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What is a good response rate?
Ideally, a 70% response rate provides reliable feedback from students. However, achieving a high response rate can be difficult. Nulty (2008) suggests for courses with less than 20 students a response rate of at least 58% and courses with 50 or more students a response rate of at least 35% can provide reliable feedback on the student experience.
Nulty, D. D. (2008). The adequacy of response rates to online and paper surveys: what can be done?. Assessment & evaluation in higher education, 33(3), 301-314.
What strategies can be used to improve response rate?
The most effective strategy is to provide 10-15 minutes of class time for students to complete the SCS. Pick a class day and ask students to bring a device (laptop, mobile) devices/laptops during class time (for face-to-face classes).
The OIA conducted a survey of the 271 instructors, who receive high response rates on their online TCEs, asking about strategies used to encourage student completion of their online TCEs. 105 instructors responded to the survey, conducted between 2/27/15 and 3/6/15. Here is a summary of the most common responses:
- Telling students their opinions are anonymous, valued, and lead to course improvements
- Verbal reminders (face-to-face classes)
- Email reminders sent by the instructor in addition to those sent by the OIA
- Posting the link to the SCS Tool Suite (url) on D2L course site
- Bonus points (a negligible amount and given only if 80% or more of the class completes the SCS)
Improving Response Rates
Use Class Time
One of the best ways to increase response rates is to ask students to complete the course surveys during class time. Doing so signals that the instructor takes this process seriously.
Pick a day during the SCS open survey period with peak attendance.
Schedule the course surveys for a day when attendance is expected for an important instructional activity. Let students know which date you have chosen and remind them to bring their laptops, tablets or other mobile device so they can complete their SCSs.
Administer at the start of class instead of the end.
Set aside 20 minutes at the beginning of the class period. Announce the SCS and explain that you've allowed 15-20 minutes to complete the SCS because it is important that you hear from everyone. Leave the room to show that you are not trying influence student responses, and arrange with the student monitor to signal you when to step back into the room.
Let students know you value the feedback they provide
During their academic career, students will understand the importance of feedback for their development and progress as learners. Because these SCSs are administered at the end of the course session, students may not know how the results of the surveys are used. Further, they may not directly see changes based on their responses. Letting students know you value their feedback and how you will use the information they provide to refine and adapt your teaching methods, will help them provide helpful information on their learning experience.
If you use a point-based grading scheme, you might consider including 1 or 2 points in the overall grading scheme from the start (include in your syllabus or official grading scheme as an assignment), or as bonus points (announced in the syllabus or near the end of term) if the response rate reaches your goal (for example, 85% or above). Although some students may not be motivated by this approach, pointing out that there are circumstances where even a point or two can make a difference may motivate a number of students across the spectrum of low to high anticipated course grades. Points have been effective in large undergraduate classes. | <urn:uuid:63ca9745-eb04-458c-9807-aa1dac849444> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scs.arizona.edu/content/11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.944506 | 784 | 1.992188 | 2 |
5 February 2020 by Marc Woodard
[Marc is the soldier in the featured image overlooking Camp San Louis Obispo, CA – during active duty training, 2002]
What is sciatica and what is the best way to manage, alleviate or remove it?
Through my military experience I found a treatment path which led to complete reversal of my sciatic pain problem. A pain problem that afflicted me throughout my 20 year military career. Below under “Sciatica Pain Experience During My Military Career,” I detail my experience and findings and treatment course once I connected all the dots. Possibly these pain alleviation modalities could work to relieve and/or reverse your sciatica problem without surgery.
Sciatica in short, refers to back pain caused by a problem with the sciatic nerve [webmd 2020]. Sciatica (nerve pain) can be caused through numerous factors: incorrect posture, genetic deformities, injury or overuse of back muscles, or when the vertebra discs become defective or inefficient at absorbing vertebrae structural stress, or the bone itself is compromised then impinge upon the sciatic nerve. Sciatica isn’t actually a condition, but instead a medical term used to describe symptoms, such as tingling, numbness, prickly sensation and shooting pain down the leg to foot. The cause of sciatica varies in pathology but can be effectively alleviated without surgery, or non-intrusive surgery in many cases… such as mine was the case.
Sciatica pain in the lower back and extremities are often caused by injury, over-stressed muscular skeletal system, poor postural alignment and bad genetics; whereas soft tissue and/or skeletal compression, or impingement often occurs at vertebra’s L4-5 (lumbar) to S1-2 (Sacrum). Pain and swelling events can be isolated in the lower back and/or felt anywhere down the lower extremities at various frequency, duration and intensity throughout the day once aggravated by any number of postural load imbalances.
