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Corybantic is a word referring to the priests of Cybele, a Phrygian goddess of nature who apparently performed wild dances.
Over the years, some Christians use words like corybantic to point out and disagree with the worship style of fellow Christians. Oh we might not actually say the word corybantic, but we mean it just the same.
“Oh, he raises his hands in the air when we sing!”
“Did you see that? She is waving a flag and in the sanctuary too!”
“Hey, that one sings with their eyes closed!”
“What’s with that? He isn’t singing!”
Would you agree that true worship involves concentrating on God? You know, paying attention to the Divine, showing respect and love for God through adoration, devotion and prayer?
Wouldn’t that mean concentrating on God and not on the folks in the next pew?
If we are busy looking at one another’s worship style, doesn’t that mean we ourselves are not worshipping? We definitely are not concentrating on God.
This was Paul’s goal and it should be ours as well.
My aim is to raise hopes by pointing the way to life without end. (Titus 1:2, MSG)
Prayer – Lord when all is done and you call us to account, let there never be corybantic finger pointing in our story. Amen! | <urn:uuid:8c60042d-0b3c-4411-bc90-68fd78d74e76> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.everydaychristian.com/blogs/post/corybantic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946515 | 317 | 2.109375 | 2 |
JOURNAL DES MINES.
(1794 – 1832)
1. French, 1794-1832 [Periodical].
Journal | Des Mines, | Publié | Par l'Agence Des Mines | De La Republique. | [rule] | N° 1er. | [rule] | Vendemiaire de l'an III. | [ornament] | A Paris, | De L'Imprimerie De Du Pont, | rue de la Loi, N° 1232.
Vols. 1-38 with 2 index vols. (all publ.). With 169 engraved plates or maps and 22 tabs.
Rare, especially in complete runs. This is one of the earliest mineralogical and mining journals, which still continues in print although now under the name of Annales des Mines. The text contains many contributions from famous mineralogists of the time such as Haüy, Dolomieu, Daubuisson, Brongniart, Laplace, Werner, etc.
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April 16, 2021
Dear Students and Colleagues,
The past week brought more tragic and troubling events—in Minnesota, Virginia, and Illinois—involving police, Black and Latinx Americans, and other people of color. I have heard from a number of Tuck community members, especially those of the Black and Pan African communities, sharing their feelings of pain, frustration, and exhaustion. And, as I wrote about a few weeks ago, there are similar feelings here at Tuck about the recent wave of racist and xenophobic rhetoric and acts toward Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
One of the key aptitudes of wise leaders is empathy: understanding the experiences, feelings, and ideas of others that are different from your lived experience. In the days and weeks ahead, let’s continue to show empathy toward one another as each of us works through our own sentiments about racism and other ongoing injustices. Now is the time to build our capabilities for open conversation, learning, and change. As the spring term rolls along, Tuck will continue to offer opportunities here. On May 5, we will be hosting a conversation with Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race. On May 20, we will be convening bystander intervention training, aimed at tools and techniques to stop racist and xenophobic harassment. Details on these and other events will be forthcoming.
Our Tuck community is one of remarkable diversity: of races and ethnicities, of gender identities and sexual orientations, of nationalities, of socioeconomic class, of political views, of creed. We draw on the many strengths of this diversity to broaden our learning, to sharpen our decision making, and to enrich our spirits. We will continue to strive for a more equitable and inclusive society—through our research, teaching, and application of ideas that can transform our world.
As an example of transformative impact, I am very excited to share the news that yesterday Professor Ella Bell was selected to receive The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management’s 2021 Earl Hill Jr. Faculty Achievement and Diversity Leadership Award. Established in 2019, this annual award honors “outstanding academic and professional leadership on campus and to the community beyond the boundaries of the university.” It recognizes “the recipient’s courageous leadership within The Consortium community and commitment in advancing the goal of equal opportunity and access to higher education for underrepresented minorities in America.”
I also want to thank Lia Parker-Belfer, Ed Beshers, and Rod Milligan, for helping orchestrate last week’s inaugural DEI Summit among Tuck and five other business schools. This event was centered around the vital question, “As an MBA student, how can I help advance diversity, equity, and inclusion—in my life and at my future organization.”
Finally, let me especially thank Dean Dia Draper. Dia has hit the ground running since assuming her new deanery role full-time at the start of 2021. In particular, she has convened a DEI Working Group to help launch a comprehensive review of Tuck’s culture, climate, and engagement with DEI. This thoughtful review will identify the greatest opportunities for us to create a fully informed DEI strategic plan, which will outline DEI objectives, desired outcomes, and metrics for action—all in support of Tuck’s overall mission and strategy. This Group is assessing external benchmarks; it has conducted scores of interviews, many focus groups, and a survey; and it continues to work with the right blend of care and pace. Thank you, too, Group members Elle Higgins, Matt Lotterhand, Taryn Rich, and Michele Wheeler.
Please take good care of yourself this weekend.
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Now, we can’t enjoy our existence without computer and Internet. However in the world of Internet, trojan is a huge threat. And the majority of the people who use computers need to face such threat anytime while using the Internet. Computer infections have diverse types and in addition they have different effect on the pc. Referred to as adware and spyware these malicious objects create hindrance so the PC users can’t enjoy safe and hassle-free computing. Delve much deeper into this short article and learn to combat adware and spyware and safeguard your pc.
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ZnMn<inf>2</inf>O<inf>4</inf> structures of various morphologies (nanorods, nanofibers, nanowebs) have been prepared via a facile electrospinning technique by a simple variation of the sintering profile, and have subsequently been employed as anodes in lithium ion battery applications. After the sintering process, as-spun nanofibers with high aspect ratio have broken into short segments of ZnMn<inf>2</inf>O<inf>4</inf> nanorods (ZMO-NR). Incorporating an intermediate carbonization step has strengthened the mechanical integrity of as-spun nanofibers, resulting in the formation of sintered nanofibers (ZMO-NF) and nanowebs (ZMO-NW). On the basis of FESEM, HRTEM and XRD studies, the formation mechanism of nanostructures consisting of hierarchically self-assembled ZnMn<inf>2</inf>O<inf>4</inf> nanocrystals is discussed. Particle size distribution is computed by Rietveld refinement and HRTEM micrographs, while the valence states are confirmed by XPS. The initial discharge of ZMO-NF and ZMO-NW demonstrated a high capacity of ∼1469 mA h g<sup>-1</sup> and 1526 mA h g<sup>-1</sup>, respectively, in the voltage ranges of 0.005 V and 3.0 V versus Li/Li<sup>+</sup> at 60 mA g<sup>-1</sup>, associated with reversible capacities of ∼705 mA h g<sup>-1</sup> and 530 mA h g<sup>-1</sup> after 50 cycles. Morphology tuning of anodes and the importance of interconnected nanoparticulate pathways for lithium ion diffusion are elucidated. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Author(s): Teh PF, Sharma Y, Ko YW, Pramana SS, Srinivasan M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: RSC Advances
Print publication date: 28/02/2013
Online publication date: 14/12/2012
ISSN (print): 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
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President Barack Obama called on Americans to carry forward the spirit of the civil rights movement during a speech in Selma, Alabama, on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the momentous march known as “Bloody Sunday” and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
"First and foremost, we have to recognize that one day’s commemoration, no matter how special, is not enough,” Obama said. “If Selma taught us anything, it’s that our work is never done – the American experiment in self-government gives work and purpose to each generation."
Thousands of people arrived in Selma ahead of Obama’s speech, as civil rights leaders and 100 members of Congress sat in attendance. The atmosphere was festive, with vendors selling souvenirs commemorating the violent confrontation that took place decades ago.
Being patriotic, Obama said, does not simply mean singing America's praises.
"Sometimes, it requires the occasional disruption," Obama said. "Selma teaches us, too, that action requires that we shed our cynicism. For when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair."
Obama, the first black president, delivered remarks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site of the crackdown on the March 7 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
During the march state troopers and police violently attacked hundreds of peaceful protesters as they tried to cross the bridge in an event that would become known as "Bloody Sunday."
"Selma is now. Selma is about the courage of ordinary people doing extraordinary things because they believe they can change the country, that they can shape our nation's destiny," Obama said during a trip to South Carolina on Friday.
The Selma anniversary comes as protesters nationwide condemn what they perceive as persistent racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system — a movement sparked by a series of police killings of unarmed black men.
A Department of Justice (DOJ) report released this week accused police in Ferguson of racial bias against the city's black residents. The DOJ, however, did not find a civil rights violation in Brown's death.
FBI Director James Comey said last month that racial bias persists in the U.S. and goes beyond law enforcement. He cited research that pointed to the widespread existence of unconscious bias.
On Saturday Obama said he had been asked if the report showed that, with respect to race in the United States, little had changed in 50 years.
The president rejected the notion, saying, "What happened in Ferguson may not be unique, but it’s no longer endemic, or sanctioned by law and custom; and before the civil rights movement, it most surely was."
"We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America,” said Obama. “If you think nothing’s changed in the past fifty years, ask somebody who lived through the Selma."
Two days after the Bloody Sunday march, Martin Luther King led over 2,000 people back to the bridge, though he kept from crossing it. The bridge that is now seen as one of the most important sites in civil rights history.
Ironically, the bridge is named after Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. At the time it was built, the bridge was viewed as a tribute to white supremacy. But it has been transformed into a symbol of the struggle for racial equality.
On March 21, 1965, marchers finally crossed the bridge and thousands of other protesters joined along the way to Montgomery, with about 25,000 people entering the state capital.
A few months later, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, ending a century of barriers that prevented African Americans from voting freely.
"It's because they marched that the next generation hasn't been bloodied so much," Obama said in a speech in Selma in 2007 as a presidential hopeful. "It's because they marched that I got the kind of education I got, a law degree, a seat in the Illinois senate and ultimately in the United States senate."
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The Apostle Paul's epistle to the Galatians.
Paul wrote to the Galatians among whom he had labored as a missionary, to call them back to the gospel he had preached to them--they (or at least some of them) had apparently been led astray by those who believed the law of Moses should still be kept in its entirety.
Galatians provides a wealth of detail--from Paul himself--about key events in his life as a Christian.
Various views exist as to the date of the composition of this epistle. The themes speak strongly to the topics reviewed at the Jerusalem Conference of Acts 15 (circa AD 49), and many hold that Galatians was written either just before or just after the conference.
Others consider the similarity between Galatians and Romans to indicate that the two epistles were written around the same time. Paul's epistle to the Romans was written while he was wintering in Corinth circa AD 56-57. | <urn:uuid:389fccc2-0ed5-4b50-bb88-d506fa2b1f7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/galatians/info | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.990652 | 200 | 3.140625 | 3 |
CAMP ROBINSON, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – From the streets of Guyana South America to leading the Arkansas National Guard, Brigadier General Leland “Tony” Shepherd has quite the story.
In his words, “Only in America could my story be possible.”
Brigadier General Shepherd is one of five general officers who report directly to the Governor’s top military official, and as Chief of the Army National Guard commands our state’s largest military force.
Also, Brig. General Shepherd’s promotion this month is history. He is the first African-American from Arkansas to hold the title.
At 20, Tony Shepherd left Guyana for the United States. After school, he could have joined Oklahoma, Florida, California, or even the Virgin Islands National Guard, but the sincerity of an acceptance letter from Arkansas made and kept Arkansas his home. .
“He wrote it on two pages, by hand, and it meant something to me,” Brig. General Shepherd called back. “So I moved out not knowing anyone in the state.”
Rising through the ranks, Shepherd wanted to render his service for the opportunities presented to him. He’s seen leaders before him break new ground like in 2008 when Deputy Adjutant General Johnson became the first African-American general in the Arkansas National Guard’s 203-year history.
Shepherd said: “It allowed me to visualize what I can be.”
For years, the military leader lived by the motto “You can’t be what you can’t see.” So when he became a one-star general this month, he recognized the significance to all who follow.
“It’s a giant leap forward for African Americans across this state, across this country, across this world,” Shepherd said. during his promotion acceptance speech.
A week after his promotion, Shepherd told our station, “I think you’ll see that this milestone is the start of a more frequent occurrence where it doesn’t become as big of a moment, and that’s what I hope to see.”
While in charge of the Arkansas National Guard, Shepherd plans to put a robust diversity plan in place so people from all walks of life can pursue command opportunities. However, he doesn’t want his promotion to distract from the main focus of his role, keeping the force at full strength and making sure they are all well trained for whatever the Governor or President asks.
With a wink Brig. General Tony Shepherd concluded: “My role is to serve as a leader. I happen to be black.
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The emergence of Irish Travellers as a distinct group occurred long before the Great Famine, a genetic analysis shows.
The study also indicates that while Travellers originally descended from the general Irish population, they are now very distinct from it.
DNA analysis allowed the researchers to track when and how quickly Travellers arose. This occurred between eight and 14 generations ago, with the best fit suggesting 12 generations or 360 years ago, said Prof Gianpiero Cavalleri, who conducted the study with colleagues at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the University of Edinburgh.
The 12 generations would push the emergence of Travellers back to 1657. This significantly predates the Great Famine of 1845-52, an event long thought to have caused the formation of a migratory community that became the Travellers.
The research suggests that Traveller origins may in fact date as far back as 420 years to 1597. The Plantation of Ulster began around that time, with native Irish displaced from the land, perhaps to form a nomadic population.
The findings provide strong evidence that Travellers should receive some form of ethnic status, according to Prof Cavalleri.
“We think this is a nice piece of evidence for that complex debate,” he said. The research group “would be supportive of some form of ethnic status”.
Travellers are now as genetically different from the settled Irish as are the Spanish, he said. And if the small Traveller population is taken into account, they are still as different from the Irish as are the Scots.
“Travellers cluster with the Irish but they are very definitely distinct from the Irish. There is a considerable genetic distance between them.”
The far-reaching study sought to understand the genetic connections between Travellers, the settled Irish and people further afield. It involved looking at the DNA of more than 11,000 people including Travellers, Roma Gypsies, settled Irish, British, Continental Europeans and individuals from the rest of the world.
It also sought to set a time for when the Traveller community began to form as a distinct and separate population.
Today there are between 29,000 and 40,000 Travellers in Ireland, representing 0.6 per cent of the total population.
The researchers did not try to connect the emergence of Travellers with any one historical event. “We tried to avoid speculating. You could point to Cromwellian times but it is speculation,” Prof Gianpiero said.
They did not however have to speculate about the genetics including an important analysis of the interrelatedness of Travellers, something the researchers say could have implications for disease mapping within Ireland.
It is common practice for Travellers to marry first and second cousins, leading to a situation where they have some of the highest rates of duplicated DNA in the world.
"The isolation and consanguinity (marrying cousins) have in turn led to an increased prevalence of recessive diseases, " the authors said.
They published their findings on Thursday in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, with the RCSI's Edmund Gilbert as lead author.
The DNA analysis also revealed that there are four “genetic clusters” or subdivisions within the Traveller community. These in turn tend to match up with their social grouping and use of language.
One cluster is associated with the “Rathkeale group” of Travellers. Two other clusters are linked to whether the Traveller speaks the Cant or Gammon dialects of the Traveller language Shelta.
The study clearly showed there was no significant genetic contribution made by Roma Gypsies to Traveller DNA. This disproves a view held by some that the two groups were genetically related.
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A Hazard is anything that can potentially cause harm.
Identifying a hazard requires a systematic survey of the workplace, on completion of the survey reference to any legislation or standards covering the hazards must be made and referred to in the Safety Statement.
Some Obvious Hazards
- Unguarded moving parts of machines
- Working at heights
Less Obvious Hazards: – The root cause of many accidents
- Untidy work place
- Poor maintenance
- Bad housekeeping on the factory floor
One thing to remember, it may take years for the hazard to materialise as in the case of Noise Induced Hearing Loss.
Risk Assessment is the analysis of the risk or injury to employees in the workplace from work place hazards.
Risk itself is a combination of the SEVERITY of the hazard and the LIKELIHOOD of the harm or injury occurring. Risk Assessment may be a simple, subjective and qualitative statement expressing the severity of the risk as low, medium or serious following a consideration of the likelihood of the danger. | <urn:uuid:36d6c757-3f1a-4454-8022-0dbbc26e9816> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.safety-linkhealth.com/hazard-risk-assessment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.916811 | 216 | 3.46875 | 3 |
USC researchers have discovered that an old antibiotic may be a powerful new tool against a deadly superbug, thanks to an innovative screening method that better mimics conditions inside the human body.
The antibiotic, rifabutin, is "highly active" in fighting multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, a significant cause of life-threatening infections in medical facilities, researchers found.
The study appears today in Nature Microbiology.
Rifabutin has been around for more than 35 years, and no one has ever studied it for Acinetobacter infections before. Going forward, we may find many new antibiotics that have been missed over the last 80 years because the screening tests used to discover them were suboptimal."
Brian Luna, first author, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Keck School of Medicine of USC
Rifabutin is used to treat TB, especially in people with HIV/AIDS who can't tolerate a similar drug, rifampin. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in a health system.
Until now, it hadn't been tried against Acinetobacter baumannii, which emerged during the Iraq War as a troop-killing superbug in military treatment facilities. Acinetobacter causes pneumonia, meningitis and bloodstream infections; it tends to strike patients requiring lengthy hospital stays and invasive devices like catheters and ventilators.
Each year, Acinetobacter baumannii is responsible for about 2% of the 99,000 U.S. deaths from hospital-acquired infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
One reason rifabutin's superpower against superbugs was overlooked is because of current screening techniques, researchers said. Since the 1940s, new or existing antibiotics have been tested against bacteria grown in "rich culture media," a nutrient-packed broth or gel which speeds up the process by making the bacteria to grow rapidly.
"But bacteria grow very differently inside the human body," said Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center and senior author of the study. So, the team designed a new type of "nutrient-limited" media that better mimics conditions inside the body. They hypothesized that the more realistic media might unmask antibiotics with hidden strengths.
They found that rifabutin was vigorously active against Acinetobacter baumannii grown in the nutrient-limited media (as well as in animal tissue) but not effective against bacteria grown in the more commonly used media.
The scientists discovered that rifabutin uses a unique, Trojan-horse strategy to trick the bacteria into actively importing the drug inside itself, bypassing the bacterial outer cell defenses. This "pump" that imports the drug is only active in the more human-like media. In traditional rich culture media, high levels of iron and amino acids suppress the pump's activity, researchers found.
"Rifabutin can be used immediately to treat such infections because it is already FDA-approved, cheap and generic, and on the market," Spellberg said. "But we would like to see randomized controlled human trials to prove its efficacy, so we know for sure one way or the other."
Luna, B., et al. (2020) A nutrient-limited screen unmasks rifabutin hyperactivity for extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Nature Microbiology. doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0737-6. | <urn:uuid:cd4492ce-f322-4ed7-8c85-403baecb942c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200608/Old-antibiotic-may-be-a-powerful-new-tool-against-a-deadly-superbug.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.938292 | 762 | 3.4375 | 3 |
A defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic viremia to life-threatening illness.1 Factors such as advancing age and co-morbid status have been shown to strongly correlate with risk of developing severe COVID-19, but that is unlikely to be the whole story.2 Although the death rate in older patients is significantly higher than in their younger counterparts, a large proportion of elderly patients recover without having developed severe disease.
Beyond age and co-morbid status, what additional factors might protect an individual from severe disease once exposed? One suggestion that emerged early in the pandemic was that the patient’s own genetics might play a role in the way their body responds to infection.3 There has been a staggering international effort to investigate this and last week, Nature published findings from the Genomics of Mortality in Critical Care (GenOMICC) study.4 As always, here is a link to the full paper, but here we will take a look at what the work shows and the potential implications for COVID-19 and beyond.
From the Beginning
Studies which investigate the genetics of acutely unwell patients are few and far between but could be possible based on two basic rules, explained here:
1. We know what the human genome looks like and how it varies between individuals
The human genome is organised as a long string of nucleotides, around 3 billion in total. We have 4 types of nucleotide, guanine (G), adenine (A), cytosine (C) and thymine (T). Variation within the genome is normal, very common, and typically harmless. We all have approximately 4 million differences compared to the reference genome. These differences typically take the form of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), where there is a substitution from one nucleotide to another (i.e. G>A).
2. We can pinpoint genomic variation between individuals that increases susceptibility to disease
Genomic variation exists on a spectrum (Figure 1) of frequency (how common it is in the population) and its effect size (how likely that genetic difference is to cause disease). Traditionally in clinical genetics, we focus on rare genetic variation which has a high effect size. For example, rare mutations in the FBN1 gene can cause Marfan syndrome. Clearly, most genetic variation is not associated with rare syndromic disease, with the vast majority of SNPs representing relatively benign variation within the genome. However, it is now increasingly recognised that at least some of this more common variation is relevant to a patient’s health. In recent years it has been shown that some of this variation can be used to predict an individual’s probability of developing common disease, the chance they will respond to their medication, and the risk of developing an adverse drug reaction.5,6
What is the GenOMICC Study?
The GenOMICC study has been actively recruiting since 2016 and aims to understand the genetic factors which influence outcome in critical illness, such as sepsis. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic emerged, the group – led by Kenneth Baillie in Edinburgh – pivoted to recruit critically ill patients with COVID-19. This manuscript presents an early analysis of part of that cohort, exploring whether there are any genetic changes associated with life-threatening COVID-19.
What did they do?
In this manuscript they start with 2,734 unique individuals with confirmed COVID-19. 2,636 patients were deemed to require continuous cardio-respiratory monitoring and recruited directly via the GenOMICC study from ICUs across the UK. An additional 135 patients admitted to hospital with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited through the ISARIC4C study.
DNA samples were taken from all participants and were tested using a methodology which is designed to detect 730,059 SNPs across the genome. After quality control (QC), genetic data were available for 2,244 patients for analysis. This type of QC filtering is quite normal in genetic studies.
This data then fed into a Genome Wide Analysis Study (GWAS). This is an established approach which examines whether individual’s with a given trait, in this case life threatening COVID-19, share genetic signals when compared to the wider population. Because the human genome is so large and so many SNPs are examined, the analysis approach is extremely stringent, with a validation process in replication datasets, to minimise the possibility of spurious associations.
In this study, genetic data from the life threatening COVID-19 cohort was compared against ancestry matched controls from the UK-Biobank (UKB). The majority of patients recruited to the study, and the vast majority of patients in the UKB, are of white European ancestry. Therefore, it was not hugely surprising that data for other ancestral cohorts were less robust. For the primary analysis, the data from 1,676 individuals of European decent were included. This is understandable from a methodological perspective but should be remembered when interpreting the results.
What did the study show?
The manuscript reports five robust and replicable genomic changes in the human genome which are associated with life threatening COVID-19 (Figure 2). This means that patients with life threatening COVID-19 were significantly more likely to have these specific SNPs. From this, the authors can infer that the genes in or near that region may play a role in predisposing to severe disease.
Figure 2 in tweet
Significant signals were spread across the genome. The signal on chromosome 3 has previously been reported but the fact it has been replicated in this study is encouraging.7There were four other significant signals associated life threatening COVID-19 which are entirely novel, one on chromosome 12, two on chromosome 19 and one on chromosome 21. The authors then highlighted the nearest candidate genes in each region. These were OAS1 (Chr 12), DPP9 (Chr 19), TYK2 (Chr 19), and IFNAR2 (Chr 21).
Great, but why does this matter?
This GenOMICC study provides an insight into potential disease mechanisms of life threatening COVID-19. The genes identified in this manuscript can be broadly split into those related to innate antiviral defences, known to be important early in disease (IFNAR2 and OAS1), and those related to host-driven inflammatory lung injury (DPP9 and TYK2), which is a key later stage mechanism of life-threatening Covid-19.
A relatively immediate impact of this work is to support the identification of drug candidates. Take TYK2 for example, which encodes for the Tyrosine Kinase-2 protein. The gene change near TYK2 identified in the study is hypothesised to cause increased expression of the TYK2 protein, and this signal was associated with an odds ratio of 1.3 for developing life threatening COVID-19. JAK-inhibitors, such as baricitinib, which are currently being tested in COVID-19, are hypothesised to inhibit TYK2 activity and therefore represent exciting therapeutic candidates. By remarkable coincidence, on the same day the GenoMICC study was printed, the NEJM published a study showing a moderate improvement in time to recovery for hospitalized adults with Covid-19 who received baricitinib plus remdesivir, over remdesivir alone.8
Increased expression of IFNAR2 meanwhile appears to be protective for life threatening COVID-19. This gene codes for a subunit of the interferon receptor subunit, and rare genetic changes in IFNAR2 are known to cause an immunodeficiency syndrome.9,10 The results from the GenoMICC study suggest a protective role for interferons, although the authors note that exogenous interferon treatment did not reduce mortality in hospitalised patients in a large-scale clinical trial.11 However, the clear genetic signal detected in this work suggests that interferons do play a role in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 and further trials may be warranted. It may be that interferons are more useful earlier in the disease course when viral loads are higher.
What’s the bottom line?
This GenOMICC study has identified a number of new genetic associations with life threatening COVID-19. This has the potential to help identify credible drug candidates and highlight those patients at particular risk. However, it’s critical to remember that genetics isn’t a panacea. Just because an individual has one of these genetic signals does not mean they will definitely go onto develop severe disease. Nor does it mean an individual without one of these changes is entirely protected. These genetic differences will nudge the odds ratio for life threatening COVID-19 slightly one way or another, but must be reviewed in the context of the patient as a whole.
To be clear, although technology now exists to detect genetic variation rapidly in the acute setting, there is no suggestion that we’re going to start testing patients for these SNPs as they present to ED.12,13 If you knew an individual carried one of these variants, would it change your clinical practice or your decision regarding escalation? I expect not, although this is a fascinating and novel concept for debate.
The idea of using genetic risk scores to inform clinical practice in the ED might be viewed, to put it mildly, as a somewhat mad idea. However, it may not be as far away as you might think. Probably not in relation to COVID-19, but perhaps around the detection of Acute Coronary Syndrome or for identifying poor-responders to medication. Take a listen to Rick Body’s lecture on “The Future of Diagnostics” from St Emlyn’s Live in 2019 14, where he talks about just that idea.
In conclusion, the GenOMICC team and their collaborators should be exceptionally proud of this work. In a matter of months, they’ve identified robust genomic associations with life-threatening COVID-19. This work will help to prioritise drug targets and, with over 6,500 patients now recruited, many more insights are likely to come from this study.
John McDermott @John_H_McD.
1. Meyerowitz, E. A., Richterman, A., Bogoch, I. I., Low, N. & Cevik, M. Towards an accurate and systematic characterisation of persistently asymptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 0, (2020).
2. Ruan, S. Likelihood of survival of coronavirus disease 2019. Lancet Infect Dis 20, 630–631 (2020).
3. The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, a global initiative to elucidate the role of host genetic factors in susceptibility and severity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. European Journal of Human Genetics 28, 715–718 (2020).
4. Pairo-Castineira, E. et al. Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19. Nature (2020) doi:10.1038/s41586-020-03065-y.
5. Roden, D. M. Clopidogrel Pharmacogenetics – Why the Wait? N Engl J Med 381, 1677–1678 (2019).
6. Khera, A. V. et al. Genome-wide polygenic scores for common diseases identify individuals with risk equivalent to monogenic mutations. Nat Genet 50, 1219–1224 (2018).
7. Severe Covid-19 GWAS Group et al. Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure. N Engl J Med 383, 1522–1534 (2020).
8. Kalil, A. C. et al. Baricitinib plus Remdesivir for Hospitalized Adults with Covid-19. N Engl J Med (2020) doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2031994.
9. Zhang, Q. et al. Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19. Science 370, (2020).
10. Duncan, C. J. A. et al. Human IFNAR2 deficiency: Lessons for antiviral immunity. Sci Transl Med 7, 307ra154 (2015).
11. WHO Solidarity Trial Consortium et al. Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for Covid-19 – Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results. N Engl J Med (2020) doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2023184.
12. Llibre, A. et al. Development and clinical validation of the Genedrive point-of-care test for qualitative detection of hepatitis C virus. Gut 67, 2017–2024 (2018).
13. Duffy, D. et al. An in vitro diagnostic certified point of care single nucleotide test for IL28B polymorphisms. PLoS ONE 12, e0183084 (2017).
14. Rick Body, “The Future of Diagnostics #stemlynsLIVE,” in St.Emlyn’s, August 31, 2019, https://www.stemlynsblog.org/the-future-of-diagnostics-stemlynslive/
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These Changes We Are Living
And now we announce the new Sun,
That will be one of Justice.
But this new Sun must be made by the common people,
by the Macehuales, with our sacrifice to offer,
Now it’s our turn.
El Sexto Sol is our description of what others may call the Great Awakening or the Ascension. At the time of the so-called conquest of Mexico, our ancestors composed this major decree to help us understand what we would be facing in these times.
In this tiny excerpt, the Decree of el Sexto Sol announces who is responsible for creating that new Sun, for making this Sun better than the last one. The Decree names the Macehuales, the common people, us!
That responsibility is clearly bigger than anything we humans have ever tried and the decree tells us, “It’s Our Turn,” implying that while other types of beings have had a part in the creation of the five suns before this one, this time we get to do it from our very own human perspective.
There is however, as you may have suspected, a caveat to the definition of “common people.” The word macehual covers the idea of ordinary, non-ranking, people, yes, but another realm of meaning permeates the word macehual as it lives today. Macehual refers to common people who are deserving.
What deserving means is a wide-open topic,of course, and so, perhaps another day. I’m struck more by how the idea of being common and deserving reminds me of “The meek will inherit the Earth,” from the Bible. “The meek” will perhaps follow the Ten Commandments to earn this inheritance; it makes sense. The toltec will follow the Three Commandments of Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, to become a macehual. Those commandments are simple, yet as challenging as anything life can throw:
Love God Live in Peace and Don’t Waste Time
The macehuales and the meek both exemplify a hard-won virtue. We celebrate that struggle and we try to understand how it is we common folk are going to make it happen. I remember an interpretation I heard about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
A respected believer explained that the true lord of this universe, Jesus Christ, had already done all that was needed on his first visit, that he had no need to return. Then came the punchline, “We, human beings, are the Second Coming.”
I think the Toltec-Aztec Ancestors will agree. It’s the responsibility of us ordinary, but deserving people to create El Sexto Sol and Inherit the Earth.
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Rules and regulations have been established to protect park areas for the enjoyment of future generations as well as for the safety and convenience of park visitors. It is the visitor's responsibility to know these rules and regulations. We appreciate your cooperation.
Dogs must be on leash at all times. Dogs are allowed only in developed areas, and are never allowed on trails. Dogs may not be left unattended and must be kept inside a tent or vehicle at night.
Camping is allowed in designated camping areas only. Campers must register prior to occupying a campsite.
Bicycles are allowed on all paved roads and designated multi-use trails. Bicycles are never to be ridden on trails not designated as bicycle trails. Riders 18 years and younger must wear a helmet.
Fires are allowed only in fire rings and barbeque grills in developed areas. Put fires out when unattended. Fireworks are prohibited.
Collecting and gathering of wood, plants, rocks, or any other material is prohibited.
River Bars may be open to motor vehicles but are subject to closure. Driving in the waterway, "four wheeling", and exhibition of speed on river bars are prohibited.
Firearms Loaded firearms of any type and target shooting are prohibited.
Hunting is prohibited in any form.
Fishing is allowed subject to Deptartment of Fish and Game regulations. It is the visitor's responsibility to know and obey these regulations.
Quiet Hours are from 10:00pm to 6:00am, and at no time should sound carry beyond your campsite.
Generators must be off from 8:00pm to 10:00am.
Wood Gathering is prohibited. Firewood may be purchased at the Visitor Center or campground entrance station.
Off-Road Vehicle operation is prohibited.
Vehicles must stay on designated roads and parking areas. The speed limit in campgrounds and day use areas is 15mph. Do not block gates or other parking spaces.
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With savvy consumers looking for trust and credibility in brands, advertisers are finding that sometimes their ads need to deliver a service rather than always make a sales pitch. That service is providing information. With readers finding information everywhere they look — on social media, news sites, blogs, even e-commerce sites — the only way to stand out as a leader in your industry is to act like one. You can do that through thoughtful, engaging native advertising articles that challenge readers to learn something that is meaningful to them. With native advertising, you can broaden your audience by delivering relevant, memorable content that positions your brand as an industry leader
Our team of professional journalists works with clients to develop native advertising topics that resonate with our readers. Here are four examples of native advertising articles we’ve produced in our daily and weekly news products.
In this example, a real estate client in Lake Tahoe saw the value in telling a story about a common theme in the aging local real estate market: tear-down homes. By positioning the advertiser as the expert on this topic and providing useful information to the reader, potential home buyers in the Tahoe market now have an understanding about how to begin the process of buying a tear-down. Research shows that the advertiser behind this type of informative article benefits greatly thanks to the readers’ increased brand awareness and purchase intent.
