Perkins and Raf Vallone dance the dance in 1962's Phaedra, with Vallone taking the lead. And he thought being inside the ring was hard. Lilli Palmer nails John Garfield with a roundhouse right in the 1947 boxing classic Body and Soul. 1960's Il vigile, aka The Mayor, sees Vittorio De Sica rebuked by member of the electorate Lia Zoppelli. She's more than a voter in this—she's also his wife, so you can be sure he deserved it. Brigitte Bardot delivers a not-so-private slap to Dirk Sanders in 1962's Vie privée, aka A Very Private Affair. In a classic case of animal abuse. Judy Garland gives cowardly lion Bert Lahr a slap on the nose in The Wizard of Oz. Is it his fault he's a pussy? Accept him as he is, Judy. Robert Culp backhands Raquel Welch in 1971's Hannie Caudler.
And finally, Laurence Harvey dares to lay hands on the perfect Kim Novak in Of Human Bondage.
In L.A. you need all the help you can get staying afloat.
Hollywood can be so rough you sometimes need a life preserver even on dry land, which we assume is why model, vaudeville performer, and film actress Leila Hyams has a firm grip on one in this Warner Brothers promo image. She appeared in more than fifty films in a dozen years during a very successful career, including 1932's Island of Lost Souls, so the floatation device seems to have worked.
Getting into the place isn't the problem.
In Nikkatsu roman porno the question, as always, is exactly how the script will place the female lead under the control of men determined to use her. In Dan Oniroku kurokami nawa fujin, aka Black Hair Velvet Soul, it's alcoholism and debt. A gambling and philandering husband owes a pile to a slimy financier, so he puts up as collateral the restaurant he owns with his wife. Izumi Shima plays the wife. Because the place was founded by her father and succeeded because of his sweat and struggle, as she notes in a monologue, she sees no other choice but to agree to work off the debt in an S&M club run by the financier. She goes through the usual range of indignities, but in what has to be considered a bit of a twist, she at no point likes it, nor has some inner freak unleashed, nor somehow dies by ironic means. She does her bit, the restaurant is saved, and she leaves her shitty husband. Why watch the movie? Well, because Shima is a shimmering goddess and she's always worth watching. Sixty-six minutes including credits and you're done. Dan Oniroku kurokami nawa fujin premiered today in 1982.
A face from the darkness.
We already did a little thing on Kathleen Burke in March, but then we found this photo and decided she needed to reappear. It’s a promo for her movie Island of Lost Souls and it dates from 1932.
The only real murders committed may have been of the animals.
Murders in the Zoo is a brisk little sixty-two-minute thriller for which you see two excellent promos above. A dealer in large animals uses the menagerie he’s recently procured in Asia to dispose of his wife’s suitors. The cast is good, especially Kathleen Burke as the straying spouse. You’ll notice she’s called The Panther Woman on the posters. That’s a reference to her role as a woman bred from a panther in the previous year’s hit thriller Island of Lost Souls, and here she retains a hint of animal cunning that makes her the most watchable cast member. Other aspects of the film are less watchable. Zoos are sad affairs even today, but during the 1930s they were tawdry places rife with choke collars and tiny cages. Watching Murders in the Zoo explains why today’s productions have the American Humane Association on set defending the animals’ wellbeing.
Late in the proceedings, the villain tries to facilitate his escape from justice by (spoiler alert) releasing all the big cats from their cages, triggering a feline free-for-all of slashing claws and gnashing fangs. This is no special effect, folks. The sequence is brief and uses footage from two angles to extend the running time, but still, injuries surely resulted. At the least, the leopard that was held down and gnawed on by a lion probably had PTSD until the end of its days. Sometimes we point out scenes in vintage cinema that fall into the could-not-be-filmed-today category, and usually those exemplify the visionary artistry of the past. What is mostly exemplified by Murders in the Zoo’s cat scrum is the cruelty of the human species. But from a purely cinematic perspective it’s a powerful scene, and indeed, the entire zoo setting heightens the overarching dread. As 1930s movies go, Murders in the Zoo is an excellent one. It premiered in the U.S. today in 1933.
A quick glance over the shoulder.
Our three week Stateside odyssey continues with the above find from the great Denver Book Fair. We uncovered this in a dusty back closet underneath a pile of old promotional posters. It’s a vintage photo of South African actress Hazel Brooks, never before seen online as far as we know, and we scored it for a pittance—three dollars. Can you believe that? No year on this, but she appears to be in her Body and Soul heyday, so we’re going to say 1947. More Stateside treasures upcoming.
All he had to give was everything he had.
Was boxing ever honest? We doubt it. How could a sport with the scoring done in secret be anything but a scam? Body and Soul tells the story of a champion boxer named Charley Davis whose rise has occurred under the thumb of organized crime and who is now required to lose his title to a brash, 20-year-old upstart. That doesn’t sit too well with Charley, who may be corrupt and mob-owned, and who has wrecked everything good in his life for money and a femme fatale, but whose talent is real. One of the first and best boxing movies, Body and Soul—with John Garfield as Charley, Hazel Brooks as the femme fatale Alice, and Lilli Palmer as his loyal girlfriend—is a nearly flawless classic. After his performance here, and in the previous year’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, Garfield’s film career should have been long and decorated, but in 1950 he was blacklisted during the Communist witch hunts that swept Hollywood, and by 1952 he was dead from a heart attack. Body and Soul premiered in the U.S. today in 1947.
Soul sister number 1.
Above, three covers of Soul, with the immortal Pam Grier, along with an inset of her boyfriend Richard Pryor,1973, 1976 and 1977.
Hazel Brooks was born in Cape Town, South Africa but emigrated to the U.S. and appeared in her first Hollywood production at the age of eighteen. She became a true star four years later in the 1947 noir Body and Soul, which for most critics remains one of the best boxing movies ever made. You see her above circa 1946.
The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
The United States detonates a nuclear bomb codenamed Fat Man over the city of Nagasaki. It is the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan. 40,000 to 75,000 people are killed immediately, with tens of thousands more sickening and dying later due to radiation poisoning. The U.S. had plans to drop as many as seven more bombs on Japan, but the nation surrendered days later.
1969—Manson Followers Murder Five
Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate and coffee heiress Abigail Folger, along with Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent. The crimes terrify the Los Angeles celebrity community, and even today continue to fascinate
the worldwide public.
1963—Gang Pulls Off Great Train Robbery
A fifteen member gang robs a train of £2.6 million at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. Thirteen of the fifteen are later caught, but some subsequently escape from prison, and one, Ronnie Biggs, is only recaptured in 2001 after voluntarily returning to England.
After two years of public outcry over the Watergate scandal, U.S. president Richard M. Nixon announces to a national television audience that he will resign, effective the next day. Vice President Gerald R. Ford completes the remainder of Nixon's term.
1947—Journey of the Kon-Tiki Ends
Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into a reef in the Tuamotu Islands after a 4300 mile (7000 kilomteter) journey from South America. Heyerdahl was attempting to prove—in rather circuitous fashion—that South American natives were descended from Pacific Islanders.
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With the size of Minecraft, as well as new content being added regularly, it’s inevitable that some things won’t be discovered until later.
Since time immemorial, video games have been known to hide little secrets here and there that are not always discovered during the first games. This is especially true for open-world titles that have sprawling maps with lots of areas to discover. games like Skyrim have a ton of interesting Easter eggs, including ones that occasionally reference other franchises. Minecraft is another example where the developer can sneak in something that may not be discovered for some time. In this case, it can take fans years to unearth them.
User TidiToad posted a short clip on the Minecraft Subreddit a few days ago which shows them fishing for a bit with another player. During the generally quiet activity, they are suddenly a bit shocked when an old guardian comes out of the small body of water to attack them. According to a report from PCGamesN, this is based on an April Fools’ Snap update that dates back to 2020, meaning this rare Easter egg apparently went unnoticed for two years.
By fishing in Minecraft is generally a peaceful affair, the sight of the vicious guardian must have spooked players a bit as they moved frantically to defend themselves. It appears to be a rare occurrence in which attempting to catch fish can produce this antagonistic beast. Although the post title on Reddit says it was from the 20w13infinite snapshot, it’s more than likely the 20w14infinite version instead. In any case, it shows that no matter how long the game has been out, there are still opportunities to find new stuff.
As for the crowd itself, the Guardians of Minecraft are hostile creatures that emit a powerful laser beam. They were added to the game for patch 13w25a after being announced in the summer of 2014. A number of people in the comments noted how unlikely it must have been to be able to discover an ancient guardian while fishing.
After more than a decade, many secrets still remain in Minecraft, some of which are still found by players to this day. With the addition of the two-year-old April Fool’s Day update, it shows that no matter how many millions of fans log in to play the game each month, fans will still be amazed at what’s in there. find. This begs the question of what else Mojang has left behind that has yet to be found.
Minecraft is available now for PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One.
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The tax compliance group asked the accounting departments
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A research team has developed new techniques for controlling qubits, which could help improve the accuracy of quantum computers.
The team, which included two physicists from the University of Oregon (UO), along with colleagues from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Colorado, Boulder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the University of Texas at San Antonio, demonstrated that creating logic gates using magnetic forces is less expensive and more practical than using lasers to control trapped-ion qubits.
The researchers said their goal is to achieve 10,000 operations without error, as well as implementing layers of checks to resolve errors as they arise.
UO's David Allcock said, "We want to get to that point. Then you can use quantum computers for something useful. Right now, they're just toys."
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According to a BBC news report two Japanese government ministers and dozens of lawmakers recently visited the Yasukuni shrine on the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. The shrine is a testimony to Japan’s past militarism under a ‘divine emperor’ including the colonisation of the Korean peninsula and the invasion of China. It commemorates Japan’s war dead but also honours 14 convicted war criminals from World War II. Today its history museum continues to peddle a version of World War II history that either ignores or denies the crimes committed by Japan in Korea and China. Visits to the shrine by lawmakers anger and offend Japan’s neighbours.
The past holding the future captive – does this sound familiar? Northern Ireland’s problems with commemoration of those who died in conflicts are of course not unique. Think of recent commemorations of ‘volunteers’ – depending on which side we are on, one person’s brave ‘volunteer’ is another’s terrorist. Both sides of our community have their own versions of reality in which they have tried to airbrush historical facts of the past in order to justify that past. Nonetheless we need to recognise the right of others to commemorate and to hold to perspectives with which we disagree. And where there is disagreement with other perspectives both sides must be open to engaging in dialogue about them. If we could do this there would be the possibility of rising above divided memories.
But how might we transcend them? Can Christians whose primary allegiance should be to God’s kingdom provide a model of how to commemorate? Our last PS… gave an example of recognising a common humanity in the actions of the ‘other’. And writing some years ago in the Presbyterian Herald about annual commemorations of events in 1690 Rev John Dunlop commented ‘We appear to be so obsessed with our own anxieties that we cannot understand with compassion the traumatic experiences of the other people with whom we share this Island…….Can you love your neighbour and at the same time celebrate the anniversary of his defeat?’
Jesus said “My kingdom is not of this world” and all who profess to follow Him, of whatever denominational background, must be counter-cultural. How can we be counter-cultural Christians in this part of Ireland where sub-cultural histories on both sides are idolised? Only, it seems to me, by seeking to become Christ-like. Which means that our counter-culture must be characterized by love and self-sacrifice. The Christian divine emperor is One that turned the concept of empire on its head by entering into human life and giving up His life for his enemies.
We must therefore live lives in the midst of ‘enemies’, who may come to like us or may turn on us. Lives in which we build but don’t grieve too hard when our buildings are knocked down. Lives lived under one flag but where we could promote the values of that flag while living under another flag. Lives in which we pray for the Shalom of those around us. Not primarily so that they’ll like us and accept us – though that might occasionally happen, but because we are patiently awaiting and praying for the action of a Sovereign Lord to bring about justice on our behalf (Luke 18 v 1-8). When Jesus returns will he find faith on earth? Or will we just be paying lip service to His challenge and be resorting to our own misguided efforts to assert the truth of our particular perspective on history?
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Centre for Holistic Learning
Survey 104/4, Targal,
Sirsi Taluka - 581336.
Phone: +91 876-207-1817
Getting to Sirsi
For those coming from other places by train, the nearest major station is Hubli. Click here to see trains connecting various places to Hubli. From Hubli there are regular buses to Sirsi, and the journey takes about 3 hours.
There are regular buses from several major cities to Sirsi. For information on KSRTC buses from Bangalore and other cities, click here. There are also buses by private operators (click here to check available options). Some people might prefer to take an overnight sleeper bus. Sirsi is about 6 hours by bus from Goa (Madgaon) and about 9 hours from Bangalore.
Getting to Hulekal
Hulekal Village is about 13 kms from Sirsi.
At the "Old Bus Stand" in Sirsi, ask for the "Hulekal-Sonda" bus; a ticket costs about Rs.20. Here is the time-table for Sirsi-Hulekal and Hulekal-Sirsi buses (including buses that pass through Hulekal). Once in Hulekal, just ask anyone for directions to the Syndicate Bank, which is about half a kilometre from the bus-stop. We are in the house next to the bank, after the ATM and playground.
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What Happened On This Day – July 11
2010 FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa
The Netherlands and Spain fought out for the prestigious football trophy. Spain won the match 1-0 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
2006 Mumbai train bombings
Over 200 people were killed and about 700 people were injured in a series of bombings on Mumbai city trains.
1960 To Kill a Mockingbird is first published as Atticus
Harper Lee's classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning book is about racial inequality during the Great Depression.
1914 Major League Baseball debut of Babe Ruth
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., one of the world's most well-known professional baseball player started his major league baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.
1804 A duel between two leading American politicians claims the life of one
United States Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ended a life-long feud with a duel. Hamilton was fatally wounded and died the next day.
Births On This Day,
1986 Yoann Gourcuff
1975 Lil' Kim
American rapper, actress
1916 Gough Whitlam
Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia
1767 John Quincy Adams
American politician, 6th President of the United States
1274 Robert the Bruce
Deaths On This Day,
2010 Bob Sheppard
2007 Lady Bird Johnson
American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States
1998 Panagiotis Kondylis
Greek writer, translator
1989 Laurence Olivier
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Simon Sinek explains how to use the Golden Circle model to truly differentiate your brand's value proposition when most fail
Leadership expert Simon Sinek is perhaps best known for giving one of the most popular TED talks of all time, which you can view at the end of this post. The Golden Circle theory explains how leaders can inspire cooperation, trust and change in a business based on his research into how the most successful organizations think, act and communicate if they start with why.
I think that marketers will find the most value in his Golden Circle model, which helps give focus to how a business can stand out from similar competitors by communicating its differences. I was prompted to check it out after a workshop when discussing the importance of developing a strong digital value proposition as part of a digital marketing strategy a few years ago.…
How to engage your site visitors with your brand in 7 steps
Ever been to a web site and wondered 'Why am I here?', 'How does this help me?' or 'Does this site give me what I need?'. And then left shortly afterwards?
A succinct online value proposition is a crucial way to hook new visitors into your site and brand in those crucial seconds (not minutes!) that a visitor is deciding to click-on or leave your site. It also encourages continued usage and advocacy about your site, so it's vital to an effective web strategy.
An online value proposition is closely tied to your brand positioning which answers questions like: who we are, what we offer, which markets do we serve, what makes us different? But the OVP extends this the difference is that it identifies the reasons why customers will click on, return, register or buy from your site…
Examples of creating powerful online value propositions
Today’s customers are experiencing an information avalanche with social requests, blog posts, real-time updates, news outbreaks etc fuelled by companies eager for our attention. Using digital channels to interact with their audience but not adapting their strategy of pushing messages out and expecting an instantaneous return on investment by measuring their digital channels as they measured their offline channel.
Brands are clambering on the digital band wagon but using the same techniques they used in a bygone era of broadcasting their message through buying up media space (Radio, TV, ad impressions) but it is no longer working: appealing to the masses means appealing to no one – rather, brands need to spend more time to get to know their audience and know what motivates their audience.
There requires a change in approach and change in tactic, brands need to be asking the question: Am I…
Does your digital brand really stand out from the competition?
Have you really considered the extent to which your online brand proposition provides something compelling to your audience on an ongoing basis? With the rapid acceleration in new technologies and channels to interact with generic and niche audiences, brands are having to adapt quickly in order to stay relevant and to their audience as well as to out-manoeuvre the competition.
For brands it is ensuring you’re playing to your strengths – are you trusted source or supplier which audiences continue to engage with over time? Are you retaining your authority within your sector and are you listening to your customers and aware of your competition? Developing a digital brand differentiation strategy is essential to retain brand identity and relevancy.
This post will focus on the concept and importance of creating ongoing engagement or 'lock-in' – explaining what it is, how it can be…
Our interview with Michael Welch of Blackcircles.com
Michael Welch created Blackcircles.com as a new way for consumers to buy tyres at competitive prices either over the Internet or on the telephone. From the site, consumers can find the best deal from a network of over 1,000 local dealerships.
Blackcircles.com now has a turnover of £18 million and is growing rapidly, so we thought it would be interesting to learn the approaches its founder, Michael Welch has used to grow and sustain the business. Thanks Mike for sharing your story!
Key success factors for the business
Q1. Which factors do you put the initial success of Blackcircles.com down to?
At the very beginning it was mainly about hard work, determination and not ‘taking no for an answer’. If I’m honest there was no real difference between me…
A tutorial with examples and ideas of what to test
Prominently displaying why users should buy from you rather than a competitor is extremely important for any business look to increases online sales, particularly in retail, but it applies across many other sites.
As Bryan Eisenberg, author of Always Be Testing can Call To Action explains in this punchy clip, testing value propositions can have a massive impact on conversion.
Bryan Eisenberg On Unique Value Propositions (1m45s) >>
As Bryan says:
"If you're not doing this, you're wasting your time"
Given this, value propositions are something that I love to test. Smart Insights have covered the importance and examples of value propositions in other posts on their hub page, here I'm going to focus on testing, looking at retail Ecommerce examples. I will looking at testing and optimisation point of view, starting with a review of…
Ideas, examples and a process to develop your online value proposition (OVP)
I’m really pleased that Jay Baer of Convince and Convert could speak recently in our webcast. He explained three blueprints and examples of how companies can develop their Youtility. Jay is one of the great original thinkers who shows how to apply social media and content marketing to get business results. Dan and I have been following his ideas from his blog for a couple of years now. The talk and slide deck are now available
Youtility slide deck
Examples of how to communicate your offer effectively
Simply put, value propositions are the reasons retailers use to persuade us to buy products or services from them rather than competitors. From a retailer's perspective we also consider them sales tools. This includes benefits provided by products/services or even the website, functionality, customer service, loyalty schemes etc.
This tends to be done really well by retailers offline, but for some reason online value proposition (OVPs) becomes a watery-at-best version – and this is something that is quite possibly MORE important online than offline.
One common theme that I’m sure many can resonate with is that website owners will often say ‘I thought the designers would do that’. But here’s the thing: most designers have studied design, not marketing. Typically, when you ask for them to design an ad, you usually provide…
Great examples of websites with effective online value propositions (OVPs)
"Why should I do business with you online?" is the question on the subconscious minds of all site visitors and especially first time visitors.
I believe the design has to emphasise your key offers and why we should do business with you online rather than via another channel or a competitor. I call this an Online Value Proposition.
I'm always on the lookout for sites that do this well, so thought it would be handy to present some examples here from different sectors.
I like the example on the left from O2 which they use in the area of the site where visitors are viewing phones. It has links to the main parts of the proposition to help support the decision and highlight it with a good hook, image and…
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This study clarified the relation between Japanese compliments and discourse development by analyzing a tester’s compliments in dialogic language assessment (DLA). By focusing on the type of compliment and its expression, this paper revealed the following two points: 1) specific kinds of compliments (“envy”, “facts”, “appreciation”) are used in the specific environment of the discourse; and 2) when compliments are expressed by “feelings”, specific expressions are used regardless of the environment. However, when compliments are expressed by “evaluation”, the expression varies according to the environment. These results show us that various kinds of compliments are used properly depending on the aspects of the discourse development. In other words, by using various kinds of compliments in each environment, conversation participants can understand the aspects of the discourse. | <urn:uuid:4a26703c-340f-4740-85c9-26b0b842d578> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/ja/journal/BullGradSchEducHU-Part2/--/66/article/44787 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.932008 | 176 | 3.28125 | 3 |
How To: Holiday Watercolor Card Idea
Watch the video and try it out!
(Video compliments of Strathmore)
*Water brushes are like watercolor paint brushes with a traditional brush tip, but the tip connects to a barrel that is filled with water. The artist squeezes the barrel while working and the water comes out through the bristles. This eliminates the need to dip a brush into water while working with watercolors. They are fun to use but determining whether a water brush or traditional brush should be used comes down to artist preference and the project.