The six most common spinal disorders that cause spinal nerve compression and sciatica lumbar radiculopathy (radiating pain) are
1) Bulging or herniated disc (The gel-like center of the disc mal-forms creating nerve compression and swelling around the sciatica nerve). 2) Spinal stenosis (nerve compression through narrowing or clogged nerve pathway – brought about by standing or walking and relieved by sitting down). 3) Spondylolisthesis (Characterized by slipping and displaced vertebrae – acquired at birth and developed through childhood, trauma or physical stress. 4) Trauma (accident injury, sports, weight lifting, etc.). 5) Piriformis syndrome (named for the low back piriformis muscle impinging and irritating the sciatic nerve. This condition is also very difficult to diagnose and treat due to lack of findings through x-ray and MRI findings). 6) Spinal tumors (although tumors are rare in the lumbar region, benign or cancerous (malignant) tumors can develop creating nerve compression. Fortunately, this is a rare.
Radiculopathy is a term often used to describe radiating pain from its origin. In the case of sciatic nerve and radiating pain problems, this pain origin occurs at L5-S1 vertebrae [refer to images above]. When there is a low back nerve impingement, or compression condition on the right side of the lower back for example, and it causes pain and/or numbness down one side of the buttocks and/or thigh-to-foot-to-toe… This is a radiating or radiculopathy neural pain symptom. The pain travels distant from the lower back pain origin. Many patients who experience radiculopathy symptoms absent of low back pain don’t relate the pain stemming from a low back problem. For others the low back symptoms may be a feeling of achenes and stiffness, but not produce radiating pain. At this point in time, the low back is likely stressed and requires early medical diagnosis and treatment to avoid future episodes and worsening a low back condition.
Although symptoms of radiculopathy pain in the low back may occur at the same time as a burning and/or prickly sensation down the leg and toes – patients “at first” rarely associate this pain originating from the low back. Unless pain in the low back occurs simultaneously at the same time it is felt in the lower extremities.
To get treatment for low back sciatica and radiculopathy pain, see your primary care physician and ask to be referred to a physiatrist. This is a medical doctor who specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation [also called PM&R physicians]. A Physiatrist is a pain specialist doctor who diagnoses and treats both acute and chronic pain in a wide variety of nonsurgical treatments for the Neuromusculoskeletal system” (google 2020); and can refer surgical intervention if determined the best treatment course. The sciatic problem can be diagnosed through use of x-rays, CAT Scan (Computerized Axial Tomography – 3 dimensional, multiple cross-sectional picture technology) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Magnetism produces images of body structure).
Sciatica Pain Experience During My Military Career
When I was younger, I associated the numbness in my right calf and foot with military issued boots at the beginning of my 20 year military service. Foot discomfort and back pain seemed to go along with the territory. There was much conversation between soldiers regarding military issued boots also suspected of causing knee, hip and lower back pain. Foot pain was a given in the military. Everyone I knew during basic and advanced soldier training had foot problems as a result of wearing those boots.
Military issued boots in the 80’s and 90’s had no posture corrective insoles. And the exterior leather required a lot of wear and tear treatment/ conditioning to make it comfortable to wear around the foot all day long. Although a pre-wear and tear treatment process helped condition to break in the boot… imbalanced pressures on the soul and side of foot and toes often caused painful hot spots, even after the boots were broke in.
Like many other soldiers began limping acutely during basic training… I also continued wearing those basic boots for the first 5 years of service limping at various times. I had no ideal through this time they were the cause of my low back pain. The postural imbalances were further aggravated by intense occupational work load [field training] on my body, which further compromised the lower back alignment and weakened the area – causing swelling around the sciatic nerve. In time, pain was felt from the lower back, buttocks, leg and foot [radiculopathy].
It only took 5 years of improper foot wear to permanently put me in a hurt locker. Ultimately my back problems became chronic for 3 years during my last years of service.
Around my 6th year of service I purchased boots approved by the military which alleviated the radiculopathy but not my back problems. Regardless I did complete 20 years of combined military service. However the damage was done and that was not the end of my physical pain challenge. My pain challenge is fully covered within Ageless MirrorAthlete “Overweight and Unfit No More” book. The pain challenge is a continuing story at the end of each chapter that connects well with “how to live life to the fullest” regardless of mental, physical or spiritual pain challenges. Click on the link below to read the free preview at Amazon.com and please provide a rating review after you’ve read the book. Thank you for your support.
I’ve written articles on acupuncture and how it helped alleviate my sciatic pain. And ultimately led to complete remission of sciatica pain. Maybe it will work for you like it did for me. Just search under acupuncture in MirrorAthlete archives and you’ll find other articles.
I highly recommend if you are serving in the military or an avid hiker
Invest in a pair of Danner, or Bates boots of good thermal water resistant and good insole quality. Then throw those basic military issued, or over worn boots in the trash.