In Vail, the oldest local bank knew there was more to their 50th anniversary than the cake, prizes, and party they’d be hosting. They wanted to tell the story about the early days, when Vail’s first bank opened and the interstate didn’t even exist yet. By providing that historical context, a reader who might not have otherwise cared about a local bank’s anniversary party could now read an authentic story relevant to anyone who has an interest in the town of Vail’s evolution.
A metal roofing company that has a track record of building roofs that can withstand the harsh winter elements in Colorado’s High Country chose to be authentic with a story that compared metal and wood roofs. This list format, as seen in other examples, is a highly engaging way to reach readers who might not spend time reading the entire piece.
I love this passage from a New Yorker article about lists:
“The article-as-numbered-list has several features that make it inherently captivating: the headline catches our eye in a stream of content; it positions its subject within a preëxisting category and classification system, like “talented animals”; it spatially organizes the information; and it promises a story that’s finite, whose length has been quantified upfront. Together, these create an easy reading experience, in which the mental heavy lifting of conceptualization, categorization, and analysis is completed well in advance of actual consumption—a bit like sipping green juice instead of munching on a bundle of kale. And there’s little that our brains crave more than effortlessly acquired data.”
When content is tied to something timely, it makes it that much more relevant to readers. One of Swift’s healthcare clients often chooses native advertising topics that coincide with awareness months, such as this piece about lung cancer in November. It informs readers why they should care about lung cancer and asks them to consider their own risks.
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Chairing Meetings – Planning Your Meeting
The first step in chairing a meeting is planning your meeting. You need to determine what your meeting will be about, what you want to achieve and how you’ll achieve it, and the logistics.
So, before you start planning your next meeting, review this video and see all the things you’ll need to consider.
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Program 2: The Manager as Communicator
Course 3: Meetings
Section 2: Chairing Meetings
Primary videos that precede this video include:
This is the first video in the Chairing Meetings section
Primary videos that follow this video include:
– Meetings as Conversations https://youtu.be/42kngpo0MPE
– Meeting Discipline https://youtu.be/NWLKP4Lk3BA
– Hosting the Meeting https://youtu.be/MyyoRz4fKP8
– Housekeeping https://youtu.be/U3PfBOBeqBY
Start planning your meeting with three questions
1. What is the meeting about?
2. What do you need to achieve?
3. How will you achieve it?
Then, build an agenda. The best format is an ‘Agenda for Results’
Finally, think through and prepare all of the elements of your meeting’s logistics.
1. Next time you plan a meeting, deliberately address all the points from this lesson (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Either download and adapt our Agenda for Results template (https://gum.co/A4R), or create your own. Use this for your next meeting (2 MC CPD Points)
3. Review the outcome of your next meeting and consider the impact your planning and preparation had on how well it went. What did you earn, that you can apply to future meetings? (2 MC CPD Points)
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Electric “Transmission and Storage Options” along TEN-E and TEN-T Corridors for 2020
TSO2020 was the largest Action approved in the first so-called Synergy call of proposal launched as part of the EU Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The project aimed to exploit synergies between power storage solutions and alternative transport infrastructure needs. It used existing power cable networks to dispatch the electricity flows from the Cobracable PCI to a nearby major gas network facility. Existing gas storage facilities and the national gas pipeline network (power to gas) were unlocked to absorb the H2. Local businesses provided H2 distribution via road transport in the Netherlands and the western part of Germany.
The activities combined studies, pilot activities and a business plan for the scale up of grid management solutions. Two pilot locations were constructed to test the impact of storage and grid balancing equipment on the electrical and gas networks and develop a hydrogen distribution hub.
The TSO2020 project provided a comprehensive business and financing outlook for the phased scale up of H2 production from electrical energy and its supply to sustainable transport needs on the TEN-T network in order to propel national and regional stakeholders, as well as EU institutions, to consider the integration of hydrogen storage and grid balancing equipment in their networks to fuel transport corridors.
EASE led two activities in this project:
- the “Cost Benefit Analysis Modelling” activity which aimed at developing a full overview of the costs and benefits of the pilot project carried out by 3 EASE members as subcontractors;
- the “Dissemination and Engagement” activity which was key to share innovation and best practices throughout the project. | <urn:uuid:86fec44d-0c25-4ad7-9239-ec9793c2ca65> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ease-storage.eu/eu-projects/tso2020/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.944337 | 348 | 1.53125 | 2 |
WATS has multiple data centers to meet the performance and data needs of our customers. Each of these data centers contains one or more Pods (points of delivery). Your WATS account (standard cloud) shares common network and system resources with other WATS customers in a given Pod.
You can think of a Pod as a highway where each car is one WATS account on the road. Just as the highway provides shared infrastructure like lightning, security rails, water drainage and ramps for each section, a Pod provides the security, network, application, and database services shared by multiple WATS accounts on that Pod. More information about the technical infrastructure.
How do I learn what Pod I am on?
You can confirm your Pod by navigating to the Overview tab on your WATS' Account settings page.
Can I specify the Pod my WATS account is hosted on?
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Rechargeable aqueous Zn-ion batteries promise high capacity, low cost, high safety, and sustainability for large-scale energy storage. The Zn metal anode, however, suffers from the dendrite growth and side reactions that are mainly due to the absence of an appropriate solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer. Herein, the in situ formation of a dense, stable, and highly Zn2+-conductive SEI layer (hopeite) in aqueous Zn chemistry is demonstrated, by introducing Zn(H2PO4)2 salt into the electrolyte. The hopeite SEI (≈140 nm thickness) enables uniform and rapid Zn-ion transport kinetics for dendrite-free Zn deposition, and restrains the side reactions via isolating active Zn from the bulk electrolyte. Under practical testing conditions with an ultrathin Zn anode (10 µm), a low negative/positive capacity ratio (≈2.3), and a lean electrolyte (9 µL mAh−1), the Zn/V2O5 full cell retains 94.4% of its original capacity after 500 cycles. This work provides a simple yet practical solution to high-performance aqueous battery technology via building in situ SEI layers. | <urn:uuid:21b1a032-43bc-4d0d-93f8-53a5478c7a6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/publicationse291365 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.840906 | 277 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Atoms for Peace in Europe Around the World, Barcelona, 28-29 May 2018
HoNESt researchers Paul Josephson
and Matthew Adamson
are organising a workshop on Atoms for Peace in Europe Around the World, Barcelona, 28-29 May 2018, See CFP here
In this conference we shall explore the new public light that was shed on nuclear technology. Scientists and engineers flocked to the Geneva conferences of 1955, 1958, and 1964, enthused to have the chance to exchange information on many aspects of nuclear technology and the nuclear fuel cycle. (The workings and effects of nuclear weapons remained secret.) In magazines, journals, newspapers and films, citizens learned of their efforts. The US, the USSR, and other nuclear powers established carefully managed efforts to propagandize the benefits of nuclear energy to national audiences and to the world at large. Nuclear power in the Atoms for Peace era thus became a product of public-science and public-state interactions. | <urn:uuid:bbcef2d8-3f89-4d25-a489-01f19f656ac9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.honest2020.eu/portfolio/conference-atoms-peace-europe-around-globe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.915842 | 202 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Bruin underwater robotics
Meetings: Even weeks on Tuesday, 6:00—7:00PM
Location: Stay tuned! Our all hands meetings will start Week 4.
Find our kickoff slides here!
Bruin Underwater Robotics (BUR) is ASME’s newest technical project, dedicated to creating robots capable of operating in and exploring underwater environments. Underwater robotics is a unique field with applications such as ocean cleanup, marine biology research, and deep sea exploration. These environments provide exceptional engineering challenges that require creative problem-solving involving areas such as fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mechanisms, and circuit design.
Through the process of designing, fabricating, and testing a robot to perform those tasks under these conditions, members will learn about and draw from many areas of engineering knowledge, skill, and theory to collaboratively produce a fully functional and useful underwater robot. For the 2021-2022 school year, we will have three teams: the ROV team will be entering the MATE ROV Competition, the AUV team will be designing for potential future entry into the RoboSub Competition, and the Tripati team will be continuing their partnership with the Tripati Research Lab!
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UN 2.0 considers the kinds of enlightened global leadership and vision, norms, tools, institutions, and ethic of civic engagement required to better deal with pressing global challenges, from avoiding runaway climate change to preventing atrocities and reducing the disruptive potential of novel technologies.
Drawing parallels to the 1944 Dumbarton Oaks conference that, in the midst of World War II and on the heels of the Great Depression, laid the groundwork for the successful 1945 San Francisco conference that founded the United Nations, the report argues for this September’s UN75 Summit and Declaration to lay the foundations for further innovating and strengthening global governance in the coming two-to-three critical years.
In presenting a bold yet practical roadmap for global renewal, UN 2.0 stresses the need for international organizations, starting with the United Nations, to harness creatively the ideas, networks, and capabilities of governments, civil society, and the private sector for effective global problem-solving.
Today, our collective task is to rekindle the original spirit of the founding of the United Nations and to build the smart coalitions needed to overcome the growing bottlenecks (whether institutional, political, financial, or psychological) to solving humanity’s inextricably global problems.
“UN 2.0 offers a path to renewal and a more inclusive and invigorated system of global governance, complementing and building on the UN75 Declaration to be endorsed by UN Member States.”
Foreword to UN 2.0 (2020), Ban Ki-moon and Gro Harlem Brundtland
In support of like-minded countries and civil society networks, such as those affiliated with the intergovernmental Alliance for Multilateralism and the civil society-led networks UN2020 and Together First, this report offers a roadmap for strengthening global cooperation in the form of practical guidelines:
- Orient near-term global governance innovation and strengthening agendas to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the broader socioeconomic recovery response.
- Prioritize the adoption of and, if possible, augment the UN75 Declaration commitments made during the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (September 2020-September 2021).
- Support actively a new Expert Advisory Group on Inclusive Global Governance.
- Design and advocate a World Summit on Inclusive Global Governance, to be held no later than September 2023.
Joining the ideas, partnerships, and legitimacy of both traditional national and increasingly powerful transnational actors in common cause to address common goals will usher in a new, more inclusive era of global governance. Inspired by our forebears in San Francisco, we can continue to pull through adversity and chart a more hopeful course for all humanity.
“The international institutions built since 1945 to help nations manage and resolve their problems peacefully—and together—are being weakened to a degree not seen since their founding. Yet dealing with global issues calls for policies and actions beyond the writ or capabilities of any one state.”
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Growing a community of connected rare storytellers needs support
With the Internet already a real presence for more than half of my life, it’s easy to forget that when I was diagnosed with a rare condition at the age of three–all of my parents’ access to information about Gaucher disease came directly from the various doctors I was taken to see. We had no contact with other Gaucher patients until I turned eleven, a relatively short time to wait as far as rare disease stories are concerned. We were exceedingly fortunate to find a community, years ahead of the emergence of online support communities such as today’s popular Ben’s Friends and RareConnect. Despite the privilege of having a correct diagnosis and not being isolated, as a young teenager going to patient meetings still felt more like a chore (bore). Mostly it meant listening to doctors, telling me for the umpteenth time what Gaucher disease was, using terminology I didn’t understand, and showing frightening slides of children with big bellies and blacked out eyes.
As much as I strongly resisted paying attention to the medical information being conveyed at these sessions, I did glean the personal story of the organization’s founder, a successful lawyer living with Gaucher who was willing to risk his career, by drawing attention to his rapidly deteriorating health, in order to galvanize necessary government action on access to a newly available treatment. I came to respect those families in our community who had banded together to form the National Gaucher Foundation of Canada and publicly shared their struggles and hopes with the media, which eventually made treatment accessible to many waiting patients like me. Individual stories are what molded a compelling organizational story, still being retold at community gatherings over 20 years later.
Sarah E. Kucharski @AfternoonNapper, writer and founder of FMD Chat, describes why stories matter. She explains, “Storytelling gives data meaning. Our stories are remembered because they help listeners to connect. To tell stories about our challenges and triumphs in coping with a diagnosis is simply an extension of connecting with one another.”
It certainly meant something to me, having patient stories that I could relate to, even though they did not answer my most pressing question at the time: how to start dating with a Port-a-Cath inserted in my chest. It was not until becoming a young adult that I received an invitation to share my own version of a Gaucher story. I felt vulnerable speaking for the first time to a room of patients, their families, and doctors that knew me. When a young woman approached at lunch and said that she “got” my story, it felt worth it, and this marked the beginning of my participation as a board member for the Gaucher foundation. While it took guts to play a more public role, it was still pretty unlikely to result in my friends or boss finding out about my secret rare identity. The expectations of the position were nowhere as open as today’s online sharing environment. My rare disease world didn’t extend outside Canada or beyond type 1 Gaucher.
Dedicated bloggers, such as Elaine Benton, who chronicles her experiences living with Gaucher and Parkinson’s, have broadened my perspective on the diversity of experiences within the Gaucher community. Video stories like “Little Miss Hannah” bring a face to the less common types 2 and 3 Gaucher, which previously I only recognized as a presentation chart of progressing symptoms.
What began as a search to learn about my own condition has introduced me to countless other rare diseases. Navigating the Internet I’ve moved from being a Gaucher patient to becoming a member of the global rare disease community. The key message – that collectively the rare disease experience is in fact common and that it is estimated to be lived by 350 million individuals worldwide – would still seem an unfathomable statistic without access to the true stories that bring this reality to life, in a way that was not possible before online connections.
With such a wide open storytelling opportunity, it’s not surprising that every direction one turns there are a growing number of rare disease story requests – for advocacy and fundraising campaigns, conferences, awareness days, and even pharmaceutical sponsored initiatives. Never mind that your immediate circle has come to expect real time status updates on your health. With the patient voice elevated to new standings, rare disease communicators continue to emerge from the blogging sphere to the previously guarded domain of government drug reviews. As this momentum continues to build, it can be tempting for patient organizations to simply want to add a “share button” to their website and hope that social media takes over. A more thoughtful approach to story sharing, however, may in fact better enhance opportunities for our storytellers, our individual organizations, and the broader rare disease community at both local and global levels.
For specific ideas on how to support the growing community of rare storytellers, be sure to read, “Considerations for Organizations Seeking Real-Life Stories,” first presented as a poster for the most recent European Conference on Rare Diseases. Also visit the My Normal website for storytelling tips from rare storytellers like Kucharski.
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While the gender imbalance in designer hires often grabs the headlines, because their talents play out in the limelight, female chief executives also have historically been few and far between, despite a recent spate of high-profile appointments.
But there are signs that this is one industry-defining trend that may no longer be in vogue.
In the past 12 months, the French luxury group Kering, which owns brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Saint Laurent, recruited as chief executives Sarah Crook for the Christopher Kane brand; Hélène Poulit-Duquesne for Boucheron; and Grita Loebsack for its couture and leather goods emerging brands division. The hires doubled its number of female chief executives to six, out of a total of 22 brands.
In combination with the work of the Kering Foundation, which combats violence against women and promotes women’s rights, gender equality appears to have rapidly become a priority, with boardroom recognition that it needs more universal resonance.
“Kering has been among the first to pay attention to gender equality at all levels of our organization. It doesn’t only walk the talk in putting into practice gender equality and women’s rights,” said Patricia Barbizet, vice chairwoman of the Kering board of directors and chief executive of the luxury auction house Christie’s, both of which are controlled by the Pinault family.
“Talent has no gender, and there are many qualified female candidates everywhere,” she said. “Why would we deprive ourselves from this talent pool?”
Now that female university graduates outnumber male graduates roughly two to one worldwide, simple math dictates there will be more female candidates for executive jobs.
But there is another, subtler element that may be a catalyst for the current change in attitude: acknowledgement of a major cultural shift toward the empowerment of women and both its impact on consumer value systems and the resulting new way of thinking about customer engagement in an era when average fashion shoppers are more educated and digitally savvy than ever before. With women responsible for 85 percent of luxury sales in 2015, luxury brands need to speak to female hearts, minds and wallets at every level of the business.
“Today, things are moving more than people think. The situation is improving, with some groups now being very proactive in either promoting or hiring women as chief executives,” said Floriane de Saint-Pierre, a luxury headhunter in France and a well-known adviser of the Kering Group.
She believes that the current trend will continue as the attitudes of board members — those in charge of chief executive nominations — evolve and become more diverse.
But statistically, men — in every field of business — are still more likely to know, to identify with and to promote other men. And many companies primarily stock their boards with former chief executives, creating a continuing cycle that limits opportunities for female candidates. So in 2010, Ms. de Saint-Pierre founded a digital platform, Ethics & Boards, to assess the board composition of 33 publicly traded companies on multiple criteria.
As of last September, it found that fashion and luxury boards had an average female membership of 25 percent. Some companies had a perfectly balanced board; nine had less than 20 percent female representation; some had no women at all. Notably, four companies had 40 percent or more female directors: Hermès, based in Paris, and three in the United States: Michael Kors, Estée Lauder and Kate Spade, all headquartered in New York.
“The question for brands now,” Ms. de Saint-Pierre said, “is how they can optimize growth strategies and minimize risks when the diversity of the board itself neither reflects its audience or consumers.” | <urn:uuid:b4b06253-cd17-4898-8253-77196ca49456> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ethicsandboards.com/publications/151-in-luxury-the-female-factor?lang=fr | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.960964 | 792 | 1.734375 | 2 |
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Cl. xi. 20.
344 Examples of Things essential and variable. BOOK III. said before betake themselves wholly unto the trial of parti
culars, whether every of those things which they esteem as principal, be either so esteemed of, or at all established for perpetuity in holy Scripture; and whether any particular thing in our church polity be received other than the Scripture alloweth of, either in greater things or in smaller.
[20.) The matters wherein church polity is conversant are the public religious duties of the Church, as the administration of the word and sacraments, prayers, spiritual censures, and the like. To these the Church standeth always bound. Laws of polity, are laws which appoint in what manner these duties shall be performed.
In performance whereof because all that are of the Church cannot jointly and equally work, the first thing in polity required is a difference of persons in the Church, without which difference those functions cannot in orderly sort be executed. Hereupon we hold that God's clergy are a state, which hath been and will be, as long as there is a Church upon earth, necessary by the plain word of God himself; a state whereunto the rest of God's people must be subject as touching things that appertain to their soul's health. For where polity is, it cannot but appoint some to be leaders of others, and some to be led by others. “If the blind lead the blind, they both perish*." It is with the clergy, if their persons be respected, even as it is with other men; their quality many times far beneath that which the dignity of their place requireth. Howbeit according to the order of polity, they being the “ lights of the worldt," others (though better and wiser) must that way be subject unto them.
Again, forasmuch as where the clergy are any great multitude, order doth necessarily require that by degrees they be distinguished ; we hold there have ever been and ever ought to be in such case at leastwise two sorts of ecclesiastical persons, the one subordinate unto the other; as to the Apostles in the beginning, and to the Bishops always since, we find plainly both in Scripture and in all ecclesiastical records, other ministers of the word and sacraments have been.
Moreover, it cannot enter into any man's conceit to think it lawful, that every man which listeth should take upon him
* Luke vi. 39.
+ Matt. v. 14.
Ch. x', 21.
Three Kinds of Error in the Discipline. 345 charge in the Church ; and therefore a solemn admittance is BOOK III. of such necessity, that without it there can be no church polity.
A number of particularities there are, which make for the more convenient being of these principal and perpetual parts in ecclesiastical polity, but yet are not of such constant use and necessity in God's Church. Of this kind are, times and places appointed for the exercise of religion ; specialties belonging to the public solemnity of the word, the sacraments, and prayer; the enlargement or abridgment of functions ministerial depending upon those two principals beforementioned ; to conclude, even whatsoever doth by way of formality and circumstance concern any public action of the Church. Now although that which the Scripture hath of things in the former kind be for ever permanent : yet in the latter both much of that which the Scripture teacheth is not always needful; and much the Church of God shall always need which the Scripture teacheth not.
So as the form of polity by them set down for perpetuity is three ways faulty: faulty in omitting some things which in Scripture are of that nature, as namely the difference that ought to be of pastors when they grow to any great multitude: faulty in requiring doctors, deacons, widows, and such like, as things of perpetual necessity by the law of God, which in truth are nothing less : faulty also in urging some things by Scripture immutable, as their lay-elders, which the Scripture neither maketh immutable nor at all teacheth, for any thing either we can as yet find or they have hitherto been able to prove. But hereof more in the books that follow.
[21.] As for those marvellous discourses whereby they adventure to argue that God must needs have done the thing which they imagine was to be done; I must confess I have often wondered at their exceeding boldness herein. When the question is whether God have delivered in Scripture (as they affirm he hath) a complete, particular, immutable form of church polity, why take they that other both presumptuous and superfluous labour to prove he should have done it ; there being no way in this case to prove the deed of God, saving only by producing that evidence wherein he hath done it? But if there be no such thing apparent upon record,
346 Danger in this case of reasoning a priori. BOOK !!!. they do as if one should demand a legacy by force and virtue . 21.
of some written testament, wherein there being no such thing specified, he pleadeth that there it must needs be, and bringeth arguments from the love or good-will which always the testator bore him ; imagining, that these or the like proofs will convict a testament to have that in it which other men can no where by reading find. In matters which concern the actions of God, the most dutiful way on our part is to search what God hath done, and with meekness to admire that, rather than to dispute what he in congruity of reason ought to do. The ways which he hath whereby to do all things for the greatest good of his Church are more in number than we can search, other in nature than that we should presume to determine which of many should be the fittest for him to choose, till such time as we see he hath chosen of many some one; which one we then may boldly conclude to be the fittest, because he hath taken it before the rest. When we do otherwise, surely we exceed our bounds; who and where we are we forget; and therefore needful it is that our pride in such cases be controlled, and our disputes beaten back with those demands of the blessed Apostle, “How “ unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding
out! Who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who was “ his counsellor *?"
* Rom. xi. 33, 34.
THE FOURTH BOOK.
CONCERNING THEIR THIRD ASSERTION, THAT OUR FORM OF
CHURCH POLITY IS CORRUPTED WITH POPISH ORDERS, RITES, AND CEREMONIES, BANISHED OUT OF CERTAIN REFORMED CHURCHES, WHOSE EXAMPLE THEREIN WE OUGHT TO HAVE FOLLOWED.
THE MATTER CONTAINED IN THIS FOURTH BOOK.
1. How great use Ceremonies have in the Church. II. The first thing they blame in the kind of our Ceremonies is, that we
have not in them ancient apostolical simplicity, but a greater pomp and
stateliness. III. The second, that so many of them are the same which the Church of
Rome useth ; and the reasons which they bring to prove them for that
cause blame-worthy. IV. How when they go about to expound what Popish Ceremonies they
mean, they contradict their own arguments against Popish Ceremonies. V. An answer to the argument whereby they would prove, that sith we
allow the customs of our fathers to be followed, we therefore may not allow such customs as the Church of Rome hath, because we cannot
account of them which are of that Church as of our fathers. VI. To their allegation, that the course of God's own wisdom doth make
against our conformity with the Church of Rome in such things. VII. To the example of the eldest Churches which they bring for the
same purpose. VIII. That it is not our best polity (as they pretend it is) for establish
ment of sound religion, to have in these things no agreement with the
Church of Rome being unsound. IX. That neither the Papists upbraiding us as furnished out of their
store, nor any hope which in that respect they are said to conceive, doth make any more against our ceremonies than the former allega
tions have done. X. The grief which they say godly brethren conceive at such ceremonies
as we have common with the Church of Rome. XI. The third thing for which they reprove a great part of our ceremonies
is, for that as we have them from the Church of Rome, so that Church
had them from the Jews. XII. The fourth, for that sundry of them have been (they say) abused
unto idolatry, and are by that mean become scandalous.
Criticism in Church Matters no good sign.
XIII. The fifth, for that we retain them still, notwithstanding the example
of certain Churches reformed before us, which have cast them out. XIV. A declaration of the proceedings of the Church of England for the
establishment of things as they are.
nies have in
BOOK IV. I. SUCH was the ancient simplicity and softness of spirit
J. 1, 2.
which sometimes prevailed in the world, that they How great use ceremo- whose words were even as oracles amongst men, seemed everthe Church, more loth to give sentence against any thing publicly received
in the Church of God, except it were wonderful apparently evil ; for that they did not so much incline to that severity which delighteth to reprove the least things it seeth amiss, as to that charity which is unwilling to behold any thing that duty bindeth it to reprove. The state of this present age, wherein zeal hath drowned charity, and skill meekness, will not now suffer any man to marvel, whatsoever he shall hear reproved by whomsoever. Those rites and ceremonies of the Church therefore, which are the selfsame now that they were when holy and virtuous men maintained them against profane and deriding adversaries, her own children have at this day in derision. Whether justly or no, it shall then appear, when all things are heard which they have to allege against the outward received orders of this church. Which inasmuch as theniselves do compare unto “mint and cummin*," granting them to be no part of those things which in the matter of polity are weightier, we hope that for small things their strife will neither be earnest nor long.
[2.] The sifting of that which is objected against the orders of the Church in particular, doth not belong unto this place. Here we are to discuss only those general exceptions, which have been taken at any time against them.
First therefore to the end that their nature and the use whereunto they serve may plainly appear, and so afterwards their quality the better be discerned; we are to note, that in every grand or main public duty which God requireth at the * Matt. xxiii. 23.
“ The doctrine “ ceremonies also, as ‘mint and “and discipline of the Church, as “ cummin,' ought not to be negthe weightiest things, ought espe
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When it comes to reaching your goals in life, many people end up holding themselves back through doubt or an unwillingness to do what is necessary. However, if there is something you truly wish to do with your life, there should be nothing that could hold you back. This article aims to help you equip yourself to properly reach your life goals.
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Objective—To determine the relationship between
bispectral index (BIS) and minimum alveolar concentration
(MAC) multiples of sevoflurane in cats.
Animals—8 domestic cats.
Procedure—Each cat was anesthetized twice with
sevoflurane. First, the MAC of sevoflurane for each
cat was determined by use of the tail clamp method.
Second, cats were anesthetized with sevoflurane at
each of 5 MAC multiples administered in random
order. Ventilation was controlled, and after a 15-
minute equilibration period at each MAC multiple of
sevoflurane, BIS data were collected for 5 minutes
and the median value of BIS calculated.
Results—The mean (± SD) MAC of sevoflurane was
3.3 ± 0.2%. The BIS values at 0.5 MAC could not be
recorded as a result of spontaneous movement in all
8 cats. The BIS values at 2.0 MAC were confounded
by burst suppression in all 8 cats. Over the range of
0.8 to 1.5 MAC, BIS values decreased significantly
with increasing end-tidal sevoflurane concentrations.
Mean (± SD) BIS measurements were 30 ± 3, 21 ± 3,
and 5 ± 2 at 0.8, 1.0, and 1.5 MAC, respectively.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Values of BIS
are inversely and linearly related to end-tidal sevoflurane
concentrations in anesthetized cats, and BIS may be a
useful predictor of CNS depression in this species. The
consistently low BIS values recorded in this study suggest
that clinical BIS end points used to titrate anesthetic
agents in humans may not be applicable to cats.
( Am J Vet Res 2004;65:93–98)
Objective—To compare the effects of xylazine bolus versus medetomidine constant rate infusion (MCRI) on cardiopulmonary function and depth of anesthesia in dorsally recumbent, spontaneously breathing, isoflurane-anesthetized horses.
Design—Prospective, randomized crossover study.
Animals—10 healthy adult Standardbreds.
Procedures—Horses were premedicated with xylazine or medetomidine IV. Anesthesia was induced with diazepam and ketamine and maintained with isoflurane for 150 minutes. For the xylazine treatment, end-tidal isoflurane concentration was maintained at 1.7%, and xylazine (0.2 mg/kg [0.09 mg/lb], IV) was administered as a bolus at the end of anesthesia. For the MCRI treatment, end-tidal isoflurane concentration was maintained at 1.4%, and medetomidine (0.005 mg/kg/h [0.0023 mg/lb/h], IV) was infused throughout anesthesia. Physiologic data (ie, heart rate, respiratory rate, rectal temperature, bispectral index, and electromyographic values) were compared between treatments with xylazine bolus versus MCRI.
Results—Heart rate was lower, but mean arterial blood pressure was higher from 20 to 40 minutes with MCRI treatment, compared with conventional treatment with xylazine. Respiratory rate and rectal temperature were greater with MCRI treatment. Bispectral index was lower with MCRI treatment from 80 to 150 minutes, and electromyographic values were lower with MCRI treatment from 30 to 150 minutes.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—In isoflurane-anesthetized horses, premedication with medetomidine followed by administration of medetomidine as a constant rate infusion resulted in decreased heart rate, higher arterial blood pressure from 20 through 40 minutes after induction of anesthesia, and better preserved body temperature, compared with conventional treatment with xylazine. Greater depth of anesthesia and muscle relaxation were seen with MCRI treatment, despite the lower isoflurane concentration.
Objective—To evaluate the effects of medetomidine
on dynamic left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT)
obstruction in cats with left ventricular hypertrophy.
Animals—6 domestic shorthair cats with echocardiographic
evidence of dynamic LVOT obstruction.
Procedure—Cats were restrained in lateral recumbency,
and baseline M-mode and Doppler echocardiographic
examinations were performed. An ECG
was recorded continuously, and blood pressure was
measured indirectly with Doppler instrumentation.
Medetomidine (20 µg/kg [9.1 µg/lb]) was then administered
IM, and examinations were repeated 15 minutes
Results—Significant decreases in heart rate, LVOT
velocity, and the LVOT pressure gradient were documented
following medetomidine administration.
After adjusting for the effects of heart rate by
ANCOVA, there were no significant differences in
any other systolic or diastolic indices of left ventricular
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results suggest
that administration of medetomidine to cats with
dynamic LVOT obstruction may result in elimination of
outflow tract obstruction; medetomidine may be a
suitable sedative and analgesic agent in this subpopulation
of cats. (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2002;221:1276–1281)
Objective—To compare the effect of xylazine bolus versus medetomidine constant rate infusion (MCRI) on serum cortisol and glucose concentrations, urine production, and anesthetic recovery characteristics in dorsally recumbent, spontaneously breathing, isoflurane-anesthetized horses.
Design—Prospective, randomized crossover study.
Animals—10 healthy Standardbreds.
Procedures—Horses were premedicated with xylazine or medetomidine IV. Anesthesia was induced with diazepam and ketamine and maintained with isoflurane for 150 minutes. For the xylazine treatment, end-tidal isoflurane concentration was maintained at 1.7% and xylazine (0.2 mg/kg [0.09 mg/lb]), IV) was administered as a bolus at the end of anesthesia. For the MCRI treatment, end-tidal isoflurane concentration was maintained at 1.4% and medetomidine (0.005 mg/kg/h [0.0023 mg/lb/h], IV) was infused throughout anesthesia. Serum cortisol and glucose concentrations were measured before, during, and after anesthesia. Urine specific gravity and volume were measured during anesthesia. Unassisted anesthetic recoveries were recorded by a digital video camera for later evaluation by 2 observers who were blinded to treatment.
Results—Serum cortisol concentration was lower and serum glucose concentration was higher with MCRI treatment, compared with xylazine treatment. Time to sternal recumbency was longer with MCRI treatment, but no difference was seen between treatments for times to extubation, first movement, or standing. Objective (mean attempt interval) and subjective (visual analog score) recovery scores were significantly better with MCRI treatment, compared with xylazine treatment.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—In isoflurane-anesthetized horses, premedication and administration of medetomidine as a constant rate infusion resulted in decreased serum cortisol concentration, increased serum glucose concentration, and superior anesthetic recovery characteristics, compared with conventional treatment with xylazine.
Objective—To evaluate the cardiovascular effects of
the α2-adrenergic receptor agonist medetomidine
hydrochloride in clinically normal cats.
Animals—7 clinically normal cats.
Procedure—Cats were anesthetized with isoflurane,
and thermodilution catheters were placed for measurement
of central venous, pulmonary, and pulmonary
capillary wedge pressures and for determination
of cardiac output. The dorsal pedal artery was
catheterized for measurement of arterial blood pressures
and blood gas tensions. Baseline variables were
recorded, and medetomidine (20 µg/kg of body
weight, IM) was administered. Hemodynamic measurements
were repeated 15 and 30 minutes after
Results—Heart rate, cardiac index, stroke index, ratepressure
product, and right and left ventricular stroke
work index significantly decreased from baseline after
medetomidine administration, whereas systemic vascular
resistance and central venous pressure
increased. However, systolic, mean, and diastolic
arterial pressures as well as arterial pH, and oxygen
and carbon dioxide tensions were not significantly different
from baseline values.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—When administered
alone to clinically normal cats, medetomidine (20
µg/kg, IM) induced a significant decrease in cardiac
output, stroke volume, and heart rate. Arterial blood
pressures did not increase, which may reflect a predominant
central α2-adrenergic effect over peripheral
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OTTAWA — Parliament’s spending watchdog says the estimated federal deficit for the year has likely risen to about $260 billion with new measures rolled out in recent weeks.