- Lightly hand letter a phrase with pencil. Don’t be afraid to use your eraser and get your lettering just the way you want it before you apply the permanent ink.
- Once you are happy with your lettering, trace over it with the pen.
- Erase your pencil marks.
- Use watercolor to add a design. When applying watercolors, start with your light colors first, then add in darker colors. Take time to let layers dry if you don’t want the colors to blend and to prevent colors from getting muddy.
- Give it a try with different phrases and designs! | <urn:uuid:47f0703c-1de5-480a-9512-9cad886c03b7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://opusartsupplies.com/media/how-to-holiday-watercolor-card-idea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.894221 | 256 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Two Birmingham high school students will receive their college educations on the dime of the foundation created by Bill Gates.
Woodlawn High School seniors Jarrell Jordan and Trey Hawkins received Gates Millennium Scholarships, which are paid for by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by the United Negro College Fund.
Jordan and Hawkins are two of the 1,000 students nationwide to win the scholarships, which help pays for the students' undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and doctoral degrees.
"When I found out, I was really surprised. I didn't think I'd get it," said Jordan, who will attend Morehouse College in Atlanta in the fall. "My family and friends are really ecstatic. Everyone's just really happy."
The scholarships are distributed to minority students who display a "significant financial need" to help pay for college. Students must have a 3.3 GPA, demonstrate outstanding leadership ability and must qualify for the federal Pell Grant.
This is just another one of the Woodlawn students' achievements. Jordan is ranked 5th in his class at Woodlawn, and of the 70 colleges he applied to, he was accepted into 45 of them, earning almost $700,000 in scholarship offers.
In the summer, Jordan will intern at the Birmingham mayor's office, and he hopes to become mayor of Birmingham after college.
Hawkins, Woodlawn's valedictorian who will attend Howard University in Washington, D.C., had already been awarded close to $1.5 million in scholarships, including a $100,000 Legacy Scholarship to Howard University and the prestigious Oprah Winfrey New Century Scholarship at Morehouse College.
He will enter Howard in a pre-medical track, and he hopes to return to Birmingham to open low-income clinics in the area.
"I'm very, very proud of them," Woodlawn Principal Jesse Daniel said. "I know it took hard work, dedication and a passion for learning. I'm glad to be able to provide an avenue for them to learn.''
Both students also participated in Alabama Possible's Blueprint College Access Initiative, an organization which pairs high school students with current college students, who mentor and help the high school students navigate the college admissions process.
"We are so proud of Trey and Jarrell for earning this recognition," Kristina Scott, the executive director of Alabama Possible, said in a release. "These young men are leaders inside and out of the classroom. They made sure they could afford college by applying for the Gates scholarship, which required a rigorous application process, and they've worked closely with their fellow Woodlawn students to motivate them to reach their own goals." | <urn:uuid:d49f3f12-13b3-4823-b585-c5eb97394fd5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2015/04/birmingham_students_receive_pr.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.974501 | 540 | 1.851563 | 2 |
How Taiwan's Status Is Resolved Will Determine Whether U.S.-China Relations Are Cooperative or Hostile
May 22, 2007
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Although the question of Taiwan’s status is unlikely to be resolved soon, considering the various possible outcomes and how they might affect U.S.–China relations is useful. A total of ten distinct trajectories for the resolution of the cross-strait relationship can be identified, with greatly varying implications for U.S.-China relations. Unsurprisingly, the impact of peaceful outcomes, including continued peaceful irresolution, is both more predictable and generally better for relations between Washington and Beijing. If China uses force against Taiwan, however, subsequent U.S.–China relations could fall anywhere from close cooperation to hostile cold war. Both how the Taiwan issue is resolved and the nature of subsequent U.S.–China relations will largely be determined by the nature of China’s government: a democratic, or, at least, highly pragmatic Chinese government is more likely to achieve a peaceful resolution; a government still controlled by the Chinese Communist Party is less likely to do so. As China’s military capabilities grow, it will become increasingly difficult but also increasingly more important to prevent Beijing from using force to bring about unification. | <urn:uuid:4f54500f-27f3-41c9-8b58-1f9cdb61fbfd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG567.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.886455 | 390 | 2.09375 | 2 |
About yacht accidents, and how to avoid them. There are many, most go unreported and the causes and actual injuries may surprise you. Safety should be your number one priority when out sailing.
By way of disclaimer, the information on this website is readily available and I accept no responsibility for any of the information, advice or opinions expressed. Always consult your health care professional or get advice as to your local requirements for the use of safety equipment or for carrying on board. I will say this frequently, ENROLL IN A FIRST AID COURSE!
What are the most common injuries experienced by sailors? Much research and some surveys have been done and they make really interesting reading. The greatest risk for sailors are acute injuries, sailing related injuries, environmental factor injuries, and within racing circles also overuse injuries.
Injuries are as follows and not in any particular ranking or order, contusions (bruising), lacerations (have had way too many), primarily to the upper and lower extremities, lower back and spinal injuries, crush injuries, fractures of limbs, hands and collar bone, ankle and knee injuries including patellofemoral pain syndrome, rotator cuff impingement (a surgeon friend told me that this was very common), head injuries and concussion and in some cases traumatic brain injuries.
Many injuries are fall related impacts and I can willingly attest to this. Also injuries or loss of fingers and toes when they get caught up in various equipment, windlasses are a common cause. If it turns keep your fingers clear.
Injury risk sources are varied. First let’s start with environmental risks, which include over exposure to the sun, hypothermia, immersion injuries and our old favorite, motion sickness. Acute injuries are very common and I am proof of that, it is so easy to have accidents. Falls are really common, often trip related, you know that old adage about one hand for the ship and one hand for yourself. Direct impacts from equipment, think booms, mainsheet travellers and so on. Then we have lines and sheets under tension. Winch grinding has its risks with repetition injuries, in particular those who race.
Challenges are plenty. If you are a day sailor then medical help is not far away. I recall once I was asked to help fix a problem on a friend’s yacht, and an exposed stainless hose clamp on a water line to the engine sliced me open on the thigh better than any surgeon could, and best thing was I drove to the nearest emergency room and was stitched up within the hour. However, venture offshore and everything changes and everything becomes more challenging. No emergency assistance available, days or week away from help. We have limited medical skills, usually something happens in rough conditions, severe motion, cramped conditions and so it goes on. Simple injuries very quickly turn into life threatening ones.
Several years ago, I was single handing offshore France in the Bay of Biscay, it was really tough going alone in a very big beam sea. A big wave got me and I went over on to my beam ends and fortunately I was tethered in the cockpit but the force of the roll flung me across the cockpit well. I landed against a winch and cracked some ribs. No time to stop and get help as conditions demanded progress to safety and a lee shore. The next 5 hours I edged into the lee of Ile de Groix off Lorient, every movement was agonizing and excruciating. On arrival a doctor said there was nothing that could be done and had I been well offshore on an ocean passage the next few days would have been very challenging. The fact is that the majority of serious injuries occur in rough weather, and factors such as fatigue, motion sickness all contribute to risk. Safety on boats is the priority and yachting accidents avoidance is in your hands. | <urn:uuid:a0434cbd-3723-4885-b8f8-b6177f12d0a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fishingandboats.com/yacht-accidents.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.967892 | 788 | 2 | 2 |
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Donald Trump has a message for Tim Cook: If elected, you’re going to begin making all of your devices in the United States.
The Republican front-runner made the boast on Monday near the end of a speech at Liberty University in Virginia (video here, comments just after 1:07 mark):
Trump has regularly bashed U.S. companies for manufacturing their products elsewhere. A regular target ― including in his Monday speech ― has been Ford Motor Co., with Trump threatening a 35% import tariff on any cars made in Mexico (while simultaneously calling himself a “free trader”).
But this seems to be the first time Apple has entered his crosshairs, and Trump provided no suggestions for how he would convince Tim Cook to abandon his company’s primary manufacturing base. Then again, it’s also unclear how a president ― any president ― would unilaterally impose a 35% tariff.
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When old theories are challenged forcefully, the public discourse moves forward. Thanks to the efforts of this lobby of researchers about Netaji’s contribution, the common Indian people now believe that the day is not far when the truth about the iconic leader will get known to everybody. And once that happens, a lot of old beliefs will get shattered and new facts would come to fore.
"Why is the Government hiding the truth that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave India freedom?”
- Oft-repeated question in the Indian minds for the past 75 years.
NO MATTER the political idea that some elements may be trying to spread about how India got freedom, factually, this question -- Why is the Government hiding the truth that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave India freedom? -- has continued to haunt most Indians. Average Indian people have little to do with the political part of the controversy about freedom. Their basic interest is in their right to know the truth as it is. There are several angles to the mysteries that surround Netaji Subhas Bose’s life -- and death. But the most important is the man’s actual contribution to the cause of India’s freedom. That issue needs to be resolved decisively.
Those who have studied the world history around the World War II are quite conscious that the British found themselves terribly cornered as far India was concerned. Though they had registered a clear victory in the World War II -- thanks to a variety of reasons -- they felt compelled to cede control of India. What were the factors that led them to do so? This question needs to be studied in truthful detail rather than political propagandism.
The oft-repeated narrative made popular in the country by some elements is that India won Independence through non-violence. This argument is now being challenged by some people most vociferously, most vehemently. Though there may be a dispute about the statement actress Kangana Ranaut made -- that India’s so-called freedom was an alms from the British -- there are people who feel that what is described as “freedom” was actually a “transfer of power”. This lobby asserts that Government is hiding truth about Netaji because it wants to protect its own narrative of “non-violence”.
Some researchers afford the evidence of Sir Clement Attlee, who was Prime Minister of Britain towards the end of the World War II and who made the final decision to cede control of India. During his visit to India (Kolkata) in the mid-1950s, Mr. Attlee said to his host that the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi to the freedom to India was “minimal”. During the same conversation, Sir Attlee is also reported to have said that the British were overly concerned about their loss of control on the Armed Forces -- thanks mainly to Subhas Chandra Bose and his Indian National Army (plus the Government of Free India led by Netaji Bose). The INA had created serious faultlines in the British Indian Army and the alien rulers found it difficult to keep the soldiers’ loyalty intact. Also, the uprising by the sailors of the Indian Navy also created problems for the British. That made the British realise that despite their victory in the World War II, they could not hold India in their control, Sir Clement Attlee is reported to have said.
Those who have studied the events around those years also insist that as many as 26,000 soldiers of the Indian National Army led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose laid their lives fighting for freedom of India. Thus, the claim by the people in power post-1947 in India that freedom was won through non-violence is false and political in nature. The details of how Netaji Bose created a favourable international mood for India’s freedom from the British have already become integral parts of the collective information, memory and belief. If the world favoured India’s independence, crores of Indian people in India and abroad were committed to winning freedom led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
The accusation now doing the rounds in the country is that some political elements tried to hide the truth of Netaji’s contribution because they feared that he would corner all the credit for Independence. What a petty thought, this!
Thanks to the efforts of a few researchers, the nation now knows that a serious conspiracy shrouds the vanishing of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Countless verifiable accounts are available in public domain to claim that Netaji was never killed in an air crash and that the air crash did not take place at all in the first place. A strong body of evidence has emerged in public domain to believe that Netaji lived for many years -- partly in the Soviet Union and later in India incognito for a variety of reasons. There claims in public domain that the Government of India had the proof that Netaji was alive and some leaders of the Government were in touch with him through Intelligence officers -- either of India or of the erstwhile INA led by Netaji.
Various scholars and researchers have tried to answer a natural question as to why Netaji did not surface in free India if he were alive. While some of those theories appear plausible, some appear only superficial and unconvincing.
No matter the details, one thing is clear -- that most Indians now believe that big efforts were made by some political vested interests to hide truth about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for various reasons. This work by a strong lobby of researchers has ensured that the common people have begun doubting the theory of non-violence as the tool that won India freedom.
This is no less a gain. For, when old theories are challenged forcefully, the public discourse moves forward. Thanks to the efforts of this lobby of researchers about Netaji’s contribution, the common Indian people now believe that the day is not far when the truth about the iconic leader will get known to everybody. And once that happens, a lot of old beliefs will get shattered and new facts would come to fore.
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- Case report
- Open Access
Non-contemporaneous bilateral stem fractures occurring after staged bilateral hip revision using extensively porous-coated cylindrical femoral stems: a case report
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders volume 20, Article number: 112 (2019)
Distally fixed cylindrical femoral stems extensively coated with porous materials are widely used in revision and total hip arthroplasty surgeries. Stem fracture is an uncommon complication; few case reports have been published.
We report the case of a 51-year-old male exhibiting extensively porous-coated cylindrical femoral stems fracture after staged bilateral hip revision. His body mass index was 24.22 kg/m2. The major risk factor was poor proximal bony support; and femoral stems with smaller diameter.
Certain patients are at high risk of non-contemporaneous, bilateral femoral stem fractures. It remains unclear whether fracture of the contralateral femoral stem is an inevitable fatigue fracture or reflects the increased weight imposed on the contralateral hip after the first revision. We recommend that a strut bone graft be placed to support the proximal bone, and that non-modular tapered femoral stems be employed in such patients.
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is commonly performed to treat terminal hip joint disease. THA improves clinical outcomes and patient quality of life, and revision THA is expected to become more common in the near future. Distally fixed, extensively porous-coated cylindrical femoral stems are widely used during revision THA surgery. Here, we report the case of a 51-year-old male who underwent bilateral revision hip THA using Solution stems (DePuy, Warsaw, IN, USA) then occurred non-contemporaneous bilateral stem fractures.
A 51-year-old male visited us complaining of right hip pain in June 2011. He had undergone bilateral THA more than 10 years prior. X-rays revealed wear of the acetabular linings of both hips, and severe osteolysis of the proximal femora and acetabula (Fig. 1a). Preoperative laboratory data revealed no sign of infection; we thus revised the right hip on June 24, 2011. During operation, we found that the acetabular cup was firmly fixed; we thus replaced the acetabular polyethylene lining and the alumina ceramic head. The femoral stem was loose so a DePuy Solution stem (diameter 12 mm) was placed after removing the old stem. The DePuy stem is a distally fixed, extensively porous-coated cylindrical revision femoral stem (Fig. 1b). We grafted alloallergic cancellated bone onto the acetabular side; we did not graft the proximal femoral bone defect. On April 11, 2013, we revised the left hip. Again, we found that the acetabular cup was firmly fixed and the femoral stem loose. We grafted alloallergic cancellated bone onto the acetabular side, replaced the acetabular polyethylene lining and the alumina ceramic head, and again used a DePuy Solution stem (diameter 12 mm) for femoral revision (Fig. 1c and d). However, on June 122,014, the patient returned to hospital complaining of left hip pain and an inability to move after changing his sitting posture. Blood tests revealed a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate and a C-reactive protein level of 56.8 mg/L. A stem fracture was evident on X-rays (Fig. 2a and b). We revised the left hip 11 days later; the cup and acetabular polyethylene lining were satisfactory. We replaced the femoral head and used a 14-mm-diameter DePuy Solution stem to revise the femoral side. Allograft bone augmentation of the proximal femur followed by cerclage wiring was performed (Fig. 2c and d). However, the patient returned again in September 2017 with a right femoral prosthetic fracture (Fig. 3a and b). We replaced the femoral head and the acetabular polyethylene lining, and used a 14-mm-diameter Wagner SL stem (Zimmer, Warsaw, IN, USA) to revise the right hip. We performed allograft bone augmentation of the proximal femur followed by cerclage wiring (Fig. 3c and d).
Discussion and conclusions
Defects at the sides of the femora pose a challenge during many hip revisions. The Paprosky classification of femoral bone loss suggests that when type II bone loss is encountered, placement of an extensively porous-coated cylindrical stem is appropriate. If type IIIA bone loss is evident, a stem that is < 19 mm in diameter should be extensively porous-coated cylindrical stem; if the stem is ≥19 mm in diameter, it should exhibit a modulated taper. The Paprosky classification does not mention bone grafting. Extensively porous-coated cylindrical femoral stems are reliable when used to manage femoral side defects ; stem fracture is an uncommon complication of hip revision. However, few such reports have appeared. Zhang et al. reported two cases of femoral stem fracture after total hip revision using extensively porous-coated cylindrical stem . Busch et al. reported five stem fractures in 219 patients (2.3%) who had undergone revision THA using distally fixed, cementless extensively porous-coated cylindrical stem . The risk factors included poor proximal bony support, a high body weight/body mass index (BMI), and the use of smaller-diameter (< 13.5 mm) stems.
The BMI of our patient was 24.22 kg/m2. We did not perform a trochanteric osteotomy when removing the prosthesis during revision. However, we placed a 12-mm-diameter stem. As the patient was young and active, insufficient bone support from the proximal femur and bony ingrowth into the distal femur may have concentrated stress on the femoral stem. Cyclic bending stresses combined with a small-diameter stem may trigger fatigue fracture. Mimura et al. reported a similar case , in which progressive stem bending culminated in fracture; they considered that repetitive operations/dislocations might increase the risk of such a fracture. The principal risk factors in our case were the small-diameter stem (12 mm) and inadequate proximal femoral bone support. Crowninshield et al. considered that proximal femoral bone loss, un-united fractures, and osteotomies can be expected to be most damaging to prostheses in heavier and more active patients with smaller implants . Busch et al. reported reduced stress concentration around stemmed prostheses when strut bone grafts were placed on the tension sides of femora. It remains unclear whether fracture of the contralateral femoral stem is inevitable because of fatigue, or attributable simply to the increased weight borne by the contralateral hip after the first revision.
Thus, during revision hip surgery on patients exhibiting femoral bone loss, larger stems and strut bone grafts should be placed to ensure adequate proximal bone support. However, the stem diameter is obviously determined by the diameter of the femoral canal. It may not be wise to remove cortical bone to allow insertion of a larger-diameter extensively porous-coated cylindrical stem. Other options include modular/non-modular tapered stems. Modular tapered stems are thought to allow more accurate control of leg length, offset, and anteversion, thus optimising restoration of hip biomechanics. Medium-term follow-up of such patients showed good outcomes. Abdel performed 519 aseptic femoral revisions using modular, fluted tapered stems; the mean follow-up duration was 4.5 years and the mean Harris hip score improved significantly. However, fractures of such stems have also been reported. Konan observed five fractures at the modular junction in a series of 27 revisions. The risk factors included a high BMI, patient activity, small-diameter stems, and poor proximal bone support. Researchers try to explore the mechanism of modular stem neck fracture. Zajc found that the use of an extra-long head increased the tensile stress at the neck-stem interface, triggering microcracking and, ultimately, failure of the modular stem neck.
Thus, in patients with small-diameter femoral canals and poor proximal femoral bone support, non-modular tapered stems may be the only choice; no fractures of such stems have been reported to date. The principal complications of such stems are subsidence, dislocation, and intra-operative fracture . Our experience with the present case led us to conclude that the most important risk factors for femoral fractures of extensively porous-coated cylindrical femoral stem are insufficient proximal bone support and a small- diameter (< 13.5 mm) femoral stem. Strut bone grafting improves proximal bone support; non-modular, tapered femoral stems are recommended for such patients.
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Zhu, L., He, R. Non-contemporaneous bilateral stem fractures occurring after staged bilateral hip revision using extensively porous-coated cylindrical femoral stems: a case report. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 20, 112 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2489-0
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Because of how your ankle is constructed, ligament sprains and bone breaks or fractures are the most common injuries. However, tendonitis, tarsal tunnel syndrome, and a strained flexor retinaculum, or ankle arthritis can be the culprit of ankle pain as well:
Common Causes of Ankle Pain
Ankle pain can come on suddenly or gradually, and may be mild or very intense. You can take comfort knowing that most ankle injuries can be successfully resolved at home. One study of athletes published in Clinical Sports Medicine showed that the majority of ankle injuries like sprains and tendonitis were rehabilitated successfully with only conservative treatments like icing, rest, and stretching.
If your ankle pain persists, gets worse, or you suspect a fracture, visit a doctor.
The following are the most common causes of ankle pain:
A 28-year study published in Sports Medicine showed that ankle sprains are the most common type of sports injury.
Ankle sprains are the result of ligament damage and can happen during sports, exercise, or even while stepping onto uneven surfaces. Since sprains are essentially tears in the ligaments around the ankle, some sprains are more severe than others, A class I sprain is a small or partial tear, while a class III tear is very severe and may even require ankle surgery.
Treatment: If your sprain is mild, try to stay off the affected foot for a few days, and use ice to bring down swelling and pain. If it’s difficult to put any weight on the affected foot, or the pain is very severe, see a doctor.
There are three main tendons in the ankle: the Achilles tendon, the peroneal tendon, and the posterior tibial tendon. Inflammation or overuse of any of these tendons often leads to a condition called tendonitis. If you have tendonitis, you may notice swelling, tenderness, redness and pain in the ankle.