Basic Issued Military Boots were the the cause of my postural weight bearing load misalignment and cause of acute foot and back and neck pain for years. And thereafter chronic pain problems occurred in the lower back, worsened and radiated downward. I had no ideal in my twenties how important proper foot ware and customized and corrective insoles were to Neuromusculoskeletal health of the feet and the rest of my bodily alignment.
One would think with the science behind many foot related back and neck pain problems – the feet would be of great pain prevention interest and at a minimum the military would invest in proper weight bearing boots with foot analysis that custom fit proper insoles to be place within the boot. This foot pain prevention process would have a return on tax paid investment – i.e., reduced sick call incidents, higher soldier productivity and fewer disability claims that retire trained soldiers early on…, etc. Until any boot or “almost any” shoe is broken in, or has bad insoles, or none at all… this creates hot spots and/or blisters everyone can relate too. And when the feet don’t get relief, limping occurs. If something doesn’t change, pain can be felt in other weight bearing joints. I believe military issued boots should be of the highest postural and corrective weight load bearing quality, Solders work their bodies hard in the field and put their lives on the line and deserve the best gear money can buy and this includes foot wear. They also deserve to end their service commitment without pain and injury caused by inferior foot wear that also causes harm to other parts of the body.
If your feet have little to no arch, it would be wise to invest in good foot insole orthodics to provide a supportive arch and alleviate foot pain and calf cramps. Improper foot ware “when not corrected” will cause further breakdown of the foots mechanical-muscular structural integrity and then work that aggravation upward – putting pressure on other weight bearing joints. The bodies posture works to re-align itself around an articulating joint pain center. Better known as guarding. This is why you see people limping. E.g., the compromised [pain problem] side is guarded by the side not experiencing pain. Therefore it takes on an additional load burden moving the body forward, putting additional stress on the non-compromised side.
When limping continues too long without correction the body adapts to compensate and create a new gait norm to alleviate pain. Realignment during guarding puts more stress on other weight bearing joints and causes an imbalanced mechanical disadvantage during the gait. When this is the case the weight bearing joints are susceptible to aggravation and injury because the anatomical posture is imbalanced and eventually becomes compromised.
Dr. Bernard Filner, MD, says, a significant number of people, including many of his patients, contemplate surgery because they hurt so badly – but most of the time, by using a Posture Control Insole can alleviate the pain and avoid surgery. … Your feet play an integral role in maintaining a pain free posture, including proper curvature of the spine. Modest changes in your posture provide the potential for complete relief of low-back pain. If you are in pain, even if you have tried custom orthotics without success, please try Posture Control Insoles before you try surgery, said Dr. Filner.
As previously mentioned – most who suffer acute to chronic sciatic symptoms experience numbness, tingly to prickly sensation to excruciating sharp – jolting pain from the buttocks down the leg and foot. … I experienced radiating pain at times as an achy to chronic electrical pain sensation which was horrible and nearly knocked my off my feet at times when it struck.
For me acute sciatica feels like short bouts of being zapped by electricity and a burning , or tingling/prickly sensation when it occurred. One way to know when the worse case pain scenario will occur… you’ll experience a numbness and swelling in your lower back and loss of sensation in parts of your leg/calf/big toe with prickly sensations. At least for me that’s how my acute converted to chronic pain episodes. When a chronic episode occurred, the pain and swelling afterwords was so severe, I stayed off my feet for a couple of days. Only anti-inflammatory, ice, physical therapy and bed rest helped get back on my feet.
I’ve known many people – including myself go years suffering with low back sciatic pain and use prescription pain killers, muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatory to treat the symptoms with rest. Other outpatient treatments include steroid injections, chiropractic and physical therapy sessions and acupuncture, etc., that work temporarily, or permanently but may/may not fix the underlying weight bearing integrity problems without surgery. Patients who ignore infrequent episodes of back pain, or sciatic symptoms… without proper diagnosis can unknowingly create an irreversible pain condition that may have been preventable and without need of surgical intervention.
Foot insoles may be the cure to remove a sciatic Pain Problem
I chose not to go through surgery. After years of working with specialists, I learned what worked for me. It was a combination of acupuncture and corrective insoles that abated my sciatic pain. I only wish I could have had someone tell me the exact treatment course that would work for me after experiencing 20 years of sciatic and radiating pain. Will this treatment course work for you? That’s hard to say. Everyone is so different. But until you make the time to get a physiatrist referral from your primary care physician you’ll likely continue the fast track pain alleviation plan like I did… pain pills, anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxants… “which won’t fix you, and your pain episodes and weight bearing bodily damage will likely worsen.”