Budget officer Yves Giroux previously estimated the federal deficit at $252.1 billion this fiscal year on account of a sharp increase in spending on emergency aid and a subsequent drop in economic activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to a Senate committee this afternoon, Giroux says the government has added about $7.6 billion in spending since his last report, pushing the potential deficit ever deeper.
Giroux says his office will update its estimates of federal finances, including the deficit and debt, some time in June.
He also says PBO analysts are in the early stages of looking into the potential impact on federal finances from extra borrowing by Crown corporations through the pandemic.
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The Lycée International de Houston is dedicated to lighting the fires of scholasticism in each student who enters its doors. Utilizing the rigors of European analytical thinking paired with the excellence of American exploration and the kindness of our educators, the Lycée International de Houston offers a unique educational opportunity to students who wish to develop the skills necessary to become severe lifelong learners. Students from all cultures and backgrounds can benefit from our in-depth college-prep curriculum.
There is a place at the Lycée International de Houston for every serious student who wants to apply. All it takes is a willingness to learn, a good attitude, and equally good behavior. With that in mind, there are two paths that the Lycée international de Houston student can pursue:
The French and English Bilingual Program
A student who is fluent in French by the sixth grade and wishes to pursue the French Baccalaureate, or the Franco-American Baccalaureate and the OIB French Baccalaureate and prepare to attend college. This rigorous system was established in the 18th century and is regulated by the French Ministry of Education. All classes are taught in French and English (language arts, math, science, and history).
The International Baccalaureate Program (IB diploma)
In Grade 11 and 12, students can pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). The IB is the most comprehensive and sought-after college preparatory program available in the world today,.
The IB Diploma is highly customizable, giving students the opportunity to select 6 subjects unique to their interests. Over the course of Grade 11 and Grade 12, students will study literature, mathematics, at least one experimental science, at least one subject in the “individuals and societies” category, and a second language. But students have options. In choosing subjects they can emphasize their strengths and passions and select classes that are novel and adventurous. Maybe a student wants to be a scientist, diplomat, or an artist. Maybe the student is drawn to another field entirely. No matter the interests, students can personalize their IB Courses based on who they are. | <urn:uuid:5d0de603-dab8-4660-8d1f-1c3bc925d036> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lihouston.org/lih-lycee-international-de-houston-bilingual-private-school/academics/explore-the-curriculum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.943536 | 442 | 2.359375 | 2 |
It’s hard to draw attention to flood management during a drought. Nevertheless, this is precisely the time to act to reduce future flood risk.
Damaging floods are common throughout California and over the past 60 years, every county has been declared a state or federal flood disaster area multiple times.
This winter the scenario looks like it will be no different and maybe even worst. Especially taking into consideration the extreme drought the state has been going through and the prospect of an El Nino fast approaching.
Before we start going down the all too familiar list of reasons why flood is likely to happen in the state, let’s take a step back and focus on a matter that’s been in the media lately which relates to this subject: climate change, population growth, and infrastructure investment.
California flood management faces significant challenges. There is a large and growing gap between flood infrastructure needs and rates of investment. Population growth and new development are increasing the threats to public safety and the economic risk from flooding. The changing climate is likely to bring larger and more frequent floods, with few intense storms after long dry months. That is how most of California gets its annual precipitation and when these storms occur, runoff flows rapidly into valleys and coastal areas, potentially creating high flood risk. | <urn:uuid:ed14d377-0d7c-4b1c-900e-95382d423316> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://falconwatertech.com/california-is-flood-prone/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.9617 | 258 | 3.140625 | 3 |
These candidates and committees must register with their local election officials.
A political committee is a committee that raises money for a specific political purpose, such as:
Before it can raise funds for its specified purpose, a committee must be properly organized with OCPF or, if applicable, a local election official.
In general, organizations that are not political committees may spend money for political purposes, such as contributions to candidates or PACs or expenditures to support or oppose ballot questions, without having to organize as a political committee. That assumes that the group is spending its general funds (such as dues) and has not raised the funds specifically for a political purpose, such as giving to candidates. Raising funds for a political purpose would make the organization a political committee that would have to organize with OCPF or the proper local election official. Contributions and expenditures by organizations are subject to disclosure by the recipient candidate or committee or the organization, or both. In addition, business corporations, and organizations that receive corporate funds, professional corporations (PCs), partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are prohibited from making expenditures to support or oppose candidates, parties or PACs.
OCPF issued an Interpretive Bulletin, IB-10-03, to provide guidance and direction to groups that raise funds solely to make independent expenditures:
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 876 (2010), the Supreme Court ruled that independent expenditures by corporations that are made to influence candidate elections cannot be limited, because doing so would not be consistent with the First Amendment. 130 S.Ct. 876 at 913. Although the decision concerned application of a federal statute, it also impacted OCPF’s longstanding interpretation of M.G.L. c. 55, § 8 as prohibiting both contributions and independent expenditures by corporations to support or oppose candidates or political parties. Corporations may now make independent expenditures without limit, but such corporations would be subject to disclosure requirements. Corporations or other entities named in M.G.L. c. 55, § 8 may still not make direct contributions to candidates or political parties.
A group which receives contributions and makes expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of more than one state or local candidate in Massachusetts is a political action committee or PAC. See M.G.L. c. 55, § 1 and IB-10-03. Prior to Citizens United, any political action committee that raised money to make contributions to candidates or independent expenditures to support or oppose candidates was subject to a $500 limit on what could be received from individuals, and was also subject to a prohibition on the receipt of contributions from business corporations. See M.G.L. c. 55, §§ 7A and 8. As a result of Citizens United, a different standard is now required for PACs that only raise money to make independent expenditures and then subsequently only make independent expenditures. For more information see OCPF Interpretive Bulletin IB-10-03
Visit the Filers - Main Page to access our online database of candidates and committees registered with our office (includes candidates, PACs, local party committees, ballot question committees and state party committees).
Visit the Recently Organized page to see candidates and committees that have recently organized with our office.
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Lake County, Florida
We recently revised our rubric, which increased the rigor of the grading scale. Eustis Police Department was the first agency to be evaluated under the new rubric. Moving forward all other departments will be graded under the new rubric. Therefore, no comparison to the first three agencies can be made to any agency graded under the new rubric.
Grading Explanation: In order to ensure a fair grading system for our purposes, the following process was implemented. A scale ranging from 0% - 100% was developed by dividing 100% into five EQUAL sections. This ensures that every police agency has the same opportunity of earning an "A" as they do an "F". | <urn:uuid:ad00d268-13cb-4756-b735-10be7bfd56e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.alert4justice.org/law-enformcement-evaluation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.963601 | 144 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Coaches Who Care About Winning And Helping Their Athletes Find Joy
Award-winning coach considers joy more important than wins, though little wins bring joy.
Have Your Athletes Reflect On Gratitude Once Per Week And See The Results
Dacher Keltner, Director of the Greater Good Science Center, shares the positive impact of reflection.
Now seven months in, we’ve learned a few things about the pandemic’s wider impact on youth & HS sports.
Coaches can get involved in leadership in a different way by talking about character-building and identity.
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Only 7% of AIDS instances reported in 1985 in the usa had been ladies and girls. That portion expanded to 27% in 2007 plus. Appears stable through 2012. About 80% of females are contaminated through intercourse latin brides in china with A hiv-infected guy (often an injection medication user), and several through medication usage (see Fact Sheet 154 on Drug utilize and HIV).
In the usa, AIDS prices among women can be greatest within the Southeast as well as the Northeast.
In 2005, about 64% of contaminated feamales in the united states are were Black, although just 12% for the female US population is Ebony. The effect of HIV is particularly great among ladies of color. Multiple 3rd of brand new HIV infections among blacks and Latinas were in females many years 13 to 29.
- Ladies are in danger for HIV illness. A lot of women think AIDS is an ailment of homosexual males. But ladies have HIV from heterosexual intercourse and from sharing needles. A lot of women with HIV don’t know the way they got contaminated. This shows that more than one of these partners that are male contaminated.
- While having sex, HIV is sent from men to women about twice as more effortlessly as from ladies to males. A woman’s threat of infection is greatest with unprotected rectal intercourse, or if she’s got an infection that is vaginal. The possibility of disease is greater against HIV infection if her male sex partner is or was an injection drug user, has other sex partners, has had sex with infected people, or has sex with men.
- Women should protect themselves. Having male intercourse lovers utilize condoms reduces the possibility of HIV disease. See reality sheet 153 to learn more about making use of condoms. Condoms are also made of a female variation. To be effective, male and female condoms have actually to be utilized regularly and precisely. Other designs of birth prevention, such as for example birth prevention pills, diaphragms, or implants try not to offer security against HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP, see reality sheet 160) could be the utilization of the HIV medicine Truvada before publicity, to cut back the possibility of HIV illness. PrEP can lessen the price of HIV illness by intercourse up to 95%.
- Ladies should get tested for HIV. Lots of women don’t find out they usually have HIV until they become sick or get tested during maternity. Ladies who aren’t tested for HIV could get unwell and die faster than men. But when they have tested and treated, they reside provided that males. HIV evaluating is preferred for several social individuals involving the many years of 15 and 65. Reality sheet 102 has extra information on HIV evaluating.
- Gynecological issues could be very early indications of HIV disease. Ulcers into the vagina, persistent yeast-based infections, and severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) may be signs and symptoms of HIV. Hormonal changes, contraception pills, or antibiotics may also cause these issues. See your medical care provider to be sure you realize the reason.
- Ladies have more and side that is different than males. Women with HIV tend to be more most most likely than guys getting epidermis rashes and liver problems, and also to experience human anatomy form modifications (lipodystrophy, see reality sheet 553). Bone tissue loss can be a problem (see fact sheet 557. ) There is also more issues due to human being papillomavirus (HPV, see fact sheet 510. )
- lots of women are moms and dads as well as working with their own health and work. This will make it harder to just take medicines and schedule medical appointments. With appropriate help females do well on HIV therapy.
In 1997 the Food And Drug Administration stated that women could no be kept out longer of medical studies simply because they could conceive. The percentage of females in AIDS clinical tests is increasing but is nevertheless quite low.
More studies of females with HIV are underway. Scientists are attempting to enlist more females within their trials that are clinical. This will be necessary because females happen under-represented in many research that is medical not only on AIDS. Most medicines have not been especially tested in females.
A study that is recent a greater threat of death among HIV+ ladies as a result of accident or damage with a lowered T-cell count, who had been unemployed, who’d significantly more than 8 alcoholic products every week, whom revealed signs and symptoms of despair, whom utilized injection medications, or that has 3-5 intercourse lovers.
In the usa, less women than guys are receiving HIV therapy.
This might be partly as a result of suspicion in regards to the healthcare system and discrimination against people who have HIV. Whenever feasible, females with HIV ought to be taken care of by experienced medical care providers.
- Women with HIV get genital infections, vaginal ulcers, pelvic inflammatory infection, and genital warts more frequently and more seriously than uninfected females.
- Ladies have thrush (an infection from yeast, see Fact Sheet 501) inside their throats and herpes (see fact sheet 508) about 30percent more often than guys.
- Women can be greatly predisposed than males to obtain a rash that is severe utilizing nevirapine (See Fact Sheet 431. )
- Women with fat redistribution (see Fact Sheet 553 on Lipodystrophy) are far more most likely than guys to amass fat into the stomach or breast areas and are also less likely to want to reduce weight in the hands or feet.
- Unusual cell that is pre-cancerous pertaining to cervical cancer tumors are far more regular and serious in females that are HIV-positive. See reality sheet 510 to find out more.
More ladies are becoming contaminated with HIV. With very very early treatment and testing, females with HIV can live so long as males. Ladies should get tested for HIV. This is also true for women that are pregnant and females considering maternity. When they test good for HIV, they are able to make a plan to lessen the possibility of infecting their infants and make sure their very own wellness.
The easiest way to stop illness in heterosexual intercourse is to use condoms. Other birth prevention practices usually do not drive back HIV. PrEP medicine can further reduce steadily the threat of HIV in females prone to HIV disease. Ladies who utilize intravenous medications must not share gear.
Females pregnancy that is planning seek care just before getting pregnant to make sure a healthy body and evaluate their HIV status. See fact sheet 611 on maternity and HIV. | <urn:uuid:c99474ff-c27c-4fab-9a81-010eb37a4038> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coopstar.com.br/how-frequently-do-ladies-think-about-intercourse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959734 | 1,360 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Have you already wasted a significant amount of time standing in the long queues in front of ATMs and banks hoping to withdraw some cash? Well, not just you, millions of Indians have only thing on their mind since the demonetization drive came into effect, “cash.” The reason being, paper currencies ensure your purchasing capacity, and keep you going.
Amid this obsessive cash crisis, most average consumers are paying cash only for bare minimum necessities. Many have put their shopping plans on the backburner until currencies resurface; a compromise that may pose a threat to the retail businesses. After taking the initial brunt of currency shortage, the retail industry has bounced back with a plan for the future by going digital. However, in order to get digitized on a large-scale it requires convergence of numerous elements to sustain in the long run. This may also be the first major step towards a digitized and cashless economy. In this post, we would talk about these aspects and share some useful information.
1.Emergence of Organized Retailing and Mom-and-Pop Retail Businesses
Keeping an eye on the future and bolstered by the government’s push towards digitization, organised retailing will be predominant in the future. An increasing number of e-commerce and omnichannel businesses are already getting into strategic partnerships with logistics and parcel locker service providers to completely digitize the supply chain.
Other than organised retailing, numerous mom-and-pop retail stores and FMCG companies and are joining the digital platform. Implementation of digital technology will help these companies to constantly update their stock-keeping data and enable digital payments.
A recent study conducted by Ernst & Young shows that that digital consumption is likely reach nearly Rs.20,000 crore during the coming five years. To deal with such exponential growth rate, a highly organized retailing system needs to be in place. However, the core focus is not just on sales, rather understanding customers’ needs and reaching out to them to fulfil that. That’s why retail and data analytics businesses are collating data through mobile apps and real-time data to serve customers better.
2.Use of Interactive Digital Technologies
We are likely to see retail companies embracing advanced digital technologies like virtual reality very soon. Many hotel and real estate businesses have already implemented virtual reality where potential customers can go through the product/services catalogues and have real-like experience. Retail companies, especially in the fashion and apparel industry can enhance customer engagement using this technology. Three dimensional images through computer-generated simulations will let customers check out products in a seemingly physical or real environment.
Near-field Communication (NFC) is another technology that will enable customers to access product and pricing information using their smart phone through NFC-enabled shelf edge labels, scan, and add their chosen items to their shopping basket. Omnichannels will find this technology handy in terms of integrating their physical and digital platforms.
Even top-tier technology companies such as Microsoft and Oracle are gearing up for the upcoming digital revolution. So, in 2017, there will be an upward trending of investing on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) than spending on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools.
3.A Paradigm Shift towards Parcel Lockers and Cashless Payments
Other trends that are going to be an integral part of the retail industry are implementation of automated parcel lockers for package delivery, use of e-wallets, and on-the-spot payment by card swipe on delivery or cashless COD.
When shopping online, consumers will have the option to choose the parcel locker delivery option added during the checkout. Once they select this option, the relevant e-commerce company will deliver their package to a parcel locker using a courier company. When the package is delivered to the lockers, customers will receive an SMS containing a one-time pass code (OTP). All they have to do is visit the parcel locker location at their convenient time, enter the pass code, swipe their debit or credit card to make instant payment, and collect the parcel. Smartbox, for example, is in the process of installing nearly 125 parcel delivery terminals in Delhi NCR, including major metro stations, residential apartment buildings, colonies, and community centres. You can check the locations of the existing lockers in the ‘Locations’ section of our website.
Besides card swipe, there are other aspects of cashless payments such as paying through India Stack and Aadhaar Platform. India Stack is a comprehensive set of application programming interfaces (APIs) for developers that integrate Aadhaar for payment authentication. Bolstered by these applications, consumers can easily their smartphone as the delivery platform for various services identification, digital payments, and digital lockers. In fact, approximately 1.1 billion Indians are likely to get benefits from this endeavour.
The Way Forward
The three trends discussed in this post are likely to be trendsetters not only for the retail industry but will also become a way of life for shoppers. The current cash crisis has hard hit the industry and its associated businesses like logistics where cash has always been the major mode of transactions. The time is, however, changing with the gradual shift towards the 100% digital platforms. The entire retail supply chain, starting with the sorting of parcels, reaching to distribution hubs, and logistics, especially “Last Mile” will see a significant increase in the overall efficiency. The two vital cogs of this wheel would be parcel lockers and cashless COD, which will accelerate the retail process from the business’ perspective and provide convenience to consumers through faster delivery and instant payment. Most importantly, all these steps can be carried out without having to worry about cash.
If the concept of parcel locker and cashless COD are stirring your mind, let us know. We will be glad to provide you all the necessary information. You can reach out to us at 8882-760-760, or visit the home page of our website https://smartbox.in/. | <urn:uuid:174afbd1-e2b1-4f76-aca5-2bde3f04f2f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.smartbox.in/blog/3-trends-to-embrace-as-india-moves-towards-a-cashless-economy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.939416 | 1,222 | 1.929688 | 2 |
As a boomer, I grew up in the 1960s and '70s. Sometimes I like to share some nostalgia from that time.
Life in the 1970s
Each decade has its contribution to history and a wealth of memories for those living at the time. Some have said that the '70s were a decade when nothing happened but in retrospect we know it's not true.
Growing up in the '70s was different from growing up in another generation. The newsworthy events, the music, the movies, the fashion, the fads, and everything about this decade was unique and distinct. Read on to reminisce about life in the 1970s.
War, Scandal, and Oil Embargos
Our nostalgic look back starts with the news. In the early 1970s, the US was still involved in Vietnam. Troops were sent into Cambodia to attack military bases and Ho Chi Minh was bombed. Footage of the bloodshed was aired routinely on the evening news. Anti-war riots continued on college campuses and four students were shot dead at Kent State University. US involvement in the war ended in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in 1973 as Henry Kissinger worked with North Vietnamese negotiators.
In the US, Richard Nixon was President as the decade began but by 1974 he resigned in the midst of the Watergate scandal in which he was potentially facing impeachment for his role in the break-in and cover-up. For the first time in history, the new president, Gerald Ford was not elected, as he had been appointed Vice President when Spiro Agnew left that office under fire for tax evasion.
The 1972 Olympics held in Munich, Germany were marred when terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage. Two were killed immediately and the other nine died during a failed rescue attempt.
An Arab oil embargo caused lifestyle changes in 1973 and beyond; from rationing of fuel to further limiting speeds on highways.
In 1976, the US celebrated its bicentennial year.
Jimmy Carter was elected to the US presidency in 1976. Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran and with worsening relations with the US, some Iranian students took 63 Americans hostage until their release in 1981. The fear of another war was very real for those of us just "coming of age".
By 1978, the Revered Jim Jones had established the People's Temple of the Disciples of Christ and in a commune in Jonestown, Guyana he led nearly 900 of his followers in a mass suicide via consumption of a cyanide and Kool-Aid drink.
Space exploration continued to advance. In 1976, "Viking" was the first spacecraft to land on Mars. It provided over 52,000 photographs of that planet. The Space Shuttle, a next-generation spacecraft, was introduced in 1977 as it made its initial test flights.
In 1978, Louise Brown became the first "Test Tube Baby" as Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards implanted a previously fertilized egg into the uterus of her mother.
With facilitation by Jimmy Carter, Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin worked through the Camp David accord to improve official relations between their countries.
Famine was rampant in Ethiopia throughout the '70s and hit Bangladesh as well.
Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania saw a nuclear accident in 1979 but large-scale radiation leakage was averted.
On the Brink: A few things that weren't quite yet news in the 1970s
AIDS had not yet been identified although health organizations and physicians were surely seeing the first cases.
Personal computers were just entering the market in the latter half of the 1970s but Microsoft hadn't yet developed MS-DOS and Bill Gates was a young pup just starting his business. The internet wasn't around.
The first Space Shuttle had yet to make its maiden voyage but it had been conceived, designed, and was being readied for its first flight.
1970s TV Shows
Sitcoms, Detectives, and Cops on TV
Although the hit series MASH was set during the Korean War, it is generally considered to be a statement regarding the US involvement in Vietnam. It was based on a popular movie, ran for an impressive 11 years, and continues to this day in reruns.
All in the Family was another popular series and focused on social issues including race and other more controversial topics of the time.
Happy Days was a more lighthearted offering. Set in the 1950s, it's wholesome image was part of its appeal. "Fonzi", the cool high school dropout (Thumbs up "aaayy!) made a star of Henry Winkler at the time. Other popular shows also looked back on "simpler" times such as Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons which was set during the depression.
A staple of youngsters in the early '70s was The Brady Bunch with a blended family including 3 girls and 3 boys; all with short skirts, long hair, and squeaky clean lives.
Some '70s Show Clips
African Americans made significant inroads in broadcast television during the 1970s. Good Times with Jimmy JJ Walker, Sandford & Son, and The Jeffersons who were "movin' on up" were examples of popular shows which featured black families.
Kermit the Frog burst on to the scene with The Muppets and John Travolta gained fame as Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter.
Cops and private eyes began to fill up the TV schedule too. Shows like Adam 12, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O, and the Rockford Files were successful. Even westerns, like Alias Smith and Jones, were about crime fighting, in this case, two outlaws who decide to fight on the right side of the law.
Escapism could also be found however in superheroes. Shows such as Wonder Woman, The Bionic Woman, and The Six Million Dollar Man were examples.
Another significant offering from the 1970s was the introduction of Saturday Night Live which introduced great comedians as well as a play-doh character named "Mr. Bill". John Belushi, Jane Curtain, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Garrett Morris became popular through the show.
Going from Hip Huggers to Polyester
The "look" of a decade is very much a part of the culture. Our nostalgic look back now turns to fashion for this reason. 1970s fashion was somewhat diverse. In the early '70s hip hugger pants, midriff tops, wide belts, smock tops, and bell bottom/elephant pants were popular items. White belts and white shoes weren't uncommon, and hot pants, bodysuits, and halter tops were coming along.
In the early part of the 1970s, POW/MIA bracelets graced the wrists of many young girls as they bore the names of soldiers missing in the war.
Skorts (and culottes) offered an alternative to shorts and skirts. Girls started wearing pantsuits, A-line skirts, gaucho pants, peasant blouses, and granny boots. Guys on the other hand often got by with a muscle shirt, rock band or tie-dyed T-shirt. Of course, if they were really stylin', plaid pants similar to what girls had fit the bill. Paisley shirts were another trend. Adult men went the way of leisure suits while women went for bow blouses and wrap skirts.
Some of the late '60s hippie influence was still evident in fringed suede jackets, crocheted vests, ponchos, army jackets, and earth shoes. Cut off denim shorts were cool and tube socks were common with Adidas and Nike shoes entering the picture. And who could forget Mood Rings?
Time wore on and clogs, Dr. Scholl sandals, moon boots, and then platform shoes all decked our feet while maxi coats and windbreakers were common sights. Painter pants emerged and stuck around for quite a while.
The Disco era and Punk music brought in glam, with a special focus on all things polyester, satin, and sequins. Jeans had to be designer and eyeglasses large.
Moving on From the Beatles to Disco
Rock, Disco, and Punk were all big in the 1970s. The early part of the decade saw the loss of a few big names in Rock music. Both Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died of an overdose in 1970. In addition, the Beatles broke up and went out on their own.
Three Dog Night, Simon & Garfunkel, the Rolling Stones, and the Guess Who were still around. Carole King had one of the biggest albums of all time, entitled Tapestry.
With the Beatles phased, out Elton John stepped in and bands like Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles rose. Individual stars like Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Bruce Springsteen, Olivia Newton-John, Carly Simon, Robert Palmer, and Barry Manilow were on the charts. ABBA entered the picture in 1972 and had a worldwide audience.
Helen Reddy's hit I am Woman became an anthem for feminists as women continued their struggle for equality and just as young girls were gaining in school athletic programs.
1970s Music Videos
Heavier rock included names like KISS, Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Kansas, the Doobie Brothers, and Foreigner.
Southern Rock popularity spread too with Charlie Daniels, the Marshall Tucker Band, Lynard Skynard, and others. Texas had its own contributions coming with ZZTop, Edgar Winter, Waylon (Jennings), Willie (Nelson), and others.
The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, and K.C. and the Sunshine Band welcomed in Disco late in the decade. Earth, Wind,&Fire, Kool & The Gang, The O'Jays, The Average White Band, the Ohio Players, and the Commodores provided a wonderful blend of soul and R&B known as Funk which was also great for dancing.
Near the end of the decade the Sex Pistols, The Clash, the Ramones, and the likes of David Bowie rolled out Punk to the mass audience.
Afro's, Layered Hair, and Shags
From my recollection, a girl or young woman's hairstyle started the decade as long and straight, with no bangs, and often parted in the middle. Later, "shags" came along, shorter and layered, and were sported by stars like Rod Stewart. By the end of the '70s, hair had completed its transition to the other extreme; either short and spiked up for a punk look or feathered, layered, frosted, and probably permed to look like Farah Fawcett's mane on Charlie's Angels. It was the precursor for the big hair of the '80s decade which spelled big success for hot rollers and curling irons. On the other hand, Olympic Ice Skater Dorothy Hamil's short wedge cut was often seen as well.
Guys had longer hair too, and sideburns often. "The Dry Look" came along and blow dryers became popular. Guys even started using hairspray. Afros were sported by millions as well but the Jheri Curl became more popular by the end of the decade.
Clint Eastwood, Star Wars, and Saturday Night Fever
Actors like Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, and Barbara Streisand were big names in the '70s. Ali MacGraw, Sylvester Stallone, Linda Blair, Cissy Spacek, Richard Dreyfus, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Reeve, and John Travolta were newer on the scene.
The decade started out with some controversial films like MASH (anti-war) and A Clockwork Orange (predictions of a violent future) but also offered lighter themes like Little Big Man and a soon to be classic, Love Story. The Godfather, Jesus Christ Superstar, Deliverance, American Graffiti, and The Way We Were were other big films.
Disaster films came on strong too. The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno were hits and even Airport, a spoof on disasters did well at the box office. Clint Eastwood westerns like Dirty Harry and High Plains Drifter were popular. Horror films like The Exorcist, Carrie, and The Omen were a draw for crowds as well.
1970's Movie Videos
The mid-'70s brought us the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jaws, Rocky, and the mega-hit Star Wars. Saturday Night Fever was, of course, a symbol of the disco era. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Annie Hall, and A Star is Born were other big hits.
At the close of the decade Superman, Grease, and the first Star Trek movie made it to the screen. Films such as Kramer vs Kramer, Apocalypse Now, Alien, Animal House, and Halloween were other favorites.
1970s Fads and Fun
Streaking, Pet Rocks, and Atari Video Games
There were a few fads in the 1970s. Streaking was probably one of the more memorable. The practice of removing all of your clothes in a public place and running to avoid capture was so popular for a short time that songs were written in its honor.
Truckers enjoyed the spotlight too. Songs about their lifestyle burst onto the scenes, CB radios became popular accessories in cars, and phrases like "Keep on Trucking" and "That's a 10-4 Good Buddy" were heard routinely.
Pet Rocks, lava lamps, and waterbeds were popular while strobe lights and black lights were often found in a teenager's room.
Interior decorating often still included colors such as avocado and gold. Even appliances. Shag rugs graced many floors. Furniture upholstered with crushed velvet and mirrored walls were also common in some circles.
Kids had a Spirograph to draw colorful designs, Legos to build almost anything, and other favorites like an Etch-A-Sketch or a Lite Brite set allowed creativity. Weebles, Easy-Bake Ovens, Creeple People, Nerf Balls, Hot Wheels (which entered the scene in the '60s), and Slime were among other popular choices. Twister, Aggravation, Battleship, and Yahtzee were around in addition to the more traditional board games like Monopoly and Life. Rubik's Cubes and Air Hockey sets came along and in the march toward today's video games, Pong and early Atari games were very well received.
Big Wheels were for the little ones and Banana seat bikes were popular with kids who were a bit older. Kids who were really lucky however got a mini-bike or moped.
In the 1970s iPods were unheard of and records and tapes were the media of music. Everyone had a clock radio and a stereo record player. Quadraphonic sound was available and many kids enjoyed their cassette recorder to capture music from the radio rather than streaming. In cars, 8-track players were around but lost out to cassette decks by the end of the decade. We also didn't have the electronic keyboards, but as kids, we learned to play a chord organ which luckily required no lessons whatsoever!
In the 1970s cable TV was absent from many homes and network TV stations; ABC, CBS, and NBC were king. Microwave ovens started taking over the market. Cordless phones were just coming out, but of course, cell phones were well off in the future.
Vans and the Fade of the Muscle Cars
Cars were different in the 1970s. Certainly, they were heavier and obviously, they cost less although earnings were also lower. AMC was still around and Datsun was one of the major foreign competitors. Cars with diesel engines increased in popularity during the "energy crisis". Vans became popular by the middle of the decade but mini-vans weren't really on the scene and SUV's were pretty much unheard of, so people had station wagons until emission standards appeared and gasoline became more scarce.
In 1972, you could get a Cadillac Seville for just over $6,000 or a Ford Pinto for around $2,000.
"Muscle Cars" were still around in the first half of the of the 1970s. The Plymouth Road Runner, Chevy Chevelle SS, the Dodge Dart, Charger, and Challenger, and Pontiac Trans Am to name just a few.
Economy cars were certainly on the scene as well. The Ford Pinto, the Chevy Vega, the Chevette, and even the AMC Pacer were domestic options while Fiat and the Volkswagen Rabbit came from abroad. Japanese and European built cars were much less numerous in the US than they are today.
Fewer Restaurants and Ethnic Foods
Finally, no 1970s nostalgia trip would be complete without considering what we ate on a regular basis. Certainly, larger urban areas had the benefit of plenty of restaurants and a variety of international food influences (especially European) but for the rest of us, we ate a bit differently in the 70s if I recall correctly. Ethnic foods were less common in the average American household. Meat and potatoes, macaroni and cheese, maybe some spaghetti were typical. Fruits and vegetables were no different although Jicama, avocados, mangos, tomatillos, and so forth were less numerous or common. Salads were less elaborate and varied than they are now. I also doubt that most people took advantage of the wide variety of spices used in many foods today; salt and pepper were the staples.
Dining out was less common or frequent as well for the average person unless you lived in a large city. Aside from fast food, chain restaurants weren't in full swing. Steakhouses were probably the prevalent type of restaurant. Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and McDonald's were around of course. There were taco joints such as Taco Bell, Taco Tico, and others, but certainly very little that was authentic. There were also a few Chinese restaurants although they were generally quite Americanized. Still, thanks to La Choy, it wasn't uncommon to eat Chop Suey from a can with Chow Mein Noodles at home.
The "low calorie" or diet foods that were available were generally poor options in my opinion. Drinks like Tab had a very artificial taste to them and were sweetened with cancer-related Saccharin.
Junk foods like Ding Dongs and Bugles were popular. Sugary cereals like Count Chocula and BooBerry were for kids while Pop Tarts had competition with Danish Go-Rounds and Toast'Ems. Pop Rocks, No Jelly, and Zero candy bars were newer candy products. Pringles potato chips were introduced and Hi-C was the popular fruit punch.
Frozen foods continued to gain momentum in American homes. From the basic Banquet and Morton frozen dinners and pot pies to Steak-Umms which were very thin slices of beef. Even with these, the variety was more limited. Hot Dogs were often prepared with "wiener wrap", a refrigerated dough.
Crockpots and microwaves became tools of choice in the kitchen and Hamburger Helper emerged as an answer for those too busy to cook.
Fondue was probably the most "international" new food fad in kitchens and living rooms across the US.
© 2008 Ruth Coffee
Share Your 1970s Nostalgia
Moral Man on October 14, 2020:
I had a Fonz pinball machine by Coleco in 1977, Six Million Dollar Man Kenner projector, Three Horn the Dinosaur book and lp record from 1970, and on TV we watched Land of the Lost, Rankin/Bass holiday animated specials such as The Year Without a Santa Claus, Police Woman, Family Feud, the Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Star Wars toys.
chickie99 on February 18, 2013:
i can vaguely remember gerald ford in the mid 70's.
tough job having to deal with the nixon debacle
YearningAndHarm on February 17, 2013:
Classic Rock Music - a huge chunk of the music I listen to even now was from the 70s. It was the time of progressive rock, music went from AM radio to stereo FM, powerful stereo amps from Morantz, Harmon Kardon, Kenwood, Yamaha, Pioneer, and others blasted out 100 watts per channel, or split our eardrums through the headphones. Yes, The Who, King Crimson, ELO, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Jefferson Starship, etc etc etc.