Treatment: Mild cases of ankle tendonitis usually resolve on their own with plenty of rest, ice, elevation, compression, anti-inflammatory drugs as needed, and stretching.
Ankle pain can also be caused by different types of arthritis that cause inflammation of the ankle joint. Reactive arthritis, gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis are the most common types of arthritis associated with ankle pain and inflammation of the ankle joint.
Keep in mind that arthritis is not caused by a single incident or injury to the ankle joint, but rather develops slowly over time. Symptoms of arthritis in the ankle include swelling, stiffness, warmth in the area, and redness.
Treatment: Depending on your unique situation and health history, your doctor may prescribe a number of treatments to improve your arthritis. These treatments can include medications, analgesics, and sometimes surgery. At home treatments like stretching and exercise can also help certain types of arthritis.
Strained Flexor Retinaculum
The flexor retinaculum is a dense band of tissue that covers the flexor muscles in your ankle (these are the muscles you use when you point your toes down and flex your foot). When this fascia becomes inflamed or injured during sports, running, or standing for long periods of time the ankle can become extremely painful and stiff.
Treatment: Rest, icing, and, compression socks to bring down swelling are generally the top recommended treatments for a strained flexor retinaculum.
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Ankle pain can also be caused by tarsal tunnel syndrome, which results from compression of the nerves in the ankle joint. This nerve compression can be caused by numerous other conditions, including sprains, arthritis, and even plantar fasciitis.
Treatment: Tarsal tunnel is commonly treated with rest, orthotics and physical therapy. If the condition does not improve with modest treatments, surgery is also an option.
All these ankle injuries can take weeks to months to heal. It’s important to allow your ankle enough time and rest before resuming high-impact activities or sports, to avoid the risk of reinjury.
Are Heel Pain and Ankle Pain Related?
Many people experience ankle pain and heel pain at the same time. When one part of the body is compromised, the interconnected web of tissues and bones in the surrounding systems are often affected too.
Tarsal Tunnel and Heel Pain from Plantar Fasciitis
If you have ankle pain related to Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, you may also be suffering from Plantar Fasciitis. Plantar Fasciitis results from a strained, deteriorating arch that causes the feet to flatten and struggle to absorb weight and impact–which can put painful pressure on the nerves in your ankle joint, as well as heel pain.
Heel Pain and Ankle Tendonitis
Tendonitis and heel pain can also develop in tandem, especially from overuse in sports or exercise. Constant or high-impact activities may lead to micro-injuries and inflammation of both the tendons near the ankle and the arch of the foot and heel.
Heel and Ankle Pain from Unsupportive Shoes
Wearing unsupportive shoes can be another source of both heel and ankle pain. A study spearheaded by Dr. Alyssa Dufour, PhD. at the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife found that wearing unsupportive shoes like high heels, slippers, and sandals can cause both heel and ankle pain.
Allowing yourself plenty of rest, supporting your foot mechanics with orthotic inserts, stretching your feet and legs, and keeping up with ankle mobility exercises can help your ankle and your heels stay flexible, injury-resistant, strong, and work together properly.
How Orthotics Can Help Ankle Pain
While most people don’t associate orthotics with ankles, orthotics can be incredibly helpful in supporting and stabilizing a painful or weak ankle. Wearing arch supports keeps the foot gently cupped in place, and helps keep a weak ankle from twisting or turning while you walk.
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There are a few ways to print botanicals on fabric. One way is to use an inkjet printer to print the image onto transfer paper. The transfer paper is then placed face down on the fabric and heated with an iron. The other way is to use a screen printing method. The image is created as a negative and then burned onto a silk screen. The screen is then placed in contact with the fabric and ink is forced through the screen onto the fabric.
Botanical printing is a form of textile printing that uses botanical elements to create patterns on fabric. In most cases, the plants are dried and then pressed onto the fabric. Ink is then applied to the fabric, which transfers the images to the cloth.
There are a few different ways to do botanical printing. One popular way is to use a printing press. You can also use a simple wooden block or a printing stencil.
The first step is to gather your supplies. You will need some fabric, ink, a printing press (or other printing method), a botanical element, and a drying rack.
Once you have your supplies, you will need to prepare the fabric. Cut the fabric to the desired size and then set it aside.
Next, you will need to prepare the botanical element. If you are using a dried plant, you will need to remove any dirt or debris and then cut it to the desired size. If you are using a fresh plant, you will need to wash it and then dry it.
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Job In Life Insurance:
Numerous businesses offer Life Insurance as restricted measure of gathering extra security as a feature of their worker benefits bundle. · If you have this advantage, your boss might get this advantage. There were around 1,000,000 individuals in the protection business in the United States.
Opportunity magazine inside protection. Different capabilities, like petitioners, statisticians, and guarantors, are unique in relation to health care coverage and wellbeing and clinical insurance contracts. This incorporates business gauges, which decide the amount somebody in a specific work pays for disaster protection. There will be high gambling occupations.
Assuming that you are searching for the right insurance agency to address your issues, you should look through a changed insurance agency until you view the right one. The protection business is viewed as steady and testing, with numerous areas for development. Life coverage is something a great many people have known about, yet not every person comprehends who ought to get it and what it truly does.
Questions About Insurance Jobs:
These are questions we could do without. Assuming you bite the dust before your time, will you take off from your accomplice to pay for the house? Similarly, as with a wide range of protection, there are numerous choices accessible. In opposition to what you could expect, extra security isn’t restricted to grown-ups.
Extra security organizations contend and can drive off new clients. Dive deeper into the organization’s set of experiences, what it offers and how to look over probably the most famous medical coverage choices. Having a decent medical coverage strategy can go far in giving you true serenity realizing that your friends and family will be dealt with. On the improbable occasion of a mishap. Be that as it may, many individuals might become confounded about dif.
What number of occupations are accessible in finance?
The number of occupations that are accessible in finance – Now in the event that you have desires and yearnings for a future in the confidential area, this is where you really want to center. It isn’t so much that that one can’t advance in a public area organization however there are numerous limits to that progress which are not there in the confidential area.
Corporate money administrations are extremely popular because of the solid reconciliation of the business. The number of monetary administrations that are accessible Whether a global organization or a little nearby organization, pretty much every association plans to create a gain.
What is it that you want to be familiar with an extra security transporter?
Home Careers in Life Insurance Before beginning a profession in disaster protection, a specialist should comprehend what extra security is and the way in which it works. Life coverage is a strategy that an individual takes out with an insurance agency to give cash to the recipients after the demise of the protected.
Are Life Insurance Sales Jobs Easy to Find?
To start with, finding work in the disaster protection industry is simple and abundant. Second, commissions are a lot higher than different sorts of protection like Medicare. Additionally, life coverage representatives get an augmentation of commission as long as the arrangement sold is substantial. It makes a surge of recurring, automated revenue.
What is the typical compensation for an extra security specialist?
Another life guarantor with a short of one year of work experience can anticipate normal absolute remuneration (counting tips, rewards, and additional time) over the long run in view of 24 checks. A passage-level extra security merchant with 14 years of involvement procures a normal of $50,615 from 57 pay rates.
How hard is it to sell a transporter life coverage?
Selling protection can be a worthwhile business with high independence generally high commissions and adaptable working hours. Nonetheless, this is definitely not a simple assignment. Expect high bob rates, stress, and client beat.
How much commission does a disaster protection sales rep make?
Each business is unique, yet life coverage agents can procure 30-70% commission on the principal yearly term disaster protection premium. All that makers can procure 100 percent of the all-out premium in commission in the principal year and 5% in commission in the second to fourth year.
The typical office commission is around 10%. For instance, on the off chance that your month-to-month premium is $100 each month, your organization will get about $10 each month as a commission on your strategy. Keep in mind, that this is your gross compensation, and that implies you actually need to pay your representatives bonuses, utilities, lease, and so forth. | <urn:uuid:d384d890-c7e6-48cf-814f-64d591f6f36c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bestnewsscope.com/how-many-jobs-are-available-in-life-insurance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.945048 | 929 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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OPINION: It’s been my dream to earn my MBA and this year, I did it. During my journey, I learned there are millions of people who don’t follow a traditional path to college after high school and want to return to school as an adult, but face too many barriers such as high costs, limited availability, and scheduling restrictions at brick-and-mortar schools.
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OPINION: In the entrepreneurial world, California is a hub of innovation. The state is home to roughly four million small businesses which employ more than seven million workers.
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Once a bill has been passed by both houses of the California Legislature, the bill is sent to the governor’s desk. In order for the governor to act on a bill, it must be “presented” to the governor for final consideration. This means the governor must have the actual bill before him or her in order to either sign or veto the measure.
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1.This discussion forum invites you to write a post on SFL and how it can be used to inform language and content integrated instruction.Please read the article (Schleppegrell and Go (2007) )that I posted and please address the following question in your post. (2 paragraphs)
The authors explained using SFL concepts such as processes, circumstances, and participants can help students better addressed the three central tasks in writing (what is the text about? how is judgement/evaluation expressed? how is the text organized?) in writing or evaluating writing. Please choose one example from the article to explain how SFL concepts can be used to help English learners better understand “linking meaning and structure that helps students write in fuller and more effective ways” (p. 529).
2. write a poem it can be as short as a haiku or as long and formal as a sonnet. according these two articles (1. Short & Echevarría (1999), 2. Daniel & Conlin (2015) Shifting attention back to students within the SIOP.pdf)
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What are some of Daniel and Conlin’s (2015) critiques on the SIOP model? Do you agree with their takes on the SIOP model? Why or why not?
Do you have any critiques on the SIOP model? Think about how language is being conceptualized in the SIOP model? How can we reimagine the SIOP Model to reflect our current understandings of language like disciplinary literacy and SFL?
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HAM/TSP introduction: systematic review of HAM/TSP clinical trials
Retrovirology volume 11, Article number: O26 (2014)
HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a chronic disabling disease caused by the retrovirus HTLV-1. It is a horrible, chronic, progressing disease causing weakness of lower limbs, bladder, bowel and erectile dysfunction, as well as pain in the lower back and legs. HAM/TSP is associated with significantly higher mortality and morbidity than the general population. Currently there is no cure or antiviral treatment for HTLV-1 and no internationally agreed treatment for patients with HAM/TSP. We had two aims: to identify the level of evidence of current medicinal treatment strategies available to patients and clinicians and to identify drugs that should be pursued for future clinical trials.
Using the PICOS search strategy and inclusion (adults+HAM/TSP+drug treatment+ english), exclusion (sample size <5, duration <2 weeks, <1985, in vitro, case studies) criteria all papers identified in PubMed were analysed. Each paper was scored individually using a modified quality assessment questionnaire (scores 0-23).
24/3012 manuscripts were included in the final analysis. The most commonly tested drugs were corticosteroids (9%) and interferon (29%) but only two were randomised controlled trials (RCT) scoring 20. One was a double blind placebo RCT (DBRCT) of zidovudine and lamivudine. The other interferon DBRCT dose finding trial. None of the trials were comparable due to very different outcome measures and patient groups. Therefore the level of evidence was 4 to 5 only.
Most HAM/TSP treatment studies are either observational or proof- of-concept studies where outcomes cannot be generalised. Both corticosteroids and interferon need to be tested further in clinical trials with 90% powered sample sizes, either against placebo, or best local standard of care or head to head against each other.
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The lords of easy money : how the Federal Reserve broke the American economy
by Leonard, Christopher, 1975- (Author)
"The New York Times bestselling business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions-the Federal Reserve-to show how its policies over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country's economic stability at risk. If you asked mos... Full description
"The New York Times bestselling business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions-the Federal Reserve-to show how its policies over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country's economic stability at risk. If you asked most people what forces led to today's unprecedented income inequality and financial crashes, no one would say the Federal Reserve. For most of its history, the Fed has enjoyed the fawning adoration of the press. When the economy grew, it was credited to the Fed. When the economy imploded in 2008, the Fed got credit for rescuing us. But the Fed also has a unique power to reshape the American economy for the worse, which it did, fatefully, on November 4, 2010 through a radical intervention called quantitative easing. In just a few short years, the Fed more than quadrupled the money supply with one goal: to encourage banks and other investors to extend more risky debt. Leaders at the Fed knew that they were undertaking a bold experiment that would produce few real jobs, with long-term risks that were hard to measure. But the Fed proceeded anyway...and then found itself trapped. Once it printed all that money, there was no way to withdraw it from circulation. The Fed tried several times, only to see market start to crash, at which point the Fed turned the money spigot back on. That's what it did when COVID hit, printing 300 years' worth of money in two short months. Which brings us to now: Ten years on, the gap between the rich and poor has grown dramatically, stock prices are trading far above what's justified by actual corporate profits, corporate debt in America is at an all-time high, and this debt is being traded by big banks on Wall Street, leaving them vulnerable-just as they were during the mortgage boom. Middle-class wages have barely budged in a decade, and consumers are buried under credit card debt, car loan debt, and student debt."--
viii, 373 pages ; 24 cm
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Physicists reveal material for high-speed quantum internet
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have rediscovered a material that could be the basis for ultra-high-speed quantum internet. Their paper published in npj Quantum Information shows how to increase the data transfer rate in unconditionally secure quantum communication lines to more than one gigabit per second, making quantum internet as fast as its classical counterpart.
Industry giants including Google, IBM and Microsoft, and leading international research centers and universities, are involved in the global effort to build a quantum computer. Quantum computers could break the security of all classical data transfer networks. Today, sensitive data such as personal communications or financial information are protected using encryption algorithms that would take a classical supercomputer years to crack. A quantum computer could conceivably do it in a few seconds.
Luckily, quantum technologies also provide a way of neutralizing this threat. Modern classical cryptographic algorithms are complexity-based, and can remain secure only for a certain period of time. Unlike its classical counterpart, quantum cryptography relies on the fundamental laws of physics, which can guarantee security of data transmission forever. The operation principle is based on the fact that an unknown quantum state cannot be copied without altering the original message. This means that a quantum communication line cannot be compromised without the sender and the receiver knowing. Even a quantum computer would be of no use to eavesdroppers.
Photons, quanta of light, are the best carriers for quantum bits. Only single photons can be used; otherwise, an eavesdropper might intercept one of the transmitted photons and obtain a copy of the message. The principle of single-photon generation is quite simple: An excited quantum system can relax into the ground state by emitting exactly one photon. This would require a real-world physical system that reliably generates single photons under ambient conditions. However, such a system is not easy to develop. For example, quantum dots could be a good option, but they only work well when cooled below -200 degrees Celsius, while new two-dimensional materials such as graphene are simply unable to generate single photons at a high repetition rate under electrical excitation.
The MIPT researchers are exploring silicon carbide, a semiconductor material long forgotten in optoelectronics. "In 2014, we were studying diamond, and turned our attention to silicon carbide almost by accident. We figured it had vast potential," says Dmitry Fedyanin. However, as he explains, electrically driven emission of single photons in this semiconductor was only achieved one year later, in 2015, by an Australian research team.
Surprisingly, silicon carbide is a material that started the whole of optoelectronics: The phenomenon of electroluminescence, in which an electric current сauses a material to emit light, was observed for the first time in silicon carbide. In the 1920s, the material was used in the world's first light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In the '70s, silicon carbide LEDs were mass-produced in the Soviet Union. However, after that, silicon carbide lost the battle against direct-bandgap semiconductors and was abandoned by optoelectronics. Nowadays, this material is mostly known for being extremely hard and heat-resistant—it is used in high-power electronics, bulletproof vests, and the brakes of sports cars produced by Porsche, Lamborghini, and Ferrari.
Together with his colleagues, Fedyanin studied the physics of electroluminescence of color centers in silicon carbide and came up with a theory of single-photon emission upon electrical injection that explains and accurately reproduces the experimental findings. A color center is a point defect in the lattice structure of silicon carbide that can emit or absorb a photon at a wavelength to which the material is transparent in the absence of defects. This process is at the heart of the electrically driven single-photon source.
Using their theory, the researchers have shown improved a single-photon emitting diode based on silicon carbide in order to emit up to several billion photons per second. Thus, it is possible to implement quantum cryptography protocols at data transfer rates on the order of 1 Gbps. Study co-authors Igor Khramtsov and Andrey Vyshnevyy point out that new materials are likely to be found that rival silicon carbide in terms of the brightness of single-photon emission. However, unlike silicon carbide, they will require new technological processes to be used in mass production of devices. By contrast, silicon carbide-based single-photon sources are compatible with the CMOS technology, which is a standard for manufacturing electronic integrated circuits. This makes silicon carbide by far the most promising material for building practical ultrawide-bandwidth unconditionally secure data communication lines. | <urn:uuid:90fd483c-3905-4b1b-8a3f-f7c85cdba76b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://phys.org/news/2018-03-physicists-reveal-material-high-speed-quantum.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.938368 | 988 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Our Community Centers Are as Active as You Are
The Class & Access Resource Center provides advocacy, support, and community-building opportunities for first-generation, low-income, transfer, and military veteran students.
In anchoring global realities at Amherst, the Center for International Student Engagement (CISE) supports students of international experience through advocacy, centralized resources, and space for community building and critical reflection.
The Multicultural Resource Center welcomes all students from all backgrounds and helps create an inclusive community by acknowledging, celebrating, and promoting the diverse experiences of every student.
The Queer Resource Center sponsors educational, social and campus community-building programs that create an inclusive and safe campus for people of all gender and sexual identities. Additionally, the Center provides resources and support for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer students, staff, faculty, and their allies.
The Women’s and Gender Center supports the personal, academic, and professional growth of students by building community and forwarding conversations about gender, gender identity, and intersectional feminism.
Keefe Campus Center is the Hub
Every student visits Keefe Campus Center at least once a day. This yellow building in the heart of campus is home to a post office, movie theater, and game room; WAMH radio; Schwemm’s Coffee House; and student meeting and performance spaces. It’s also home to the Center for Community Engagement and our resource centers.
Religion & Spirituality
Our Religious & Spiritual Life advisors and staff are here to support you in your religious and spiritual exploration, assuring that you have access to the services and practices of your choosing.
Sports & Recreation
Athletics, fitness, and recreation are a vibrant part of living and learning at Amherst. Our extensive athletic facilities — open to all students — include excellent playing fields, an 8,000-square-foot fitness center, pool, courts, and an ice rink. Beyond Amherst, you can jog the Norwottuck Trail that borders campus, kayak on the Connecticut River, or mountain-bike the Robert Frost Trail.
The Powerhouse is a former steam plant that was converted into a student nightclub — and is right here on campus. Go to the Powerhouse for live performances, movie screenings, art exhibits, panel discussions, pub nights, outdoor picnics, and much more.
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Policies Political Advocacy Policy and Campaign Intervention Resource Guide
It's the most expressive time of the year: politics, the election season and the tax-exempt organization.
Following the pastor’s anti-war sermon, an Episcopal Church in Los Angeles receives a demand letter from the IRS requesting documents including church publications and copies of previous sermons.
A pro-life group reorganizes following a complaint to the IRS about its voters’ guide for those of the faith.
A civil rights organization receives an audit letter after its leader gives a speech critical of the Bush administration.
So what do a civil rights group, a pro-life association and an Episcopal church all have in common? More importantly, why is the IRS so interested in what their members and leaders are talking about? They are all non-profits organized under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code and their penchant for political expression has piqued the interest of the Internal Revenue Service. The government limits the extent to which 501(c)3 organizations can engage in the political process.
So, here are some Q&As to help us understand the limits as they apply to 501(c)3 institutions and why Westmont handbooks include this policy:
As an academic institution Westmont College maintains a non-partisan position and ensures the freedom of faculty and staff as citizens to engage in political speech and activities so far as they are able to do so consistent with their obligations as college employees. However, when speaking or acting as private citizens faculty and staff must avoid creating the impression they are doing so for the college. 1
- I thought the role of the IRS was just to assess and collect income taxes. What does it have to do with political expression?
Like thousands of nonprofit organizations of its type, Westmont is organized under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code which exempts it from the requirement to pay federal income tax. In exchange for this benefit, Westmont agrees to forgo engaging in certain political activity called “campaign intervention.”
- What is campaign intervention?
Generally, campaign intervention is any activity that supports or opposes a candidate’s election to public office at a local, state or federal level. Tax exempt organizations must also refrain from making partisan statements at official functions or in official publications and from using college funds or other resources to facilitate any of the activities described above.
- Why is the IRS limiting our right to engage in the political process?
Let’s be clear. Your individual rights to express opinions, partisan or otherwise, are in no way restricted by the college’s 501(c)3 status. It is the college in its official capacity, by way of employees presenting their opinions as the opinion of the college, that gives rise to a challenge to our tax-exempt status.
Why? The federal government does not want to give the appearance of extending financial support to a particular party or candidate for office (that would fly in the face of that “government for the people and by the people” thing). A tax exemption to organizations engaging in campaign intervention or other partisan activity would provide indirect governmental financial support to whatever party or candidate that organization happened to support.