Pinball And The Golden Age Of The Arcade - In the mid to late 70's, arcades seem to explode on the scene, showing up everywhere. I can remember playing Pong in a little strip mall in town in 1975. But soon, there were complete game rooms and arcades everywhere. Space Invaders came on the scene. There was a very strange Atari Star Trek game, but with hideous graphics (by today's standard anyway). For pinball, it was the end of the EM (electro mechanical) tables in favor of the new SS (solid state) machines. I remember these EM tables Capt Fantastic, Royal Flush, Alladin's Castle and Space Mission. Then came the new SS tables Eight Ball, Mata Hari, KISS, Flash, Firepower. A little later, heading into the 80's, several classic video games appeared: Defender, Glalagza, Missile Command, Zaxxon, Robotron.
I thought it was an everyday thing to have new pinball tables and new video games coming and going all the time. I used to look forward to the new pinball tables the way I used to go to the record store to get my favorite band's latest album to stare at the artwork while listening to the new tunes. It was interesting to realize later that I was living in a very golden age at the time, as far as gaming was concerned.
anonymous on January 30, 2013:
An awesome look back on times that are sadly long gone!
anonymous on December 30, 2012:
I loved growing up in the 70s. Played outside and rode bikes, went to little league baseball park every spring, I remember buffalo sandles, black and white track shoes which my mom hated!! My fav brown polyester bell bottoms with the elastic waste. I wanted Dittos but they were too expensive 14.00 a pair and up! Smock tops, halter tops. Life in the Good ol days..
anonymous on July 24, 2012:
The 70s reminds me of bikes, music, drugs
anonymous on July 03, 2012:
I had a pr. of shoes that where patchwork suede (did I spell that right?) the tops were red, one side was green the other blue, and the back was brown. I think the tongue was yellow. LOVED THEM!! Also remember taking soda cans and cutting out the top and bottom, taping them together, punching a hole in the bottom and shooting a tennis ball out of it (like a cannon) using lighter fluid, which we stole from mom and pop who of course were smokers. :)
anonymous on July 01, 2012:
I remember the TRED tyre tread shoe/sandals I made....does anyone still have a picture or pattern, I would love to make and wear some nowadays?
terri-jacobs on May 06, 2012:
Grew up in the late 60's & 70's. The best time of my life. Banana seat bike, playing outside till dark, hide & seek, red rover, red light green light. No such thing as staying inside playing video games (what was that anyway), or watching t.v. I remember my mom & grandma shuing us out of the house to go play. Loved this time, 70's music was & is the best. Lots of wonderful memories. Thank you for this lenses. I love it
enjoyecigs on April 27, 2012:
great lens! i love everything retro - wish i grew up in this decade!
Laura Brown from Ontario, Canada on April 18, 2012:
I was a kid in the 70's. The stuff I remember are the kid TV shows and games, etc. I don't remember cars at all, except for our station wagon which we called Tom Terrific.
Obscure_Treasures on January 05, 2012:
grnidlady on December 14, 2011:
Thanks for bringing back lots of memories!
anonymous on November 23, 2011:
i was born in 99 sounds fun though
uktvbrackets lm on November 23, 2011:
some nice memories
ScareYouDiva on October 03, 2011:
Wow - brings back a lot of memories.
JoolsObsidian LM on September 03, 2011:
Platform shoes, glam rock then spiky hair and punk rock!!! Great lens, really enjoyed it.
raegal75 on August 16, 2011:
Great collection of the 70s! Angel Blessed
Renaissance Woman from Colorado on August 14, 2011:
A very important time of my life. Graduated high school and college. Traveled to Greece as an international exchange student. Fell in love. Fell in love again. :-) Thank you for a wonderful trip down memory lane.
anonymous on June 24, 2011:
1970s: graduated high school, college, and Masters. Got married. Had first child.
Thanks for the memories.
writerkath on April 13, 2011:
@DaddyGee: My husband & I agree with you 100% DaddyGee! Nothing has come even remotely close to the classic rock from the 70s. Pity...
writerkath on April 13, 2011:
I was a teenager in the 70s, so a lot of this brought back memories! Especially the fads and the music. :) Kath
DaddyGee on April 06, 2011:
Very cool lens. That is when I grew up. I still think that rock from that era was the best.
textbookmommy on March 12, 2011:
I really enjoyed this lens. Good job!
Tyla MacAllister on February 05, 2011:
This lens really takes me back to my childhood. I've visited before but I just had to return and give you a SquidAngel blessing for this fun trip back to the 70s.
outsource123 on January 30, 2011:
Great & Useful Information on this lens. Good Job.
johnnyvirgil on January 10, 2011:
Thought you guys might get a kick out of this.
Shelly Sellers from Midwest U.S.A. on October 04, 2010:
Fun, fun, FUN! I watched all the TV shows you mentioned and the MUSIC was simply the best! Great page & thumbs up :)
anonymous on October 28, 2009:
Oh man, what fond memories. I was born in 1972 so much of the early 70's was a blur. But what I do remember. Is listening to the 'read a long" storybook records from Disneyland Records. Also, the mini arcade games. Such as, Pacman and Astroids. We sure have come a loooong way from the Atari games. But back then, they were actually fun and challenging.
anonymous on September 07, 2009:
What a decade to grow up, such a shame I was born in the 80s.
I love the music from the decade as my blog on 70s songs shows.
enslavedbyfaeries on June 23, 2009:
What a fun look back in time! Yep, I was a child of the 70's and enjoyed this trip down memory lane and even learned a few things about the world I grew up in. Brilliant job on this lens!!
Senora M on April 27, 2009:
I was born in 1978. Does that count? 5*s!
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anonymous on April 03, 2009:
This has been a pleasant walk down memory lane. Love the lens and the days gone by! :) - Susie
anonymous on March 11, 2009:
California_Dreamin on February 27, 2009:
Fantastic lens! very nostalgic for me because I grew up in the 70s.
anonymous on February 20, 2009:
Excellent lens, very interesting
Tony Payne from Southampton, UK on February 02, 2009:
The 70's were my university days, so I remember them well and my favourite music is still from those days. 5***** for an excellent lens.
Ayngel Overson from Crestone, Co on January 09, 2009:
Thanks for the smiles! I was still pretty young but a lot of memories here. What I mostly remember about the seventies were a lot of brown and orange. Everyone had macrame, and I loved Lynyrd Skynyrd (still do)
Dianne Loomos on January 03, 2009:
Thanks for the memories!
Steven Cousley from Young, NSW, Australia on November 02, 2008:
I remember those days! I was a teen in the late 70's and I was probably more focussed on what was going on in my my immediate surroundings, and noticing girls of course. I know all those other things did happen though. lol
LaurenKauf on October 27, 2008:
I was a child of the 80's but this lens is GREAT!! Thanks for the insight!!!
julieannbrady on October 20, 2008:
Wow! What a comprehensive lens this is. Quite a resource for all that the 70s were about.
ElizabethJeanAl on October 14, 2008:
Welcome to Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
denilyn on October 08, 2008:
You did such a great job taking us back to the "good old days". I had so much fun reminiscing.
Mihaela Vrban from Croatia on October 07, 2008:
I was born in middle of '70s so these things sound familiar since they were still actual during 80's... You did a great job collecting all the data!
Paula Atwell from Cleveland, OH on October 06, 2008:
Really great lens. This is my era.
Rich from Surrey, United Kingdom on October 03, 2008:
Great lens, great memories! I have lensrolled to my Blockbuster! British Glam Rock of the 70s lens. 5*s
WhiteOak50 on October 01, 2008:
Hi there! I just lensrolled this over to my Wonderful things about 50 Lens! Thanks for sharing!
Robin S from USA on September 21, 2008:
This is fabulous!
Paul from Montreal on September 20, 2008:
Great lens, I added Cowboy Shirts to the fashion plexo :)
EelKat13 on September 17, 2008:
I loved the 70's... I still have my Alvin the Aardvark and my Light Bright. And we had 2 AMC Gremlins and an AMC Hornet
mosdiva on September 14, 2008:
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I graduated high school in 1976. Great lens!
Teddi14 LM on September 13, 2008:
What a fun and interactive site. I think I added something to each part. I was born in 1967 so the 70's were my childhood. Fun walk down memory lane. I have a lens about Timeless Toys Kids Love that feature a lot of 70's toys. I am going to lensroll this site to it. 5 *'s
Paula Atwell from Cleveland, OH on August 25, 2008:
I grew up in the 70's. Great lens!
59rjv on August 24, 2008:
I graduated high school in 1977. We were right in the middle of the whole thing. Nice trip down memory lane. Well done.
Laraine Sims from Lake Country, B.C. on August 21, 2008:
Thanks for dropping in on my lenses. I really enjoyed reading this lens and playing with the many plexos. I enjoyed the fashion selections we had then. *grin* (very colorful and BRIGHT) The cars were more wonderful than now ... it was easier then to know the make and model ... they all look the same to me now. Great job.
davewashere on August 21, 2008:
Fantastic lens. I've made a few myself about 1970s cars. What an interesting time to have been alive.
fefe42 on August 19, 2008:
What a fun lens, I enjoyed learning more about the 70s because I was not really old enough in the 70s to remember it well.
CleanerLife on August 19, 2008:
Great Lens! A fun trip back to my youth!
Evelyn Saenz from Royalton on August 16, 2008:
I made my own bell bottoms with huge mushrooms, paisley and stripes and actually wore them to school!
ElizabethJeanAl on August 15, 2008:
Reading your lens has brought back some wonderful memories. I graduated from high school in 1974 and I was on top of the world. We were the generation that was going to change the world. We may not have changed it, but we left our mark on it.
anonymous on August 15, 2008:
I fondly remember the '70s because I just finished my schooling in 1973 and entered college. Those were the days of my emotions taking precedence over practical sense, falling in love almost with all sweet girls without their knowledge. Bell bottom pants, long hairs; I have also made the most of those fashion statements.
Cheryl Kohan from England on August 14, 2008:
The 70's were good to me so I remember them fondly...in spite of the dreadful hair and fashions! My favorite TV show was The Rockford Files...fabulous lens.
bghouse on August 14, 2008:
Splendid lens! Born 1966, and this was such a trip reading through the list. I was grade school / middle school thru the 70's. I still remember going to a dance wearing bell-bottoms and those choker necklaces that had the ceramic painted figures like butterflies. What a funny old time.
Steve-SEO-UK on August 13, 2008:
Born 1951 - hit right on this era as a young man. One of the best decades for me. Hey Fonzi!
Great lens - thanks for the memories.
anonymous on August 10, 2008:
The 70s were a great decade for art, movies, music, and literature. We probably will never see its equal. 5*
poutine on August 10, 2008:
I was a young woman in the 70's. I must say that I preferred the 60's.
tdove on August 06, 2008:
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I grew up in the 70's and this lens is right on and groovy man!
Deb Bryan from Chico California on August 02, 2008:
Great Lens! :D I've been thinking about this time in my life a bunch this week. The Virtual Rock Concert charity project and other things, and now this beautiful tribute to the 70's. 5*fAV and 'Thank You'!
Tarra99 on August 01, 2008:
I'm a 1970 baby myself! :o) great lens!
Yvonne L B from Covington, LA on July 31, 2008:
Loved the lens. The 70's were my college years - Peace, Love and Rock and Roll! Now I'm going to get my best of the 70's cd out and chill. Later.
rockycha on July 29, 2008:
outstanding lens! Big fat High Fives! woot!
beeobrien lm on July 25, 2008:
Do I miss those plaid bell-bottoms? What were we thinking?! Wonderful lens.
The Homeopath on July 23, 2008:
First grade school picture - ORANGE POLYESTER LEISURE SUIT.
I feel old now.
Nancy Tate Hellams from Pendleton, SC on July 22, 2008:
I was teaching school and well remember those Klackers..they were such a nuisance. Great lens and a lot of work.
Joan4 on July 22, 2008:
Fabulous lens! What fun memories! You covered everything! We were young parents then. Wow! Seems like yesterday! Thank you for a great trip down memory lane!
rebeccahiatt on July 21, 2008:
This is the greatest lens ever. I had a blast reading and remembering! Thanks
clouda9 lm on July 21, 2008:
I am loving this lens! I had that same banana seat bike, remember many days riding around with the wind in my hair and not a worry in the world. Thanks for the memories!
WhippetTalk on July 21, 2008:
Wow! What an awesome lens. It's groovy man. I was born in 1969, so I remember a lot about the 70's. My favorite decade so far. And since my Mother is Vietnamese, it was a very intense decade for our family (Vietnam war). I have very vivid memories of that time. Thanks for a Super Duper Lens! 5*s
Debbie from England on July 21, 2008:
This was my favourite decade...so far! I live my tennage years through the 70's & have many, many, happy memories. Great lens 5* :)
ArtSiren LM on July 21, 2008:
Another great lens! 5*. One of my 70's favorites was Starsky & Hutch. I loved that show, and the car - Ford Torino(?) Didn't reckon much to the fashion though, LOL! | <urn:uuid:12af3f9e-52a5-47b3-9b82-f993de8bde92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://discover.hubpages.com/education/1970s-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.976441 | 8,066 | 1.875 | 2 |
The books listed below are easily found in any decent engineering library, although
many are out of print. When more than one edition of a book was available, only the
most recent one was reported.
Bairstow L. Applied Aerodynamics, Longman and Greens Co., London 1920.
Review: This book belongs to the history of aerodynamics, as it was
written shortly after WWI. There is a number of unique problems and data,
particularly on monoplanes, biplanes and triplanes, besides a large number
of design considerations and experimental data. The book is thick and includes
Ferri A, Elements of Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flows,
The MacMillan Co., New York, 1949.
Review: Classic book on fundamentals from pioneer of supersonic flow.
This is an old edition of a book on high speed aerodynamics;
it contains scientific formulation of many problems (shock waves, small
disturbance theory, lift and induced drag.)
Hilton WF. High-Speed Aerodynamics, Longman Green and Co., London, 1952.
Review: Outdated technical book, written too early in the high-speed age.
There is much physical insight with little math.
Good chapter on high speed wind tunnels.
Shapiro AH. The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow,
Pergamon Press, New York, 1953 (2 volumes).
Review: MUST HAVE. These books discuss the fundamentals of aero-thermodynamics.
Particularly indicated for transonic and supersonic one-dimensional flows (nozzles and
such). They have some old-style graphic analysis (ex. hodograph method).
The references reported may no longer apply. A landmark work.
Kuchemann D, Weber J. Aerodynamics of Propulsion, McGraw Hill, 1953.
Review: The book deals with the fundamental equations of propulsion (momentum,
energy, mass), and treats one- and two-dimensional problems of propellers, ram-jets,
turbojets. There is a discussion of air intakes, cooling, jet problems and
aerodynamic propulsion in nature (somewhat surpassed now).
Many Authors, Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics, Emmons E.W. (editor), Princeton Series on
High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion, Vol. III, Princeton Univ. Press, 1957.
Review: One volume of encyclopedic series written by technical authorities
in the mid 1950s. Although this may sound old, the series is very good, reporting
the scientific bases of a broad class of aerodynamic problems (nozzles, diffusers,
detonations, flames, shock waves, molecular and slip flows).
Prandtl L. Foundamentals of Hydro and Aeromechanics ,
Dover Publ., Inc. New York, 1957
Review: Based on Prantl’s lectures at Gottingen. Basics, easy to read
Prandtl L. Applied Hydro and Aeromechanics ,
Dover Publ., Inc. New York, 1957.
Review: Based on Prandtl’s lectures at Gottingen. Experimental topics
(including basic wind tunnel testing and instrumentation);
Companion book to the above.
Dommasch DO, Sherby SS, Connolly TF. Airplane Aerodynamics, Pitman and
Sons, London, 1957 (3rd edition).
Review: This is an introductory book limited to aircraft problems:
wing theory, aerodynamic drag, propulsion systems, propellers, and basic
performances (longitudinal and lateral stability). Can go without it.
Abbott IH, Von Doenhoff A. Theory of Wing Sections,
Dover Publ. Inc., New York, 1959.
Review: It has been a reference for airfoil data for over 40 years.
You can find a lot of more recent publications, but this book set
a standard. Besides airfoils data in a range of Reynolds and Mach numbers,
there is some related aerodynamic theory (airfoils definitions,
boundary layers, compressibility effects).
Durand FW (editor). Aerodynamic Theory,
Peter Smith Publ., 1967.
Review: MUST HAVE. Fundamentals on general aerodynamic theory written by
the most important names prior to WW2. This is a 6 volumes collection, an
encyclopedic treatment of aerodynamics. Among the topics difficult to
find in other books, there is some dirigibles aerodynamics (by M. Munk).
Thwaites B (editor). Incompressible Aerodynamics,
Dover Publ. 1987.
Review: airfoils, wings, bodies. Compiled with works from several authors.
Lachmann GV (editor), Boundary Layer and Flow Control,
Pergamon Press, New York, 1961.
Review: Edition of state-of-the-art boundary layer technology in the
1960s, still source of valuable information. Particularly indicated for
high lift systems.
Ashley H, Landahl M. Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies,
Addison-Wesley Publ. Company, Reading, Mass. 1965.
Review: MUST HAVE. Aerodynamic theory with an elegance seldom found anywhere
else. In its unusual layout it contains an interesting treatment of interference and
drag at supersonic speeds. This book sets a standard.
Hoerner SF. Fluid Dynamic Drag,
Hoerner Fluid Dynamics, 1965.
Review: MUST HAVE, though difficult to find. Although now a bit outdated,
it is still a source of valuable information, and includes drag coefficients
on almost anything that moves through air or water. Need a CD ? – Ask Hoerner.
A lifetime achievement.
Hoerner SF. Fluid Dynamic Lift,
Hoerner Fluid Dynamics, 1965.
Review: as above, although the drag listings tend to be more interesting.
Chang PK. Separation of Flow, Pergamon Press, 1966.
Review: This is a thick book of encyclopedic detail about
flow separation in two dimensions, three dimensions and on bodies of
laminar and turbulent. In includes unsteady and compressible flows,
wake flows, thermal effects and base pressure control (splitter plates,
slats, vortex generators, etc.)
Milne-Thompson LM. Theoretical Aerodynamics,
MacMillan Co., London, 1966.
Review: Theoretical aerodynamics, clear and concise, recommended
to beginners. Others please take note of a few interesting problems
seldom found anywhere: multi-body interference, and small aspect-ratio
wings (chapter 12).
Karamcheti K. Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics,
Krieger Publishing Co., Florida, 1966.
Schlichting H. Boundary Layer Theory,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.
Review: MUST HAVE. The boundary layer book par excellence. Although
much progress has been made since it appeared in its last editions,
it is one of the most quoted books in aerodynamics, fluid dynamics and
White FM. Viscous Fluid Flow ,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974.
Review: MUST HAVE. Medium to advanced boundary layer theory in a wide range
of speeds. The book formulates the equations for compressible and incompressible
flows and treats laminar thermal layers. It contains some newer topics not
covered by Schliching’s book, and it has a comprehensive bibliography up to 1971.
Berger SA. Laminar Wakes, American Elsevier Publ., New York, 1971.
Review: Extensive theoretical analysis of wakes at all speeds;
flat plates, slender cylinders, free shear layers, axi-symmetric wakes, near
and far wake problems, laminar mixing, etc. This is more like a fluid mechanics
Thompson PA. Compressible Fluid Dynamics, McGraw Hill, 1972.
Review: The book derives the fundamental equations for physical acoustics,
one-dimensional unsteady compressible flow, shock waves and related discontinuities
and weak shock conditions. There are also a few notions of explosions and detonations.
Ashley H. Engineering Analysis of Flight Vehicles, Addison-Wesley, 1974.
Review: I like particularly the chapter on “Morphology of Flight Vehicles”,
but the rest (dynamic performance and atmospheric entry) is also very good.
Clancy JC. Aerodynamics, John Wiley, New York, 1975.
Review: This book introduces the reader to the basics of aerodynamics
and leads him to more technical issues, including experimental methods and
aircraft performances. it is quite extensive, and I like particularly the
chapter on high speed airfoils, where several physical and theoretical
aspects are treated. Recommended reading.
von Karman T. Collected Works, Von Karman Institute, Rhode St. Genese,
1975 (limited edition book)
Review: Here is the opportunity to read in just one book some of
the most important contributions to aerodynamics, from high-speed flows,
to magnetohydrodynamics and combustion. Also included some political
papers on education and aeronautic technology. The first 2 volumes
contain many papers in German.
Courant R, Friedrichs KO. Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves,
Applied Math. Sciences, Vol 21, Springer-Verlag, Berlin New-York, 1976.
Review: Applied mathematics, theoretical book with detailed
treatment of supersonic flow and detonations.
Schlichting H, Truckenbrodt E. Aerodynamics of the Airplane,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1979.
Review: MUST HAVE. Very well organized, with clear charts,
figures and drawings, as in the German engineering
tradition. The book is placed between a text of aerodynamics and one
of aerodynamic design of the airplane. It includes chapters on wings,
fuselage and tail.
Stepniewski WZ, Keys CN. Rotary-Wing Aerodynamics,
Dover Publ, Inc., New York, 1984.
Review: MUST HAVE. Two volume bound into one, providing both
aerodynamic theory and design test cases. I just don’t like the
primitive fonts on which the book is printed (this is particularly true
for the mathematics).
Pope, A, Rae WH. Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing,
John Wiley, New York, 1984.
Review: MUST HAVE. A classic of low speed wind tunnel techniques.
It describes the basics of wind tunnel design, calibration, wall corrections,
and forces/moments measurements.
Anderson JD Jr.Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1984.
Review: This is an excellent introductory book with some historical
notes here and there. With the appropriate mathematical tools the author
provides a discussion of the fundamentals of compressible and incompressible
flows, linearized supersonic theory, and some elements of hypersonic flow.
There are useful sections on nozzles and diffusers.
Anderson JD Jr.Modern Compressible Flow (with Historical Perspective),
Review: I tend to like historical perspectives, they give you a sense
of direction. So does this book, where the reader can see the emergence
of high speed problems. There is a fine discussion of transonics, hypersonics
(though short) and high temperature gases.
Anderson JD Jr.Introduction to Flight, McGraw-Hill, 1985.
Review: Another of Prof Anderson’s book full of historical notes.
The 1st chapter is all history, but there is more on wind tunnels, propulsion,
etc. This work also contains a chapter on orbital flight (astronautics),
besides the basic aerodynamics and flight dynamics. A good compendium for
the undergraduate student.
Jones RT. Wing Theory,
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ. 1990.
Review: Theoretical, as the title implies. Comprehensive,
from the wing’s point of view.
I like particularly the chapter on “The Minimum Drag of Thin Wings”
(chapter 9). RT Jones was a recognized authority in this field.
Henne PA (editor). Applied Computational Aerodynamics,
Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Volume 125, AIAA, Washington D.C.,
Review: MUST HAVE. Reference book on CFD applied to aerospace problems
of various complexity, from airfoils to fighter aircraft in full configuration.
There is an extensive treatment of airfoil design.
A few chapters at the beginning of the book are mostly theoretical (panel methods,
Euler and Navier-Stokes eqs) and include valuable references.
Katz J, Plotkin J. Low Speed Aerodynamics,
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1991.
Review: MUST HAVE. It takes you from the basics all the way to
3-D panel methods, and it shows how to do it. Particularly interesting is
the treatment of unsteady flows (fixed wings and rotating blades).
This is so far the ultimate guide to numerical panel methods and
unsteady vortex lattice methods. Short appendix with sample programs (some
of them don’t work).
Houghton EL, Carpenter PW. Aerodynamics for Engineers,
Edward Arnold, London, 1993 (4th edition).
Review: not an original book.
McCormick BW. Aerodynamics, Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics,
John Wiley, New York, 1994.
Review: Book on applied aerodynamics and a number of other aeronautic
problems, including propulsion systems. Particularly indicated for the
study of high lift systems.
Green, Sheldon I (editor). Fluid Vortices, Kluwer Academic Press, 1995.
Review: This is a compendium about vortices in fluid dynamics and
aerodynamics, and includes mixing layers, jets, vortex rings, vortex dynamics
in the wake of a cylinder, vortex stability and breakdown, wing tip vortices,
effects of compressibility. It is a useful reference for learning the physical
and analytical fundamentals.
Smetana FO. Introductory Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics of Wings and
Bodies, AIAA Educational Series, 1997.
Review: This text is almost entirely software-based, and represents
a modern approach to aerodynamics, although it lacks some theoretical
insight. It is good for hands-on work and exercise.
Kuethe AM, Chow CY. Foundations of Aerodynamics,
John Wiley, New York, 1997 (fifth edition)
Review: MUST HAVE. Revised edition of a successful book, and is
now very comprehensive.
It contains a chapter on panel methods. The book is slightly oriented toward
aircraft performances. It is easier to read and study than similar texts.
Zdravkovich, MM. Flow Around Circular Cylinders, Vol. 1.
Oxford Science Publ, 1997. Review: Everything you needed to know about cylinder flows. The book
is a Comprehensive guide though fluid phenomena, experiments, applications,
mathematical models, computer simulation (in the words of the author).
This edition runs to over 660 pages, including an extensive bibliography.
It includes flows at all speeds, heat transfer, transition and turbulence.
Bertin JJ, Smith LJ. Aerodynamics for Engineers,
Prentice Hall International, 3rd edition, 1998.
Review: Look it up for some useful data and a modern practical
view of aerodynamics. The books leans toward aircraft performances
and contains an interesting list of references for the latter case.
The other topics are typical of other aerodynamics books.
Khoury GA, Gillett JD (editors). Airship Technology, Cambridge
Aerospace Series 10, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999.
Review: Up-to-date technology written by industry and university
specialists, good replacement of some books of the early days (1920s and 30s).
It includes: basic aerodynamic principles, stability and control, propulsion,
aerostatics, performances and a lot more. Excellent book.
Rom, J. High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics, Springer-Verlag, 1993.
Review:It deals with subsonic, transonic and supersonic
flows. The book has a chapter on vortical flows and its
features, linear and non linear aerodynamics models, CFD
computations of full aircraft, and detailed bibliography.
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Being an important and official airport of Quang Binh province, 6km north of Dong Hoi city, Dong Hoi Airport is considered as an indispensable part for tourism activities of Quang Binh province. In addition, this is also an important strategic airport in the province’s military operations.
After 4 years of construction and development, Dong Hoi Airport has become a turning point in the development of the province's transportation network, contributing to the development of economy and tourism. It has become a bridge between Quang Binh and other provinces in the country.
- International name: Dong Hoi Airport (DHA)
- Address: Loc Ninh commune – Dong Hoi city – Quang Binh province
- Tel: 0523.810.878 or 0523.810899
- Fax: 0523.810.878
- Website: http://donghoiairport.com.vn/
- SITA: VDB
- IATA code: VDH
- Terminal passenger: 4282 m2, the clearance capacity of 500.000 passengers/year
- Airport level: 4C
- Runway: the length of 2400m, the width of 45m
- Airport apron: 2 parking spaces
- Aircrafts: A320, A321 and equivalent
|China Eastern Airlines -> 562 USD||Lanmei Airlines -> 290 USD||Air Canada -> 835 USD||Asiana Airlines -> 620 USD|
|China Southern Airlines -> 503 USD||Korean Air <-> 1,002 USD||Delta Airlines <-> 5,633 USD||Garuda Indonesia -> 1,089 USD|
|Flydubai <-> 1,417 USD||Royal Jordanian <-> 4,968 USD||Brussels Airlines <-> 7,556 USD||Turkish Airlines -> 500 USD|
|Singapore Airlines -> 2,812 USD||Qantas Airways -> 3,566 USD||Swiss International Airlines -> 6,113 USD||Thai Airways -> 265 USD|
|Philippine Airlines -> 326 USD||Malaysia Airline -> 293 USD||Scandinavian -> 1,785 USD||Finnair <-> 13,333 USD|
|Quang Binh -> Ho Chi Minh City 25 USD||Quang Binh -> Hanoi 34 USD||Ho Chi Minh City -> Quang Binh 29 USD||Hanoi -> Quang Binh 34 USD||Quang Binh -> Bali Denpasar 143 USD||Quang Binh <-> Zanzibar 1,788 USD|
|Quang Binh -> Koh Samui 472 USD||Quang Binh -> Mauritius 1,224 USD|
|Quang Binh -> Brussels 844 USD||Quang Binh -> Sihanoukville 208 USD|
|Quang Binh <-> Nagoya 485 USD||Quang Binh <-> Surabaya 644 USD|
|Quang Binh <-> Khon Kaen 519 USD||Quang Binh -> Guangzhou 198 USD|
|Quang Binh -> Luang Prabang 142 USD||Quang Binh -> Taipei 353 USD||Quang Binh -> Jaipur 822 USD||Quang Binh <-> Ekaterinburg 2,630 USD||Quang Binh -> Chiang Mai 245 USD||Quang Binh <-> Sabiha Gokcen 1,306 USD|
Currently, Dong Hoi airport in Quang Binh offers services and utilities to bring a most convenient trip for passengers.
- Aviation technical services
- Passenger terminal services
- Aviation security services
- Airport services
- Catering services
- Repair and maintenance of aviation equipment
- Flight insurance (including air traffic, information, navigation, surveillance, aeronautical information services, aeronautical meteorological services, and rescue services)
Passengers have a lot of options to move to Dong Hoi Airport, or from Dong Hoi Airport to other locations in Quang Binh Province, but the two most popular means are taxis and buses:
-Taxi: The price is 100.000 VND/way. The popular taxi firms include Mai Linh Taxi: (052) 3 85.85.85, Đong Hoi Taxi: (052) 3 841.841, Xuyen Viet Taxi: (052) 3 84.84.84, Quang Binh Taxi: (052) 3 82.82.82, Hai Binh Taxi: (052) 3 67.67.67.
-Buses: there are 2 main routes:
+ Bus B1 (Dong Hoi – Ba Don and vice versa): the operation time: 5.30-17.30 everyday, 30 minutes per trip, total turns: 39 times, fares (in km): 8.000 VND (0-15km), 18.000 VND (25-35km), 25.000 VND (throughout the route over 35km).
+ Bus B4 (Dong Hoi – Phong Nha and vice versa): The operation time: 5.30- 17.30 everyday, 45 minutes/trip, total turns: 14-16 times/day, fare (in km): 10.000 VND (0-10 Km), 15.000 VND (15-20 km)…
AloTrip is widely known as the reliable booking ticket website. Tourists can get more information about airfare and schedule of fight from/to Dong Hoi airport on the website of AloTrip. AloTrip will provide useful information about local and international attractions, as well as the opportunity to own cheap tickets for the ideal trips. | <urn:uuid:30633ebb-62b1-4102-a55c-d194c1ebb20e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.alotrip.com/flight/airport/dong-hoi-airport--quang-binh | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.732233 | 1,201 | 1.75 | 2 |
After you have been referred for consideration for resettlement in the United States, you will be contacted to attend a prescreening interview by a Resettlement Support Center, or RSC, nearest you. The United States Government funds non-governmental organizations to operate the RSCs. Learn more about the Prescreening Interview below.
You may download this page as a PDF, watch, or listen to this information in a podcast. Downloadable PDFs, podcasts, and videos provide the same information as the webpage in different formats.
An RSC caseworker will look at your identifying documents and create a case file for you (and your family, if you are applying together). He or she will ask you important questions about how and why you fled your country of origin, and will compile the biographic information needed for initial security checks. He or she will also ask you to provide biographic information about many of your relatives, even if they are not with you. An RSC staff person will also take your photograph during this visit.
After your prescreening interview, your information will be sent to other U.S. Government agencies for security checks. These agencies investigate the information you have provided to make sure that it is true and accurate. Sometimes, security clearance can take many months to complete and, in some cases, may not be granted by the U.S. Government.
The RSC caseworker is responsible for collecting information concerning your application for resettlement to the United States as a refugee. During your prescreening interview, the caseworker will record your story about the reasons why you left your country and why you feel you cannot return to your country now.
If the caseworker does not speak your language, an interpreter will be provided by the RSC. RSC interpreters are highly trained and professional. The interpreter’s responsibility is to help you and your caseworker communicate. The interpreter will not add to or leave out any part of your story. They will interpret everything you and the caseworker say and change nothing in the meaning of your words. If you have concerns about the interpretation, please communicate this. At any time during this interview you may ask any questions or request that the caseworker repeat or rephrase a question if you do not understand or if something is unclear. You may also talk to an RSC staff if you do not feel comfortable or do not feel like you can communicate well with your interpreter.
It is your obligation to be honest. You must always be accurate and truthful in every detail. Never make up answers. If you do not know the answer to a question, you should state that you do not know. Your answers should be as specific, accurate, and complete as possible. The caseworker will record your account of your claim for refugee status, especially the reasons that led you to leave your country and make you unwilling to return. This information will be maintained in your file which will be submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS.
Confidentiality: All of your discussions with the RSC caseworker are confidential and for the purposes of consideration for resettlement to the United States. Interpreters have taken an oath to protect the information discussed during your interview. RSC caseworkers and interpreters do not have any influence over the outcome of your case. Only USCIS can decide if you are eligible for resettlement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Come to your prescreening interview with whatever identifying documentation you have for yourself and all family members on your case. As a refugee, many of your personal documents may have been lost or destroyed, and that is understandable. Your caseworker will let you know if more documentation is necessary. You should bring the originals of any documents you have; if you do not have the originals, bring copies.
Below is a list of documents that may be useful at your prescreening interview. If you have them, you should bring the originals or copies with you to the appointment:
- UNHCR refugee certificates / UNHCR refugee ID cards / UNHCR registration documents
- Passports or travel documents (including expired travel documents)
- National identification cards
- Citizenship certificates
- Temporary identification cards for foreigners
- Birth certificates
- Marriage licenses
- Divorce documents
- Custody documents
- Adoption documents
- Death certificates, if relevant to the persecution claim
- Religious documents (baptism, marriage, temporary marriage certificate, death)
- Employment documents, if relevant to your refugee claim
- Educational documents/diplomas
- Important medical documents (findings and prescriptions)
- Medical form with a due date in case of pregnancy
- Threat letters
- Police/military summoning letters
- Court documents for any crimes you have been charged with or convicted of, anywhere in the world
- Media publications regarding your case (newspaper articles, relevant e-mails)
- Military papers and other documents such as identification cards, certificates, military discharge, or permit to carry weapons
- Red Cross certificate (in case of being registered as a prisoner of war)
- Recommendation letters, if relevant to your claim
- Names, addresses, and phone numbers of U.S. ties (friends and relatives already living in the United States)
When you arrive at the RSC or interview location, you will go through a security screening (metal detector) and you will be required to leave all electronics, including mobile phones, in a secure location for the duration of your time at the RSC.
You may have a long wait at the RSC or interview location before your interview. RSC staff will make this time as comfortable for you as possible, but your patience will be appreciated. If you have questions or concerns while you are waiting, please address them to RSC staff or security officers in the waiting area.
Your children may not be left unattended at any time. Please bring snacks for your children, diapers (if needed), and toys or other activities to keep them occupied.
On the day of your pre-screening interview, an RSC staff member will take your photo, height and weight. A USCIS officer will take fingerprints of every applicant age 14 and older. This may happen on the day of your prescreening interview or on the day of your USCIS interview.
You will be escorted from the waiting area to your interview by an interpreter or RSC staff member. Note that interpreters have been instructed not to speak with you about your case. Please direct all your case inquiries to your caseworker. All RSC caseworkers wear an RSC identity badge so that you can easily identify them.
You will be interviewed by one of the RSC’s trained and qualified caseworkers. The RSC caseworker is required to ask you many questions. Your answers are presented to USCIS for their evaluation of your eligibility for resettlement to the U.S. We understand that some of these questions may be difficult for you to answer. We appreciate your patience with this process.
Once you have completed your interview and have been released by your caseworker, you are free to leave the RSC or interview location.
Please anticipate many months between your prescreening interview with your RSC caseworker and your USCIS interview. Your application will not be forgotten or lost.
When it is time for your USCIS interview, the RSC will notify you. In the meantime, it is very important you keep in touch with the RSC regarding any changes to your case such as the birth of a child, death of a family member, marriage of a family member, or changes in your location or contact information.
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While the more than 5-meter-long (16.4 ft) Greenland shark is one of the world's largest sharks, it is also one of the least understood animals on our planet. The Greenland shark's general biology and way of life have been a mystery to biologists for many years. However, marine biologists at the University of Copenhagen have now employed previously used carbon-dating methods, combined in a new way, to resolve one of the greatest of the mysteries surrounding this enigmatic shark, and they have come to an amazing conclusion: with a life expectancy of at least 272 years, the Greenland shark has the longest life expectancy of all vertebrate animals known to science. More than 50 years ago, Danish fishery biologist Paul Marinus Hansen reported that Greenland sharks only grow a few centimeters over several years. Since then, researchers around the world could only speculate upon the lifespan of Greenland sharks. The question remained unanswered because the age of Greenland sharks cannot be determined using the traditional methods to determine the age of fish. An international team of researchers, led by marine biologists at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Biology, has revealed one of the enigmatic shark's many secrets. Their dramatic results have just been published in the August 12, 2016 issue of Science and serve as the cover story for that issue of Science. The article is titled “Eye Lens Radiocarbon Reveals Centuries of Longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). ” The sharks' eyes have hidden the main clue to their life expectancy all along. The article's lead author is Ph.D. student Julius Nielsen of the University of Copenhagen's Department of Biology.
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AIAG Taking Effective Corrective Action: Using the 8D Approach
This two-day Workshop presents the 8-D model as an efficient and effective methodology for determining, planning, verifying, and documenting corrective actions. You will be introduced to planning for improvement using easily understood and implemented tools that will result in positive, innovative, and effective actions.
The tools include the questioning technique that establishes a method by which various teams with diverse backgrounds can determine which planning steps are necessary and will result in positive actions. The 8-D approach assists teams in ensuring that all necessary steps are addressed and that an efficient and consistent communication of the results of the team activity is made.
Equipment Needed (Live Virtual only):
- Desktop or laptop computer
- A broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE) internet connection.
- Speakers and a microphone that are either built-in, USB plug-in, or wireless Bluetooth.
- A built-in or a USB plug-in webcam or HD webcam.
Live Virtual only: A second monitor is highly recommended for optimal learning environment.
- Define the 8-D Approach
- Organize an 8-D Team for the 8-D
- Evaluate the differences between good and bad corrective actions
- Develop Fishbone / Cause and Effect diagrams
- Conduct an analysis using 5-WHY
- Identify Corrective Action
- Demonstrate the ability to apply questioning technique skills
- Develop and congratulate the teams
- Identify specific performance and abilities
Who Should Attend
Internal auditors, managers and floor supervisors, quality related personnel, and anyone who wants to incorporate the use of the 8-D process into their corrective action and continual improvement programs.
- Corrective Action
- The Questioning Technique
- The 8-D Approach – A General Description
- Practical Exercises
- The 8-D Approach – Specific Performance
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UNLESS YOU BELIEVE
"Unless you believe, wrote St. Augustine,
"you will not understand."
Down through the centuries, mankind
usually been confused regarding the
area of logical and rational reasoning.
The more educated we have become
the easier it has become to say, "Once
I understand a principle, then I will
Unfortunately, in the spiritual realm, belief
and faith almost always precedes understanding,
making it very difficult to persuade or demonstrate
to another that the spiritual tenants we call truths
actually have validity.
And, the comforts of home and travel we now take
for granted, were simply beliefs in some inventors
head before they became actual realities
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MUSLIM WOMEN BREAKING DOWN STEREOTYPES
Author and activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied introduces us to the world of hijabi fashionistas.
For years, girls who wore the headscarf were ignored by the fashion industry. Now, they’re finally being noticed. This series examines how the global fashion industry is responding to this burgeoning market, and meets with young Australian Muslim women who are breaking stereotypes and expressing themselves with style. Includes tips on how to tie the headscarf as ‘the side turban’, ‘the unicorn’, ‘the wrap and bow’, ‘the turban’ and ‘the double halo’. Hijabistas! With Yassmin Abdel-Magied reveals a new breed of hijabi fashionistas who aren’t afraid to challenge tradition.
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Last Tuesday a 15-year-old sophomore boy emerged from a school restroom at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan with a handgun and started firing. Five minutes and at least thirty shots later, four students lay dying and seven more suffered gunshot wounds, two of whom are in critical condition fighting for their lives. The shooter surrendered peacefully when police officers stationed at the school arrived at the scene and confronted him.
The dead have been identified as: 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin, 17-year-old Justin Shilling, and 16-year-old Tate Myre.
Out of this senseless tragedy, however, a story has emerged of the heroism of one of the victims, 16-year-old Myre, who died trying to disarm the shooter.
According to multiple witnesses, Myre ran toward the gunman when the gunfire started, and was reportedly hit several times. He later died en route to the hospital. His selfless bravery that put him in the line of fire undoubtedly saved more of his classmates from falling victim to the shooter.
Myre, a six-foot, 195-pound linebacker and co-captain of his school’s football team and a member of the wrestling team, was also a star student, carrying a 3.9 grade point average. He was even being recruited by the University of Toledo and had visited the campus only a few days before his death.
One person who wasn’t surprised by the young man’s heroism was his father, Buck Myre. Even as he was joining other parents on Tuesday at the staging area for survivors in an unsuccessful effort to locate his son, he turned to a family friend and said, “You know who would go take that guy out, right?”
As the Michigan town mourns its dead, a change.org petition asking to rename the Oxford football stadium in honor of Tate Myre has already received over 130,000 signatures in the two days since his death.
Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13 ESV). Certainly, Tate Myre exemplified this ideal last Tuesday in the midst of inexplicable horror.
At Focus on the Family, our hearts go out to all the victims of this senseless tragedy and their families.
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Adelaide agtech startup MEQ Probe has received $500,000 in funding from industry to run a commercial trial of its technology, which looks to measure the eating quality of meat.
The funding has come from Availer, the agtech betaworks from which the startup was spun out, Meat & Livestock Australia, meat processor Teys Australia, and the Midfield Group.
With MEQ Probe’s technology using nanoscale biophotonics to measure the marbling and tenderness of meat, a trial will run at two sites in southern Australia and feature 2,400 sheep and cattle across different breeds, production systems, and seasons.
Jordy Kitschke, CEO of MEQ Probe, said the technology has the potential to make sure that a cut of meat lives up to a consumer’s expectations every time.
“It’s great to have the backing of not only an industry body, but major players in the beef and sheep game. Having support from industry stakeholders who share our vision and want to move the industry forward is priceless for us, and we’re looking forward to continuing to work with our partners Teys Australia and Midfield Meat International on this project,” he said.
“Our focus is on making sure our technology creates as much value as possible for the red meat industry, whilst making the probe simple to use and easy to adopt.”
The current grading system for Meat Standards Australia (MSA) is based on almost 800,000 consumer taste tests by over 110,000 consumers across 11 countries, with MSA explaining it takes into account “all factors that affect eating quality from the paddock to plate”.
Cattle meeting MSA requirements are graded at MSA-licensed abattoirs, with each carcase graded by an MSA-accredited grader, who assigns an eating quality grade for each individual cut.
John Langbridge, manager of industry and corporate affairs at Teys Australia, said the company is proud to be involved in a project that “has the potential to create value throughout the whole meat industry”.
“This is an exciting project for Teys. At the consumer end of the supply chain, we want to be able to better predict and optimise the consumer experience. At the producer end, we want to be able to provide producers with objective, transparent data so they can continue to produce the best beef possible,” he said.
MEQ Probe is the latest startup out of Availer to announce an industry trial.
Agtech-focused blockchain startup T-Provenance earlier this year received $500,000 in funding through Data61 and the CRCNA, the Cooperative Research Centre for developing Northern Australia, to run a pilot aimed at supporting mango producers.
The startup will work with mango producers Growcom and Manbullo Limited to look at the applications of its technology to ensure food safety, quality, traceability, and authenticity throughout the supply chain.
T-Provenance has developed Internet of Things-enabled sensors and chips to monitor things like temperature as the produce moves through the supply chain.
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|Czech cuisine was influenced by its neighbours, primarily the Germans and the Hungarians. Unlike Mediterranean cuisine with its abundance of fresh vegetables and seafood, traditional Czech cuisine was shaped by long cold winters without fresh produce and so is heavier and more demanding of digestion.
It consists of fresh and smoked meats, flour, potatoes, onions, pickled vegetables, all with a lot of animal fat. However, with fresh vegetables, fish and meat now available throughout the year, the situation is changing and healthier trends are emerging.
In Prague, as well as all over the Czech Republic, fanciful ‘Old Bohemian’ restaurants are being established, serving mainly roasted and grilled meat, soups served in loaves of bread, and similar treats. However, the Czech cuisine still contains a great number of good meals that are derived from the home cooking of our ancestors.
Ingredients of the Czech cuisine
Amongst the most important elements of the Czech cuisine belongs meat: pork, beef, poultry, rabbit and venison. The most common fish is fresh water carp, which is eaten primarily on Christmas Eve. Less common fish include trout, pike, zander and eel. Czech cuisine also utilises vegetables, fruits, beans and pulses, mushrooms, dairy products, grains, baked goods, vegetable and animal fat, spices, herbs and, last but not least, Czech beer.
Czech cuisine also favours various soups, which are usually served as the first course. Popular meals are also various sauces with dumplings, mushroom meals, eggs and also a great variety of baked sweet deserts. Sauce (similar to ‘gravy’ in English) and dumplings are a Czech specialty.
Sauces and dumplings
Sauces are usually made with butter and flour base (roux), cream, and flavouring ingredients, mainly vegetables. A wide variety of sauces is served with meat and dumplings – such as dill sauce (made with fresh dill), horseradish sauce, capsicum or green pepper sauce, tomato sauce, or even pickled gherkin sauce with beef; anchovy sauce with pork; or marjoram sauce with mutton. The Hungarian influence brought us the cream and sweet paprika sauces with chicken or veal.
There are many kinds of dumplings such as bread dumplings (with white or rye bread), potato dumplings, ‘hairy’ dumplings, so called because of their fuzzy surface, or dumplings filled with meat or fruits.
Local delicacies include open sandwiches, various salads, ripening cheese or Prague ham. Spices used in Czech cooking include primarily pepper, caraway, sweet paprika, allspice and nutmeg. Popular herbs include marjoram, bay leaf, lovage, sweet balm, savoury, sage, dill and garlic. Use of vegetables in Czech cuisine is closely linked to seasons. Traditionally, they were often preserved and pickled, to last through winter. Vegetables served with meals used to be mainly cooked. Nowadays, salads from fresh seasonal vegetables have become more popular. The most commonly used vegetables include potatos, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, spinach, parsley, celeriac, carrot and radish. Of fruits, Czech cuisine utilises apples, plums, pears, berries, currants and apricots.
Beer is the most popular beverage in the Czech Republic. Its production is characterised by top quality and a tradition going back centuries. Small as well as large breweries are to be found throughout the country. They produce the unique Czech lager (bottom-fermented beer). The most famous brands of Czech beer are Pilsner Urquell (the original Pils) and Budvar (the original Budweiser). Beer is usually drunk with small bites of meat or cheese. Beer is consumed mainly in special beer halls or pubs, which usually have only a limited choice of meals.
Typical Czech specialties
Snacks, starters and soups
Delicious cold snacks accompanying beer in pubs include: Pickled Hermelín (a ripening cheese of Camembert type); Utopence /ooh-toh-pen-tse/ (pickled sausages); Matesy /mah-teh-si/ (maatjes herrings) and Zavináče /zah-vee-nah-che/ (rollmops) – pickled/marinated fish; Pivní sýr (Beer-cheese spread) (strong cheese mixed with beer); and Tlačenka /tlah-chen-kah/(presswurst or brawn) – pieces of pork in jelly served with finely chopped onion, vinegar and pepper.
Various hot snacks, made of pork, are eaten anytime during the day or night with bread or bread rolls and mustard or horseradish. Among these are Jitrnice /yee-ter-nee-tse/ (sausages made of liver and peeled barley, similar to white pudding); Jelita /yeh-lee-tah/ (sausages made of hash, blood and peeled barley similar to black pudding); Klobásy (thick smoked pork sausages); Párky (smoked continental frankfurters) and Zabíjačková polévka, a traditional butcher’s soup.
Tripe soup (Dršťková polévka) – thick soup made of strong beef stock with pre-cooked tripe, root vegetables, marjoram, paprika and garlic.
Noodle soup with liver dumplings (Polévka s nudlemi a játrovými knedlíčky) – beef broth with vegetables, noodles and dumplings made of ground liver. It is one of the most common soups, traditionally served as the first course at celebrations such as weddings.
Cabbage soup (Zelňačka) – thick soup made of pickled cabbage, potatoes and smoked meat. Smoked meat is sometimes replaced by a traditional sausage.
Kulajda /khoo-lai-dah/ – thick soup made of mushrooms, dill, potatoes and sour cream.
Sirloin in cream sauce (Svíčková na smetaně) – one of the most popular Czech meals, roasted larded beef sirloin in a sauce of cream and root vegetables, served with dumplings.
Roast pork with cabbage and dumplings (Vepřo-knedlo-zelo) – Czech national meal. Roasted pork belly, shoulder or leg, served with stewed pickled red or white cabbage (sauerkraut), or fresh green cabbage in the warm part of the year, and dumplings.
Schnitzel (Smažený řízek) – thin steak of pork, veal or chicken coated in flour, egg and bread crumbs, fried and served with boiled potatoes or potato salad.
Goulash – a rich stew of Hungarian origin which has found its second home in the Czech Republic, and now belongs to the most popular meals in all restaurants and beer pubs. It is made of meat, mostly beef, stewed with vegetables and hot red paprika. It is usually served with bread or dumplings.
Roasted duck or goose – an extremely popular Czech specialty, seasoned with caraway seeds and served with stewed pickled cabbage and dumplings. The meat is sometimes basted with honey.
Lamb rump with spinach (Jehněčí kýta se špenátem) – rump roasted on garlic and rosemary served with spinach or spinach puree and dumplings.
Grilled pork hock (Grilované koleno) – a German, rather than a typical Czech specialty, but so common in today’s restaurants that it deserves to be mentioned here. It is a marinated pork knee, roasted on a grill, served with bread, mustard and horseradish. Less common is grilled smoked knee.
Mushroom stir fry (Houbová smaženice) – fresh wild mushrooms fried on onions with garlic and eggs. Usually eaten with a toast.
Beef steak tartare – scraped or finely ground raw beef fillet mixed with spices and raw egg served with toasted bread. Originally from France, it may also be served with chips and green salad in the French fashion.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will introduce new measures to ensure that Nigerian banks are not used as conduits for illicit fund flows, especially in foreign currencies.
The CBN’s intentions respond to reports that an estimated US$15.7 billion is illegally filtered out of Nigeria’s financial system.
“The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) notes with concern a recent report by the Global Financial Integrity Group, which ranks Nigeria as one of the 10 largest countries for illicit financial flows in the world,” according to a statement signed by the bank’s director of corporate communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Mu’azu.
Whilst conceding that the CBN does not have an independent confirmation of this assertion, the bank nevertheless appears resolved to tackle the issue.
“In the light of this avoidably negative commentary, we wish to draw the public’s attention to several protocols on illicit fund flows, money laundering, and terrorism financing both in Nigeria and around the world, and warn that the CBN will increase its vigilance to ensure that Nigerian banks are not used as conduits for illicit fund flows, especially in foreign currencies,” the statement says.
The statement also expresses the CBN’s readiness to continue to support the government’s fight against money laundering, corruption, and terrorism financing, saying it will block any and every avenue that may be used for these purposes.
The CBN statement can be found here.
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Blowing horns and Prillar horns (Cow and bark)
Blowing horns of varied sizes are commonly thought to have been sounded in battle. However true this is, the primary purpose was to inform a village of your arrival when travelling. Failure to do so may result in your being mistaken as an intruder, the consequence of which may have been deadly!
Prillar horns were also in use, possibly as a predominantly female instrument. These horns contain noted holes and are end blown (unlike the Gemshorn of the 15th century which had the large end blocked by wood with a fipple carved into it); the most likely use was for communication in poor weather. A four-holed instrument was found at Vasterby in Sweden.
A regular blowing horn is easy to sound, the Prillar horn by contrast is extremely difficult.
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Washington County Water Conservancy District, a not-for-profit public agency, was established in 1962 to manage Washington County’s water needs. It’s charged with conserving, developing, managing and stabilizing water supplies within the county in an ongoing effort to provide a safe, sustainable water supply for current and future generations.
The district was formed at the request of local property owners, who signed a petition authorizing the district to develop and manage the county’s water supplies, including taxing their properties to accomplish these goals. During its 50-plus year history, the district has significantly expanded its infrastructure, services and capabilities in an ongoing effort to serve the county’s growing population.
Today, the district manages reservoirs, pipelines, wells, water storage tanks, treatment plants, hydro power plants, diversion dams and more. The facilities are currently capable of producing more than 60 million gallons of water a day.
The majority of the district’s water is sold wholesale to its municipal customers including the cities of St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Santa Clara, Ivins, Toquerville, La Verkin and the town of Virgin.
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For the next two weeks, as a member of New York's Urban Search and Rescue team and as site operations chief for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Chief Downey was far more than a helping hand. He was an inspiration of unrivaled expertise. He was also a man whose beaming smile lightened some very dark hours. I am honored to say he became my friend.
On Tuesday, Chief Ray Downey rode the collapsing World Trade Center down to his death. We in Oklahoma fear that many more of our friends from New York gave their lives in Tuesday's rescue effort. If our prayers weight a bit more heavily than those from other states, it's because we came to know so many New York firefighters and police officers in 1995. The New York USAR team was one of the first FEMA groups deployed to Oklahoma City after the Murrah Building bombing, and they were with us through some of the most difficult days and nights of the rescue and recovery effort - a period much like New York is experiencing now, with mixed hope and despair.
Those feelings are all coming back to us in Oklahoma this week. Some of those who survived the 1995 bombing are having an especially difficult time with the events in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. It's a nightmare replayed, on a much larger scale, and our wounds are still raw. But our grief is tempered by memories of the good men and women who stood with us six years ago. On Tuesday, as I watched the endless replays of those tall towers collapsing, I couldn't help but think of Ray Downey. Somehow, I knew he was there.
Ray Downey had been a firefighter for 39 years. He was the most decorated member of the New York Fire Department, perhaps the nation's top expert in what firefighters call "collapse rescue." In Oklahoma City, he diagnosed the tottering, rain-soaked Murrah Building with a practiced eye and worked with us to shore up the structure so rescue and recovery operations could proceed.
Ray named the huge concrete slab that hung ominously overhead. "That's 'Mother,'" he said simply, as if it had no power to fall on him. He worked with local firefighters and other FEMA teams to place support beams that prevented the rubble from shifting. I have no doubt that he saved lives in Oklahoma City.
I looked forward to seeing Ray each day at the bomb site, and I hope he felt the same. We bantered about our shared Catholic religion, and when some nuns from Germany sent some rosaries to my office, I went in search of Ray to give one to him. A year later, when I visited New York to pin yet another decoration on Ray Downey and his fellow fire and police heroes, he was still wearing that rosary.
I hope he had it with him Tuesday.
When the New York USAR team filed their after action report on their tour of duty in Oklahoma City, they ended it with four words: "God Bless You All." Today, Oklahoma returns the sentiment to New York, and especially to all those members of the police and fire service who died, or were injured, or who remain missing.
Not long ago, Ray Downey attended the funeral of another New York firefighter who died in the line of duty.
"Sometimes," he told a reporter. "good-bye is really good-bye."
I refuse to believe that, Ray. You, and those who so proudly wore the badge and principles for which you died, will always be with us in Oklahoma.
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Jute fiber has some unique physical properties like high tenacity, bulkiness, sound & heat insulation property, low thermal conductivity, antistatic property, etc. Due to these qualities, jute fiber is more suited for the manufacture of technical textiles in certain specific areas. We will discuss the Properties and uses of Jute fiber.
What is Jute Fibre?
Jute fiber is a type of plant fiber that is widely known for its ability to be spun into strong and coarse threads. Individual jute fibers are known to be soft, long, and shiny in nature. The plants belonging to the genus Corchorus are believed to be the primary producers of this fiber.
properties of Jute fiber
- Jute fiber is 100% bio-degradable and recyclable and thus environmentally friendly.
- It is a natural fiber with golden and silky shine and hence called The Golden Fiber.
- Jute is the cheapest vegetable fiber procured from the bast or skin of the plant’s stem.
- It is the second most important vegetable fiber after cotton, in terms of usage, global consumption, production, and availability.
- It has high tensile strength, low extensibility, and ensures better breathability of fabrics. Therefore, jute is very suitable in agricultural commodity bulk packaging.
- It helps to make best quality industrial yarn, fabric, net, and sacks. It is one of the most versatile natural fibers that has been used in raw materials for packaging, textiles, non-textile, construction, and agricultural sectors. Bulking of yarn results in a reduced breaking tenacity and an increased breaking extensibility when blended as a ternary blend.
- Unlike the fiber known as hemp, jute is not a form of (Cannabis). Therefore it can be much more easily distinguished from forms of Cannabis that produce a narcotic
- Jute is one of the most versatile natural fibers that has been used in raw materials for packaging, textiles, non-textile, and agricultural sectors.
- Jute stem has very high volume of cellulose that can be procured within 4-6 months, and hence it also can save the forest and meet cellulose and wood requirement of the world.
- The best varieties of Jute are Bangla Tosha – Corchorus olitorius (Golden shine) and Bangla White – Corchorus capsularis (Whitish Shine), and Mesta or Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) is another species with fiber similar to Jute with medium quality.
- Raw Jute and Jute goods are interpreted as Burlap, Industrial Hemp, and Kenaf in some parts of the world.(You are reading Properties and uses of Jute fiber)
Uses of Jute fiber
Jute is the second most important vegetable fiber after cotton; not only for cultivation, but also for various uses. Some of them are:
- Jute is used chiefly to make cloth for wrapping bales of raw cotton, and to make sacks and coarse cloth.
- The fibers are also woven into curtains, chair coverings, carpets, area rugs, hessian cloth, and backing for linoleum.
- While jute is being replaced by synthetic materials in many of these uses, some uses take advantage of jute’s biodegradable nature, where synthetics would be unsuitable.
- Jute butts, the coarse ends of the plants, are used to make inexpensive cloth.
- Traditionally jute was used in traditional textile machineries as textile fibers having cellulose (vegetable fiber content) and lignin (wood fiber content). But, the major breakthrough came when the automobile, pulp and paper, and the furniture and bedding industries started to use jute and its allied fibers with their non-woven and composite technology to manufacture nonwovens, technical textiles, and composites.
- Jute can be used to create a number of fabrics such as Hessian cloth, sacking, scrim, carpet backing cloth (CBC), and canvas.
- Hessian, lighter than sacking, is used for bags, wrappers, wall-coverings, upholstery, and home furnishings.
- Sacking, a fabric made of heavy jute fibers, has its use in the name.
- Diversified jute products are becoming more and more valuable to the consumer today. Among these are espadrilles, floor coverings, home textiles, high performance technical textiles Geo textiles, composites, and more.
- Jute is also used in the making of gillie suits which are used as camouflage and resemble grasses or brush
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Several hundred SAS and SBS troops are in each country and they have joined forces with their French and US counterparts.
American B-52 bombers flew into a secret Qatar base days ago to prepare for aerial attacks on the terrorists’ position in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Sources have said that military planners have earmarked the SAS , leading about 70,000 Iraqi and Kurdish troops, for an assault on the IS-held city.
Special forces have carried out missions in Iraq for years and teams on the ground will be equipped with emergency chemical warfare clothing.
They will also help co-ordinate the B-52 attacks and report on bomb damage.
Meanwhile RAF Tornado bombers and Typhoon fighters will fly from Cyprus to smash fleeing IS vehicles or stop reinforcements reaching Mosul.
The attack may also cut off IS forces from their Syrian stronghold in Raqqa.
In a matter of weeks, air strikes – some launched by RAF fighter bombers – have killed more than 25,000 IS jihadis in Iraq and Syria.
IS has been attacked across northern Iraq, losing its key city of Ramadi west of Baghdad in recent weeks.
A senior source said: “Our people [UK special forces] have been at the forefront in dismantling IS across northern Iraq and Syria and are already preparing the ground for the battle to recapture Mosul.”
British SBS commandos, who have been in Libya for many months, will co-ordinate assaults against IS, which has more than 5,000 fighters at Sirte on the coast and has attacked oilfields.
An SBS task force will identify targets for Predator drone strikes and F-15 Strike Eagle fighters, which are on permanent readiness to deploy as they did in February when they eliminated a top al-Qaeda commander.
The extremists, who have already been targeted by US psychological warfare specialists, are preparing to wage jihad across North Africa and secure more land to expand their “caliphate”.
The simultaneous attacks on Iraq and Libya are designed to cause maximum impact and disruption against IS to capitalise on its losses in northern Iraq.
A senior source said: “The Coalition air campaign is crushing Islamic State.
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Bicycling is one of the healthiest and lowest-impact types of exercise; compared to most other workouts, it puts less strain on the body and results in fewer injuries. 24 inch bike for what size person? is also very important question.
You cannot feel comfortable riding a bicycle that is either too little or too large. Therefore, choosing the right bike size will have a direct impact on your riding comfort and efficiency.
Furthermore, since your position when cycling mostly depends on the length of your bike, choosing the right bike size may provide you advantages beyond mere comfort.
It goes without saying that no wheel size is superior to another, although certain riding styles do benefit from using a particular wheel size.
A 24″ wheel will accelerate more quickly and gain “pump” better than a 26″ wheel because it is stronger, making for a lighter wheel (a lot less rotational weight), and is lighter.
Additionally, it permits a shorter wheelbase, improving spins and maneuverability. Now let’s look at the 24” bike is for what size person and what specs it have.
24 inch bike- what you should know about it?
A 24-inch bike can signify one of two things.
First is the size of the wheels. The most common size for bicycle wheels is this one. A 24-inch frame bike may also be referred to as a 24-inch bike. Compared to other bike frames on the market, this one is more substantial.
If you are looking for a 24 inch bike for what size person it’s for, you’ll need to know some details which we will brief in this blog.
Otherwise, you risk getting a bike that is either too big or too little. Fortunately, we have all the information you require to ensure that you get the ideal bike for your requirements.
24 inch bike fits what size person is that one thought which occurs in almost every mind of a cyclist. The 24-inch bike is the ideal size for many young riders, fitting riders between the ages of 8 and 11 who are up to 5 feet tall.
This bike is made for years of enjoyment and adventure thanks to its sturdy steel frame and easy-to-roll tyres.
The ideal rider height for a 24-inch bike is between 4’11” and 5’3″. A 26-inch bike can be a good option for you if you fall toward the taller end of this range.
Some of the key differences between 24 and 26 inch bike
You might have heard from different people that they prefer a 24” bike and some claim that a 26” wheeler is best suited for them.
Well, if you want to know what is the difference between a 24 and 26-inch bike? Then keep reading to find out.
24 Inch Bike
A 24″ wheel is significantly more practical for riding in parks, on the street, and on trails. Riding on 26″ wheels don’t really offer any benefits for that kind of riding.
The sole advantages are that they are more stable and less severe when casing or crashing (in the case of riding this sort of stuff the stability you get is the same thing as being more cumbersome).
26 Inch Bike
In addition, 26″ wheels have higher bump absorption, which is irrelevant on streets, ramps, or trails. The result will be a larger, less useful bike.
The major firms are pushing 26″ wheels on all bikes, and many people argue that 24″ wheels aren’t actually appropriate for mountain bikes (despite hundreds of companies supporting it).
This explains why so many businesses have professional riders using bikes with aluminum frames, gears, excessive levels of suspension, and large wheels when they are not required to.
Although there aren’t really any good reasons why 26″ wheels would be superior to 24″ for riding trails or the street, some riders are highly fanatical about them and seem to say they are better than 24″ on a religious basis.
Who Is Capable of Riding a 24-Inch Bike?
Can adults ride 24 inch bikes? What size is a 24 inch bike good for? Is riding a 24-inch safe to ride for an adult? Can a woman use a 24-inch bike?
These are some of the questions that we are often asked, and today we give an answer. Read on!
1. Women – Women’s hands and feet are naturally smaller than men’s. Having said that, a bike height of 24 is also designed for smaller frames and body types, making these bikes more comfortable for women to ride.
2. Adults- A 24-inch bike is not appropriate for adults. Adult bicycles typically begin with 26-inch models. A person who is between 4’5″ and 5’5″ in height could ride a 24-inch, nevertheless.
3. Kids – This smaller frame and size are ideal for children. Kids may ride more safely and readily because of the bike’s lightweight frame construction.
Also, to note that if you are a cyclist who often prefers mountains while riding a bicycle then it is important to know 24 inch mountain bike for what size person is best suited.
Well, to answer that, Many people mistakenly believe that if a 24” can be driven on a straight road then it is also a good choice for the mountainous road.
That’s not the case. If you are of the heavier body and larger frame then you might as well look for another option in bicycles.
Related: 28 Inch Bike for What size Person
Now that you know that 24 inch bike is good for what size person and what specs it has which make it reliable for its users, you should get going and look out for vendors to buy it from.
It takes a lot of time and effort to find the ideal bike size, but the effort is worthwhile in the end. Kids who want to get into racing or other competitive biking events might consider the 24-inch bike.
Whatever bicycling requirements you or your youngster has, the 24-inch bike is a fantastic choice.
The only thing that matters while choosing a bike is to control the gears and, more significantly, the brakes, you must be able to easily reach the handlebars.