- Does this mean the college can’t express support for a particular candidate?
Yes, that’s what it means. While the leaders of a 501(c)3 organization may express official opinions on matters of public concern that have political implications, they may not do so in a way that indicates the college’s endorsement of or opposition to a particular a candidate or a party that is aligned with that public concern.
- So what constitutes a matter of public concern?
Campaign Intervention vs. Issue Advocacy:
The law is not intended to prevent “issue advocacy.” That is to say, on matters affecting the health and welfare of society at large or a particular community (i.e., a matter of public concern) a 501(c)3 may take a position that opposes or advocates a particular viewpoint without jeopardizing tax-exempt status. In an exciting election season, critical issues are hotly debated among candidates and to some extent, the division created is the stuff upon which political platforms are built. A 501(c)3 must focus on the issues themselves and not the division among candidates. Here’s an example:
Councilwoman Schultz and college officials oppose ballot measure Z. A “yes vote” on this measure would have a negative impact on the college’s ability to expand the campus. When you vote, remember the college’s plans for developing the campus and remember the councilwoman that would support that effort.
While there isn’t an explicit “vote for Schultz” statement, the implications are clear. The statement would most likely be seen as impermissible campaign intervention and not acceptable issue advocacy.
- So we can’t officially say, “Vote for Candidate X.” What can we do?
There are some political activities that Westmont may officially engage in and/or endorse, like the following:
- We can invite a candidate running for public office to campus so long as
• We ensure an equal opportunity exists for opposing candidates for the same office;
• We do not encourage voting in a particular way; and
• We do not engage in fundraising during the time of the candidate’s visit.
- We can conduct nonpartisan, unbiased voter registration activities encouraging the community to register and vote.
- We can produce and/or distribute a nonpartisan, unbiased voter guide which describes the issues and gives information about candidates.
- We can invite a candidate running for public office to campus so long as
- What about students, can they engage in partisan political activity?
Yes, so long as that activity is not given the institutional endorsement or support. For example, the Young Democrats may use Founders Room for a meeting so long as they follow the same protocol that any other student group would follow in using the space or any other college resource. The college should not advertise, invite, or otherwise provide support for the function, in order to avoid the appearance of impermissible campaign intervention.
Also note that the college’s policy with regard to speakers on issues of controversy/debate (candidates running for the same office are in this category) is to grant equal time and access to those of opposing views. So, while a student or student group might invite a candidate for office to speak on campus, good faith effort should be made to invite other candidates running for the same office.
- So, what; we can’t talk about politics?
Then what in the world are we going to talk about from January to November of 2008? The prohibition on campaign intervention does not forbid expression of political expression. So, by all means, express and debate away! It makes for engaging and interesting dialogue and provides us with the opportunity to model to our students the ability to engage in debate and still like each other in the process.
- What about on the internet, can we post an opinion page?
The standards for paper publications apply equally to internet publications. Therefore, expressions and statements on partisan matters and candidate endorsement or opposition should be limited to individual opinions and not presented as official “college positions.” The college may host voter education web pages. Tax exempt status is not jeopardized so long as such pages are careful to give unbiased, factual information on all candidates running for office with no indication that one candidate is favored over others.
Individual employees may choose to have personal web pages where they can freely post their opinions about candidates running for office or solicit donations for their picks. Using personal resources and email addresses in this way keeps it clear that the activity is the individual’s and not attributable to the institution. “But wait,” you say, “I only have one email address for all purposes and that is my work address.” Fair enough. How about a second address? Have you any idea how easy it is to get an AOL, Yahoo, gmail or Hotmail account…for free? It will be one of the least difficult tasks you ever perform in life.
You’re not convinced that getting a second, private email address will be the easiest thing you’ve ever done in your life. OK. Then let’s remember this about using your Westmont address when engaging in partisan communications:
• Find a way to indicate that the opinions expressed are yours and not those of the college. You might even want to use that very language.
• Do you have a signature block that references your title and the college’s name? Remove it. Doing so takes away any semblance of college endorsement of the candidate you endorse or for whom you are soliciting donations.
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Techniques To Increase WordPress Website’s PageSpeed
What is Page Speed?
Page speed is the time it takes between the browser’s request for a page until the browser completes processing and rendering the content. Many factors affect the speed of a given page including quantity and type of content, the distance the data travels, connection type, device, operating system, and browser.
Why is Page Load Speed important?
WordPress newcomers frequently believe that if their website loads quickly for them, it must be fast. However, due to caching, browser location, and a variety of other factors, your site frequently loads faster for you than for other users.
A quick WordPress website is critical in today’s fast-paced digital world. Users are generally impatient and will abandon websites that take too long to load. This means that if your website is slow, you may lose many visitors.
Why should you speed up WordPress?
- Search engines rank websites with fast-loading times higher than slow-loading ones. So, if you want to improve your position in the SERPs, improving the performance of your WordPress site should be one of your priorities.
- Online buyers are the most impatient, expecting the page to load in less than a second. So, if you run an e-commerce store on WordPress, you should prepare to make significant changes to make your business more profitable.
Here are tips for speeding up WordPress sites:
1. Use Quick WordPress Hosting
Choosing performance-optimized WordPress hosting is one of the most important things you can do to improve the backend performance of your site.
2. Optimize your images
Oversized images are the most common cause of slow WordPress sites. The larger the picture files on your website, the longer your site takes to load.
Optimizing your images is therefore a vital step to improving your website speed. Optimizing involves resizing and compressing image files so that they can be retrieved and loaded more quickly.
3. Enable caching
By enabling caching on your website, your site data can be stored locally in temporary storage spaces, called caches. This means that browsers can load your site files more easily and don’t have to re-download everything from your server every time your site is needed.
4. Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
People who visit your website come from all over the world, and it goes without saying that the site-loading speed will vary depending on where the visitors are located. There are numerous CDNs that aid in reducing site loading times for visitors from various countries. A CDN stores a copy of your website in various data centers located throughout the world. A CDN’s primary function is to serve a webpage to a visitor from the closest possible location.
5. Cleanup WordPress database
Database optimization, meaning deleting unwanted data from your database, will keep its size to a minimum and also helps in reducing the size of your backups. It is also necessary to delete spam comments, fake users, old drafts of your content, and maybe even unwanted plugins as well as themes. All of this will reduce the size of your databases and web files, and thus speed up WordPress
6. Update Plugins
Plugins may be reducing your site speed in various ways. Poorly-designed plugins, plugins with outdated software, or duplicate plugins can all contribute to slow website loading.
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Wandsworth Welcomes Refugees
WWR committee members #TogetherwithRefugees
“We have far more in common with each other than that which divides us.” - Jo Cox
What is a refugee?
Fantastic article by Jenna Abaakouk with interview from WWR chair.
What do we do?
Wandsworth Welcomes Refugees aims to work with everyone in the community to provide sanctuary to refugees and asylum seekers and to raise awareness of their situations to achieve positive change in Wandsworth and beyond. To achieve this we:
Promote and develop Wandsworth Sanctuary and support institutions in gaining Sanctuary status
Work with local refugee and asylum seeker charities/support groups, including providing assistance with fundraising, donations, campaigns and volunteer recruitment
Build relationships with Wandsworth Council to ensure that adequate housing, fostering and other support is provided for refugees and asylum seekers in the borough
Raise awareness of national and international refugee and asylum seeker issues and support charities and campaigns that seek to achieve positive change for these groups in the UK, Europe and beyond.
We are the official City of Sanctuary group for Wandsworth. We are all volunteers and receive no funding.
Art by a local asylum seeker
Co-chair Florence Andrews distributing food, clothes and toiletries to local asylum seekers with Care4Calais SW London group
We're based in the London Borough of Wandsworth, United Kingdom.
Email us: email@example.com
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Date: 9/26/2017, 9:30 am—4:30 pm
County: Alameda County
Sponsor: A Better Way, Inc.
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Calf is second walrus birth at park, and one of only 18 walruses
living in zoological facilities in the U.S.
Orlando, Fla. (July 12, 2019) – SeaWorld Orlando’s animal care and veterinary teams are proud to announce the birth of a 150-pound, female Pacific walrus calf on July 3, to mom Kaboodle and dad Garfield. This is 16-year-old Kaboodle’s second calf and the second calf born at SeaWorld Orlando. Both Kaboodle and her calf are doing well.
Under the watchful eyes of attentive animal care teams, it was determined that Kaboodle was not lactating and the calf had not received critical early nutrition. The team made the decision to intervene and is now providing 24-hour care including eight bottle feedings a day, socialization and companionship, providing the opportunity for the calf to thrive.
“I am incredibly proud to watch our teams in action as they provide world-class care for Kaboodle and her calf,” said Gus Antorcha, CEO of SeaWorld Parks. “Our talented veterinarians and animal experts gave the best in prenatal care for Kaboodle, and now ongoing, round-the-clock care of mom and calf.”
SeaWorld’s walrus program plays an important role in educating and inspiring the public about these threatened animals and what we can do to help. In SeaWorld’s 55-year history of animal care, only four walrus calves have been born. With this birth there are now 18 walruses living in six zoological facilities in the United States, giving the public the chance to see these animals up-close and learn how human activities impact their survival, as well as offering scientists and researchers the ability to better understand walrus biology that may be impossible to study in the wild.
Walruses face significant threats in the wild including the disappearance of floating sea ice due to warmer temperatures and a dwindling food supply. The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund has provided research assistance on the Pacific walrus and the impact of habitat loss. Pacific walrus numbers reached record lows in the early 1960s but rebounded by the 1980s as a result of robust conservation efforts. Unfortunately, the population is once again in decline, primarily due to a change in habitat conditions. Walruses depend on stable sea ice for everything from food to providing safe havens for their young.
With the permission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, SeaWorld Orlando has raised 10 orphaned walrus calves throughout the past 50 years, including the new calf’s father, Garfield.
Dr. Stacy DiRocco, a senior veterinarian at SeaWorld Orlando, shared, “Our team is incredibly proud of the birth of this walrus calf — only the second ever at SeaWorld Orlando, and the team is providing around-the-clock care to monitor the health of both calf and mom.” She continued: “Being able to share this story with our guests and the public is extraordinarily gratifying. Walruses need our help, and ambassadors like Kaboodle, her newborn calf and our Wild Arctic population help to tell an important story.”
Kaboodle and her calf remain behind the scenes during these first important weeks as the baby continues to gain weight and learn to swim. Guests to the park can still see the other residents of Wild Arctic, including more walruses and beluga whales.
For more information, visit SeaWorldOrlando.com. Follow SeaWorld Orlando on Facebook and Instagramfor the latest park updates.
Pacific Walrus Facts:
· Walrus gestation is 15–16 months.
· Kaboodle gained approximately 300 pounds during her pregnancy.
· Newborn calves weigh 99–165 pounds and are 3–4 feet long.
· Kaboodle’s calf should gain 1.5–2 pounds per day and 4–6 inches each month.
· Walrus milk is composed of fat, protein and water, providing rich nutrients for a nursing calf.
· By one month, newborn walruses are strong swimmers.
· Walrus calves are born with whiskers, which aid in detecting the shellfish that are part of their diet.
· Both males and females have large tusks that are used for defense, cutting through ice and getting out of the water.
About SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment™ is a leading theme park and entertainment company providing experiences that matter and inspiring guests to protect animals and the wild wonders of our world. The company is one of the world’s foremost zoological organizations and a global leader in animal welfare, behavioral training, husbandry and veterinary care. The company collectively cares for what it believes is one of the largest zoological collections in the world and has helped lead advances in the care of animals. The company also rescues and rehabilitates marine and terrestrial animals that are ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild. The SeaWorld® rescue team has helped more than 35,000 animals in need over the last 55 years. | <urn:uuid:9d9020b2-74a5-4b19-bffe-a652e5a9dee9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.parkjourney.com/industry-news/seaworld-orlando-proudly-welcomes-whiskered-baby-walrus | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.948334 | 1,075 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Christophe Morisseau, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Entomology & UCD Cancer Center
Study the role of hydrolases in biology and xenobiotics metabolism. Toward this purpose, study their mechanism of action, develop specific inhibitors and design fluorescent reporter assay; as well as studying the kinetic of hydrolysis of natural substrates. All of these mainly in mammals; but also in other organisms such as insects or bacteria | <urn:uuid:c1b100fe-b2a9-442a-9ddf-c97cd987aa57> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www-sf.ucdavis.edu/Personnel/OUR_TEAM/Investigators/Christophe_Morisseau_PhD/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.930869 | 99 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Asian-inspired Edamame Pasta recipe made with edamame spaghetti, sliced mushrooms, and toasted walnuts. Edamame noodles are naturally high in fiber and protein.
Costco edamame spaghetti is a very unique ingredient. If you've ever prepared the noodles, you know how fragile they are compared to classic spaghetti noodles. This makes them a little tricky to work with. I've tried them with spaghetti sauce and I didn't love them at all. So I came up with this Asian inspired edamame pasta recipe. It's a close favorite to my Thai Zucchini Noodles and Veggie Lo Mein.
What is edamame pasta?
Edamame noodles are made with one ingredient...edamame beans. This makes edamame spaghetti the perfect pasta noodle when cooking for restricted diets like gluten free, vegan, and vegetarian.
Mushroom walnut edamame spaghetti recipe ingredients
Recipe amounts are included in the printable Edamame Spaghetti recipe below.
- edamame spaghetti noodles - available by various brands
- sesame oil - or preferred oil
- crimini mushrooms - or other mushroom variety
- walnuts - plain walnuts are perfect for this recipe
- soy sauce - or tamari
- black pepper - as needed to season
How long do you cook edamame?
Edamame spaghetti is very fragile and breaks apart easily. You can cook it using a classic stove boiled method. You'll see that the package instructions call for about half the time used when cooking traditional pasta, so about 4 minutes. In other words, it cooks very quickly.
Edamame spaghetti cooking tips
- Don't expect edamame noodles to cook like regular pasta. Just allow them to be fragile and expect that they'll fall apart a little during the cooking process.
- It's very easy to overcook edamame spaghetti because they only require about 4 minutes to fully cook.
- Be very gentle when handling cooked edamame noodles to prevent breaking them.
Asian recipes we love
- Thai Peanut Zucchini Noodles
- Sesame Kale Noodles
- Vegetable Lo Mein Noodles
- Peanut Sauce [Thai Peanut Sauce]
- Thai Coconut Soup
Edamame Spaghetti Recipe with Mushrooms and Walnuts
- 2 ounces Edamame Spaghetti
- Water, to boil noodles
- ½ cup Walnuts, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil, or preferred oil
- ½ pound Mushrooms (I used cremini), thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce, or tamari
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- Cook edamame noodles according to package instructions.
- Rinse with cool water and set aside to drain.
- Heat skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
- Add WALNUTS and toast until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring continuously. Transfer walnuts out of the skillet and set aside.
- Add SESAME OIL to the skillet and heat until shimmering.
- Add MUSHROOMS to the skillet and and sauté until slightly tender, stirring as needed.
- Add cooked edamame noodles to the skillet and heat until warm, tossing gently as needed.
- Season with SOY SAUCE and BLACK PEPPER. Add toasted walnuts to the entree and serve warm.
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Vienna’s African American Trailblazers
The African American community has had a long, involved, and storied history in Vienna enriching our community. The life and work of key African American residents will be featured in the new first floor exhibit at the Freeman Store & Museum. You will enjoy learning about these people and their contributions. Their initiatives inspired the Patrick Henry Library, changes in laws, and the preservation of our history while their land helped Vienna grow. | <urn:uuid:eedfdcda-3bfb-4489-90cd-aaf42d7989d1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://historicviennainc.org/?page_id=6534 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950902 | 102 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Swine flu on your iPhone
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If you want to know where the nearest outbreak of pandemic H1N1 influenza is, iTunes has just the app for you: ‘Outbreaks Near Me.’ Developed by information technology specialists at Children’s Hospital Boston and the MIT Media Lab, the free app allows users to track and report outbreaks of the virus, commonly known as swine flu, in real time.
The app builds upon the proven capabilities of HealthMap, an online resource that collects, filters, maps and disseminates information about emerging infectious diseases. Users can set alerts that will them on their device or by e-mail when new outbreaks are reported near them or if a user enters a new area of activity. It also features an option allowing users to submit an outbreak report.
ITunes now features more than 60 H1N1-related apps that offer various services, alerts and even swine-flu-related games.
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Written in English
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-352) and index.
|LC Classifications||D1056 .C45 2017, HM1271 .C4833 2017|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||xiv, 363 pages|
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From the influx of immigrants in the s to contemporary worries about refugees and terrorism, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe examines the historical development of multiculturalism on the Continent. Rita Chin argues that there were few efforts to institute state-sponsored policies of multiculturalism, and those that emerged were pronounced failures virtually from their inception. Looking at the touchstones of European multiculturalism, from the urgent need for laborers after World War II to the question of French girls wearing headscarves to school, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe examines the historical development of multiculturalism on the Continent. Rita Chin argues that there were few efforts to institute state-sponsored policies of multiculturalism, and shows that Released on: J A history of modern European cultural pluralism, its current crisis, and its uncertain future. In , the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France each declared that multiculturalism had failed in their countries. Over the past decade, a growing consensus in Europe has voiced similar decrees. From its title, we learn that this book’s focus is on an admitted crisis of multiculturalism in Europe. This crisis, we find inside the book, is not one that Chin necessarily sees as real—instead, it is the crisis declared in by Angela Merkel and David Cameron, echoed by other European leaders, which followed sixty years of increasing immigration into Europe.
As Rita Chin argues in her new book, The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History, the origins of contemporary debates about the merits of cultural pluralism extend as far back as the end of the Second World War. Central to these debates was multiculturalism, a contested concept that, in , Western European heads of state unanimously pronounced a failure. Book Review: The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History. Sara Salem. Critical Social Policy 3, Download Citation. Book Review: The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History Show all authors. Sara Salem. Sara Salem. See all articles by this : Sara Salem. Book Review: The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History Alan B. Anderson* University of Saskatchewan In the very first page of the Introduction: ‘The Multicultural and Multiculturalism’, Rita Chin Chapter 1, ‘The Birth of Multicultural Europe’, describes ‘how this diversity developed in Europe in the first place’ ( Rita Chin’s ‘The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe’ is thus a very timely book and one of its strengths is that it provides a very clear pathway through the various meanings that have been attached over the years to the terms ‘multicultural’ and ‘multiculturalism’.Reviews: 5.
In her new book, Rita Chin uses historical scholarship to make a timely intervention into the ongoing debate about the place of immigration in European politicsAuthor: Lauren Stokes. Across the West, something called multiculturalism is in crisis. Regarded as the failed experiment of liberal elites, commentators and politicians compete to denounce its corrosive legacies; parallel communities threatening social cohesion, enemies within cultivated by irresponsible cultural relativism, mediaeval practices subverting national 'ways of life' and universal values. The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe by Rayyan Al-Shawaf / TruthDig Why Depression Is Rampant in Our TimesAuthor: Rayyan Al-Shawaf. download ebook The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe Rita Chin, download book The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe Rita Chin. Top Books, Featured Books, Top Textbooks, Top Free Books, Arts and Entertainment Books, Biographies and Memoir Books, Business. | <urn:uuid:cf445c3f-960c-40a7-93b2-490e85dd5a10> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wysetunenyvuja.tomsseweranddrainserviceoh.com/the-crisis-of-multiculturalism-in-europe-book-4026cv.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.893031 | 891 | 2 | 2 |
Glass Tinting – A Clever Way to Extend the Life of Your House Interiors
For many people, glass tinting is deemed as a decoration, but it can also prolong the life of the windows and glass components in your house. Wardrobes, doors, windows and partitions made of glass can increase in quality through tinting. But how does tinting improve the quality of your glasses and make them last longer than anticipated? Below are some facts you can read to know about house tint.
Protects Glass from Extreme Temperatures
Glasses are known to expand when subjected to extreme temperatures. If persistently subjected to high temperatures, these glasses start cracking and make the glass eventually break. With elite house tint services offered to you, you can be sure to increase the quality of your glassy products and make them last longer than you anticipated. Most tints applied are thermal resistant so your glassy materials will be safe and perfectly protected.
Protection from Moisture
Most of the window glasses tend to get moisture and as a result, you find that windows expand and crack easily. Moisture even accelerates rusting of your metal frames and within a short time after exposure to moisture, your windows will start to diminish in terms of attractiveness. Tints cover the glass so that no moisture will contact your window glass. All you will need is to wipe out all moisture and make it clean.
Reduced Risk of Breaking
The tints are in some sort of a fiber that holds your glass perfectly and appropriately. If a stone hits your glass, it will be protected by the tint since it contains a kind of fiber substance in it. Tints are nice especially if you have children who can throw stones or objects on glasses.