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|Entry Requirements:||2 GCSEs at grade 2 or above including Mathematics and English.|
|Start Date:||September 2021|
This course will give students the opportunity to engage in learning and develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills and attributes essential for successful performance in working life. It will also develop your knowledge and awareness of general construction and civil engineering activities.
What will I learn?
Typically the course covers basic ground work tasks such as sub bases, laying flags and blocks, mixing and laying concrete.
• Health, Safety and Welfare in Construction
• Knowledge of Technical Information
• Knowledge of Construction Technology
• Cutting Construction Materials
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• Laying Modular Paving
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Your diploma will be assessed by practical end tests and online end of unit tests.
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Objective: In acute respiratory failure, gas exchange improves with spontaneous breathing during airway pressure release ventilation (APRV). The mechanisms for this improvement are not fully clear. We have shown that APRV with spontaneous breathing reopens nonaerated lung tissue in dorsal juxtadiaphragmatic regions. We hypothesized that spontaneous breathing during APRV may redistribute ventilation and perfusion toward these reopened regions.
Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled study.
Setting: Animal research laboratory
Subjects: Twenty controlled mechanically ventilated pigs.
Interventions: Lung injury was induced by injection of oleic acid into the central circulation; thereafter, pigs were randomized to APRV with or without spontaneous breathing. To induce spontaneous breathing during APRV with spontaneous breathing, the mechanical respiratory rate was decreased by 50% in this group.
Measurements and main results: We measured respiratory mechanics, hemodynamics, gas exchange including the multiple inert gas elimination technique, and the spatial ventilation and perfusion distribution using single photon emission tomography. At similar minute ventilation and airway pressures, shunt remained stable during APRV with spontaneous breathing, whereas it increased during APRV without spontaneous breathing during the 2-hr study period (p = .006). Single photon emission tomography showed more ventilation (p < .001) and pulmonary blood (p < .025) flow in dorsal, juxtadiaphragmatic lung regions when spontaneous breathing was present.
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How To locate Drawing Ideas
Artist’s block is common and it can strike anytime. The fine side is that there are some things that you can realize to acquire drawing ideas. Here are some of the things that you can do:
You could be lacking drawing ideas but in a real prudence the ideas might be just there back your eyes. If you are sitting in a room, you abandoned infatuation to look roughly speaking the room and you will find something that you desire to draw.
Some of the things that you can locate in your room can be a table, chair, television or anything that might get your fancy.
As an artist you probably know that the shades and textures that you put on the paper are the ones that determine the air of your drawing and not the objects that you have drawn; therefore, it doesn’t business what you have drawn as long as your drawing is of tall quality.
It has been shown that portraits tend to offer you fast inspiration and drawing ideas. One of the easiest portraits that you charisma is yours. Here you deserted obsession to locate a mirror and glamor your portrait.
The good side later than drawing your portrait is that you are always gift in the same way as drawing; therefore, you are always easy to get to as the subject. If you are past a friend, you can question him/her to let you fascination a portrait of him/her.
Take a walk
Staying in one area for a long era is usually united as soon as dearth of ideas. If you locate that you are management out of drawing ideas, it’s recommended that you believe a wander or just sit outdoor for some time.
When external you should be careful of everything that you can see. This can be light, sounds, smells, colors, temperature, trees, buildings, people, and whatever else. By comprehensibly observing what plants has to offer, you will most likely find something that you might be keen in drawing.
Once you locate something that gets your fancy you should start drawing gruffly – this is to ensure that you don’t forget what you were supposed to draw.
Take a see at what additional artists have done
Looking at what extra artists have over and done with is bound to manage to pay for you some ideas. Here you compulsion to visit your local gallery or art museum. You can furthermore go to the library and peruse the various art books. in the same way as the addition of technology, you can in addition to find many resources online.
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What is Lichen Sclerosus?
Lichen Sclerosus is classified as a rare noncurable condition. Researchers are split between it being an autoimmune disease and/or genetic. It can manifest in anyone from toddlers to the elderly, although popular belief is it hits postmenopausal women the most.
Men are at a lower risk of developing LS. One man for every ten women is affected. Most men who are afflicted are uncircumcised.
Since LS is often misdiagnosed many suffer and develop worse symptoms and conditions. Often times when we are finally properly diagnosed we are not given much information. Consequently, we don't exactly know what we are dealing with and what LS can do.
What are the symptoms of Lichen Sclerosus?
For an in-depth explanation click here.
- Itching (mostly at night)
- Burning and soreness
- Fissures, nonhealing legions, and blood blisters
- Excessive sweating between your legs
- Chronic urinary tract or yeast infections
- The fusing of the labia
- The fusing of the clitoral hood
- Valvular scarring
- Loss of relationships
- Pain during sex, urinating or having a bowel movement
- Valvular cancer
Is Lichen Sclerosus common?
Although listed as a “rare” disease we, the women who have it and some doctors who treat it, believe it is more common. Lack of getting a proper diagnosis the first time means there is a large segment of the population walking around with LS unknowingly.
Listen to what The Association for Lichen Sclerosus and Vulval Health have to say in their LS Manifesto.
How did I get Lichen Sclerosus?
Researchers do not know what causes LS. The current leading thought is that LS is an autoimmune disease with a genetic and/or trauma-induced component.
Just know it is not a sexually transmitted infection or contagious. You did not do anything that made you get it. It was just bad luck.
The good news is there is a whole community of women that have been where you are and are ready to support you. Reach out to us whenever you are ready.
Can Lichen Sclerosus be cured?
As of right now Lichen Sclerosus is incurable but can be managed with proper medication.
Is Lichen Sclerosus contagious?
No, Lichen Sclerosus is not contagious. The current leading thought is that LS is an autoimmune disease with a genetic and/or trauma-induced component.
Is Lichen Sclerosus a sexually transmitted infection?
No, Lichen Sclerosus is not an STI. The current leading thought is that LS is an autoimmune disease with a genetic and/or trauma-induced component.
Can you live a normal life with Lichen Sclerosus?
The short answer is, yes. The long answer is you will need to manage your symptoms, physical as well as mental, and have a circle of support.
The hardest part of being newly diagnosed is not knowing what questions to ask or having someone to talk to. You are not alone! There is a whole community of women who want to help and support you.
If you don't find the answers you are looking for here feel free to ask us.
What causes Lichen Sclerosus to flare up?
This disease affects everyone differently. What might cause your flareups may not cause mine. So pay attention to your body and you will start to learn what your triggers are.
That being said, some of the most common opinions are:
- irritants like soap, detergent, bubble bath, shower gel
- the fabric and tightness of your underwear
- urine left on your underwear
Check out this piece on stress and flareups.
Does stress increase Lichen Sclerosus flareups?
Although there isn't much research on this topic, the public opinion amongst us who have Lichen Sclerosus is yes.
Click here for more information and 10 tips to cut down your stress.
What if my corticosteroid treatment stops working?
If your topical treatment stops working notify your doctor ASAP. Do not leave your Lichen Sclerosus untreated.
Your doctor should figure out what is happening and discuss your options with you. There are alternative medical treatments available but you should be fully informed before choosing that route.
Listen to this episode with Dr. Elizabeth Eden discussing the MonaLisa Touch, a CO2 laser treatment.
What is the proper way to take Clobetasol?
Will Lichen Sclerosus affect my sex life?
LS can make the skin thin causing it to tear easily. As it heals the tears can scar and reduce the elasticity of the skin.
Having sex can be painful if you are suffering from tearing or scarring.
Please talk to your partner and explain what is happening to your body and how you are feeling about it. It is possible to come up with new ways to pleasure each other if you communicate and try new things.
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Use your microphone properly!
You’ve thought about your performance, your room is tuned up and you just pulled your brand new Yeti from its cardboard shipping vessel. Time to fire it up!
Sure, you can flick it on and start talking. It can be that easy. But how do you know you’re doing it right?
How do you know you’re using it properly?
I can hear you already, “Josh… you talk at it and it records you.”
Well, yes. But if you don’t think about how you use your mic, you may make a mistake that costs you extra time in editing, sounds terrible, or worse…
Annoys your learners!
In this episode, I’m talking about three mistakes that are commonly made when it comes to mic technique.
In this episode, I discuss:
- Common mistakes you might be making with your mic technique.
- Ways to fix them
- Signal to Noise ratio
I also laugh at myself way too much. But that’s nothing new.
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Characterising Ingredients are
- ingredients or categories of ingredients which are mentioned in the name of a food or are implied as being present in a food by pictures or graphics on a food label; and
- when mentioned in the name of a food or graphically represented on a food label are used to influence the choice of a consumer by describing or establishing a special characteristic of the food or by distinguishing a food from similar foods.
Examples of products with characterising ingredients include chocolate chip ice-cream, mushroom pie.
This definition is based on The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.10
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The Caucasian Ovcharka is a breed of dog that is extremely popular in its region of origin.
Caucasian Ovcharka History
As the name suggests, the Caucasian Ovcharka comes from the Caucasus. This breed descends from ancient Molosser breeds, which are used by local herders to protect their herds from large predators and thieves. Although this dog is found throughout the Caucasian area, this breed is most popular in Russia. In fact, the nickname “Ovcharka” in Russian means “sheepdog”. While these dogs are not as commonly used for guarding sheep as before, breeding programs still exist in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic, among others.
Today, these dogs are known for their massive size and protective qualities. The Caucasian Ovcharka is recognized by the FCI, but is not currently eligible to register with the AKC. Instead, the breed is part of the Foundation Stock Service designed to oversee the development of the breed until it is available in sufficient numbers to be eligible for registration.
Life expectancy: 10 – 12 years
Weight: 50 – 100 kg
Height at the withers: 67 – 70 cm
Bred to protect livestock, the Caucasian Ovcharka is very protective of his family. If not properly socialized, this breed can aggressively defend its family and property. It is not recommended that this dog be left alone with children mainly due to its size and the possibility that if play gets rough the dog may feel the need to protect its family. Caucasian Ovcharkas are very strong and alert, they will defend their families bravely.
The Caucasian Ovcharka has a tendency to become headstrong and independent so firm and consistent training is required from a young age. These dogs require a strong household leader or they can become unruly. Socialization is necessary to prevent this dog from developing aggressive tendencies around strangers and other dogs. Due to the difficulty of training and socializing this breed, the Caucasian Ovcharka is not recommended for inexperienced dog owners.
Health of the Caucasian Ovcharka
The main thing that works against this breed is its sheer size. Most bloodlines for this breed carry the gene for hind dysplasia and the size of the breed contributes to the increased risk of musculoskeletal problems. Cancer is also quite common in the Caucasian Ovcharka, along with obesity and heart problems. Responsible breeding practices can help reduce the incidence of these conditions, but unfortunately inbreeding is quite common with this breed, which only increases the risk of health problems.
As a mountain dog, the Caucasian Ovcharka has a thick double coat with abundant feathering. The coat is designed to keep the dog warm in cold winter weather. The colors for this dog are gray, yellowish, brown, brindle and white. The FCI does not allow brown dogs of this breed. Some dogs have longer coats than others and the long-haired breed is more popular for show. Regular brushing and grooming is required to keep this breed’s coat healthy and shedding in check.
Australian Kelpie, complete guide
The Australian Kelpie is a herding dog native to Australia. Of medium height, its outstanding energy make it one of the best sheep breeds . It is very easy to train. He is intelligent, loyal and very active.
Fast and intelligent, the kelpie has been a working tool on Australia’s large cattle farms for over a century. But today it is not only considered a working dog, but also a much-loved pet for many.
The popular Red Dog movie literally caused “kelpie fever” throughout Australia and elsewhere on the planet. Every year thousands of Kelpie dogs are sold, given away or end up in animal shelters after being abandoned by owners who discover that it is a breed with high daily demands related to their workaholism. For this reason, experts advise that they know the real needs before choosing a kelpie as a pet. And this is the primary reason for this guide.
In fact, many experts assure that the Kelpies, despite their undeniable virtues, are not the best pets, but on the contrary, they are dogs for livestock work. They need constant mental stimulation. Being a noble and manageable dog, in ideal environments for them, it can become disobedient and indomitable in a few months, if they do not have the space and activity they need. Kelpies are programmed to work and travel hundreds of kilometers a day. Without a doubt, an urban home is not the best place to live.
Kelpie means “water spirit in the form of a horse.” According to Scottish legends, this spirit protected the region’s rivers and lakes. A mythological being who is also named in Scandinavian mythology, with the name of Bäckahästen. Although they were referring to a majestic white horse that attracted men and took them to the bottom of the rivers without being seen again. To learn about the relationship of this dog breed to a horse name, keep reading this guide. You’ll find the answer in the “His Story of Him” section.
But leaving aside the meaning of its name, you can only find in the Australian Kelpie large ears that adorn a sweet, helpful and clean look with almond-shaped eyes. The Australian Kelpie was created for the task of herding in Australia. Designed so that they could work well in large, hot spaces and had the skills to handle a large herd in a harsh landscape. They arise from the breed from the north of England and when they were exported to Australia they changed their physiognomy to adapt them to the new environment. They can measure between 43 and 50 cm, and weigh between 12 and 22 kilos approximately. The existing colors are black, red or fawn. What most often attracts attention is the shape of the head, very similar to that of a fox.
Veterinarian Elizabeth Arnott, from Quirindi in western New South Wales, who has spent several years studying the genetics of kelpies at Sydney Veterinary College, says there are up to 300,000 dogs working in the bush and that the 60 percent of them are kelpies. Also her job has been to take samples of her DNA that can help determine what makes Kelpies so special to herding.
Its History and Origin
Many Australians believe that kelpies emerged as a breed after British sheepdogs interbred with Australian dingoes. But according to Barbara Cooper, the Australian Kelpie Breed Registrar based in Sydney, this is untrue even though there is a strong physical resemblance between kelpies and dingoes. For example, they both have sharp faces, tall pointed ears, and other well-known physical characteristics.
They are herding dogs derived from the Scottish Collie breed and imported to Australia around 1800. Kelpies began to be used for herding approximately in the years 1872 or 1873. And the first time they were registered as a standard breed was in 1902. Since then this The breed has undergone little change and they are still used to guard sheep.
It is said that the inhospitable Australian continent forced Scottish and English settlers to select dogs that would adapt to these harsh new conditions. On large tracts of land in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, sheep numbers have increased dramatically. Many estates even had more than a quarter of a million sheep. Above all, they needed dogs that could handle herds of unruly merino lambs well and that could handle the heat well. His job was to protect the herd at night and direct them to the pens after grazing without getting lost.
The first version of these herding dogs derived from the Collie breed were the Rutherfords. They were also short-haired dogs, with erect ears, strong jaws, prominent heads, black in color, and very active. This breed line later served as the basis for the Kelpie. this guide
Already, at the end of the 19th century, an Australian rancher named Gleason who exchanged a horse for a Rutherford line puppy, calling it the Kelpie, would unknowingly change the history of this breed forever. “Kelpie” in Gaelic means Undina, an aquatic nymph, although the name is also related to mythological aquatic horses. This bitch was known by the name of “Gleason’s Kelpie”, and her offspring gave rise to this breed. Later the original Kelpie was bred twice. Firstly, with a black dog from the Rutterford line and then with a “Caesar”. It was in this last line that he would give the famous “Kelpie”. A black and tan female who won the first sheepdog competition in Australia. Fact that she did that will begin to generate great interest in this new breed.
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog breed
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog History
It is said that it appeared in the middle of the 16th century , which was called the water dog. This animal was acquired by the noble ladies of England, but as the years went by, the breed improved and its names were changed by the different kings of England. England Charles I and Charles II. And of many characteristics that varied between red white and red. In the 20th century they tried to create a breed dog like the King Charles by linking a Toy Spaniel Trawler but it was in vain since it did not work out.
Origin of the Cavalier King Charkes Spaniel dog
Characteristics of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog
The height of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel ranges between 32 cm and 34 cm for the female breed and 34 cm to 36 cm for male dogs, its average weight is 5 to 9 kilos to maintain good health since these dogs they are very athletic. They are dogs of small stature that can be carried with one hand or in cages so that they do not escape thanks to their stature, they are usually checked on top of tables and very practical.
Most of these dogs love dog shows thanks to their beautiful shade of colors they are very striking and beautiful dogs.
Its coat is excellent and requires care. Its coat color is various colors of intense red and white, or perhaps a solid red, some reach a tricolor in its black, tan and white fur, its average lifespan for this breed is ten years to fourteen according to his care.
Eat in a few portions of 150 grams to 200 grams daily , it is more quality than quantity to maintain a good diet and maintain your weight.
He is a very playful and friendly dog, he loves being with humans and enjoys their company.
The habitat of these dogs is light since it adapts to any home, whether it is a large family or a single person, they are excellent company dogs.
He loves to go for a walk and play, this dog should be instilled in some sporting activity to avoid obesity in them.
This breed of dog is usually very affectionate with children and with other dogs since they are not jealous and love to be friends with other animals, as well as with human beings.
The first disease that attacks this breed of dog are genetic problems such as mitral valve prolapse, it also affects their eyes such as cataracts, as well as affects their ears, it can leave them deaf, they also suffer from obesity if their weight is not controlled with sport activities.
Bernese Mountain Dog Breed
A canine will always be the best company for man, in all the contexts in which he finds himself. This Bernese Mountain Dog is also known as the Bouvier Bernois, it is a breed that is active and energetic . You need to be athletic and stimulate your systems so they can function at their best.
This can be done through activities such as: mountain walks, hitching and pulling carts, dog competitions, it is widely used in rescue or search tasks, and even as a therapy dog since it is mostly taken to hospitals and asylums.
History of the Bernese Mountain Dog
It is a breed that comes from Switzerland, which after different crosses with other dogs of different breeds became the specimen that we know today by this name . In the country in which he was born, his native country was a Bernese Mountain Dog that was used by its inhabitants as a guard dog and was in charge of taking care of their families’ herds.
As a cultural context, these dogs reached their peak when, at the end of the 19th century, Switzerland became famous for its cheeses. It was there that people who owned a cheese manufacturing industry raised these dogs so that they, due to their energetic and athletic nature, could transport these cheeses in wheelbarrows to different parts of the country.
Its great intelligence has allowed it to be used with great success as a rescue dog. Due to his affable and calm character, he is a dog that does his training quickly and easily and is a perfect dog to be able to interact with children.
It has a height standard in which the males measure from 64 to 70 cm , with an ideal of 66 to 68 cm; and in females from 58 to 66 cm, with an ideal of 60 to 63 cm.
Characteristics of the Bernese Mountain Dog
This is a breed characterized by being loyal, balanced, determined, kind and with a guard and care instinct that is very present in its personality. He is an independent Bernese Mountain Dog, where he is reserved with people and animals he does not know and are strangers to and has a good character.
It is big and robust. With limbs that are considered narrow and extremely strong. His ears are small, triangular in shape and hanging down on either side of his head. With a very bushy tail.
Their fur is very fine and smooth, and in most cases they have small spots . Brown, on his cheeks, chest, legs and torso. With white markings on his head, on his neck, on the tip of his tail, on his feet and on his chest.
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VU student-teachers keeping wheels of learning turning - External Relations
VU student-teachers keeping wheels of learning turning
April 15, 2020
VINCENNES, Ind. – At this time, the wheels on the bus aren't going
round and round but the wheels of learning certainly are! Indiana’s
K-12 schools are remaining closed for the remainder of the academic
year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this is not stopping
student-teachers from Vincennes University. They have a special
connection with their students that social distancing cannot break.
Katie Keller, VU Student
VU Education major Katie Keller uses Zoom meetings to brighten the
days of second-grade students at Flaget Elementary School in
Vincennes. “On the first day, I made a poster that said, “Happy Zoom
Day! 2nd Grade Rocks!” and I had this displayed behind me to bring a
smile to the students’ faces,” Keller said.
VU Education major Collin Crabtree set up a Google Classroom and
makes videos for first graders at Vigo Elementary School in Vincennes.
Collin Crabtree, VU Student
“I post videos of
myself reading their classroom books and asking different questions,”
Crabtree said. “I also post videos explaining the packets that Ms.
(Casey) Kotter made. The video includes instructions for the students
and tips for the parents. It is important to help the parents as well
as the students. The parents are now becoming the teacher, and we have
to help them as well.”
Teachers are stepping up in many ways to best serve students during
this time of need and unprecedented shift from traditional classrooms
to remote learning.
Ann Herman, VU Professor, and Education Department Chair
“The Vincennes University Education Department is very proud of its
student teachers,” Education Department Chair and Associate Professor
of Education Ann Herman said. “Even though our student teachers can no
longer be in the surrounding schools, they are continuing to assist
their classroom teachers. They are conducting lessons via Zoom,
creating virtual field trips, and reading books to students with the
help of Facebook. Our student teachers are assisting the teachers with
Google classroom and are even creating lessons to be done virtually.
While this is an unprecedented time in the world of education, our
student teachers are using this opportunity to learn firsthand how to
deliver quality instruction in the remote learning format. We continue
to be proud of their wonderful work ethic and creativity.”
Keller has even gone as far as sharing her phone number with students
so they can stay in contact.
“Miss Keller, like all of our teachers, is finding special ways to
connect with students and help them with assignments,” Flaget
Principal Samantha McClure said. “She has been conducting Zoom
meetings with students in the class to teach lessons in real-time. She
has also mailed them fun activities such as scavenger hunts to keep
students learning in a unique way that doesn't feel like school. I'm
very proud of the way Miss Keller and the teachers at Flaget have
embraced remote learning to find creative ways to connect with
students, keep our routine and traditions alive, and continue offering
high quality, Catholic education. Miss Keller has done a fabulous job
representing the VU Education Department as a student-teacher at Flaget!”
teachers currently don’t have the luxury of face-to-face interaction
and physical bonds, but a special closeness still exists.
“I am very sad and discouraged that I am not able to physically be in
the classroom with each of these wonderful second graders,” Keller
said. “I am beyond thrilled that I am able to connect with students
virtually. I feel that being able to have the Zoom meetings with the
students is a great thing for not only the students but also for
myself as a teacher. I feel that the students miss their classmates.
They all want to stay after their work is done to chat and show their
classmates various things. I am trying to stay connected to all of the
students because I want to learn as much as possible from the things
that they are doing.”
VU student teachers are fostering an environment that is providing
students with the support they need to help carry them through an
“Education is continuous,” Dr. Cynthia Ragle, Dean of the College of
Social Science, Performing Arts, and Communication said. “VU student
teachers continue to assist K-12 schools and students during
e-learning. Our students are confident with technology and continue to
be a valuable resource for our K-12 partners. As K-12 students
continue to learn in the e-learning environment, VU's student teachers
are continuing to learn about student engagement and meaningful
learning experiences for all students.”
Crabtree is sad he didn’t have a chance to say goodbye in person to
his students, but he knows their safety is the most important thing.
However, he’s looking on the bright side and relishes the
communication he is able to have with them.
“This is not what I imagined when I pictured my student teaching,” he
said. “This is what every future teacher looks forward to when they
are completing their undergraduate degree. I am thankful that I can
interact with my first graders.”
Students aren’t the only ones who are learning. Crabtree, Keller, and
other student-teachers are acquiring precious experience and knowledge
they’ll carry into their careers
in education. They’ve strengthened their skills when it comes to
facilitating distance learning, they have built a repository of
technologies available to students, and have learned other valuable lessons.
“No one saw the schools shutting down for the rest of the year,”
Crabtree said. “However, I now have several resources available if
there's another pandemic. The teamwork I have seen at Vigo Elementary
was incredible. They planned lessons in five hours, so students could
continue to learn for 10 days. They also went in to make meals for the
students and continued to make lessons for students. I expected
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Our Eroding Freedoms
By Gary Jenson
Former Pastor of Campbell SDA Church
September 11, 2001, was a defining moment in U.S. history. Prior to 9-11, America was enjoying a time of peace, prosperity, freedom and safety. The day after everything changed, and we were plunged into a world of fear. How could such a thing happen? We wondered. Will it happen again in other locations? Seeking to calm our fears, our government invaded Afghanistan, hoping to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, the person responsible for planning the attacks on September 11, but the mission proved to be a failure, and to this day din Laden continues to stir up hatred against the United States. Continuing the “War on Terrorism,” the U.S. executed a swift and daring invasion of Iraq on the premise of possession of weapons of mass destruction, but these, too, were never found. Seven years later, we are still fighting the war on terrorism, with no end in sight.
Only five weeks after the tragedy of September 11 (October 26), Congress passed, nearly unanimously, the United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, or more simply, the USA Patriot Act. This was intended to protect the citizens of America from another terrorism attack, but in the process, it has greatly infringed on civil liberties.
According to former Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA), the Patriot Act allows the government to collect information on people not suspected of a crime, thus eliminating the protections of the 14th Amendment.1 Furthermore, native-born Americans, immigrants and aliens are now subject to:
1. Indefinite incarceration if the President deems them an “enemy combatant
2. Courts whose power to restrain police abuse is limited
3. Secret searches of their property
4. Government access to their medical, financial, library and educational records
5. Surveillance of religious services, internet chat rooms, political demonstrations and other public meetings
6. Secret immigration hearings, and
7. Restricted speech due to overboard definitions of “terrorism.” 2
The Patriot Act has thus effectively erased the protections of the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.
In 5T pg 451, the servant of the Lord warned that the time would come when “Our country shall repudiate (reject) every principle of its Constitution.” And then she added: “Then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Beloved, that time is now here!
It appears that the majority of Americans are either oblivious to the loss of their liberties or welcome it for the sake of safety.
Exactly one week after 9-11, The Dallas Morning News released the results of a statewide poll that found that 37% said they would forgo “a lot” of their personal freedoms, 41% would curb “some” of their freedoms, and about 14% would give up “a little” freedom to boost their safety.3 But as Benjamin Franklin stated: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” 4
Liberty and safety do not have to be mutually incompatible. However, governments typically remove liberties on the pretext that the measure is essential for national survival in times of peril, and unthinking citizens frequently accept these measures. Many Germans, for example, when their prosperity was ruined in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s, accepted Adolph Hitler’s abrogation of many liberties in return for his promise of prosperity and national greatness. As a consequence, a massive war ensued; millions lost their lives, and German cities were reduced to ashes.
One of the signs that we are nearing the end, Jesus said in Luke 21:26 is that people would live in fear as they anticipated what could happen in our world. That is one reason why many people have been willing to exchange freedom for safety. But another reason may be that the majority of people whose civil liberties are being violated are not “typical” Americans but immigrants, aliens, Muslims, and Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian men. Thomas Jefferson said: “It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.” 5
The British settlers who come to America four centuries ago had a rudimentary version of a right that has become a bedrock of U.S. civil liberties. Anyone arrested and jailed by the government has to satisfy a judge that there’s a good cause for the arrest. That right - known as ‘habeus corpus,’ - became the law of the land across the British empire in 1670 and had its origin in the Magna Carta of 1215.
After 9-11, the Bush administration essentially voided haveus for anyone the government declared an “enemy combatant,” no matter how arbitrarily. Since then, hundreds have been held, most notoriously, in the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, without formal charges or a right to challenge their detention. Even though the people in this prison camp are not American Citizens, they still have rights that are being taken away.
We must remember that our Constitution protects ‘persons,’ not just citizens. The 5th Amendment states that “no person” will be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The 6th Amendment secures our right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, to be informed of the charges brought against us and access to a lawyer.
A government with the power to whisk people away and declare that’s the end of the matter is exactly the king of government the United States has always claimed to oppose and has sometimes fought. For the United States itself to become that kind of government is particularly scary. And yet the Bible predicted that such a change would occur. In Revelation 13 the United States, which is portrayed as a “lamb-like beast” when it first arose, has a change of nature and is transformed into a “dragon,” suggesting a spirit of intolerance and persecution. The dragon is said to “speak,” and the “speaking” of a nation is don through its legislative and judicial bodies.
After the Supreme Court ruled that the current administration had gone too far, Congress passed and President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. According to the New York Times, this act creates an undefined category of “enemy combatants” who can be subjected “to arrest and indefinite detention with no hope of appeal.” 6 And while in prison, the detainee may not invoke the Geneva Convention which, among other things, outlaws torture.
“The president can now, with the approval of Congress, indefinitely hold people without charge, take away protections against horrific abuse, put people on trial based on hearsay evidence, authorize trials then can sentence people to death based on testimony literally beaten out of witnesses, and slam shut the courthouse door for habeas petitions.” 7 What does that remind you of? The unfair and unlawful trials, imprisonment and death of Jesus and the apostle Paul.
In Luke 21 Jesus said that His followers should not be surprised if they are persecuted and imprisoned, and Revelation 13 predicts that our beloved country will pass legislation demanding the death penalty for those who are regarded as a threat to the well-being of America because of their refusal to submit to oppressive government laws that curtail a person’s religious freedom.
As one news writer put it, “The Military Commissions Act isn’t about locking up terrorists. We’ve always done that. It’s about locking up innocent people. People who can’t be convicted of a crime because there’s no evidence they committed a crime. This is the only new class of people who will be detained under this new law - people who were never, not would they likely ever be, convicted of a crime. This is a bill about locking up innocent people . . . And holding the threat of disappearance and torture over our heads.” 8
I hope you are beginning to see that our civil liberties are quickly being taken away, and that these are a precursor of what will soon happen to our religious liberties - in face, they have already started eroding.
I wish to quickly mention two other examples of our eroding freedoms before I finish. One has to do with warrant less wiretapping and the other with a national ID card.
In December 2005, the New York Times reported the National Security Agency was tapping into telephone calls of American citizens without a warrant, in violation of federal statutes and the Constitution. Furthermore, the agency had also gained direct access to the telecommunications infrastructure through some of America’s largest companies. The program was confirmed by President Bush and other officials, who boldly insisted, in the face of all precedent and common understanding of the law, that the program was legal.9 The Administration argued that it could do whatever it wanted to do in order to endure the safety of Americans (in other words, the end justifies the means), and was not beholden to any law on the topic.
Under pressure from the president, Congress agreed to give Bush many of the broadened eavesdropping powers he sought and on August 5 of last year, President Bush signed into law a bill appropriately entitled “Police America Act” which expands the governments’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants. This terrible law is scheduled to sunset on February 1, but Bush is seeking to make the broadened eavesdropping permanent and provide immunity to the telecommunications industry from the lawsuits filed by citizens.
Finally, on May 11, 2005, President Bush signed into law the REAL IC Act that requires people entering federal buildings, boarding airplanes or opening bank accounts to present identification that has met certain security and authentifications standards. Bearers of non-compliant documents would have their travel restricted and be denied financial or banking services. This sound very symbolic to the statement in Revelation 13:17 that people will be denied the right to ‘buy or sell’ if they do not have the identifying mark, name and number.
The thinking behind Real ID is that since the 9-11 hijackers were allowed through airport security with legitimate state-issued driver’s licenses or ID cards, the standards that states use to grant the cards must be tightened. Those standards require, in addition to the holder’s name, gender, date of birth, social security number and residential address, a digital photograph, “physical security features” to prevent fraud, and the ability to be accessed by “machine readable technology.” This law was scheduled to take effect on May 11 of this year, but the enforcement of the act was extended on January 11 until the year 2011.
In addition to creating a national identification card, the Real ID act increases the threat of identity theft, would enable the routine tracking of individuals because it would allow computers to note and record people’s whereabouts each time they are identified, and it would propel us toward a surveillance society. Furthermore, the standardized bar code would make it a snap for business to create databases on the people passing through their doors, for when information is digitized, it’s so much easier to collect, store and share. What’s worse, a supposedly authenticated identification card would almost certainly become the foundation for others to build databases around. The ID cards could quickly be used to identify its owner for a host of other purposes, such as club membership, employment, library usage, even health and credit information.
Security expert, Bruce Schneier, told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year: “A reliance on ID cards is based on a dangerous security myth, the idea that if only we knew who everyone was, we could pick the bad guys out of the crowd.”10 Even if you could be absolutely sure that the ID card correctly identified the person carrying it, that’s no guarantee that said person hasn’t been recruited to a new life of terrorism or crime. Schreier then pointed to Timothy McVeigh and the subway bombers in London as examples of those whose records would not have betrayed their intentions.
Truly “we are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time.” We used to think it would take a long time for everything to be in place for the enforcement of a national Sunday law, yet how long did it take America to react to the spectacular terrorist attack. In one year’s time dramatic changes occurred and since then our freedoms have continued to erode. The result is that we are now operating under a system of government where anything goes and everyone is suspect.
In 5T pg 452 we read: “God has revealed what is to take place in the last days, that His people may be prepared to stand against the tempest of opposition and wrath. Those who have been warned of the events before them are not to sit in calm expectation of the coming storm, comforting themselves that the Lord will shelter His faithful ones in the day of trouble. We are to be as men waiting for their Lord, not in idle expectation, but in earnest work, and unwavering faith. It is no time now to allow our minds to be engrossed with things of minor importance. While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord’s people may not have mercy or justice.” And then God’s messenger says: “It is our duty to do all in our power to avert the threatened danger.” How can we do this? One way is by letting our government officials know how we feel about the curtailment of our freedoms, and a good way to do this is to send them Liberty, a magazine dedicated to the preservation of religious freedom. We must make this journal available to every thought leader in the United States, and your donations will help make this possible. | <urn:uuid:54962cee-1cb2-4d6a-b6f8-bf1f586f168b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.churchstate.org/education/religious-liberty---sermons/our-eroding-freedoms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964528 | 2,944 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Last week, I had the pleasure of an online conversation with a cadre of outstanding Calvert County Public School (CCPS) school librarians and their district-level Specialist for School Libraries and Digital Learning Jennifer Sturge. This team of librarians serving students in Maryland, led by their colleague Monique, were in the process of a professional book study focused on Maximizing School Librarian Leadership: Building Connections for Learning and Advocacy.
After last week’s blog post “School Librarianship in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 2,” their voices from the field were critical to furthering my understanding of ways to increase school librarians’ service to their learning communities—whether or not our physical library facilities are open. Note: Selected indicators interjected into this post are from the 6/15/20 post and demonstrate the roles effective school librarians fill in their learning communities as leaders, instructional partners, teachers, information specialists, and program administrators.
As a way to engage in reflection, I launched our conversation by posing a “what if” question: “If you are serving your school learning community remotely in fall 2020, what would you do differently from your practice this past spring?” The librarians’ responses fell into four categories: getting physical books in the hands of students, increasing rigor through inquiry learning, communication and collaboration, and working with principals. Although more than one librarian addressed these topics, I have identified one or two people who took the lead in the discussion in each area.
Many school librarians across the country and around the globe did not have the opportunity to plan for the best ways to get physical books into the hands of K-12 students before schools closed. Theresa shared how she is strategizing some effective ways to checkout and deliver/send books directly to students, especially if they cannot access the physical space of the library. I suspect all of us in the “room” agreed that getting high-quality, diverse books into the hands of youth helps keep their minds engaged in learning and growing as thinking and empathic people. (If you haven’t yet seen it or if you need another smile, checkout Nashville Public Library’s PSA “Curb Side, Baby” | What You Need to Know about NPL’s Curbside Service.”)
For me, this goal reinforces a key indicator in “Reading and Information Literacy Instruction:”
- Promote reading for information and for personal enjoyment.
Inquiry learning is a core practice in CCPS. High school librarian Donna would like to see increased rigor in remote learning through a greater emphasis on inquiry. School librarians have a strong commitment to inquiry learning as a way to honor student choice and voice. As authentic learning, inquiry prepares young people for lifelong learning. Classroom-library collaboration for instruction and shared responsibility for guiding students’ inquiry projects could improve student success even more when teaching and learning are conducted online.
Promoting inquiry in the online classroom/library is an essential aspect of “Integrated, Collaborative Teaching;”
- Coteach with other educators whether face to face or online to engage students in critical thinking and deep learning.
- Co-assess student learning outcomes with other educators to improve instructional strategies and resources and ensure continuous improvement for students and educators.
Mary Brooke shared her experience of the importance of school librarians communicating with a collective strong voice. She talked about the previously planned lessons that were ready to implement when learning when online. In addition to the lessons created by CCPS librarians, we talked briefly about accessing published lessons and units of instruction in order to fast-track instruction when time for planning is even shorter than usual.
Later in the conversation, we talked about the challenges of carving out collaborative planning time. While most educators agree that time is in short supply, using online tools for collaborative work is essential whether our academic program is face to face or virtual. School librarians who have developed strategies for using online tools to plan may have been ahead of the curve in meeting the needs of colleagues in spring 2020. In addition, educators must encourage school principals to create dedicated planning time for classroom and classroom-library collaboration, which in turn establishes a value for collaborative teaching.
For me, this conversation reinforced the indicators under “Collaborative Planning:”
- Reach out to teaching teams and attend face-to-face and virtual team meetings to support colleagues’ teaching goals.
- Reach out to classroom teachers and specialists to coplan and integrate the resources of the library into the classroom curriculum.
Working with Administrators
Again, I believe everyone in the room understood the importance of positive and strong relationships between principals and school librarians. Both Anne and Monique shared their value for working with administrators to address the teaching and learning needs of faculty and students. This spring, many principals and other decision-makers may have been overwhelmed. Anne noted the importance of sensitivity to other people’s stress and monitoring one’s communication accordingly. Monique shared how she worked collaboratively with classroom teachers online this spring. In the process, she created advocates for the library program who may be poised to speak up for the impact of classroom-library collaboration on student learning outcomes.
For me, this is an excellent example of “Library Advocacy & Support:”
- Collaborate with administrators to assess students’ and classroom teachers’ needs and develop and implement plans to address them.
Learning from Spring 2020
A belief attributed to John Dewey based on this writing in Experience and Education (1938) can be our guide as we prepare for the 2020-2021 academic year: “We do not learn from our experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” Reflecting on our practice as school librarians is essential and the change and challenge thrust upon educators in spring 2020 created a golden opportunity to learn from our reflection.
Thank you to Jen and the Calvert County Public School Librarians for sharing your reflective process.
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Uber, Lyft, Postmates Refuse To Comply With California Gig Economy Law
A new law that went into effect in California on Wednesday is supposed to make it harder for companies to hire workers as contractors — but gig companies like Uber, Lyft and the food delivery platform Postmates are refusing to reclassify their fleet of drivers as employees.
Supporters of Assembly Bill 5 say companies have been exploiting contract workers for years because they aren't considered employees who get benefits like health coverage and workers' compensation.
The law touches many industries, from trucking to tech to certain medical professions. AB5 does include carveouts for professions such as dentists and attorneys.
Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez says misclassification is a problem throughout the economy, but she zeroed in on gig companies during last year's legislative session.
"The same week that workers had to go on strike because their per mileage fee was being cut, an investor was celebrating his $30,000 investment that became $120 million in one day," she said during a debate on the Assembly floor in April, shortly after Lyft went public. "Something is wrong with the way that we have allowed these companies to operate."
The legislation codifies a ruling from the California Supreme Court that established a new test for classifying workers. Gonzalez says she hopes city attorneys and the state attorney general will hold gig companies responsible if they do not comply with the law.
"This is an ongoing battle," she says as the law takes place.
Uber and Lyft declined an interview for this story, but they and other gig companies have developed a multipronged strategy to avoid complying with the new law.
First, companies are negotiating with lawmakers and labor unions to create an alternate class of worker —basically a contractor with added benefits.
Also, earlier this week, Uber and Postmates filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging AB5.
Then, there is the nuclear option: Gig companies have sunk more than $100 million into a ballot measure to exempt them from the requirement that they are hoping to put before voters in November.
Drivers on all sides of the debate have weighed in. A group called Gig Workers Rising has mobilized drivers to demand better wages and the opportunity to collectively bargain. The group lobbied lawmakers to pass AB5.
But others say they fear losing the flexibility that comes with setting their own hours as a contractor.
"With this job, I have the freedom to work when I have time," says Alfonso Martinez, who drives for Uber in the Sacramento area. He says it allows him to balance the demands of being a father to school-aged children who have special needs.
Industries such as trucking, journalism and those involved in the gig economy are pushing back by filing suit in federal court.
But some companies are scrambling to figure out how to comply.
In December, the sports website SB Nation announced it would terminate contracts with hundreds of freelancers in light of California's new labor law.
Bradley Geiser and Will Griffith are a couple of those freelance writers. They've contributed interviews, commentary and reporting to the Sacramento Kings blog, Sactown Royalty, for the last five years.
Geiser says writing for the blog isn't just about making some money on the side, it has also allowed him to raise his profile as a sports writer.
"I don't think I would be where I am, trying to be a writer today, without the opportunity they gave me," he says.
Vox Media, which owns SB Nation, did not respond to a request for comment. The company said it plans to replace the freelancers with a staff of full-time employees, but just how many remains unknown.
The new law does provide a specific carveout for freelancers: They can contribute up to 35 submissions per year to a single outlet and still be considered contractors.
But a lawsuit filed in federal court by journalism and photography associations argues the law violates the First Amendment.
While the two Sacramento-area writers aren't involved in the lawsuit, Griffith says he supports it.
"If you can't hold [Uber and Lyft's] feet to the flames, and [the law is] affecting people that it really wasn't supposed to affect, then something needs to be changed — and quick," he says.
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So you've got a grand hall in your place. It's got big double doors at one end, a large staircase leading up from the other, and various smaller doors leading off from both sides. I can see the description now -
"The great doors swing open before you revealing a glittering ballroom. A staircase of the sort that glamourous Hollywood stars should be walking gracefully down rises majestically from the other end. Through the glittering throng you can make out many side-doors leading off to who knows where? etc.etc."
Very nice. Then your visitor goes through the first side door and has a look round there, before returning to the grand hall. "The great doors swing open before you...". Hang on a moment, was that door great? I thought that we were coming back in through a smaller side-door. Then they climb the stairs and look at the delights that you have in store for them up there. Sweeping back down the staircase and - "The great doors swing open before you..." again. Now that's just plain wrong!
The point is that many rooms (not just great halls) should look different depending on which way you enter them. Did you drop down into the swimming pool while climbing on a structurally unsound roof, or did you come in through the door in the vain hope that people might mistake you for a normal person? Did you come into the train station via the door, or did you come in on a train? The point is even sharper if there's another way round, so your visitor could have seen the great hall for the first time coming down the stairs, having previously gone up the servant's stairs.
What is needed is a way of having the same room show different descriptions depending on where you've come in from. We can use Pages for this. In this tutorial we shall deal with the simple case of only two different ways into a room. For a more sophisticated version which can deal with multiple entries, see here.
So, you have room A (the grand hall) with entries from room B (through the great doors) and room C (down the stairs). First of all, write your two descriptions. Yes, two; they're both describing room A, differing in what you see according to where you enter from. Now build a Page. Decorate the actual room A with one description (what you see as you enter from room B, through the great doors say), and decorate the Page with the other desription (entering from room C, down the stairs).
To set up the program, you will need a 'Previous Room' Contrivance, a 'Show Page' Contraption, and a 'Hide Room Description' Contraption.
Set the 'Previous Room' parameter to whatever is at the top of the stairs, set the 'Show Page' parameter to your newly decorated Page, and arrange them like this:
Note for budding programmers.
Look, it's too big to put in a box. Just read it.
Most of this you might have guessed by now. The one surprising aspect is that 'Hide Room Description Contraption'. You may be asking yourself why we need that. Surely we can just use the master settings, switching 'Show Room Description Underneath' to 'No'? Well you can if you want, but it won't do you any good. That only has an effect if the page is reached by clicking on a link to get there. If the page is shown by a program, then that setting is ignored, and the room description is shown underneath. To counteract that, you have to use that 'Hide Room Description' Contraption.
Why is programming set up like this? Why this extra complication? Well there're very good reasons. You may have noticed in the above, that when I said "build a Page", I didn't actually specify where you had to build it. This was deliberate. The Show Page Contraption doesn't care where the Page is, it could be anywhere at all in the Place. All it does is to go and get the decoration for the specified Page, and display it. For organisational purposes, it's probably better to build the Page off the room that you're displaying it from. You're less likely to get confused about what you're doing and make mistakes. But it's really not necessary.
What this means is that you can use the same Page from many different rooms in your Place. Suppose that you're trying to build some sort of text adventure game, complete with 'Look' and commands, using the 'Partial Commentary Match' Contrivance. (We shall cover the mechanics of doing this in a future tutorial. For the moment just bear with it as an example of why the 'Show Page' Contraption is designed the way it is.) You can expect people to try looking at things that you haven't built a response for. Instead of having the generic 'Command Not Recognised' message, you can have the program sideline to your own, single, Page: "What are you trying to look at?" Instead of having to build one for every room in your entire Place, you only need to build one, and have your programs all pointing there. Less work for you. Win!
Maybe that's a little beyond you at the moment, but when you get there, you'll be very glad of the extra flexibility that the 'Show Page' Contraption gives you by working this way. The minor downside is the use of one extra Contraption when you use it and don't want the Page showing underneath, and that's a small price to pay.
There are a lot of details involved in the advanced use of Pages, but you don't have to know about them all. The more you get to know, the more effectively you'll be able to use Pages, but you can learn it slowly.
In the next tutorial, we will be going back to the basics of programming grids again. We will be looking at how to go about having more than one condition at a time. I'll see you there.
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8 Guiding Tips Plus What Goes into Your Starter KitWhether you are coming back to painting after years away or have always been lucky enough to have art-making as part of your daily routine, starting a painting feels like a thrilling adventure. Journeying through the possibilities in the studio can actually feel quite similar to actually backpacking across the continents, minus the passport stamps.
Over the past decade, computer technology has allowed artists to use software to produce painterly quality digital manipulations of any given reference photo. I believe the soul of the artist cannot be overridden by computers. Expensive programs such as Corel Paint use an auto-paint feature to attempt to convert a photo into a simulated painting, but I’m not impressed.
Painting is a magic show. As the painter, you have utilized the tools of your craft to express your impressions, ultimately communicating your intentions to your audience.One of those tools, which can be traced back to the Renaissance, is the principle of sfumato, a Latin/Italian word derived from fumare, meaning “to smoke.
To celebrate the vibrancy of watercolor and its impact in the art world, we went to seven American and British museums and asked curators to select a single significant watercolor from their collections.Although their choices represent only a small sample of the watercolor masterpieces in existence, these paintings encapsulate the evolution of the medium through the 19th and 20th centuries.
Painting the Sky You SeeEvery landscape painter knows that the sky illuminates the scene. The sun represents a warm light bulb, the ozone a blue lampshade surrounding the light bulb and clouds a decorative pattern suspended upon the lampshade.The position of the sun, degree of atmospheric particulates and density of the clouds all interact to produce the effects we see in the sky.
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Generally, you put together budgets with a number of line items that characterize the greenback worth of how much money is allocated for a particular expense. Most – if not all – organizations find that creating and adhering to a price Business & Finance range is beneficial in keeping financial exercise on observe. Just like in personal finances, a budget will gauge spending and saving habits that could help or hinder financial targets.
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As a small business proprietor, you will be required to put on many various hats—typically including that of chief monetary officer or bookkeeper. Before you let your self get intimidated by all of the business phrases and definitions, just do not forget Business that information is power. to lift the money essential for your corporation, determine how a lot control you’re keen to share when it comes to determination-making and philosophy.
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If you’re already a business major, contact your educational advisor to learn more in regards to the finance concentration. Study of the theory and follow of the elemental rules in finance emphasizing arms-on experience with a variety of company finance and investments applications. The course provides in depth alternative to implement finance principle at a sensible degree and to develop superior analytical spreadsheet expertise.
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There are two types of dropped kerb applications:
- pedestrian dropped kerbs
- vehicular access dropped kerbs.
These applications are processed by different teams within the council. To ensure your application is dealt with by the correct team, please ensure you fill in the correct dropped kerb application form depending on your request. For more help in understanding what type of dropped kerb you require, please read the information below.
Pedestrian dropped kerb
A pedestrian dropped kerb is where we lower the kerb to make it easier for people with impaired mobility and users of wheelchairs, pushchairs or trolleys to cross the road at certain points. The service is used mostly by people with a disability affecting their mobility, requiring access around the area that they live, and can also benefit partially sighted pedestrian locating crossing points.
We tend to programme the work in batches. This means that the work is cost effective but still timely. We usually undertake work twice a year. There is a limited budget for installing drop kerbs and the number of batches within a year may change due to demand.
This service is primarily for the benefit of people with a disability that affects their mobility. When applying for the service please indicate if you have a substantial disability that affects your ability to move on to and off a pavement, for example if you are a wheelchair user.
In extremely rare cases with exceptional circumstance, we may consider completing a request outside of the usual work programme.
Vehicular access dropped kerb
A vehicular access dropped kerb is a crossing across a public footpath or verge which allows your vehicle to gain access to your property from the highway.
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I. First-Order Conditions
II. Derivation of Equation (12)
III. Households and Firms Perceiving a Positive Probability of a Liquidity Trap
IV. Central-Bank Assets Including Domestic Credit
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The Foolproof Way consists of announcing and implementing (1) a target path for the domestic price-level, starting above the current price level by the price gap that the central bank wishes to undo, (2) a currency depreciation and a crawling peg to achieve the price-level target path, and (3) an exit strategy in the form of abandoning the peg and shifting to flexible inflation or price-level targeting once the price-level target path has been reached.
Zhu (2004) presents a model with central-bank balance-sheet concerns in the context of a liquidity trap. The balance-sheet concerns, in the form of an instrument rule with the instrument rate responding to both inflation and the central-bank’s real capital, lead to indeterminacy of equilibrium and increase the risk of falling into a liquidity trap. He suggests automatic fiscal backing of monetary policy in order to avoid the indeterminacy.
For simplicity, the liquidity trap is assumed to last one period, the same as the horizon of the nominal stickiness. So although the model is in infinite time, the analysis of the liquidity trap will involve two periods.
One can show that the assumption of constant money supply is sufficient to ensure that no liquidity trap arises under flexible prices. An endogenous future money supply adjusted to maintaining low inflation may prevent an equilibrium and equality between output and potential output also under flexible prices; see footnote 15.
Since the central bank’s target level for output equals potential output, there will not be any average inflation bias in a discretion equilibrium.
Outside a liquidity trap, under commitment, the central bank would just set m1 and i1 such that
Each year, the central bank’s capital is increased or decreased by the amount of retained earnings or losses. Retained earnings are equal to the profit minus the dividend paid to the government and/or other shareholders. Although the accounting rules differ across central banks, the profit may include valuation changes on most assets, in particular, foreign-exchange reserves. When it does not, these valuation changes are included in a separate valuation account on the liability side of the balance sheet, which can be viewed as a component of the bank’s capital broadly defined.
The other risky asset held by central banks is gold. However, gold is generally not risky from an accounting point of view because of accounting rules that insulate the balance sheet from variations in its market price. Many countries ignore changes in the market price of gold by utilizing a historical price set in foreign currency (frequently the U.S. dollar or SDR). By contrast, foreign exchange reserves are generally valued at the market exchange rates.
The figure reports averages over 1999–2002, based on the annual reports of the central banks. Our measure of capital includes reserves and revaluation accounts. Details are available from the authors upon request.
Central banks in the Eurosystem have a valuation account on the liabilities side of their balance sheets as a reserve against valuation losses arising from changes in the exchange rate. This account reflects net gains from valuation changes that are not distributed but set aside as reserve against future losses from exchange rate changes. When a valuation loss due to a change in the exchange rate occurs, the amount of the loss is deducted from the balance of the valuation account. In case the balance of this account is insufficient to cover the loss, it is included in the profit-and-loss account.
Note the contrast with the currency mismatches that are the focus of the recent literature on international financial crises (Aghion, Bacchetta and Banerjee, 2001). There, domestic firms are indebted in foreign currency so that a depreciation reduces their net value.
The dividend payment,
This argument requires that the central bank stands ready to buy unlimited amounts of reserves. There is no cost for the bank of doing so, since money is neutral in the liquidity trap. If instead the central bank allowed the currency to appreciate when the level of reserves exceeds a certain level, there could be a speculative attack leading to an appreciation of the domestic currency (Grilli, 1986).
The nonexistence of equilibrium with a sufficiently high probability of a liquidity trap is related to the observation that monetary policy that keeps inflation expectations low may prevent an equilibrium also under flexible prices. As noted in footnote, the assumption of constant money supply is sufficient to ensure that no liquidity trap arises under flexible prices. With a constant future money supply, the future price level is exogenous. With flexible prices, a present negative output gap and hence a positive real interest-rate gap cause the present price level to fall. This increases expected inflation, reduces the interest-rate gap and increases the output gap. The present price level falls until the output and interest-rate gaps are zero. It follows that monetary policy that prevents inflation expectations from rising may prevent a flex-price equilibrium with a low natural interest rate. | <urn:uuid:f231a09f-e101-4bf0-9efd-1763fb623d1d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2004/162/article-A001-en.xml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.869737 | 1,934 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Large Format 3D Printing
Large format additive manufacturing (3D Printing) has advanced in equipment and materials in a short period of time, leading to adoption by industry as a viable manufacturing alternative, or enhancement, to traditional processes. Large format additive manufacturing benefits include:
- Reduction in costs-Direct to Mold can eliminate 1 or more costly steps in the manufacturing process.
- Confirm design feasibility prior to production.
- Complex geometries are now possible
- Speed to market – products can move from design to market ready in a matter of weeks rather than months or years.
- Material flexibility – from carbon or glass fiber filled room temperature to high temperature materials.
- Less Waste.
- With TD Coatings, fine detail and minor design changes are possible without reprinting.
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There have been a number of high-profile articles insinuating a special relationship between the German Haupstadt and the world’s most used digital currency.
We at Bitcoins Berlin, are obviously delighted by the buzz and the fact that we can get beer by scanning a QR code.
Why and how did Berlin become a pilgrimage for Bitcoin?
1. Startups galore
Berlin’s ‘Silicon Allee‘ is by no means as big as its American counterparts, but it is one of the biggest players in the European tech scene.
Every night you can find a variety of events, from practicing your pitching to prototyping.
The community is vibrant and news travels fast.
2. Clear Legislation
Official responses from the government describe Bitcoin as ‘private money’ and ‘units of account’.
This creates one of the most complete legal frameworks in the world encouraging more businesses to starts accepting the digital currency.
Bitcoin is free from the 25% capital gains tax if held for over a year.
3. Multinational Melting Pot
I am in no way unique as a Brit living in Berlin and one of the challenges we expats face is how to manage two bank accounts.
Giving the extortionate fees on both sides of the channel, Bitcoin is a very attractive solution for moving money internationally.
4. Hyperinflation Hangover
Although fears are fading, the image of bills in baskets is still not completely etched from German culture.
The idea of being 100% in control of your own money should be attractive to anyone, but especially here in Berlin where a commodity is quicker to replace fiat.
5. Credit cards don’t really work here
It was a real shock coming from London.
You just can’t use cards here.
Only in the major stores (of which there are few) will your plastic be accepted.
In fact, if I wanted a Visa card when I opened by bank account, I would have had to pay €30 for the privilege.
6. Small and medium sized businesses
Walk down the streets of Kreuzberg you will be shocked the lack of MacDonalds, Starbucks and friends.
This is undoubtedly a good thing and helps the city maintain its renowned edginess.
It also means that the decision to accept Bitcoin can be made by someone who actually works in the shop or restaurant opposed to head office.
Opinionated Bonus: The banks suck
I have an account with Berliner Volksbank and I can only withdraw money from this bank’s ATMs, otherwise I have to pay a surcharge.
There are not so many banks here and obviously they are nowhere to be seen when you actually need one.
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Baoding old tune
Baoding old tune, also known as old tune bangzi, is one of the traditional operas with a long history in Hebei Province and a national intangible cultural heritage. At first, it was a popular Hexi tune in the Rural flower fairs around Baiyangdian. During the Qingdaoguang and Xianfeng years, the opera had taken shape. In the early period, the old tunes should be mainly composed of "Sheng" and "Jing". The two lines of "Sheng" and "Jing" are divided into two branches, singing the old tunes together, so they are called "old tunes". In addition to Baoding, it has its footprint and influence in Cangzhou, Hengshui, Shijiazhuang, Zhangjiakou and parts of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanxi.
Baoding Old Tune is one of the traditional operas in Hebei Province of China. Baoding Old Tune is a unique opera vocal opera.
The old tune has a broad mass base and is a tune that the local people often hum orally. Therefore, there was a saying among the people that cooking can not be done without cooking stoves and listening to operas can not be done without the old tune. The old tune has been performing in Beijing four times, and has been praised by the people, leaders and experts in the capital. Leading comrades of the Central Committee once encouraged him to say, "Baoding has treasure and the old tune is not old".
Baoding Old Tune has a history of about two or three hundred years. It was born in Yuan Dynasty. It will be popular in Hexi Tune, a traditional folk song of Yanzhao in the next year. It appears as a grand drama and is good at performing the real robe and belt play mainly composed of Laosheng and black-red-pure actors. Around 1884, the former artists represented by Shengxing actor Han Dacang (Ba Zhou Hong), initiated the forerunner of the old tune; around 1918, Zhou Fucai, a famous old student, set his mind on reforming and pushing the old tune art to a new stage with such dramas as "Transferring the Colonies" and "Advising the Army"; after the founding of New China, new artists emerged in succession, both in performance and in voice. New developments have been made.
After Pan Yang Lawsuit and Loyal Qianqiu were made into films, the influence of the old tune spread to the whole country.
Baoding Old Tune is one of the local operas with a long history in Hebei Province, and it is also a unique local opera voice opera in Baoding. In the early period, the old tunes should be mainly composed of Sheng and Jing, while Sheng and Jing should be separated into two lines, singing the same old tune, so they are called old tune. They are different from Hebei Bangzi, so they are called old tune Bangzi, that is, the old tune opera. It is of certain positive significance to the study of the origin, formation and development of local operas, the history of the development of local ethnic groups, the history of the development of culture and art, and even the customs and customs.
The History of Baoding's Old Tune
Baoding old tune has a history of about 2300 years. It was born in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. It was popular in Yanzhao folk song "Hexi tune", and then appeared as a grand drama. It was good at performing costume-belt drama mainly composed of Laosheng and black-red-and-pure-acting. In the eighties of the nineteenth century, there were some former artists represented by the star actor Han Dacang (Bazhou Hong), who pioneered the old tune. In the early twentieth century, Zhou Fucai, a famous veteran, pushed the old tune art to a new stage with such dramas as "Transforming the Pirates" and "Advising the Army".
In the course of its development, the old tune has been influenced by the local high school and Hebei Bangzi, and absorbed the essence of the local rap art. It emerged in the Qing Guangxu period (1875 - 1908), and began to enter the city until 1930s.
After 1949, the old opera troupe specializing in Gaoyang, Dingxian and Fuping Equality was established in Baoding area. The old opera troupe in Baoding area has performed in Beijing for many times, and has been praised by Comrade Deng Xiaoping as "Baoding has treasure and the old tune is not old". In 1960 and 1980, the troupe produced and performed two excellent plays, Pan Yang Suit and Loyal Qianqiu, which were filmed and released nationwide. Famous artists include Cui Chengtian, Liu Shouqian, Xin Qiuhua and Wang Guanying. Since the new era, the old tune has created a large number of excellent operas such as "Sun Menstruation Day" and "Rejecting Ma Ling", which have won awards for many performances both inside and outside Hebei Province, and become one of the most popular operas for rural audiences in Hebei Province, especially in the middle of Hebei Province. | <urn:uuid:0b10ee43-9058-47e1-9971-0dc1a364bb6c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.travelchina1.com/thread/Baoding-old-tune.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.973409 | 1,111 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Cover crops are plants or a diverse mixture of plants that are grown to help suppress weeds, manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, disease, wildlife and biodiversity.
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It’s different for every farmer, but in general, cover crop benefits include: enhanced soil biology, improved soil structure, increased infiltration, reduced erosion, weed suppression, nutrient cycling and wildlife propagation.
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Well-planned annual cover crop mixes can provide highly nutritious avaliable forage when perennial grass pastures are either unproductive, poor in quality, or in need of rest. This delivers tremendous benefit to animal health and production.
What is ‘no-till’ farming?
No-till farming is a way of growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil by tilling.
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Tillage is very destructive to soil biology and soil structure. Through no-till methods we have seen big improvements in soil structure, function and fertility. This technique also increases the amount of water that infiltrates the soil and increases the organic matter retention and cycling of nutrients in the soil.
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Used as a rotation in cropping or pasture system, cover crops can provide huge amounts of bio-mass that can be grazed with very little inputs.When correct techniques are used, cover crops can create opportunities to make the most of 'out-of-season' rain and convert into live weight gains whilst improving soil health.
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Laurence des Cars stepped into this role in September 2021, making her the first female president of the Louvre in the Paris museum’s 228-year history.
Des Cars is an art historian and curator, who previously worked as president of the Musée d’Orsay and L’Orangerie in Paris, and also oversaw the development of the Louvre Abu Dhabi between 2007 and 2014. In 2021 she took over from Jean-Luc Martinez as president of the Louvre.
In her role at the world’s most popular museum, Des Cars says her goal is to foster a “dialogue between ancient art and the contemporary world” as well as to widen the appeal of the museum, particularly for younger generations. Des Cars will also review the Louvre’s opening hours to offer a more accessible museum:
“I think the Louvre has a lot to say to young people, too, who will be at the centre of my concerns as president of the Louvre,” she said. “We have to be open a little later in the day if we want young working people to come.”
Speaking about her appointment at the museum, she said: “I am deeply honoured by the trust placed in me by the President of the French Republic and the Minister of Culture in appointing me as head of this tremendous museum. My ambition is to place the Louvre at the core of topical debates, and for it to foster reflection on all issues within society. Through its ‘longue durée approach’, the Louvre gives relevance to the present, it is wholeheartedly contemporary and can therefore speak volumes to today’s youth.
“The recent crisis has had a particularly destabilising impact and has forced us to consider economic balances and to rethink – despite the constraints – the museum visit in terms of an exceptional experience.”
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However, to multiply the amounts and to make certain the bones develop and increase nicely it is crucial to provide enough quantity of calcium to the frame. Kids, till the age of 3, take the desired amount of calcium mainly by milk. But, as they grow up, their requirements boom and milk on my own is not able to meet them. Therefore, it will become pretty crucial to feed the kid with calcium rich diets. Not only is calcium required to make the bones more potent, it’s also required to save you the incidence of osteoporosis in adults.
Calcium Requirements for Kids:
Children from 9 – 18 Years of Age: Children among the a long time of nine years and 18 years have a excessive calcium requirement. They need at least 1300 mg of calcium each day. 1300 mg of calcium is identical to 4 glasses of milk each day. Of route, consuming four glasses is not feasible so that you must make certain your child is eating different kinds of calcium too.
Children from four – eight Years of Age: Children between the a long time of four years and 8 years require round 800 mg of calcium each day which makes up to 3 glasses of milk each day.
Children from 1 – three Years of Age: Children between the ages of 1 12 months to 3 years (infants) require around 500 mg of calcium every day which makes up to two glasses of milk every day.
Milk is the primary source of calcium. There is lots of calcium in milk. Thus, kids who often drink milk fulfill their calcium requirements without difficulty. However, youngsters who are allergic to exploit or who don’t drink it often can have weak bones and different similar health problems. For such kids, it is a undertaking to satisfy their calcium necessities.
One of the best ways to cover up the calcium consumption of your toddler is to start giving him calcium dietary supplements. Most calcium dietary supplements are designed for kids above the a while of three. You shouldn’t use those dietary supplements for babies except your medical doctor tells you to. Make certain your child is having enough meals that have calcium in them are right for such kids. | <urn:uuid:3d610f46-5a78-4999-af88-17e76cd8ddf5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sc-ship.us/calcium-requirements-for-kids.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959228 | 436 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Opera ISU to present “A (mini) Magic Flute” on Nov. 3
November 1, 2007
Opera Idaho State University presents “A (mini) Magic Flute” Saturday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. in Goranson Hall, located in the Fine Arts Building on the ISU campus. The event is free to the public.
Open to children of all ages, this hour-long, condensed version of W. A. Mozart’s fairy-tale opera “Die Zauberfloete” features all the colorful original characters: Tamino, a young prince; Pamina, the princess he must rescue; the excitingly wicked Queen of the Night and her three scheming ladies; the wise wizard Sarastro; and the comical bird couple Papageno and Papagena.
“‘A (mini) Magic Flute’ broadens the program’s 13-year tradition of outreach to young audiences,” said professor Kathleen Lane, general director of Opera ISU. “We have never prepared an opera especially for children, and the Saturday performance in Goranson Hall is just one of seven that will be presented throughout the area at various grade schools.”
Future teachers among the cast took special interest in performing a children’s opera.
“Since many of our students are future music educators, this has been a great project,” said Lane. “We had a great interest from the music students, and we were able to launch two entirely different casts.”
Collaborating with Lane in stage direction is Diana Livingston Friedley, D.M.A., ISU associate professor of voice and founder of ISU’s Summer Youth Opera Program. Geoffrey Friedley, assistant lecturer of music at ISU, will play the part of Tamino in one cast. Costumes are designed by associate professor of theater, Tara Marshall Johnson.
Even in English translation, Mozart’s opera can run close to three hours in length. In 2000 Donald Pippin of Pocket Opera Company of New York adapted the most accessible elements of the opera into “A (mini) Magic Flute.” | <urn:uuid:49941ba3-bedd-43ee-b1bb-b4715794688a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.isu.edu/news/2007-fall/opera-isu-to-present-a-mini-magic-flute-on-nov-3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.934954 | 467 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Every trucking company and professional truck driver must be intimately familiar with Part 396 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations. Those regulations provide specific duties and obligations on the part of companies and drivers to make sure that the trucks and trailers are in safe operating condition when on the roadway.