The bottom line is that you will enhance the longevity of your interior house if you install the best house tints. Find a professional who can make sure only top quality tints are installed in your house. You can look for reviews of the best house tint service providers so that you can select the best from all of them. | <urn:uuid:62527413-836d-4a35-87bc-7b1dbc5a2ab7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lawindowfilms.com/news-and-events/glass-tinting-a-clever-way-to-extend-the-life-of-your-house-interiors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.939509 | 418 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Every year, all around Australia, babies remarkably survive failed abortions – and are then left to die anyway.
Potentially life-saving care could be given, but it’s not.
Almost every state and territory lacks laws that require doctors to provide care.
In most recent parliamentary debates on radical abortion laws, the idea of protection for children born alive has been callously rejected.
The heartlessness of many MPs is appalling. But there areexceptions.
Queensland MP George Christensen is taking a bold stand for the unborn.
Using Australia’s international obligations (the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) Mr Christensen has prepared federal legislation that would make up for state and territory failings.
Mr Christensen’s Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021 would give surviving children the best chance possible, by requiring health practitioners to treat such babies like any other baby – with a duty to provide medical care or treatment.
Unsurprisingly, the abortion industry has attacked the bill for responding to a “myth”. That’s why it’s crucial that we support the bill.
It’s important that we support Mr Christensen’s goal of gaining Government support – but we’re going to go a step further.
We’re asking you to send a quick message – right now – to your local Federal MP and all senators from your state or territory.We need them to get behind this bill.
It’s shocking to realise the almost complete lack of protection for children born alive from failed abortions.
It’s incredible that we should need Federal MPs to intervene – and relying on our international obligations – but, thankfully, they have that ability.
Whether they will act depends, in large part, on the voice we now raise for the voiceless.
If we combine our voices across the country, there’s no reason why we couldn’t see laws rolled out nationally.
Australia’s unborn deserve better, so please have your say. And, as always, we strongly encourage you to share this campaign with your likeminded family and friends.
Thank you for your efforts. They DO make a difference!
The Australian Family Coalition team
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The purpose of the research described in this paper is to examine the existence of correlation between low level audio, visual and textual features and movie content similarity. In order to focus on a well defined and controlled case, we have built a small dataset of movie scenes from three sequel movies. In addition, manual annotations have led to a ground-truth similarity matrix between the adopted scenes. Then, three similarity matrices (one for each medium) have been computed based on Gaussian Mixture Models (audio and visual) and Latent Semantic Indexing (text). We have evaluated the automatically extracted similarities along with two simple fusion approaches and results indicate that the low-level features can lead to an accurate representation of the movie content. In addition, the fusion approach seems to outperform the individual modalities, which is a strong indication that individual modules lead to diverse similarities (in terms of content). Finally, we have evaluated the extracted similarities for different groups of human annotators, based on what a human interprets as similar and the results show that different groups of people correlate better with different modalities. This last result is very important and can be either used in (a) a personalized content-based retrieval and recommender system and (b) in a local weighted fusion approach, in future research. | <urn:uuid:eb8ccfc5-a751-4aa2-b018-2ce6bf10340d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lt3.ugent.be/publications/discovering-similarities-for-content-based-recomme/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.94807 | 259 | 1.632813 | 2 |
If you’re looking for a business process used to troubleshoot a problem you’re having with your business, you’re in luck. There is a remarkably accurate process for solving business problems.
This process combines Lean methodology and Six Sigma methodology to help businesses eliminate waste, increase efficiency, enhance productivity, and improve profitability. It’s called lean sigma six.
So, what is lean six sigma? And how can it help you solve all kinds of sticky business problems?
Let’s start with a hypothetical problem, then talk about the lean six sigma methodology would go about dealing with it to arrive at a viable solution.
A Hypothetical Problem
The ultimate benefit of lean sigma six is that it can take apart a problem and help you come up with a solution that can be statistically shown to work.
If for example, you have a screen casting company, you know how powerfully your business can impact the educational system. Unfortunately, you’re now dealing with school boards who have just been allocated less funding under the new federal budget. Consequently, when you approach them, they belittle your idea of using screen capturing in schools as merely a new-fangled tech toy.
You realize that you could overcome their resistance if you could just convince them that screen capturing is a powerful educational tool that will increase teacher and student productivity, improve understanding through visual communication, and enhance the clarity of any lesson.
How do you gather data to prove that screen casting really does provide all these benefits? You use lean six sigma to figure out what your relevant talking points should be and what evidence you can gather to prove they are true. Armed with this type of information, the school board will come to realize that your service will be a good investment because it will increase the efficacy of classroom learning.
Solving Problems with Lean Six Sigma
Lean six sigma breaks a problem down into five stages. Let’s look at these five stages in relation to our hypothetical problem.
First, it will define the problem. What do you need to do to satisfy the school boards that your screen casting product is not some new-fangled tech toy but an educational tool that will greatly enhance the classroom experience?
Second, it will measure the important data. What kind of talking points do you need to improve your presentation and what type of data do you need to collect to convince the school boards about the benefits of your screen casting product?
Third, it will analyze the problem. What is causing the school boards to reject your offer? Yes, they have less money available, but they have to spend it on something—so why is your screen casting product not considered worth spending money on? Analysis, in this case, is investigating and identifying their sales resistance.
Forth, it will improve the situation. Since your problem is dealing with a close-minded group of decision-makers, what is the fix? What do you need to do, say, or prove that their skepticism is entirely unwarranted and that your screen casting product will be more than satisfactory?
Fifth, it will help you take control. It’s not enough to just get the results you desire; you also want to be able to sustain results. In your case, how do you convince the school boards that they have made a wise investment in your product?
Lean Six Sigma In Comparison with Lean or Six Sigma
Although you can use either Lean or Six Sigma to solve problems, they both work even better when combined because they complement each other. In other words, since Lean speeds up Six Sigma, the results will be greater than if you used Lean or Six Sigma alone.
Using lean six sigma in our hypothetical example, you’ll be able to convince the school boards that your services will delight them, will be worth spending money on, maximize student academic success, and improve a school’s overall performance.
Who can benefit from Lean Six Sigma?
Lean six sigma is like a universal remote controller that can work on any TV set regardless of the manufacturer. It can work for all kinds of business, SMBs and large businesses.
It can be used for inventing a new product or service, streamlining the operation of a project, or improving the efficiency of marketing and sales techniques.
And it can be used in all kinds of industries: education, healthcare, technology, financial services, and so on.
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There are a variety of ways that you can move information into and out of interview sessions, besides obtaining information from the user.
As explained in the invocation section, when a user starts an
interview, the user visits a URL. This URL can contains parameters of
your own choosing (as long as the names do not conflict with any of
the reserved URL parameters). Data passed using these parameters is
available inside the interview session using the
You can also change the
url_args during an active interview
session. If the user’s browser is logged into a session, and the user
clicks on a hyperlink to the same interview with URL parameters set,
url_args will be updated.
The normal flow of an interview in docassemble is as follows:
- The screen loads, and the user sees whatever
questionis the next step in the interview logic, given the current state of the interview answers.
- The user enters some information (if the screen asks for information) and then presses a button.
- The interview answers are updated with the new information.
- Go back to step 1.
Eventually, the interview will reach a logical endpoint. This flow makes sense for the main path of the interview, but sometimes the user needs to deviate from the main path. For example, they might want to adjust their answers to previous questions.
In docassemble, “actions” are used to trigger deviations from the
main path of the interview logic. For example, suppose that under
the main path of the interview logic, the next piece of
information that is necessary to gather is
interview will show a
question that offers to define
favorite_legume. But suppose you want the user to be able to go
back to the
favorite_vegetable question. (Perhaps a common mistake
is for users to list a legume as their favorite vegetable). You can
allow the user to launch an “action” that causes the interview to seek
(or in this case, re-seeks) the variable
favorite_vegetable instead of
Another type of deviation from the main interview logic is a background action. This is where some code runs on the server, in the background, where the user can’t see anything. This is typically used for code that takes a long time to run, where you don’t want the user to have to wait for the result, or there is a danger that the user’s browser will time out if the server does not respond quickly enough.
Typically, users launch actions by clicking hyperlinks within the docassemble application. However, it is also possible to click hyperlinks outside of the application that run actions inside the session.
For more information about this feature, see the
interview_url_action() function. This function creates a URL that
embeds the session ID.
interview_url_action() function also allows the extraction of
information from an interview. You can call
interview_url_action() with a reference to an
event that runs
json_response() to return selected information in a
machine-readable format. This allows you to create a customizable
“API” for your interview.
If you go through the interview and obtain the URL, you can try loading it in a different browser to verify that another application (not having the same browser cookies) can access the information in JSON format.
You can also manipulate interview sessions using the docassemble API.
This involves generating a special e-mail address using
interview_email(). Any e-mails sent to that address and received
by the server will be processed and made available in the interview
session for retrieval using
You can use the
send_sms() function to send text messages from an
interview session to the outside world. You will first need to
configure your server to
send text messages. Despite the function name (“SMS”), this function
can be used to send messages through Twilio’s WhatsApp API.
The interview answers in an interview session are stored in encrypted form inside of rows in a SQL table. Documents are stored on the server or in a cloud storage system. If a user who is not logged in completes an interview, they will not be able to access their interview session again after closing their browser, because the encryption key will be lost. However, if they log in, their interview session will be tied to their account, and their password will become the decryption key for the session.
The encryption of interview answers makes it impossible for someone
other than the original user to access the data in the interview
session, unless the decryption key (the user’s password) is known.
However, if the interview sets
interview_url_action() can be used to access the data
in the interview as long as the interview session exists.
By default, interview sessions are deleted after 90 days of
inactivity. This feature can be modified or turned off using the
interview delete days configuration directive.
When an interview session is deleted, the files associated with the interview session are also deleted.
If you want a file to continue exist after its associated interview
session has been deleted, you can use the
DAFile object in order to indicate that the file should not
be deleted when the interview session is deleted.
A session’s interview answers are stored in a SQL server, but not in a
way that is easily accessible across interview sessions. Interview
sessions are not persistent; the user can delete a session, and a
session may be deleted due to inactivity (unless the
delete days configuration directive is set to disable automatic
If you want to save information in SQL in a way that will persist
indefinitely and that will not be encrypted, you can use the
functions to store data (including Python objects) in SQL records.
It is also possible for [
DAObject]s to “mirror” rows in a SQL
database. To do this, you need to write custom classes that are
subclasses of [
DAObject] and the special object
more information, see the documentation for
Your interview can also communicate with the outside world using any Python module that provides the functionality you want.
Here is a simple example that calls the World Clock API to obtain the current time (which you don’t really need an API to do).
get_time() function uses the
requests library. The variable
r represents the response of the World Clock API’s server to the
attempt to your code’s attempt to obtain the contents of the given
URL. This object has a handy method
.json() that converts the
output of the request to a data structure, assuming that the request
returns JSON. The
get_time() function returns the
currentDateTime part of the World Clock API’s response.
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Learning Forward International Advisors
From time to time, Learning Forward seeks the expertise of respected and knowledgeable education leaders to stay attuned to the best thinking in education policy, school improvement, leadership, and professional learning. The critical perspective and advice the members of this elite advisory panel provide our executive leadership ensure that we stay on course for achieving our mission and vision. These international leaders share valuable insights and commentary on critical issues for Learning Forward.
Colorado Education Initiative
Elliott Asp is a senior partner with Colorado Education Initiative, where he helps lead the delivery of relevant, strategic programming to educators and system leaders in Colorado. His expertise in instruction and assessment helps increase the organization’s impact in accelerating improvement and innovation in Colorado’s schools and districts.
Most recently, Asp served as senior fellow, policy and practice at Achieve Inc., where he was responsible for overseeing Achieve’s strategy for helping states develop, enact and sustain college-and career-ready policies and initiatives. Before joining Achieve, Asp served as both interim commissioner and special assistant to the commissioner at the Colorado Department of Education. With more than 40 years of education experience in Colorado, Asp has served as assistant superintendent in the Douglas County and Cherry Creek School Districts, central office positions in Littleton and Aurora public schools, classroom teacher in traditional and alternative settings, curriculum developer, university professor, and administrator at the building and district level. He has also served on a variety of state advisory boards and committees including the Standards and Assessment Implementation Council and the Governor’s P20 Education Advisory Council.
Asp earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, master’s in curriculum and instruction at the University of Northern Colorado, and Ph.D. in educational administration and human development from Penn State University.
Avis Glaze is one of Canada’s outstanding educators and a recognized international leader in education. From classroom teacher to Superintendent of Schools and Director of Education, this award-winning educator has experience at all levels of the school system. She was one of five Commissioners on Ontario’s Royal Commission on Learning. As Ontario’s first Chief Student Achievement Officer and Founding CEO of the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, she played a pivotal role in improving student achievement in Ontario. Glaze served as Ontario’s Education Commissioner and Senior Adviser to the Minister of Education. She was Professor in Residence in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa.
Currently, she is President of Edu-quest International Inc., which offers a wide range of educational services and speaking engagements across the globe. She was appointed as Adviser to the Minister of Education in New Zealand on national standards, was chosen by the Canadian government to assist with education reform in South Africa and represented Canada at the UNESCO conference on Inclusive Education in Riga, Latvia. She is a recipient of the Robert Owen Award from Scotland and was appointed as one of the International Education Advisers to help overhaul the Scottish education system.
Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Anthony (“Tony”) Mackay is CEO, Centre for Strategic Education (CSE) Melbourne, Inaugural Chair, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), and Deputy Chair, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). An Honorary Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Mackay is Deputy Chair of the Australian Council for Educational Research, and a Board Director of the Asia Education Foundation, the Foundation for Young Australians, and Teach for Australia.
Mackay chairs the Global Education Leaders Partnership (GELP) and is Inaugural Chair of the Innovation Unit Ltd, England. He is a consultant advisor to OECD/CERI and is Chair, National Institute for School Leadership, NCEE, Washington DC. Mackay was a founding member of the Council of the National College for School Leadership, England UK. Moreover, he is Deputy Chancellor, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, and Past President of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA) and the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI).
Mackay’s policy advice and facilitation work focuses on strategic thinking for government bodies and agencies, think tanks and leadership teams in Australia, Asia, Europe, North American and the Middle East. His latest co-authored publication is Redesigning Education: Shaping Learning Systems Around the Globe, produced by the Innovation Unit for the Global Education Leaders Program.
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Mike Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, one of the country’s most influential education policy think tanks. He is also a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer, he is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent’s Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools, co-editor of Knowledge at the Core: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge, and the Future of the Common Core, and editor of Education for Upward Mobility.
Petrilli has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg View, and Slate, and has been a guest on NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN and Fox, as well as several National Public Radio programs including All Things Considered, On Point, and the Diane Rehm Show.
Petrilli helped to create the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement, the Policy Innovators in Education Network, and, long, long ago, Young Education Professionals. He serves on the advisory boards of the Association of American Educators, MDRC, and Texas Aspires.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Dick Riley served as co-chair of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future for 10 years and shepherded NCTAF’s merger with Learning Forward. A former U. S. Secretary of Education (1993-2001), he helped launch initiatives to raise academic standards; improve instruction for the poor and disadvantaged; increase family and business involvement in education; promote after-school academic enrichment programs; design schools as centers of the community; expand grants, loans and other programs to help students attend college and prepare for careers and citizenship; foster international education and lifelong learning; and enhance teacher training and practice. As the two-term Governor of South Carolina (1979-1987), he successfully developed, gained passage and implemented the Education Improvement Act of 1984, heralded then by the RAND Corporation as the most comprehensive education reform effort in the nation.
Now practicing as a senior partner in EducationCounsel LLC and its parent, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Riley remains an ambassador for improving education throughout our nation. He serves with a number of education entities with that goal, including his alma mater, Furman University and The Riley Institute that is named in his honor and housed at Furman. He has received many awards for his education and other public service. Among those, he has been inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame and, in 2010, TIME Magazine named him one of the Top Ten Best Cabinet Officers in our nation’s history.
J. Theodore Sanders
Education Commission of The States
Ted Sanders, retired President of the Education Commission of the States, a Denver-based policy-research organization, has dedicated more than 45 years to education policy and leadership. He has held high-level posts in state and federal government, as well as other public, not-for-profit, and private entities. Sanders served as NCTAF Co-Chair, where he was a dedicated member of the Commission from 1994 to its merger with Learning Forward in 2016.
Sanders’s distinguished career includes extensive leadership in K-12 and higher education. He served as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (1989-91) under President George H.W. Bush. He also served as the chief state school officer in Nevada, Illinois, and Ohio and assistant chief in New Mexico. Following his presidency at Southern Illinois University (1995-2000), he became President of the Education Commission of the States (2000-2005). In addition, he has established, chaired, and directed a number of leading education organizations. Sanders remains committed to improving teaching and learning at all levels and actively shares with a number of education groups his knowledge and expertise toward that goal.
President and CEO
The NEA Foundation
As President and CEO of the NEA Foundation, Harriet Sanford has led the work of the Foundation since 2005. The NEA Foundation’s mission is to advance student achievement by investing in public education. During her 13-year tenure at the NEA Foundation, Sanford has transformed the depth and breadth of its programs by investing in educators to improve their instructional practice, so they are better equipped to meet the needs of the changing student populations.
Sanford began her career as a public school classroom teacher, which led to a senior executive career that spans more than 34 years, with 28 years as the President and Chief Executive Officer of nonprofit and public organizations including the Arts and Science Council in Charlotte, NC, and the Fulton County Arts Council in GA. Her career is bound together by an unwavering commitment to strengthening community by building on the skills, talents, and aspirations of each of its members. A recognized specialist in the field of charitable fundraising, Sanford has led several initiatives that have raised more than $72 million to support the mission of various nonprofit organizations.
Sanford holds a BA in Education from New England College, an MPA from the University of Connecticut, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education in 2015.
Robert B. Schwartz
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Robert B. Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996. From 1997 to 2002, Schwartz also served as president of Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization created by governors and corporate leaders to help states improve their schools. From 1990 to 1996, Schwartz directed the education grant making program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the nation’s largest private philanthropies.
Schwartz has been a high school English teacher and principal; an education adviser to the mayor of Boston and the governor of Massachusetts; an assistant director of the National Institute of Education; a special assistant to the president of the University of Massachusetts; and executive director of The Boston Compact, a public-private partnership designed to improve access to higher education and employment for urban high school graduates.
Schwartz has written and spoken widely on topics such as standards-based reform, public-private partnerships, and the transition from high school to adulthood. He currently co-leads the Pathways to Prosperity Network, a collaboration among a group of states, HGSE, and Jobs for the Future designed to ensure that many more young people graduate high school, attain an initial postsecondary degree or credential with value in the labor market, and get launched on a career while leaving open the possibility of further education.
International Advisors 2010-2015
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Milton Chen is Senior Fellow of The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), a nonprofit operating foundation founded by the filmmaker in 1991. GLEF utilizes media, especially its multimedia website (www.edutopia.org), a magazine, Edutopia: The New World of Learning, and documentary films, to tell inspiring stories of how interactive technologies are transforming America’s schools.
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education
Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, where she has launched the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute and the School Redesign Network. Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of teaching quality, school reform, and educational equity. Darling-Hammond was named one of the nation’s ten most influential people affecting educational policy over the last decade.
Mark A. Elgart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark A. Elgart currently serves as the founding President and Chief Executive Officer for Advance Education. Under his leadership, AdvancED is recognized as a leader on issues of educational quality. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the Knowledge Alliance, and on the Advisory Board of Measured Progress.
The Education Trust
Kati Haycock is one of the nation’s leading child advocates in the field of education. She currently serves as director of the Education Trust. Established in 1992, the Trust does what no other Washington-based education organization seeks to do—speaks up for what’s right for young people, especially those who are poor or members of minority groups.
C. Kent McGuire
President and Chief Executive Officer
Southern Education Foundation
C. Kent McGuire is president and CEO of the Southern Education Foundation where his focus is on fairness and excellence by expanding the benefits of education to all people. From 2003-2010, he served as dean of the College of Education and professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Temple University. Previously, he was senior vice president at MDRC; served in the Clinton administration as assistant secretary of education; and was an education program officer at the Pew Memorial Trusts and at the Eli Lilly Endowment.
Founder and CEO
New Teacher Center
Ellen Moir is the founder and CEO of the New Teacher Center, (NTC), a national organization dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders. Ellen is widely recognized for her work in beginning teacher development and school reform. She has extensive experience in public education, having previously served as Director of Teacher Education at the University of California at Santa Cruz. | <urn:uuid:94a311c5-ca75-4e9d-8c8d-127566968a1c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://learningforward.org/about/advisors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961618 | 2,988 | 1.609375 | 2 |
following information shall in no way play down the earnestness of the
past. The Concentration Camp
Memorial Site shall show people what happened, so this will never happen again. I agree and I stand for that.
Visitors will for sure visit first on their stay in Dachau the Concentration Camp Memorial Site.
But after having two to four hours all of these impressions, most people are exhausted, mental, as well as physical.
As there is lots of information already available about the Memorial Site, I want to give here some information of
the other side of Dachau.
And that's why I recommend to use the rest of the day or of your visit to get other and better impressions of Dachau.
The Old Town of Dachau is quite pretty and nice to visit. You'll find friendly people and you can have lunch or dinner there.
Also I would recommend to visit the Dachauer Schloss and Schlossgarten (Castle of Dachau and Castle Garden).
In the spring or summer it is pretty there.
As well in every season it is a good idea to go or drive up there, as one has a good view over whole Dachau.
In summer, sometimes a warm stream comes from the Alps, the 'Foen'. You can see then the Alps from here, also Munich and the Munich television tower is visible then.
Btw., if there is 'Foen', it is said here, that people behave a little crazy then.
To go up to the castle by car, use the Kloster-Str., this street branches of the Augsburger-Str.
Pedestrians can also use the Schlossgasse, a small walkway, branching from Augsburger-Str. too, only a little more upward the hill.
Another good idea would also be, to visit a Biergarten, were a especially nice one is besides the Kloster-Str.
It is comfortable, shady under the trees and you can have a beer and also something to eat there.
If you look for tourist information, there is a tourist information center in the Augsburger-Str., across the town hall.
Where Augsburger and Konrad-Adenauer streets meet, on the 'hilltop' of these streets.
Also lots of small streets can be found, and are nice to walk through, lots of shop windows, further a marketplace,
where one also can sit down, and have a beer.
As Dachau was always a good place to be for artists, you can look trough galeries and from time to time listen to concerts.
For detailed dates of this events contact the tourist information.
Of course you are always welcome to visit me.
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It's a bright, energetic, artistic house smack in the middle of Palo Alto's conservative professorville. Should I mind my own business or knock on the door and meet the creative owners of this house? I couldn't resist and chose the latter ... And, I met Rochelle Ford and her husband. Rochelle is a 70-something artist who makes remarkable metal sculptures out of recycled and discarded metal - or in other words, junk. Her story (and her husband's) inspired me to see the difference between making a living versus making a life.
Jelly Theory: Good morning, Rochelle. Thanks for your time and opening up your beautiful home for us to talk. You devoted yourself to a career in art later in life. What was the thought process?
Rochelle Ford: I’ve always been interested in art and have had a creative side to me. In my professional career, I ran an international nonprofit. The founder was dying of cancer at a young age and told me: Don’t die wondering, get to it. Four and a half years later, at 58 years of age, I left the organization and became an artist. I taught myself to become a welder. During the first two years, I held shows in New York. By the third year, I replicated my salary as Executive Director of the NGO, and surpassed it in my fourth year. I wanted to be a successful artist, not a starving one – and to make a living and a life as an artist. I had been in business all my life and was raised in a family in business. Art is 85 percent business.
How does your very unique home and garden fit into your artwork?
Well, after I decided to give up business and become an artist, I came home and made art. I put price tags on my work, but the question became: How do you get people to come inside and take a look? The first thing my husband and I did was paint the house. This area of downtown Palo Alto is in an historic part of town where everything is neutral – white, beige, and gray – and so we began by painting the inside of the house and worked our way to the outside. Everyone was attracted to the house, both negatively and positively. The colors drew attention to our abode and signaled that something was going on in here that was different. As people were drawn to the exterior of the house, they gradually started coming inside and realized that I made small $20 dollar pieces to three-story high sculptures that were thousands of dollars. They would buy something modest and then many would call back about the sculpture upstairs or bringing a friend from out of town to visit. It was a snowball effect. I would say yes to opportunities even though I didn’t have previous experience in them. For example, 3COM asked me to design and build a chair for Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.
That’s genius! I noticed that the outside of your house has three main colors. How did you pick them?
Martha Stewart had just started a paint line of floral colors. The colors are Martha Stuart flower colors because in a naïve way I thought that would makes the appearance of the house more socially acceptable. I was already set on the first two colors and was deciding between olive green or purple for the third color. My neighbors were going to have to live with the colors too, so I put it up to a vote. They picked purple because this was 15 years ago when many families were affected by war, and the green reminded them of the military.
Does that mean that your home is essentially an open gallery?
Yes, after going through many galleries and shows, I decided my house and yard would be my gallery, and I wouldn’t put my work in the hands of galleries. People can enjoy house and yard like a living gallery. There’s more art in it than any gallery would ever have. People come, and I make myself available to anyone who wants to visit and bring their guests. It really does work. Visitors find art they like or commission me to do a piece for a special part of their homes. I enjoy people and welcome them. There’s no pressure whatsoever. If they find something they like, I’m thrilled; and if not, we still get to visit over a cup of tea.
Your work is famous for being created from recycled and discarded metal. How does this aspect infuse meaning into your work?
We live in a throw away society. People throw a lot of things away that you can take and turn into something desirable. I used to find my starting materials in junkyards, but now people will randomly leave me items like a wrecked car fender hoping that I can use them.
This model runs in the family. My mother owned a second-hand clothing story. We lived in an upscale small community where people would wear something to a fancy party and never wear it again. My mom brought these worn once outfits to people who couldn’t afford clothes, and this made her happy. My father was a new and used car dealer. The new car business was cut and dry, so my dad loved the old car business more because he could take an old car and make it run perfectly for someone who couldn’t afford a new car: again, taking something no one else wanted anymore and turning it into something desirable.
So what are example parts that you can use in your art pieces?
Steel mill splatters in Pennsylvania
Melted aluminum windows from Berkeley fires
Sardine and tuna cans
Mirrors covered in copper from the roof of the oldest house in Saratoga
Inserts from hot water heater
Copper piping from an old fridge
Car muffler pipes
The outside of hot water heaters
Old metal trash cans
Wow. How did you go about finding and getting these kinds of parts?
When I was first getting started, I visited the local dump to see what I might find. This one time, I needed a spring from the hood of a car, so I went out, lifted the hood, and used a torch to spring it out. Six guys were standing by the dump clapping, and I ended up becoming good friends with the workers at the dump. They told me anytime I need a part, they would help me get it. I was given carte blanche to go to the dump, but I don’t go very often anymore. I already have a lifetime of garbage to work with.
Fifteen years ago at 58, you began your life and career in art. It’s inspiring and remarkable for those who may be thinking about life transitions. Haha, this is a comment, not a question, but feel free to respond.
The truth is that our home is a phenomenon to people, and I hope it says that you can get started in life late. I remind my customers of their mothers, grandmothers, and even themselves, and I encourage them to think that at even at 73 years old, your life isn’t over. I’ve given presentations at senior centers and retirement places. I tell the people there that life isn’t over and that they can use their creativity to express their interests. They shouldn’t miss the opportunity to do so.
Can you share a couple memorable stories about your interactions with visitors to your home?
Teachers will bring their students here to show them that we’re not always a throw away society. One time, a second grade class came over, and the kids were exploring the house. One little boy didn’t say a word the whole time, but would examine the price tags. At the end, the teacher asked if anyone had anything to say. All of a sudden, the boy raises his hand and says, “Lady, you charge a lot of money for junk.” I replied, “When you can turn junk into art, you can charge a lot of money.” And I could just see his brain working away. Another time a man came, stepped into our home, and bought the first sculpture he saw. I asked him what prompted him to buy this particular sculpture without looking at the rest, and he said it reminded him of the hat his mother used to wear to church.
I love that child’s honesty, and he definitely raises a good point. How do you price art that’s made from … junk?
A lot of people who buy my art say it’s reasonably priced. I used to think: Oh my goodness, this is a wrecked car part that someone threw away and has no value; and here I am, making it into a piece of art and charging for it! A lot of art is buying raw materials, making a piece of art, and then selling it. For me, I have to unmake raw materials first and then make them into something, so this justifies why I can take junk and sell it. Personally, I tend to be very conscience of how I spend my money, so I think: What would I be willing to pay? Other factors include time, equipment, gases, glaze, paint, size, materials, how good I feel about myself, etc. There’s no science to it. If visitors see something out of their budgets, I’d rather them have it if it makes them happy. That’s going to outlive me.
What inspires all of these pieces in your home, and do you have a few favorites?
The material motivates me. If you look around the room, you may notice the sculptures that are made out of nails. At one point I was given $300 dollars of rusty nails, and I made $5000 dollars worth of sculptures from that. I thought: I’ll take the nails and make at least $300 and then some. I then took the rest to the recycling center because I knew I’d never live long enough to use them up.
My favorite piece is always the last one I made. When I complete a project, I’m satisfied, forget about it, and move onto the next one. I value the process, not the end product. Every piece is one of a kind. I never reproduce my art.
With your home as your gallery, and your gallery as your home, do you find it hard to balance work and life?
I once made a sculpture of a woman, and she ended up with seven breasts, which was fitting because it captures a prevailing theme for women: they’re the wife, mother, neighbor, friend, etc. When I’m in the studio, it’s the only place where I’ve ever been able to concentrate on me and what it is that makes me whole – not that I don’t love these other roles. But when I’m in my studio, that’s my world, and I don’t think about another thing except creating what makes me happy and the whole artistic process.
This last question is a tradition for all Jelly Theory interviews. In your life’s work, how would you define entrepreneur?
An entrepreneur makes a living and has a life at the same time: she makes a living and a life.
Thank you, Rochelle. You're an incredible woman who is putting positive energy into the world.
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What do you do when you see others who aren’t treated fairly, who are passed over for promotions, or who are ignored in meetings that you don’t run? When there’s a spate of exits by people of color or women (who already make up the minority of the company), do you speak up? Even after bringing up issues and citing specific instances, management still feels strongly that the company is run as a meritocracy. Where do you go from here?
It’s challenging when management hasn’t bought into the idea that their company might not be supportive of a diverse set of backgrounds, opinions and experiences. Who wants to think they’re less than awesome? It might be difficult for those who are in senior positions to admit that there’s a problem and that they should shoulder some responsibility. This, however, is what should happen in order to move forward and grow as a company. The research is there for anyone to see. So, what can you do? Here are a few options for you to consider.
First, fight imposter syndrome
It can be really easy to assume that the problem lies with you. You may feel that you’re the one that’s not the ‘team player’ and that you’re causing friction in what would otherwise be a completely harmonious and perfect work environment. We call BS on that. Don’t give in to imposter syndrome! The best ways to fight this are by writing down your experiences (or saving any relevant emails and chats) and finding allies. We dive more into finding allies below. Know that if others are validating your experience, it’s not you.
Be clear on what you want
You’ve witnessed or been subjected to enough instances of bias that you want it to change. Be very clear on what you want that change to look like. Write it out. Start with being clear on what the biases are (including specific examples) and how you want things to change. Be helpful by making suggestions for improvement. Suggestions could include: the formation of an employee resource group (see below), making salaries transparent, working smarter and harder to increase diversity initiatives when hiring, training to address unconscious bias in hiring practices and workplace inclusion, etc. Whatever the relevant suggestions for your particular situation may be, make sure to come prepared when you have conversations with people.
Find allies in leadership
In a perfect world, awareness of bias and a willingness to be proactive in creating an inclusive culture comes from everywhere, and definitely from senior leadership. The best thing you can do is find your allies– the more senior they are the better, since they’ll likely have the power to implement change more quickly. There are several ways you can find allies. If you have good relationships with senior staff you trust at the company, start there. If this isn’t the case, it’s worth focusing on your direct manager. Your manager is key to making or breaking your job. If they have your back and are advocating for you, you’re in a strong position to be heard and grow. If, however, your manager isn’t willing to do this, it might be time to move on. And you wouldn’t be alone. One of the primary reasons people leave their current job is having a bad manager. If your manager is an ally, you should be in a good position to advocate for change through them. However, remember that allies can come from anywhere. Look to your co-workers, managers on different teams, employee resource group leaders, or (if your company has one) members of the diversity office.
Invite everyone to watch a video training on unconscious bias
Book a conference room and send out an invitation! This can work out well for a couple of reasons. First, you’ll know that the people in the room are likely ready to support you. Second, you can have a frank discussion about actual examples of unconscious bias you’ve witnessed at the company. Remind people that one of the most powerful takeaways is that bias doesn’t equal bad. Bias should be acknowledged and adjusted based on the situation. It’s worth watching this video on how to talk about race. Conversations about race, gender, sexual orientation, are all complicated and hard, but they shouldn’t be avoided if there’s something worth discussing. Once you have a list of allies, consider starting an employee resource group or having a regular discussion (online and/or in person) about issues of unconscious bias.
Build an employee resource group
Employee resource groups can be incredibly powerful with or without a formal budget. By coming together as a group to discuss issues specifically related to a particular need (whether gender, race, sexual orientation, or something else) and finding creative ways to problem solve, you’ll be in a better position to advocate for your needs. Here are some quick tips on how to start one:
What are other steps you’ve taken to get your company to focus on creating an inclusive culture? We’d love you to tell us!
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The right and left lateral ventricles are structures within the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid, a clear, watery fluid that provides cushioning for the brain while also helping to circulate nutrients and remove waste.
Along with the structures known as the third ventricle and the fourth ventricle, the lateral ventricles are part of the body’s ventricular system. The ventricular system acts as a continuation of the central canal of the spinal cord, a similar structure that contains cerebrospinal fluid and runs the length of the neck and trunk.
The separate sections of the ventricular system are connected through small holes known as foramina. The lateral and third ventricles connect through the right and left interventricular foramina, while the third and fourth ventricles connect through a foramen known as the cerebral aqueduct. Other foramina that connect to specific ventricles exist but are not considered part of the ventricular system.
The volume of the lateral ventricles, and similar structures within the brain, can be measured through a CT scan. The scan allows doctors to measure not only the size of the ventricles but also the density of the cerebrospinal fluid that they contain. This information can be used to diagnose potential problems within the brain, including hydrocephalus, an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the ventricles. Hydrocephalus can lead to progressive skull enlargement.
Two largest ventricles in each cerebral hemisphere
The lateral ventricles are the two largest ventricles of the brain and contain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Each cerebral hemisphere contains a lateral ventricle, known as the left or right ventricle, respectively.
Each lateral ventricle resembles a C-shaped cavity that begins at an inferior horn in the temporal lobe, travels through a body in the parietal lobe and frontal lobe, and ultimately terminates at the interventricular foramina where each lateral ventricle connects to the single, central third ventricle. Along the path, a posterior horn extends backward into the occipital lobe, and an anterior horn extends farther into the frontal lobe.
Each lateral ventricle takes the form of an elongated curve, with an additional anterior-facing continuation emerging inferiorly from a point near the posterior end of the curve; the junction is known as the trigone of the lateral ventricle. The centre of the superior curve is referred to as the body, while the three remaining portions are known as horns (cornua in Latin); they are usually referred to by their position relative to the body (anterior, posterior, or inferior), or sometimes by the lobe of the cerebral cortex into which they extend. Though somewhat flat, the lateral ventricles have a vaguely triangular cross-section. Ependyma, which are neuroepithelial cells, line the ventricular system including the lateral ventricles.
Between the inferior horn and the main body of the ventricle is the putamen, which emerges from the head of the caudate nucleus, and sits above the tapetum; a small number of further connections passing through the occipital tapetum to join the putamen to portions of the caudate nucleus tail adjoining the anterior horn. Below the putamen sits the globus pallidus, with which it connects. These structures bounding the lateral ventricles form a frame curving around the thalamus, which itself constitutes the main structure bounding the third ventricle. Were it not for the choroid plexus, a cleft-like opening would be all that lay between the lateral ventricle and the thalamus; this cleft constitutes the lower part of the choroid fissure. The thalamus primarily communicates with the structures bounding the lateral ventricles via the globus pallidus, and the anterior extremities of the fornix (the mamillary bodies).
Anterior horns of lateral ventricle
The anterior horn of the lateral ventricle is also known as the frontal horn as it extends into the frontal lobe. The anterior horn connects to the third ventricle, via the interventricular foramen. This portion of the lateral ventricle impinges on the frontal lobe, passing anteriorly and laterally, with slight inclination inferiorly. It is separated from the anterior horn of the other lateral ventricle by a thin neural sheet - septum pellucidum, which thus forms its medial boundary. The boundary facing exterior to the ventricle curvature is formed by the corpus callosum - the floor at the limit of the ventricle is the upper surface of the rostrum (the reflected portion of the corpus callosum), while nearer the body of the ventricle, the roof consists of the posterior surface of the genu. The remaining boundary - that facing interior to the ventricle curvature - comprises the posterior edge of the caudate nucleus.
Body of the lateral ventricle
The body of the lateral ventricle, or central part is the part of the ventricle between the anterior horn and the trigone. Its roof is bound by the tapetum of the corpus callosum - and is separated medially from the other lateral ventricle by the septum pellucidum. The tail of the caudate nucleus forms the upper portion of the lateral edge, but it is not large enough to cover the whole boundary. Immediately below the tail of the caudate nucleus, the next portion of the lateral edge is formed by the comparatively narrow stria terminalis, which sits upon the superior thalamostriate vein. The main part of the fornix of the brain forms the next narrow portion of the lateral boundary, which is completed medially by a choroid plexus, which serves both ventricles.
Trigone of lateral ventricle
The trigone of the lateral ventricle is the area where the part of the body forms a junction with the inferior horn and the posterior horn. This area is referred to as the atrium of the lateral ventricle, and is where the choroid plexus is enlarged as the choroid glomus. As a triangular surface feature of the floor of this part of the lateral ventricle it is known as the collateral trigone.
Posterior horn of lateral ventricle
The posterior horn of lateral ventricle, or occipital horn, impinges into the occipital lobe in a posterior direction, initially laterally but subsequently curving medially and lilting inferiorly on the lateral side. The tapetum of the Corpus Callosum continues to form the roof, which due to the lilt is also the lateral edge. However, the posterior and anterior ends of the Corpus Callosum are characterised by tighter bundling, known as forceps (due to the resulting shape), to curve around the central sulci; the edge of these forceps form the upper part of the medial side of the posterior horn. The remainder of the medial edge of the ventricle is directly in contact with white matter of the cortex of the occipital lobe.
Inferior horn of lateral ventricle
The inferior horn of the lateral ventricle, or temporal horn, is the largest of the horns. It impinges on the temporal lobe in a lateral and anterior direction, initially inferiorly, until it comes within cm. of the lobe's apex; its direction is fairly well indicated on the brain surface by the superior temporal sulcus. The horn lilts inferiorly towards its lateral edge. As a continuation of the interior side of the ventricular curve, the floor of the body of the ventricle becomes the roof of the inferior horn, hence the tail of the caudate nucleus forms the lateral edge of the inferior horn's roof, until, at the extremity of the ventricle, the caudate nucleus becomes the amygdala. The stria terminalis forms the remainder of the roof, which is much narrower than at the body - the choroid plexus moves to the medial wall. The tapetum for the temporal lobe comprises the lateral boundary of the inferior horn, on its way to join the main tapetum above the body of the ventricle (passing over the Caudate Nucleus as it does so). The majority of the inferior horn's floor is formed by the fimbria hippocampi (from which the fornix emerges), and then, more anteriorly, by the hippocampus itself. As with the posterior horn, the remainder of the boundary - in this case the lateral side of the floor - is directly in contact with the white matter of the surrounding lobe.
The lateral ventricles, similarly to other parts of the ventricular system of the brain, develop from the central canal of the neural tube. Specifically, the lateral ventricles originate from the portion of the tube that is present in the developing prosencephalon, and subsequently in the developing telencephalon. During the first three months of prenatal development, the central canal expands into lateral, third, and fourth ventricles, connected by thinner channels. In the lateral ventricles, specialized areas – choroid plexuses – appear, which produce cerebrospinal fluid. The neural canal that does not expand and remains the same at the level of the midbrain superior to the fourth ventricle forms the cerebral aqueduct. The fourth ventricle narrows at the obex (in the caudal medulla), to become the central canal of the spinal cord.
During development, pressure from exterior structures causes a number of concave bulges to form within the lateral ventricles, which can be extremely variable in their degree of development; in some individuals they are ill-defined, while in others they can be prominent:
- from the forceps against the posterior horn - creating the bulb of the posterior cornu on the upper medial side of the horn
- from the calcarine sulcus against the posterior horn - creating the calcar avis (historically called the hippocampus minor, for visual reasons) on the lower medial side of the horn
- from the hippocampus against the inferior horn (on the medial floor of the horn)
- from the collateral sulcus against the inferior horn - creating the Collateral eminence on the lateral floor of the horn.
Fetal lateral ventricles may be diagnosed using linear or planar measurements.
The volume of the lateral ventricles are known to increase with age. They are also enlarged in a number of neurological conditions and are on average larger in patients with schizophrenia,bipolar disorder,major depressive disorder and Alzheimer's disease.