Section 396.3 provides the general duty for a motor carrier to inspect, repair and maintain every motor vehicle in the fleet. Additionally, the trucking company must maintain records showing the inspection and repair and maintenance of its vehicles.
An integral part of the maintenance and repair obligations on the part of the trucking company involved the driver’s vehicle inspection reports. Section 396.11 indicates that every trucking company must require its drivers to report in writing the condition of the vehicle at the end of each day. This section is one that is vital to the ongoing safety efforts on both the trucking company and the driver.
The driver’s daily vehicle inspection reports provide feedback to the company when a truck driver notices a problem or believes there may be maintenance necessary. It is the motor carrier’s responsibility to ensure that any item mentioned by the truck driver in the report is addressed and is not a safety item.
The motor carrier shall not permit a vehicle to be driven on the highway if it is in a dangerous condition also known as “out of service”.
Many truck wrecks involve maintenance issues that could have been or should have been addressed by a motor carrier and may have prevented the accident itself. Because semi trucks are articulated vehicles the brakes are particularly important and often require maintenance.
It is no secret that a semi truck takes approximately 1/3 longer to come to a complete stop at highway speeds than does a passenger car or pickup truck. After a very serious crash, investigators usually analyze the brakes and their effectiveness when braking was an issue in the accident.
In fact, the federal regulations require specific qualifications of the people charged with the responsibility for inspecting the brakes of a commercial motor vehicle. Section 396.25 provides the qualifications of inspectors looking at the brakes of a big rig.
In many semi-truck wrecks, the condition of the vehicle itself is a very important piece of evidence in an injury accident or fatal crash. It is important that victims and their family take steps as quickly as possible after crash to have qualified experts inspect the semi-truck and trailer prior to the same being put back into service or repaired. Unfortunately, many insurance carriers for trucking companies have developed a practice of pushing to put the truck back in service as quickly as possible, thus depriving a victim or their family the opportunity to gather important evidence that may be adverse to the trucking company or the driver. | <urn:uuid:c31bec6f-c6cf-4012-9b83-ba48fcd81d96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://texas-truckaccidentlawyer.com/blog/inspection-repair-and-maintenance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962536 | 546 | 1.703125 | 2 |
How to Make Requests Over Tor Browser Using Python
@arthtyagiArth Tyagi 17 year old developer working on stuff that intrigues me. founder and CEO, ArisVeam. To make requests over Tor using Python3, we are going to be utilizing a Python controller library for Tor called Stem. In order to do so, you need to install the stem package for your OS. For MacOS : pip3 install stem in a python3 venv ( recommended ). For Ubuntu: sudo pip3 install stem in a python3 venv ( recommended ). from stem import Signal from stem.control import Controller with Controller.from_port(port = 9051) as controller: controller.authenticate(password=’your password set for tor controller port in torrc’) print(“Success!”) controller.signal(Signal.NEWNYM) print(“New Tor connection processed”) However, you’re not done yet. You might get this error : error(61, ‘Connection refused’) It’s because Port 9051 is not open on your machine yet. To fix this issue, you’ll need to edit your torrc file and uncomment the corresponding lines. ControlPort 9051 ## If you enable the controlport, be sure to enable one of these ## authentication methods, to prevent attackers from accessing it. HashedControlPassword16: To generate your password, run : tor –hash-password “” where is the password that you want to set. And you’re done with Making Requests over Tor. Note: To run the tor commands, you need to have tor package installed. For macOS, it can be easily installed using brew install tor . Tags Subscribe to get your daily round-up of top tech stories! » Read More
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What is a Microsoft MVP?
A Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, or MVP, is basically a tech whiz. Someone who is on top of the latest technology, cutting edge software and top of the range programs. Think of them like the ‘know-it-alls’ of the tech world – without the snooty attitude. They don’t keep their knowledge to themselves. Quite the opposite! They strive to share their knowledge with all those willing to learn. MVPs make up a group of 4,000 people worldwide across 90 countries.
What is an MVP Award?
Microsoft’s way of honoring technology experts and saying thank you for their contribution to the community. This award recognizes an individual for their outstanding knowledge in a particular field, as well as their passionate impact on their community.
We are very proud to announce that one of our Tablet PC directors, Mathew Gilbertson, has received such recognition as a Microsoft OneNote MVP! We don’t mean to brag, but Tablet PC now houses two Microsoft MVPs. Mat joins the ranks with Tablet PC’s other director Brett Gilbertson who has been recognised as a Microsoft MVP for the past six years (and counting).
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Museum of Texas Tech UniversityDino Day1:00pm – 4:00pm3301 4th StreetFree and open to the publicMuseum Facebook:
Join the Museum of Texas Tech University for Dino Day. Walk with the dinosaurs and the world they lived in while enjoying a free fun-filled day of arts and crafts activities. There will be a real Paleontologist to share some roaring dinosaur facts. This event is completely free and will make learning fun for your entire family.
For additional information regarding this event please feel free to call 806.742.2432 (Museum Education) or visit www.museum.ttu.edu
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Lund applies to become the European Youth Capital 2026
Every year, the European Youth Forum designates a city in Europe as the “European Youth Capital” in an effort to empower young people.
This gives the city a chance to highlight its cutting-edge projects, programs, and initiatives that support the empowerment of young people.
During a seminar on youth democracy which was organised by the municipality of Lund in Almedalen, Mayor of Lund Philip Sandberg announced that the Swedish city will apply to become the European Youth Capital for 2026.
Mayor Sandberg stated on social media: ‘’Lund has been named Sweden’s best student city. It is also the best youth municipality in the country. Now it’s time to take the next step and apply to become the first European Youth Capital of the North and Sweden in 2026.’’
In order to boost youth participation and provide new opportunities, the European Youth Capital project aims to support both young people and decision-makers.
‘’We do this to strengthen children’s and young people’s participation and influence, while at the same time we become even better at utilizing children’s and young people’s knowledge and abilities,’’ Mayor Sandberg also stated.
‘’Holding the title European Youth Capital (EYC), in practice, means that the city must present a program with activities aimed at engaging young people and spreading good examples. As a European youth capital, the city should be a role model for other cities in Europe,’’ he explained.
Rotterdam was chosen as the first European Youth Capital in 2009. The chosen cities have succeeded in creating more inclusive communities and offering numerous new chances to their young citizens in the more than 10 years that the title of European Youth Capital has been in existence.
Tirana, the capital of Albania, was named the European Youth Capital for this year. Next year, the title will be held by Lublin, the first-ever Polish city to become the European Youth Capital. (photo credit: Karl Hedin/Unsplash) | <urn:uuid:a91f6165-0b18-4ea4-9a4c-da42c1e3d5bc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mayorsofeurope.eu/news/lund-applies-to-become-the-european-youth-capital-2026/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946553 | 444 | 1.90625 | 2 |
A DSL technology from the ITU (G.991.2) that provides symmetric transmission from 192 Kbps to 2.3 Mbps using a single copper pair, depending on distance from the central office (from 20,000 ft. to 6,500 ft.). With two wire pairs, 384 Kbps to 4.6 Mbps can be achieved. G.shdsl incorporates rate adaptability from SDSL and the TC PAM modulation technique from HDSL-2, hence the "sh" in the name. It was developed to provide interoperability with the alphabet soup of digital transmission technologies, including SDSL, HDSL, ISDL, ISDN, T1 and E1. G.shdsl's handshaking protocol (G.hs) can negotiate T1, E1, ISDN, ATM or IP framing depending on line conditions. See DSL. | <urn:uuid:58eee980-6b2f-46e8-8c87-677bc4d0153c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/gshdsl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.889145 | 183 | 2.484375 | 2 |
High housing costs and soaring petrol prices have accelerated the Austrian inflation rate.Statistik Austria announced today (Fri) that inflation in Austria rose by 0.2 per cent to 1.9 per cent in September compared to the same month of last year.The statistics body explained high car maintenance costs and rising fuel prices as well as expensive housing avoided a decline of the rate.Costs for housing energy rose by 3.4 per cent year on year due to a 22 per cent increase of heating oil price rates, while electricity was only one per cent more expensive last month than in September 2009. The price for heating gas even declined by 4.3 per cent year on year. Flat maintenance costs rose by 2.8 per cent, while rent rates increased by an average 3.6 per cent.A recent study by the Lower Austrian energy consulting body showed that heating a 20-year-old family house with oil cost an average 1,820 Euros a year, while using chopped wood cost only 810 Euros. The study also found thermal pump heating cost an annual 1,020 Euros, while pellet heating caused costs of 1,210 Euros.Car fuel prices increased by 11 per cent year on year. Yet European surveys have shown that car petrol was comparably cheap in Austria. Tens of thousands of motorists cross the border every year just to fuel their cars in Austria where one litre of regular car petrol is taxed with 44.2 Eurocents.Car repair costs were four per cent more expensive last month than in September 2009. The average price for a new car edged up year on year by 1.3 per cent, while flight tickets were 14 per cent cheaper.Restaurants and hotels slashed their prices by two per cent year on year last month. Online hotel comparison platform Trivago announced just a few days ago that a standard double room in Austria cost 115 Euros per night this month, up by three per cent compared to last month.Shoes were six per cent more expensive, while prices for products of the clothes and shoes group soared by 11.3 per cent year on year last month.Reinhard Backhausen, head of the Austrian Industrial Association for Textiles, Clothes, Shoes and Leather (TBSL), warned recently customers must brace themselves for soaring clothes prices.Backhausen said he expected prices in shops to rise due to higher cotton trade rates following dramatic crop shortages. Backhausen stressed that cotton prices rose by 70 to 80 per cent during the past 12 month following “massive demand from China”. He called the situation “worrying”, adding that final prices could rise by five per cent depending on the distributors.Joseph Lorenz, head of the TBSLs shoe and leather products department, said he expected leather prices to jump by 10 per cent following developments on the global trade market.The average year on year inflation in the European Union (EU) rose by 0.2 per cent from August 2010 to the next month. Romania had the highest inflation rate among the EU-27 with 7.7 per cent, followed by Greece (5.7 per cent).The inflation in the Eurozone, the 16 EU member states which have adopted the Euro as their sole currency, was 1.8 per cent last month, up from 1.6 per cent in August of this year. | <urn:uuid:02fe1801-ef02-4ab8-9955-81f53c099ce5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://austrianindependent.com/news/business/2010-10-15/4949/inflation_edges_up_as_heating_oil_price_jumps/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955278 | 680 | 2.0625 | 2 |
The use of buildings, especially commercial premises, has changed. Until relatively recently, if you were offered employment with a company, the chances are that you would have been expected to report to your company’s premises when you were working.
In a world of increasingly collaborative working and knowledge sharing, that is no longer the case. In fact, commercial buildings are rapidly changing from places we go because we work for someone, to tools we use to get our work done.
Business leaders must begin to appreciate the relationship between the spaces in which their people work and the key business challenges they are trying to address:
At the start of the Industrial Revolution, people were seen as hired hands. As more cognitive and creative problem solving was required, we moved into the knowledge economy, becoming hired heads. Now, as people look beyond their pay cheque to measure job satisfaction, they are becoming hired hearts.
As we increasingly rely on people’s knowledge, understanding and relationships to deliver financial results, we must do all we can to both attract them to and retain them in our organisations. Both United Business Media and Deloitte have seen an uptick in speculative applications due to investment in their new buildings making them exceptional places to be highly productive.
We are no longer machinists doing jobs that are repetitive or require little to no thought. Many studies have also shown that happier, more engaged people produce higher quality work. People involved in complex cogitative work focused on delighting customers need environments (and cultures) where they feel safe, secure and valued.<
Knowledge and creative thinking are notoriously difficult to transfer and teach. With skill gaps in many industries and the complexity of internal and external dependencies increasing, it’s hard to switch people into positions if someone leaves. Even when it is possible, it isn’t a case of sitting new recruits on a production line and showing them the ropes. It can take months, even years in some cases, to get them up to speed. Engaged individuals with a purpose that’s aligned to the organisation’s will stick around.
Lost time in meetings because of technology that’s unreliable or difficult to use and a lack of ability to make strategic, data-based decisions about space utilisation and oversubscribed physical resources are things that dramatically impact productivity. People are increasingly autonomous in how and where they work, requiring software tools and technology that assist them in getting activities done efficiently.
A focus on Building UX, looking at how people can productively experience spaces and buildings can significantly improve their performance, removing bottlenecks and technology complications.
nergy and commercial office costs are increasing dramatically, especially in space-constrained cities. Property and facilities management functions and companies are going to need to find smarter ways of working to get the most from their precious resources. The good news is that designing spaces and buildings with a focus on well-being and productivity provides the opportunity for significant energy savings too.
Traditional office arrangements and assigned desk or cubicle layouts do not lend themselves to collaborative working or an agile organisation. Some of our clients have previously been paying over £1,000 every time they need to move someone’s physical desk position. By removing desk assignment and allowing people to consume the resources they require when they need them, these constant charges for additions, moves and changes can be eliminated completely.
It’s currently a challenge to accurately report on how buildings are being used. By changing spaces and buildings to be consumable resources, data can be collected about how scarce and/or expensive assets and locations are being utilised. Once this data is processed, insights and forecasts for growth or change can be generated.
The business environment has changed significantly as we operate in a world of VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Organisations must now be responsive and agile to changing conditions, so understanding where efficiencies or investment needs to be made is critical to success.
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Experience zagorje – Culture
Our visitors can enjoy nature while visiting nearby cultural and tourist attractions.
Distance – 4 Km
“Staro selo” Kumrovec Museum
This unique museum is the only Croatian open-air museum.
It evokes the traditional rural spaces of Zagorje at the turn of the 20th century. Kumrovec is also the birthplace of Josip Broz Tito. The house in which he was born is located within the museum complex.
Distance – 3 Km
Antun Augustinčić Gallery – Klanjec
A gallery exhibiting the works of one of our most notable sculptors,
who donated his sculptural opus, created over the course of 50 years, to
his hometown of Klanjec. Nearby are a church and Franciscan monastery, where the mausoleum of the aristocratic Erdödy family is located.
Distance – 12 Km
The castle of the aristocratic Ratkaj family is located not far from Desinić,
on a hill near the Sutla River, about ten kilometres north of Kumrovec.
Note: Prior notice is required for visits.
Distance – 15 Km
Veliki Tabor Castle
Veliki Tabor is one of the best preserved late medieval and renaissance fortified towns in continental Croatia.
Distance – 30 Km
Krapina Neanderthal Museum
The Krapina Neanderthal Museum is one of the most modern museum projects in Croatia and this part of Europe. A fascinating story about the lives and culture of Neanderthals in Krapina awaits you, as well as a wealth of multimedia content and other activities.
Distance – 45 Km
Shrine of Our Lady of Bistrica
The shrine of Our Lady of Bistrica is one of the largest and most visited
Marian shrines in Croatia. It is a Croatian national shrine.
It is located in Marija Bistrica.
Distance – 35 Km
Museum of the peasant revolts
The museum was established and opened to the public on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the great Peasants’ Revolt of 1573. It is located in the 18th century baroque castle of the Oršić family in Gornja Stubica, which is also the location of the famous Gupčeva Lipa (the Gubec Linden Tree, named after the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt, Matija Gubec).
Distance – 45 Km
City of Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital of the Republic of Croatia and the largest city in Croatia in terms of both size and population.
The city is rich in cultural and historical sites and organises numerous touristic events.
Museums of Hrvatsko Zagorje
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We are assemblages of ancient atoms forged in stars – atoms organized by history to the point of consciousness, now able to contemplate this sacred Universe of which we are a tiny, but wondrous, part.
Emotions are a powerful and important part of being human. Arising from deeper, older parts of the brain, they are often overwhelming. Though emotions can lead to both very good and very vicious actions, I would not wish a life bereft of emotion upon anyone. Similarly, emotions are, for me, an essential part of my Naturalistic Paganism. Just as emotions are part of a full life, it seems to me that they are part of a full spirituality. While my Naturalistic Paganism can stir many emotions, perhaps the most moving and prevalent emotions are gratitude for the past, and love for the future. We know more details about the past than the future, so let’s look there today.
Though there are many ways to bring the past to life, I’ve been involved with several DNA-related projects this summer. DNA provides a window into our past, and for me, all the gratitude that those times engender. For instance, my grandfather loved his family. He worked hard, day after day, week after week on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company – car after car, rivet after rivet – to support his wife, son and daughter, waiting at home. He never knew about his daughter’s son, because my grandfather died two years before I was born. But, can you imagine if he could stand here today? If he could meet me, what would he say? Yet, in a real way, I have a letter of love from him, in trillions of cells of my body – in my DNA. My mom and I can tell, from family history and DNA ancestry testing at 23andme, that many identifiable sections of DNA in my sisters and I, are from him. I see this DNA as a reminder of his love for her, her kids, and future generations.
Of course, he got that DNA from his Ancestors. And just how many Ancestors do we have? Well, we each have four grandparents, 8 great-grandparents … 16, 32, 64, 128 … to thousands a couple centuries ago. The numbers quickly climb to include most of those alive on Earth just a few thousand years back. To find out that I’m a child of the whole world fills me with awe!
For all of our Ancestors, if their lives hadn’t happened, none of us would be here (and by “Ancestor” I include both biological parents as well as anyone who significantly contributed to your world). This makes my every minute a priceless miracle! With our modern lives, you and I live better than kings and queens did when our grandparents were born. Think back to the last time you needed significant medical or dental care. Now imagine that same situation just a short century or two ago. Ouch!!
My Y chromosome DNA results place my other grandfather’s great-grandfather in the large R1b1b2 haplogroup, which is common in Germany. We have data to show that he served in the Kaiser’s German army in the very early 1800’s, before coming to America.
For many of us here in America, sometime in the last few centuries your Ancestors may have risked their lives to come to a new land. Picture your 6th or 10th great grandparents leaving their homeland, perhaps driven out by starvation or war, bravely looking toward an unknown future in a foreign land, America! For those of us with DNA Ancestry results from a company like Ancestry.com, 23andme, or FTDNA, we see what regions some of these Ancestors came from. For me, it’s mostly Northern Europe, with a touch of other areas as well.
Before that, going back to the Neolithic, our Ancestors invented agriculture, and lived on farms. A reminder appears on chromosome #2 in our DNA, with the MCM6 gene for lactase production. With domesticated animals, milk became available. And when the famines came, as they always did, any food could mean the difference between life and death. Back then a mutation happened, a G to an A, allowing one adult to digest milk – that person, of course, now had an edge, and survived and had kids. Soon that mutation spread, and so many of us here are now lactose tolerant. So we get ice cream! Wow!
Further still, I look back 2 million years, before modern Homo sapiens. Among the many genetic changes needed for our lager brains, two mutations critical to our growing larger brains than other apes can be found on chromosomes #1 and #8, the genes ASPM & MCPH1.
Before that, our tails were lost due to mutations in the CDX1 and WNT3A genes on chromosomes #5 and #6, and our monkey Ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C, when their fruit based diet allowed a mutation in the GULOP gene (on chromosome #8) to stick around.
We skip over billions of Ancestors, to the time when our Ancestor fish clambered onto land. Arms and legs are made partially using mutations on chromosome 20, and gills are repurposed into throat structures with mutations now found on our chromosome #22.
Even before life, I’m reminded that the atoms, other than hydrogen, that formed that life were all made in the cosmic furnace of stars, billions of years before the earth formed. Our DNA is made out of stars! Our Ancestors include those stars, giving us the phosphorus, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen needed to make DNA itself. Hydrogen bonding is essential for DNA to work, due to the fact that the bases bond using hydrogen bonds. Too strong a bond would prevent DNA from “unzipping”, and hence from duplicating, while too weak a bond would prevent DNA from forming at all. That hydrogen, of course comes from the Great Radiance, or Big Bang.
These, and the many more, letters of love from our Ancestors in our DNA fill me with many emotions – gratitude, joy, wonder. I’ll come back to the Ancestors when Samhain approaches, but both DNA and a focus on emotion make them unavoidable here in August as well.
In addition to writing the Starstuff, Contemplating column here at HumanisticPaganism, Dr. Jon Cleland Host is a scientist who earned his PhD in materials science at Northwestern University & has conducted research at Hemlock Semiconductor and Dow Corning since 1997. He holds eight patents and has authored over three dozen internal scientific papers and eleven papers for peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the journal Nature. He has taught classes on biology, math, chemistry, physics and general science at Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University. Jon grew up near Pontiac, and has been building a reality-based spirituality for over 30 years, first as a Catholic and now as a Unitarian Universalist, including collaborating with Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow to spread the awe and wonder of the Great Story of our Universe (see www.thegreatstory.org, and the blog atevolutionarytimes.org). Jon and his wife have four sons, whom they embrace within a Universe-centered, Pagan, family spirituality. He currently moderates the yahoo group Naturalistic Paganism. | <urn:uuid:17692d31-7640-409a-acc8-36c8f8f19a2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://naturalisticpaganism.org/2014/08/20/starstuff-contemplating-letters-of-love-in-our-dna-by-jon-cleland-host/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.967951 | 1,558 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Write to futex, wake futex, close handle, exit.
#include <zircon/syscalls.h> [[noreturn]] void zx_futex_wake_handle_close_thread_exit( const zx_futex_t* value_ptr, uint32_t wake_count, int32_t new_value, zx_handle_t close_handle);
zx_futex_wake_handle_close_thread_exit() does a sequence of four operations:
atomic_store_explicit(value_ptr, new_value, memory_order_release);
The expectation is that as soon as the first operation completes, other threads may unmap or reuse the memory containing the calling thread's own stack. This is valid for this call, though it would be invalid for plain
zx_futex_wake() or any other call.
If any of the operations fail, then the thread takes a trap (as if by
zx_futex_wake_handle_close_thread_exit() does not return.
The intended use for this is for a dying thread to alert another thread waiting for its completion, close its own thread handle, and exit. The thread handle cannot be closed beforehand because closing the last handle to a thread kills that thread. The write to value_ptr can‘t be done before this call because any time after the write, a joining thread might reuse or deallocate this thread’s stack, which may cause issues with calling conventions into this function.
This call is used for joinable threads, while
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This is a small selection of the literary and artistic journals within the Hawtin collection and information related to them is arranged by the founding date of the journal:
The Bookman: An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Bookreaders, Bookbuyers and Booksellers lasted from 1891-1934 until it merged with the London Mercury. It was published by Hodder & Staughton and initially produced as an advertising tool for their catalogue however it also published essays and reviews. Special double issues were produced at Christmas featuring tipped-in plates by important illustrators. Articles for The Bookman Christmas (1914) include "Louvain from The Glory of Belgium" by WB Gaverman. The Bookman Christmas for both 1914 and 1915 cost two shillings and sixpence.
The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art was a monthly magazine which ran from 1893-1964. The Studio was founded by Charles Holme (1848-1923) and it is a richly-illustrated important magazine in the Arts & Crafts movement. Items in the 15 December 1903 issue include reviews and articles:
The Dome was published by the Unicorn Press at 7 Cecil Court, London. Its subtitle varied from "A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts" to "An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review." The journal ran from March 1897 to July 1900 and it was edited by Enest J Oldmeadow. The journal was part of the late 1890s scene which included The Yellow Book and The Savoy. The Dome dealt with both visual and verbal art as well as music and theatre. There is no index to The Dome. The 1898 issue includes the following:
One volume of The Dome is within the Hawtin Collection and another volume within Daniel Corkery's collection.
The Poster: An Illustrated Monthly Journal was devoted to the artistic poster and ran from 1898-1901. The Poster occupied the intersection of the Arts & Crafts movement, Art Nouveau and Stile Liberty movement. The cover to each issue was printed chromolithography. Artists featured in The Poster included Jack B Yeats, Aubrey Beardsley and John Hassall (1868-1948) known for poster designs, particularly for the theatre. The Poster provided advertisements, articles, numberous drawings and etchings (some color) and copies of advertising posters and theatre billboards.
The Connoisseur: A Magazine for Collectors ran from 1901 to 1992 covered luxury topics such as fine art, collectibles and antique furniture. It was published initially by the London publishing house Sampson Low, Marston & Co (see defunct publishers) and in 1927 was acquired by Hearst Publishing. JT Herbert Baily (1864-1914) acknowledged in the first issue that a magazine ‘devoted to any and every object that is or can be collected’ was a new thing. Baily was certain that this journal would be a success due to the significant ‘increase in the interest in and desire for things old and beautiful and rare.’ (The Connoisseur September 1901, 1-2).
The Connoisseur was lavishly illustrated with an eclectic range of material objects it discussed: china, glass, ware, interiors as well as reviews, notes, queries, letters and feature articles. Feature articles in December 1911 included:
Each section was accompanied by a unique woodcut header.
In addition there was a large selection of advertisements. The December 1911 issue contained 77 pages of advertisements. In the early years these were numbered separately with roman numerals.
La Baïonnette was a fortnightly satirical French magazine which ran from 1915-1920. The name is taken from the phrase "charger à la baïonnette." The magazine was originally known as 'Coups de Baionnette' and 'À la baïonnette' before changing to La Baïonnette in mid-1915. In general it was a patriotic publication seen from the point of view of the common foot-soldier, housewife, or French worker.
In 1919 Harold Munro (1879-1932) started the modernist journal The Monthly Chapbook: A Miscellany following two other ventures: The Poetry Review and Poetry and Drama, suspended at the end of 1914. The Monthly Chapbook would prove not to be commercially viable, but contained not only some of Munro's best work but also provided a 'cultural middle ground' between modernism and more traditional work. To do this Munro took a broad view on 'poetry' with entire issues devoted to children's rhymes and to songs by Walter de la Mare complete with scores. Such a viewpoint is indicated by the subtitle 'A Miscellany.' Munro's intention was to 'entertain rather than elevate.' Munro provided portfolios to contain the copies previously produced as well as binding cases so that the issues could be bound up complete in their cases. The set of The Monthly Chapbook is in such a portfolio case.
The Bookman's Journal & Print Collector: A Weekly Devoted to Literature and the Collecting of Books and Prints was a weekly bibliographic magazine which ran from 1919-1931. The journal was aimed at collectors, booksellers, librarians and all readers. The journal was edited by Wilfred Partington (1888-1955). The issue for 26 December 1919 includes the following:
The Dome at The Modernists Journals Project A Joint Project of Brown University and the University of Tulsa.
Hewitt, John. “‘The Poster’ and the Poster in England in the 1890s.” Victorian Periodicals Review, 35.1 (2002): 37–62.
Mahoney, Kristin. “Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Politics of Collecting in ‘The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors’, 1901-1914.” Victorian Periodicals Review, 45.2 (2012): 175–199.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2021—Energy prices soared in the third quarter of 2021 and are expected to remain elevated in 2022, adding to global inflationary pressures and potentially shifting economic growth to energy-exporting countries from energy-importing ones.
The World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook forecasts that energy prices—expected to average more than 80 percent higher in 2021 compared to last year—will remain at high levels in 2022 but will start to decline in the second half of the year as supply constraints ease. Non-energy prices, including agriculture and metals, are projected to decrease in 2022, following strong gains this year.
“The surge in energy prices poses significant near-term risks to global inflation and, if sustained, could also weigh on growth in energy-importing countries,” said Ayhan Kose, Chief Economist and Director of the World Bank’s Prospects
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1 February 1947 – The Bulgarian National Assembly voted a new law, which restored the old name – BAS. The Academy was defined as “the highest scientific institution in the country”, “a state institution with its own creative, organizational and administrative life”, which was under the authority of Council of Ministers.
27-28 February 1947 – adoption of the Statute of BAS
On 4 March 1947, Todor Pavlov was elected President of the Academy.
In September 1949, the structure of BAS was changed. The departments and branches were replaced by 7 divisions for: physics, mathematics and technical sciences; geological-geographic and chemical sciences; biological and medical sciences; history, archaeology and philosophy; legal and economic sciences; linguistics, ethnography and literature; fine arts and culture. The institutes of the Academy were defined as the main research bodies of BAS.
New regulations for the PhD degree at BAS were adopted in 1951.
1957 – Agreements were concluded with the Polish Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the German Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the Academy of the People’s Republic of Romania.
1960 – a Technical Sciences division was established at BAS with the following institutes: Institute of Energetics, Technical Institute, Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture. The division of Technical Sciences also had separate sections on automation and telemechanics and on metal science and metal technology.
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Programable timer for automatic ON or OFF switching of the air conditioner at a pre-selected time of the day.
After loss of power supply voltage, the air conditioning system will automatically switch on with the last set mode and settings when the power is restored.
This mode provides maximum comfort and peace of mind throughout the night for healthier sleep. When cooling the room with the "Sleep" mode activated, the preset temperature rises by 1 degree, one hour after the air conditioner is started, after which it remains fixed. When heating the room with the "Sleep" mode activated, the temperature drops by 1 degree, one hour after starting the air conditioner, after which it remains fixed.
The air conditioning system has an additional electric heater for more efficient heating in the winter.
|Type||Floor-standing type air conditioners|
|Power supply (V/ø/Hz)||230 / 1 / 50|
|Capacity (BTU)||30 000 BTU|
|Cooling Capacity (kW)||7.60 (0.90 - 9.00)|
|Heating Capacity (kW)||9.40 (1.00 - 9.94) + 2.20|
|Power Input Cooling/Heating (kW)||2.36 / 2.60|
|SEER (Seasonal Cooling Efficiency)||6.10|
|SCOP (Seasonal Heating Efficiency)||4.00|
|Energy Efficiency Class (Cooling)||A++|
|Energy Efficiency Class (Heating)||A+|
|Sound Pressure Indoor Unit - Cooling dB(A)||40 - 45|
|Sound Power Outdoor Unit - Cooling/Heating dB(A)||65|
|Air Flow Indoor / Outdoor Unit - Cooling (m3/h)||1200|
|Dimensions - Indoor Unit WxHxD (mm)||446 x 1810 x 426|
|Dimensions - Outdoor Unit WxHxD (mm)||880 x 650 x 330|
|Weight - Indoor Unit (kg)||40|
|Weight - Outdoor Unit (kg)||46|
|Piping Connections - Liquid/Gas (mm)||φ 6.00 / φ 9.52|
|Operation Range - Cooling (°C)||-15 ~ 46|
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In this paper, the UDE (uncertainty and disturbance estimator) based robust control is investigated for a class of non-affine nonlinear systems in a normal form. Control system design for non-affine nonlinear systems is one of the most difficult problems due to the lack of mathematical tools. This is also true even for the exact known non-affine systems because of the difficulty in explicitly constructing the control law. It is shown that the proposed UDE-based robust control strategy leads to a stable system. The most important features of the approach are that (i) by adding and subtracting the control term u, the original non-affine form is transformed into a semi-affine form, which not only simplifies the control design procedure, but also avoids the singularity problem of the controller; (ii) the employment of UDE makes the estimation of the lumped uncertain term which is a function of control input, states and disturbances possible, rather than states alone; and (iii) it does not require any knowledge (e.g., bounds) about the uncertainties and disturbances, except the information about the bandwidth, during the design process. The stability of the closed-loop system is established. Effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through application to the hard disk driver control problem.
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UDE-Based Robust Control for a Class of Non-Affine Nonlinear Systems
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Ren, B, & Zhong, Q. "UDE-Based Robust Control for a Class of Non-Affine Nonlinear Systems." Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. Volume 3: Nonlinear Estimation and Control; Optimization and Optimal Control; Piezoelectric Actuation and Nanoscale Control; Robotics and Manipulators; Sensing; System Identification (Estimation for Automotive Applications, Modeling, Therapeutic Control in Bio-Systems); Variable Structure/Sliding-Mode Control; Vehicles and Human Robotics; Vehicle Dynamics and Control; Vehicle Path Planning and Collision Avoidance; Vibrational and Mechanical Systems; Wind Energy Systems and Control. Palo Alto, California, USA. October 21–23, 2013. V003T34A004. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DSCC2013-3807
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By Phil Marlowe
As supply chain professionals, we live in a world of unprecedented connectivity where partners collaborate seamlessly, in real time, to make faster, better decisions on production, inventory and shipping.
And then there is global freight management.
Here, clerks manually enter shipment data and that data gets shared – as emails, spreadsheets and shipping documents – among factories, freight forwarders and carriers. It’s an appallingly inefficient and manual process that can result in millions, even tens of millions, in lost profit for large shippers with sizable global freight spends.
The good news is, the technology exists to automate global freight management processes and allow dynamic decision making. Here’s a look at the five worst practices contributing to this profit drain, and how technology-based alternatives can accomplish the same result faster, cheaper, and with greater accuracy.
Mistake 1: Not using software to manage expedited freight.
When it comes to deciding whether to expedite a shipment, and switch from ocean to air, current manual approval methods waste time and transportation dollars, as it often takes a shipper 3-5 days to make a decision. The less “expedited” the decision process, the fewer cost-efficient options exist. Slow decisions force you to choose faster, more expensive, modes.
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