Asymmetry as an anatomical variation, in the size of the lateral ventricles is found in about 5–12% of the population. This has been associated with handedness, where right-handed people have been found to have a larger right lateral ventricle and a longer left posterior horn, whereas left-handed people have been found to have longer right posterior horns. A severe asymmetry, or an asymmetry with midline shift or diffuse enlargement, may indicate brain injury early in life, particularly in cases of a longer right posterior horn.
If the production of cerebrospinal fluid is bigger than its reabsorption, or if its circulation is blocked – the ventricles may enlarge and cause hydrocephalus.
Calcification of the choroid plexus can occur, usually in the atrium.
Position of lateral ventricles (shown in red).
Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities, viewed from above.
This article uses anatomical terminology.
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All of the bodys processes occur in a systematic and sequential order, ensuring that every work of the body is completed as perfectly as possible. This necessitates precise processing and appropriate handling of the sensory input received by the organs and tissues, implying a highly functioning brain. Because the human brain is so vital and delicate, it is encased in a bony protective shell to protect it from harm. The brain is also shielded by three meningeal layers: the dura mater, the arachnoid mater, and the pia mater. Despite all of those layers, there is still a region around the brain that is vulnerable to harm.
As a result, this area is filled with clear fluid, suspending the brain within the cranium. The fluid is known as Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced by the brains ventricle system. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is contained in four voids in the brain: two lateral ventricles, a third ventricle, and a fourth ventricle.
The lateral ventricles of the brain are detailed in this article. Their location, anatomical formation, role within the brain area and function in brain protection are all explained. This article also briefly discusses the complications associated with the lateral ventricles of the brain.
- Each lateral ventricle is a C-shaped chamber located deep within the cerebral cortex
- The ventricular walls are made up of the corpus callosum, caudate nucleus, thalamus, fornix, septum pellucidum, hippocampus, amygdala, and deep cerebral white matter
- A posterior, inferior and anterior horn form the structural components of the lateral ventricles
- The lateral ventricles posterior (occipital) horn continues posteromedially into the area of the occipital lobe and, like the rest of the lateral ventricle, has a top, lateral wall, and medial wall.
- The far more anterior portion of the corpus callosum trunk forms the roof, whereas the top of the caudate nucleus forms the floor
- The top side of the corpus callosums rostrum forms a little portion of the floor towards the midline. The septum pellucidum forms the medial wall.
- The lateral ventricles have a roof, a bottom layer and median walls
- Like the rest of the ventricles of the brain, the lateral ventricles help provide a fluid-filled cavity for the brain and submerge it for its protection, manufacture cerebrospinal fluid and help circulate it
- Ventriculomegaly, hydrocephalus and tumours are some of the clinical complications that concern the lateral ventricles of the brain
- Ventriculomegaly is a disorder that causes the lateral ventricle to develop improperly. It is linked to mental illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, hydrocephalus, bipolar disorder and many more
Each lateral ventricle is a chamber in the shape of a C and is present deep within the cerebral cortex. As the lateral ventricle loops around the thalamus, or central core of the brain, other components within the ventricle, such as the choroidal fissure, fornix, caudate nucleus, and choroid plexus, take on a C shape. Each lateral ventricle is made up of five sections: the frontal horn, the body, the atrium, the occipital horn, and the temporal horn.
The corpus callosum, caudate nucleus, thalamus, fornix, septum pellucidum, hippocampus, amygdala, and deep cerebral white matter constitute the ventricular walls.
On either part of the cerebral hemispheres, there are two lateral ventricles. They connect with the third ventricle on the inferior side via the interventricular foramen. The anterior horn, or initial part, is the section of the lateral ventricle anterior to the foramen. This is followed by the central section. The central parts front, middle, and back are designated second, third, and fourth, correspondingly. The fourth segment of the ventricle splits into the fifth, also known as the posterior horn, and the sixth, known as the inferior horn. The frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes include the anterior, inferior, and posterior horns, respectively.
The lateral ventricles central portion is anteroposteriorly extended. It connects with the anterior horn at the anterior side at the position of the interventricular foramen. The body eventually approaches the splenium of the corpus callosum.
It has a triangular cross-section with a roof, floor, and medial wall, with the top surface layer and bottom surface meeting on the lateral aspects.
The trunk of the corpus callosum forms the top surface layer.
The septum pellucidum and the body of the fornix, which is shared by two lateral ventricles, create the medial wall.
The bottom layer is primarily created medially by the superior layer of the thalamus and on the lateral side by a structure known as the caudate nucleus. The stria terminalis and thalamostriate veins are located between these two structural components.
Posterior or occipital horn of the lateral ventricles:
The lateral ventricles posterior (occipital) horn continues posteromedially into the area of the occipital lobe and, like the rest of the lateral ventricle, has a top, lateral wall, and medial wall.
The tapetum forms the ceiling and lateral walls, whereas the medial wall has two peaks, one inferior and one superior, and is known as the calcar avis.
A feature known as the bulb of the posterior horn is located above those altitudes. This bulb is created by fibres of the forceps major running towards the back direction from the corpus callosums splenium.
Anterior or frontal horn of the lateral ventricles:
The anterior (also known as the frontal) horn of the lateral ventricle is isolated from the centre half by an imagined vertical path that passes at the position of the interventricular foramen. This addition features a triangle cross-section and a roof, medial wall and a base layer or floor. The corpus callosums genu and rostrum help to shut it off on the anterior end.
The far more anterior portion of the corpus callosum trunk forms the roof, whereas the top of the caudate nucleus forms the floor. The top side of the corpus callosums rostrum forms a little portion of the floor towards the midline. The septum pellucidum forms the medial wall.
Inferior or temporal horn of the lateral ventricles:
The hippocampus, along with the alveus and fimbriae, composes the majority of the base of the inferior horn. The collateral eminence is uplift in the lateral region of the surface caused by the inner folding of the white mater that lays deep to the collateral sulcus.
The lateral section of the roof (lateral wall) is made up of tapetum fibres, whereas the medial portion is made up of the caudate nucleus tail and the stria terminalis. From the base of the central portion, these components continue through the top layer of the inferior horn. The caudate nucleus tail and the stria terminalis cease on the anterior side of the amygdaloid complex, which is present in the most anterior portion of the top surface layer of the lateral ventricles.
The lateral ventricles significant aspect is the inferior (temporal) horn. It goes anteroinferiorly into the temporal lobe from the posterior end of the central area. It has an anterior edge that is adjacent to the cerebrums uncus, a base, and a top surface layer/roof. The inferior horns roof is mostly produced by the tapetum of the corpus callosum and the cauda of the caudate nucleus.
The inferior horn features a small hollow in cross-section that is bordered on the top and laterally by the top, and beneath it and medially by the base.
This arrangement is the reason why the lateral section of the ceiling is known as the lateral wall, while the medial part of the floor is known as the medial wall.
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by the ventricle covering (CSF). The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is then absorbed in the subarachnoid region after passing through the ventricular system.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is thought to have several key roles in the brain. It helps to make the brain buoyant, reducing the stress and agony that gravity and movements could otherwise produce.
The reality is that if the brain is not maintained in some form of a liquid phase, it will become altered and twisted beneath its bodily mass, and sensitive tissue cells will begin to rip and be harmed. The barrier of Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that covers the brain also acts as a barrier against potential hazards connected with mechanical stress or any other type of applied force, such as if a person falls. Another example would be, if a person falls and harms their head severely, or if they are beaten and a blunt force is applied to the head.
Moreover, as Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) passes across the brain, it transfers poisonous compounds as well as other waste materials and substances into the bloodstream, where they are then discharged by processes such as the kidneys filtration system. Regardless of pressure fluctuations within the ventricles, the rate of Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production in the ventricles stays constant.
If the flow of Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is impeded at any point or site in the ventricular system, it might be a problem. Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) will continue to be available and produced, but it will be unable to leave the platform.
As a result, the stress inside the ventricles would rise, and the increasing pressure may effectively cause the ventricles to enlarge. The expanding ventricles may then clash with other brain regions, leading to a variety of health complications (based on where the blockage occurred and which structures or tissues are most influenced by this expansion). When this occurs in children whose skulls have not fully ossified (typically under the age of 2), the head may enlarge.
When CSF is produced in the lateral ventricle, it fills the cavity before passing through the interventricular foramen of Monro and entering the third ventricle. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) produced in the third ventricle departs the area via the Sylvius cerebral aqueduct and enters the fourth ventricle in addition to CSF produced in the lateral ventricle.
The lateral ventricles are the biggest of the brains four interconnected chambers that are filled with fluid. The cerebral ventricular system is made up of these chambers and their interconnected passages.
The third and fourth ventricles are the systems other two cavities, while the cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius is one of the interconnecting systems that guarantee interaction between the third and fourth ventricles. The ventricles job is to hold the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and provide a pathway for its movement.
Complications involving the lateral ventricles of the brain:
A CT scan can be used to determine the volume of the lateral ventricles and other structures within the brain. Physicians can use the scan to determine not just the length of the ventricles, but also the density of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) they hold. This data can be utilized to prevent and manage brain disorders such as hydrocephalus, which is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the ventricle.
Ventriculomegaly is a disorder that causes the lateral ventricle to develop improperly. It is linked to mental illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, hydrocephalus, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia as well as brain disorders related to movements such as Huntingtons disease and Parkinsons disease.
The explanation of ventriculomegaly is uncertain, but it is extremely debated that atrophy of structural components present around the lateral ventricles, as well as a decrease in the amount of the nearby periventricular structures, may be major factors responsible, allowing the ventricles to broaden and fill in the region.
One possibility is a stoppage of venous blood or Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation which leads to an increase in the volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles. A further explanation is that mechanical pressure and shear pressures cause injury and atrophy of surrounding structures that encircle the ventricles.
A few of the hypothesized reasons for deformation and shear stresses include venous blood and Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow obstruction, venous back pressure, anomalous pressure waves, and pounding-type waves known as water hammers.
Tumours of the lateral ventricles:
Tumours of the lateral and third ventricles constitute a special problem to neurosurgeons due to their deep placement and proximity to critical neuronal and circulatory systems. Supratentorial and infratentorial intraventricular tumours are frequent in kids, accounting for roughly 41% of lateral and third ventricular tumours. However, only 7 per cent of occurrences are in the older population.
In adults, nearly half of all intraventricular mass lesions are situated in the lateral ventricle, however, in kids, the ratio is significantly smaller. Intraventricular mass lesions are caused by a wide range of benign and malignant malignancies. In the elder age group, the most common lateral ventricle tumours comprise astrocytoma, meningioma, glioblastoma, ependymoma, and choroid plexus papilloma.
In comparison, the most common lateral ventricle cancers in children include subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, ependymal, choroid plexus papilloma, choroid plexus carcinoma and astrocytoma.
Although numerous surgical methods can be used to access intraventricular lesions, surgical excision remains the primary treatment method for lateral and third ventricular malignancies.
The surgical technique is determined mostly by the position, length, and nature of the lesion; the surface area of the ventricles; the tumours proximity to the third ventricle; vascularity; venous outflow; and the lesions connection to nearby tissues.
While transcortical or transcallosal methods can yield in full tumour excision, they are linked with an elevated risk of brain parenchymal damage.
Hydrocephalus is a condition characterised by excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production and ventricular size expansion or enlargement, also known as water on the brain’. A hydrocephalus-causing blockage can be caused by several reasons, including a tumour, infection, or congenital abnormalities.
Hydrocephalus is commonly treated by surgically placing a shunt that drains excess Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the ventricles into the abdominal cavity. This treatment has the potential to be effective; but, if the reason for the obstruction is not addressed, more surgical procedures may be required to resolve this issue.
These include procedures such as the replacement of an overgrown shunt or the treatment of an infected shunt.
Each lateral ventricle is a C-shaped chamber located deep within the cerebral cortex. Other ventricle components, such as the choroidal fissure, fornix, caudate nucleus, and choroid plexus, take on a C shape when the lateral ventricle loops around the thalamus, or central core of the brain. The structural components of the lateral ventricles are a posterior, inferior, and anterior horn. There is a roof, a bottom layer, and median walls in the lateral ventricles. The lateral ventricles, like the rest of the brains ventricles, help provide a fluid-filled compartment for the brain and immerse it for safety, as well as produce and circulate cerebrospinal fluid. Ventriculomegaly, hydrocephalus and tumours are some of the clinical complications that concern the lateral ventricles of the brain.
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The Anatomy of the Brain Ventricles
You have four brain ventricles—cavities within the brain that produce and store cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This liquid surrounds your brain and spinal cord, cushioning them and protecting them from trauma. It is also responsible for removing waste and delivering nutrients to your brain.
Your brain ventricles are essential to maintaining your central nervous system (CNS), which your brain and spinal cord comprise. The CNS is where information is processed in the body so that functions from temperature regulation to thought, movement, and much more can be controlled.
This article takes a closer look at the anatomy and functions of the brain ventricles. It also contains information about health conditions related to your ventricular system and how those conditions are diagnosed.
Your brain's ventricular system is comprised of four ventricles as well as small structures that connect each ventricle called foramina.
The first and second ventricles are lateral ventricles. These C-shaped structures are located on each side of your cerebral cortex, the wrinkly outer layer of your brain.
The third ventricle is a narrow, funnel-shaped structure situated between your right and left thalamus, just above your brainstem.
The fourth ventricle is a diamond-shaped structure that runs alongside your brainstem. It has four openings through which cerebrospinal fluid drains into an area surrounding your brain (subarachnoid space) and the central canal of your spinal cord.
CSF takes the following route through the four ventricles:
- The walls of the lateral ventricles and the roofs of the third and fourth ventricles are lined with a layer of specialized tissue known as the choroid plexus. It's within the choroid plexus that CSF is produced.
- CSF passes from the lateral ventricles, through two holes called the interventricular foramina, and into the third ventricle.
- From there, CSF passes through a connecting structure called the cerebral aqueduct and into the fourth ventricle.
- CSF exits the fourth ventricle and drains into the subarachnoid space. CSF also passes through a structure called the obex before draining into the central canal of the spinal cord.
The average adult has about milliliters (mL) of CSF circulating their ventricles and subarachnoid space at any given time.
Your brain has four ventricles that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid drains from your fourth ventricle into a canal surrounding your brain and spinal cord.
Ventricular System: Anatomy, Function, and Treatment
Aside from cerebrospinal fluid, your brain ventricles are hollow. Their sole function is to produce and secrete cerebrospinal fluid to protect and maintain your central nervous system.
CSF is constantly bathing the brain and spinal column, clearing out toxins and waste products released by nerve cells. One such waste product—the amyloid A-b peptide—increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease if too much accumulates in the brain.
In addition, cerebrospinal fluid serves a number of other important functions:
- Shock absorption: When you fall, get into a car accident, or otherwise knock your head, the CFS encasing your brain absorbs the shock so that your brain does not smack against your skull.
- Nutrition: CSF supplies your central nervous system with essential nutrients, such as glucose, proteins, lipids, and electrolytes.
- Intracranial pressure: A steady flow of CSF keeps the pressure around your brain stable. Too much CSF, possibly due to a traumatic brain injury or brain tumor, raises intracranial pressure.
- Waste removal: CSF washes through your subarachnoid space, cleaning up toxins and waste products, which are then carried to your lymphatic ducts for filtration.
- Temperature: CSF circulation keeps the temperature of your brain and spine stable.
- Immune function: CSF contains numerous immune cells that monitor your central nervous system for foreign agents that could damage your vital organs.
Infection, head trauma, and bleeding in the brain can cause inflammation in the ventricles and subarachnoid space. That inflammation blocks the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, causing the ventricles to swell in size and placing pressure on the brain.
The following ventricle-related conditions are life threatening. If you are experiencing any of the symptoms described below, call or have someone take you to the nearest ER right away.
Hydrocephalus is a life-threatening medical condition in which cerebrospinal fluid gets blocked and builds up in the ventricles or subarachnoid space. As a result, pressure within the skull increases and the ventricles enlarge.
Hydrocephalus can be present at birth due to a genetic or developmental abnormality. It can also develop due to a brain or spinal chord tumor, a stroke or head trauma that causes bleeding in the brain, or an infection like bacterial meningitis.
There are two primary types of hydrocephalus:
- Communicating hydrocephalus: In which CFS becomes blocked in the subarachnoid space after it exits the ventricles
- Non-communicating hydrocephalus: In which CFS becomes blocked in one or more of the structures that connect the ventricles
Any person of any age can get hydrocephalus, but it is most common in infants and adults ages 60 and older. Symptoms of hydrocephalus vary slightly among age groups.
In infants, symptoms of hydrocephalus include:
- The infant's head rapidly gets grows in size
- The soft spot on the top of their head bulges
- They have trouble sucking or feeding
In older adults, the symptoms include:
- Difficulty walking, balancing or lifting their feet
- Rapid dementia or cognitive impairments
- Inability to hold their bladder
In all other age groups, the symptoms of hydrocephalus can include:
- Vision changes
- Difficulty walking or talking
- Trouble staying awake
- Personality changes
- Memory loss
Shunt Placement: Treatment for Hydrocephalus
The subarachnoid space is lined with membranes known as the meninges. Meningitis develops when this lining, along with cerebrospinal fluid, becomes infected and inflamed.
Meningitis can be caused by bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal infections, but the most serious form is bacterial meningitis.
Bacterial meningitis can block the flow of CSF in the subarachnoid space and in the ventricles, ultimately resulting in hydrocephalus.
The symptoms of meningitis tend to come on very quickly and can include:
- Fever and chills
- Stiff neck
- Sensitivity to light
- Nausea or vomiting
How Meningitis Is Diagnosed
The choroid plexus in your ventricles contains of layer of tissue known as the ependymal lining. Ventriculitis occurs when this lining becomes inflamed due to meningitis, head trauma, or a complication of brain surgery.
Symptoms of ventriculitis mimic meningitis and can include:
- Fever and chills
- Stiff neck
A stroke, ruptured aneurysm, or traumatic brain injury can cause bleeding in the subarachnoid space or ventricles. These injuries are known as subarachnoid hemorrhage or intraventricular hemorrhage, respectively.
Both types of brain hemorrhage can result in hydrocephalus as blood clots form and block the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in and around the brain ventricles.
Symptoms of brain hemorrhage come on suddenly and can include:
- A severe headache that peaks within seconds
- Stiff neck
- Blurred or double vision
- Slurred speech
- Weakness on one side of your body
- Light sensitivity
- Nausea or vomiting
- Loss of consciousness
If you suspect you have a brain hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, meningitis, or ventriculitis—all of which affect the ventricles—you need to get medical attention as soon as possible. These conditions are immediately life-threatening.
How Stroke Is Diagnosed
Hydrocephalus, meningitis, ventriculitis, and brain hemorrhage are diagnosed using one or more of the following:
Lumbar puncture (LP), also called a spinal tap, can be used to measure pressure within the spinal canal. It is also used to test cerebrospinal fluid for signs of infection, inflammation, or hemorrhage.
To perform a lumbar puncture, your doctor will numb your lower spine. A needle will then be inserted in the numbed area to measure cerebrospinal fluid pressure and collect a sample for testing.
A spinal tap is often quite important for diagnosing central nervous system diseases. For instance, in a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a CT may be normal, but the lumbar puncture will reveal if there is blood in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Imaging tests and lumbar puncture are used to diagnose injuries and diseases in the brain ventricles. A lumbar puncture will reveal if there is blood inside the spinal cord, which may point to a brain hemorrhage. It can also test for signs of infection.
How CSF Is Analyzed
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced in the lining of your brain's ventricles. After it drains from these four chambers, CFS circulates in the canals that surround your brain and spinal cord, ensuring your central nervous system is nourished and protected.
Traumatic brain injury, bacterial meningitis, and brain hemorrhage can cause inflammation in and around your ventricles. As a result, the flow of cerebrospinal fluid can get blocked and cause the ventricles to swell in size.
Medical conditions that affect the ventricles are often life threatening. It is vital that you get treatment immediately if you notice any related symptoms.
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The Ventricular System
The cerebral ventricles are a series of interconnected, fluid-filled spaces that lie in the core of the forebrain and brainstem (Figure ). The presence of ventricular spaces in the various subdivisions of the brain reflects the fact that the ventricles are the adult derivatives of the open space or lumen of the embryonic neural tube (see Chapter 22). Although they have no unique function, the ventricular spaces present in sections through the brain provide another useful guide to location. The largest of these spaces are the lateral ventricles (one within each of the cerebral hemispheres). These particular ventricles are best seen in frontal sections, where their ventral surface is usually defined by the basal ganglia, their dorsal surface by the corpus callosum, and their medial surface by the septum pellucidum, a membranous tissue sheet that forms part of the midline sagittal surface of the cerebral hemispheres. The third ventricle forms a narrow midline space between the right and left thalamus, and communicates with the lateral ventricles through a small opening at the anterior end of the third ventricle (called the interventricular foramen). The third ventricle is continuous caudally with the cerebral aqueduct, which runs though the midbrain. At its caudal end, the aqueduct opens into the fourth ventricle, a larger space in the dorsal pons and medulla. The fourth ventricle narrows caudally to form the central canal of the spinal cord. The ventricles are filled with cerebrospinal fluid, and the lateral, third, and fourth ventricles are the site of the choroid plexus, which produces this fluid. The cerebrospinal fluid percolates through the ventricular system and flows into the subarachnoid space through perforations in the thin covering of the fourth ventricle; it is eventually absorbed by specialized structures called arachnoid villi or granulations (see Figure ), and returned to the venous circulation.
The ventricular system of the human brain. (A) Location of the ventricles as seen in a transparent left lateral view. (B) Table showing the ventricular spaces associated with each of the major subdivisions of the brain. (See Chapter 22 for an account (more)
The meninges. Upper left panel is a midsagittal view showing the three layers of the meninges in relation to the skull and brain. Right panels are blowups to show detail.
The Ventricles of the Brain
The ventricular system is a set of communicating cavities within the brain. These structures are responsible for the production, transport and removal of cerebrospinal fluid, which bathes the central nervous system.
In this article, we shall look at the functions and production of cerebrospinal fluid, and the anatomy of the ventricles that contains it.
Functions of Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid is an ultrafiltrate of plasma that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
It serves three main functions:
- Protection - acts as a cushion for the brain, limiting neural damage in cranial injuries.
- Buoyancy - by being immersed in CSF, the net weight of the brain is reduced to approximately 25 grams. This prevents excessive pressure on the base of the brain.
- Chemical stability - the CSF creates an environment to allow for proper functioning of the brain, e.g. maintaining low extracellular K+ for synaptic transmission.
Ventricles of the Brain
The ventricles are structures that produce cerebrospinal fluid, and transport it around the cranial cavity. They are lined by ependymal cells, which form a structure called the choroid plexus. It is within the choroid plexus that CSF is produced.
Embryologically, the ventricular system is derived from the lumen of the neural tube.
In total, there are four ventricles; right and left lateral ventricles, third ventricle and fourth ventricle.
The left and right lateral ventricles are located within their respective hemispheres of the cerebrum. They have 'horns' which project into the frontal, occipital and temporal lobes. The volume of the lateral ventricles increases with age.
The lateral ventricles are connected to the third ventricle by the foramen of Monro. The third ventricle is situated in between the right and the left thalamus. The anterior surface of the ventricle contains two protrusions:
- Supra-optic recess - located above the optic chiasm.
- Infundibular recess - located above the optic stalk.
The fourth ventricle is the last in the system - it receives CSF from the third ventricle via the cerebral aqueduct. It lies within the brainstem, at the junction between the pons and medulla oblongata.
From the 4th ventricle, the fluid drains into two places:
- Central spinal canal - bathes the spinal cord
- Subarachnoid cisterns - bathes the brain, between arachnoid mater and pia mater. Here the CSF is reabsorbed back into the circulation.
Production and Reabsorption of Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by the choroid plexus, located in the lining of the ventricles. It consists of capillaries and loose connective tissue, surrounded by cuboidal epithelial cells. Plasma is filtered from the blood by the epithelial cells to produce CSF. In this way, the exact chemical composition of the fluid can be controlled.
Drainage of the CSF occurs in the subarachnoid cisterns (or space). Small projections of arachnoid mater (arachnoid granulations) protrude into the dura mater. They allow the fluid to drain into the dural venous sinuses.
Clinical Relevance: Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is defined as an abnormal collection of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain. It is a serious condition, with chronic hydrocephalus causing raised intracranial pressure, and consequently cerebral atrophy.
Based on the underlying cause, there are two clinical classifications:
- Communicating (Non-obstructive) Hydrocephalus - Abnormal collection of CSF in the absence of any flow obstruction in the ventricles. Common causes usually involve the functional impairment of the arachnoid granulations, such as fibrosis of the subarachnoid space following a haemorrhage.
- Non-communicating (Obstructive) Hydrocephalus - Abnormal collection of CSF, with flow obstructed within the ventricular system. The most common site of obstruction is the cerebral aqueduct, connecting the third and fourth ventricles. [caption id="attachment_" align="aligncenter" width=""]Fig 5 - Hydrocephalus on a CT scan.[/caption]
There is also a third classification, hydrocephalus ex vacuo - this refers to ventricular expansion, secondary to brain atrophy. This is often seen in patients with neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease.
Treatment of hydrocephalus primarily involves reversing the cause. Whilst treating the cause, a shunt can be inserted, which drains the fluid into the right atrium or the peritoneum.
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Recent clinical trials have shown a beneficial effect of mizoribine (Miz), an immunosuppressive drug, in the treatment of new-onset pediatric IgA nephropathy (IgAN). In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of Miz treatment in three children with established steroid-resistant IgAN. The patients had IgAN featuring persistent proteinuria and diffuse mesangial proliferation and had failed to respond to 2 years of treatment with prednisolone. Based upon the second biopsy results, patients were given methylprednisolone (mPSL) pulse therapy that induced a transient reduction in proteinuria, which was reversed when the mPSL dose was tapered. Miz therapy was then instigated in place of pulse mPSL. All three patients showed a substantial reduction in proteinuria and resolution of hematuria within 5 months. A follow-up biopsy in two of the patients showed a substantial reduction in the severity of glomerular lesions and a decrease in the number of activated macrophages. In conclusion, Miz therapy was found to be a safe and effective therapy in three cases of steroid-resistant pediatric IgAN. The ability of Miz to reduce the number of activated macrophages may be an important mechanism by which this drug ameliorated renal disease in these patients.
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(BPT) – A runny nose that won’t let up. Congestion to the point of discomfort. Is it allergies? A cold? Or could it be sinusitis?
Sinusitis affects about 1 in 8 adults in the United States, resulting in more than 30 million annual diagnoses, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. Those with chronic sinusitis typically suffer from a combination of nasal congestion, facial pain and pressure, decreased sense of smell, and other symptoms that can impact quality of life.
With symptoms that can mimic a bout of allergies or a common cold, people with chronic sinusitis may misdiagnose themselves, reaching for an over-the-counter remedy, like cold medicine or nose spray, but these medications only offer the temporary relief of symptoms.
That’s why it’s important to see a primary care doctor or an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist to receive a proper diagnosis. A growing number of Americans are turning to a minimally invasive procedure performed by Ear, Nose and Throat physicians (ENTs) that may be an effective solution for millions of sinusitis suffers.
Lauren G. was doing all she could to manage her chronic sinusitis and relied on medication to reduce her coughing, shortness of breath, and postnasal drip.
“Even though my symptoms got better when I was on antibiotics, my symptoms would get worse again when I came off them. Because my symptoms continued to return whenever I got off antibiotics, my doctor recommended balloon sinuplasty as an alternative since it was minimally invasive.”
When medication wasn’t able to control Lauren’s sinusitis, she opted for a balloon sinuplasty procedure. This minimally invasive treatment offered a successful solution to her chronic sinusitis.
“I would definitely recommend the balloon sinuplasty to a family or friend because the recovery time was easy, and I no longer have symptoms,” Lauren said.
“As an ENT I see people suffer needlessly when we have good treatment options available,” said Ryan Vaughn, M.D., otolaryngologist, Exhale Sinus and Facial Pain Center. “There are long-term solutions available to millions of people who write off their symptoms as an allergy or a cold. The best thing a person can do is see an ENT specialist and end the suffering.”
What You Need to Know About Sinusitis
Sinusitis is often classified by duration as acute sinusitis when symptoms last for less than 4 weeks or chronic sinusitis when symptoms last more than 12 weeks. While acute sinusitis is typically caused by viruses or bacteria, chronic sinusitis usually stems from prolonged inflammation rather than a longstanding infection. Distinguishing between the type of infection is important as it will determine the best treatment option. For example, while chronic sinusitis is typically treated first with medication, at least 20% of people do not respond adequately to such treatment and may require sinus surgery, according to the American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy.
Your doctor should determine the right treatments based on your symptoms. When speaking with your doctor, here are some treatment options available to consider and discuss:
Natural remedies include cool and hot mist vaporizers, steam, nasal irrigation, and sinus rinsing.
Medical Management of sinusitis includes nasal steroids, antibiotics, mucus thinning drugs, decongestants, nasal sprays, oral steroids, and over-the-counter pain relievers. An estimated 20% of chronic sinusitis patients are not successfully treated with medical therapy.
Sinus surgery may be recommended when medical management methods are not enough to relieve patients’ symptoms. Surgical treatment may include Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.
Balloon Sinuplasty is an effective treatment for sinusitis and may be a preferred option for many patients, in fact, 96% of patients experience symptomatic improvement at 52 weeks with balloon-only treatment.
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Skara Brae and Scotland's dynamic coast
|A neolithic house at Skara Brae in its coastal setting, showing the survival of drystone-built furniture (Photo: Laurence Winram).|
Our climate is changing at an extraordinary rate. The last century has been characterised by increasing temperatures, altering patterns of precipitation and increased frequency of unpredictable and extreme weather events. In Scotland, since the early 1960s, annual precipitation levels have increased by over 20 per cent, average annual temperatures are 1° celsius warmer, the growing season has been extended by over a month and sea level rise has accelerated to over 3mm a year. The broad future trend is anticipated to be towards warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers, with sea levels continuing to rise. This has implications for the historic environment, with changing climatic conditions having potential to alter and accelerate decay processes of historic monuments and archaeological sites.
Sea levels around the UK have risen by 15–20cm since 1900 and the latest sea level projections (UKCP18) are around 30 per cent higher than previous projections (UKCP09). The extent of sea level rise depends on where one is in the UK, and our future success in adhering to international agreements on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. However, the Met Office anticipates that sea level will continue to rise beyond 2100, even if globally we achieve a substantial reduction in emissions. In Orkney, sea level within the Bay of Skaill is expected to be up to one metre higher within our children’s lifetimes if emissions continue as they are at present. Inevitably rising sea levels will increase the rate and extent of coastal erosion, with the extent also influenced by wave height and coastal sediment supply. This will further exacerbate coastal flooding, leading to loss of, and damage to, many heritage assets. While in the past, some of Scotland’s coasts have been protected by the continuing process of isostatic uplift following the last ice age, evidence now indicates that sea level rise is outstripping this.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and its predecessor organisations have been managing the impacts of coastal erosion for decades. Sites we look after have had sea defences in place for many years and range from prehistoric sites like Skara Brae to early modern fortifications such as Fort George. In many cases, these defences have been very effective but, of course, require ongoing monitoring and maintenance and will come under increasing pressures as climate change intensifies. At Skara Brae, we are working in partnership with many other bodies to understand the coastal processes at work in order to actively inform our ongoing management of the site.
The prehistory and history of Skara Brae is inextricably linked with its landscape setting, its exposure to natural hazards, its archaeological investigation and excavation and efforts to preserve it for future generations to enjoy. Skara Brae comprises a network of early prehistoric houses, with drystone furniture still in situ, including beds, fireplaces and dressers. The level of preservation for a domestic settlement of this age is exceptional within northern Europe. The site forms a key element within the Heart of Neolithic Orkney world heritage site (WHS), inscribed in 1999, and is a scheduled monument and a property in the care of Scottish ministers, with management delegated to HES.
Skara Brae is located in the Bay of Skaill, on the west coast of the Orkney Mainland. It is the remains of a neolithic village occupied from c3,100 to 2,500BC, which was around 1km inland when occupied, situated next to a freshwater loch that was separated from the sea by a dune system to the west. This was breached by the sea c1,000BC, leading to the creation of the horseshoe-shaped bay seen today. The site remained hidden under windblown sand until it was partly uncovered during a storm in 1850, which stripped vegetation and sand from a dune known locally as Skerrabra. Antiquarian investigations and clearance took place in 1850-67 and 1913.
The site came into state guardianship in 1922, with a sea wall then being constructed in 1925-26 following a further storm in 1924. Further work on the site in the 1920s included excavations directed by V G Childe. The monument was originally scheduled in 1928, the year Childe began his excavations. Further smaller scale excavations, directed by D V Clarke of National Museums of Scotland in 1972-73 successfully obtained the first radiocarbon dates from the site, confirming it as neolithic. There are two main phases of construction evident in the excavated remains. The earliest phase consisted of freestanding buildings with the later phase consisting of larger houses of a similar plan, largely built into midden material and connected by roofed passageways. The sea wall has been augmented at intervals since the 1920s, with repair and maintenance ongoing, and a rolling programme of sea wall toe reinforcement extension works to enhance footing constructed in the 1980s.
In January 2018 HES published the first phase of our climate change risk assessment project, detailing the risk to our properties in care from natural hazards such as flooding and coastal erosion. The project was carried out in partnership with the British Geological Survey and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Of the sites analysed, we found 31 at high or very high risk of coastal flooding, and 24 sites at high or very high risk of coastal erosion. With many of HES’ sites situated on the coast, these results were expected but it came as a surprise to some that Skara Brae was not identified as being at high risk. This is a reflection of the nature of the coastal erosion dataset used, and the fact that the site has been protected by a sea wall for nearly 100 years. Since this initial analysis, further opportunities have arisen for us to explore the processes ongoing at this site and new climate projection data is now available.
A major research project commissioned by Scottish Government and funded by Scotland’s Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW), entitled Dynamic Coast: Scotland’s National Coastal Change Assessment, began in response to risks identified in the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (UK-CCRA). Dynamic Coast has mapped coastal change in Scotland over the last hundred years or so, in the process developing a deep understanding of past change and current vulnerability. The project aims to aid relevant authorities in identifying parts of the coast that may require additional support. The identification of susceptible assets will help inform the development of plans robustly based on a strategic, objective and publicly available evidence base (DynamicCoast.com). HES has been heavily involved in this project from its inception and sits on the steering group ensuring that the historic environment is fully incorporated within the project. This has enabled us to deepen our understanding of coastal change at many sites, including those in our care.
|A deviation map created from laser scans of Skara Brae, its sea wall and environs, comparing data from 2010 and 2018 to identify coastal change and current vulnerabilities (Photo: Historic Environment Scotland).|
In the Bay of Skaill, examination of data from Ordnance Survey mapping indicates that the average height of spring tides (or ‘mean high water springs’, MHWS) remained stable for much of the 20th century in the vicinity of the Skara Brae sea wall but this may mask long term trends and the impact of wave erosion above and below the high tide level. Aerial imagery clearly demonstrates that without this defence, part of the site may have already been lost to coastal erosion and it is likely that the sea wall is contributing to increased rates of erosion on the unprotected soft-coast on either end and in front of the protected area.
HES began a digital monitoring programme for the site several years ago. Every two years, we now undertake a terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) survey of Skara Brae and its surrounding beach to capture mm-scale accurate digital scans of the site and surrounding coastline. Comparing these TLS surveys with other data, it appears that MHWS has not eroded further inland than its 1900 position. However, the TLS survey provides much more detail, showing modest build-up of sediments in the active central area of the bay to the north of the sea wall. The accumulation of sediment is thought to be sourced from erosion of both the crest of the beach and from the lower foreshore. While the stability of the upper beach is good news, the losses elsewhere are a concern, and highlight the value of multi-year detailed three-dimensional analyses.
While coastal erosion remains a threat to the long term survival of the site, the results of Dynamic Coast along with our own monitoring regimes indicate that the existing sea defence continues to fulfil its function of protecting the site. Regular monitoring and enhancement will continue, and the Bay of Skaill is a case study in the ongoing, second phase of Dynamic Coast, which incorporates further data from LiDAR (a 3D aerial survey method which uses pulsed laser light). HES is working closely with the Dynamic Coast team to combine available data sets at a variety of scales to enhance our understanding of the processes at work and the site’s vulnerability. This is informing our plans for management of the site and any future interventions will be underpinned by this robust analysis, taking full advantage of the potential of technological developments.
This article originally appeared as Climate change: Skara Brae and Scotland’s dynamic coast in IHBC’s Yearbook 2019, published by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation in 2019. It was written by Mairi H Davies, climate change manager at Historic Environment Scotland. Previously an inspector of ancient monuments, she is one of the principal authors of HES’ 2018 volume on climate change risk assessment for the HES Estate.
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Custom Wheelchairs: How to Build and Customize
What Is the Difference Between a Standard and Custom Wheelchair?
Standard wheelchairs are typically used by those with temporary injuries or disabilities. People who are recovering from surgery or injuries may use a standard wheelchair for a limited amount of time. Standard wheelchairs are available to the masses and can easily be purchased through online retailers, or even your local BraunAbility dealer. Contact your local mobility dealer to see if they offer standard wheelchair purchase.
Custom wheelchairs, on the other hand, are often used by those with permeant disabilities like paralysis, Cerebral Palsy, or Spina Bifida. As the name suggests, custom wheelchairs are built precisely to the body measurements of a disabled person. Custom wheelchairs require a prescription from a medical professional.
What Is a Custom Wheelchair?
From the wheelchair frame to the tires, cushion, footplate, and backrest, every element of a custom wheelchair is uniquely built to accommodate a person’s specific disability. For those with permanent disabilities, the customization and fit of a wheelchair are vital to maintaining independence and preventing pain and injury. If a wheelchair is not fitted properly, a wheelchair user can end up with several injuries including:
Shoulder, wrist, and other upper extremity injuries
Tissue and nerve damage
Exacerbation of symptoms related to disability
Types of Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs come in two styles: Manual and power.
What Is a Custom Manual Wheelchair?
Custom manual wheelchairs do not have as many parts as power wheelchairs; therefore, they do not require as much maintenance and are a more cost-effective option when it comes to custom wheelchairs. Custom manual wheelchairs can be easily broken down, so they’re smaller and easier to transport than power wheelchairs. Manual wheelchairs are typically used by disabled individuals who have all or some upper body function.
What Is a Custom Power Wheelchair?
Unlike manual wheelchairs, power wheelchairs do not require the wheelchair user to push themselves. Instead, power wheelchairs are fitted with assistive devices such as joysticks, which require minimal force from a wheelchair user to propel their chair in any direction they wish. Power chairs are typically made with additional features, including the ability to raise and lower the seat, and recline the chair. Power wheelchairs may be ideal for those with significant mobility impairments.
How Much Does a Custom Wheelchair Cost?
The cost of manual and power wheelchairs will depend on the wheelchair user’s wants and needs, as well as the materials with which the wheelchair is made. For example, when it comes to manual wheelchairs, those made with a titanium frame are lighter than wheelchairs made of aluminum or carbon fiber frames. Because of this, titanium frame wheelchairs will cost more than other manual wheelchairs. Some power wheelchairs offer both standing and sitting functions, however, this additional feature can cause a complex power wheelchair to cost significantly more than a standard power wheelchair. Standard manual wheelchairs start at a cost of roughly $12,000, whereas power wheelchairs start at roughly $40,000. Be sure to speak with your insurance provider prior to purchasing a custom wheelchair as some insurance companies will not cover certain wheelchair features.
How Long Does It Take to Get a Custom Wheelchair Made?
Generally, manual and power wheelchairs can be made in six months. This time frame can change depending on the communication between your medical providers, insurance companies, and your durable medical equipment company. Wheelchairs may also take longer to make if insurance denials occur.
Can You Decorate or Customize a Wheelchair?
Custom wheelchairs come with many features that are unique to a wheelchair user’s needs, but there are ways you can further make a custom wheelchair your own.
How Do I Decorate Wheelchair Wheels?
Want to customize your wheelchair with a favorite color, pattern, or even a movie character? Spoke skins and spoke guards can be used to show off your personality. Spoke skins come in multiple colors and can easily be attached to the spokes of your wheelchair. If you’re looking for something to really make your wheelchair stand out, spoke guards from Izzy Wheels are available in a wide range of styles. Whether you’re looking for cheetah print or Disney-themed wheels, Izzy Wheels spoke guards are sure to make a statement. Wheelchair spoke skins and spoke guards can easily be removed if you decide you want a different look. The front wheels of your wheelchair, also known as casters, can be customized as well. If traditional black wheelchair casters aren’t your style, light-up wheelchair casters may be available.
Can I Customize a Wheelchair Frame?
If you’re looking for more permanent customizations for your wheelchair, consider customizing your wheelchair frame. Wheelchair frames come in many colors and can typically be purchased in solid colors or accent colors. Whether you’re going for a sleek black look or a neon green frame with bright blue accents, wheelchair frames on both manual and power wheelchairs can be made to show off your favorite colors.
Looking for Custom Wheelchairs?
Purchasing a custom wheelchair can feel like a daunting task, which is why you’ll want to begin with research. A great place to start is with a durable medical equipment company like Permobil. Permobil’s website contains a vast amount of information on both power and manual wheelchairs, with product brochures, videos, and information regarding specific wheelchair parts like cushions and backrests, so you can find the perfect wheelchair for you.
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