Correcting posture at the feet first – in “most cases” when foot, knee and back problems first occur, including sciatic pain … corrective insoles are often the pain relief solution! However with this being said, there is no guarantee as you age a sciatic problem with radiating symptoms “will not” become worse. We are talking about pain alleviation through proper anatomical foot insole alignment that will not worsen a back-pain condition. But its good to know nearly all back problems can be corrected and/or alleviated without surgery when proper postural foot alignment “at the sole” is made in a timely manner.
Most back pain can be resolved without surgery if both doctors and patients are willing to try other treatments that basically help the back to heal itself (Dr. Richard Deyo, University of Washington, and Consumer Health Interactive Magazine).
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Today I have a brachiopod specimen called Merista tennesseensis from the Silurian (Wenlock epoch) aged Bob Limestone member of the Brownsport Formation. It was found near Bath Springs, TN. I was confused when I saw the name at first because of the similarity to Meristella (let alone Meristina!) but it is a completely different genus.
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At a glance
- A platform that provides overview curriculum planning
- Accessible interface, with intuitive curriculum design tools
- Loaded with customisable options that allow for a bespoke curriculum to be built
- Focused on the whole picture, not just resources and lesson plans
- Encourages efficacy across schools and trusts
Curriculum design lies at the heart of any school. The complexities involved and the rigour required can be overwhelmingly time consuming for teachers and leaders alike.
Juniper Education has developed an answer: a software program that empowers and enables teachers to design a broad and balanced curriculum in a series of simple clicks.
It really is that simple, and the output is usable, useful and accurate.
Unlike many other curriculum products on the market, Sonar Curriculum doesn’t focus on micro planning.
Instead of offering reams of planned lessons with heaps of resources, the software is designed to help empower teachers and leaders to build a curriculum overview that is tailored for their context and their pupils.
As such, Sonar Curriculum provides the stitching for teachers and leaders to weave together their idiosyncratic planning approaches with a wider whole-school, or whole-trust approach.
Moreover, Sonar Curriculum isn’t limited to curriculum design through topic breakdown.
The cofounders were determined to overcome the fragmented side effects created by a solely topic-driven curriculum and instead, Sonar Curriculum offers users the option to focus on teaching specific subjects as entities.
Not only does this mean that foundation subjects are given the exposure they deserve, but learners (and teachers) are able to explore subjects in more depth, ensuring that nothing gets lost in the wool.
The future holds some exciting new additions, including full integration with Juniper’s assessment platform, Sonar Tracker, as well as carefully curated book boxes to complement the printable classroom resources.
At its core, Sonar Curriculum provides leaders and teachers with a concise framework of coverage, pitch and sequence for all core and foundation subjects.
The online platform provides a comprehensive solution to your primary curriculum design and comprises a multitude of materials for curriculum mapping, short and medium planning and resources to support the delivery of effective teaching and learning.
All content is intuitively accessible and the functionality is exceptionally user friendly. Sonar Curriculum means you can quite literally design and disseminate a coherent curriculum in a few short clicks.
Not only does Sonar Curriculum provide the framework, it also provides the required intricacies essential for robust design.
The National Curriculum is broken into standardised and sequenced objectives across every strand of every subject, skills, knowledge and understanding are deliberately mapped to ensure cumulative fluency across the primary phase.
As such, the output is a fully accessible, reliable and usable overview to support teachers with their implementation.
Besides the obvious strengths in design and functionality, Sonar Curriculum has been curated with teachers in mind and it comes as no surprise that the cofounders pride this as one of the key strengths.
Little touches such as the summaries of required content for each subject, the tutorial videos for navigating the site, the support and simply the layout are all designed to reduce workload for real teachers. And it works. It works really well. Sonar Curriculum has a way of giving you confidence in what you are developing, with a sense that there is support just a click away.
Sonar Curriculum is designed to be responsive. Not only is the blog kept up to date with the latest DfE news, the platform itself is constantly undergoing upgrades and the future holds some exciting new additions, including full integration with Juniper assessment platforms.
- Designed with teachers in mind
- Exceptionally clear outputs from curriculum design - easy to understand
- Links to National Curriculum descriptors helps with formalisation
- Customisation means that teachers and leaders have real freedom
- Really handy if you are building in consistency across your school or trust curriculum
You are looking for a platform that helps structure and design a fully loaded curriculum, without all of the additional baggage. Also consider if you are considering reducing staff workload and simplifying approaches.
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The Builders Association
In 1994, Marianne Weems and her then-new ensemble, The Builders Association, presented Master Builder, an adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play, on an upper floor of a New York City warehouse. She has since left Victorian dramas behind, blending live performance, video, technology, and architecture to narrate stories based on the experiences, facts, and phenomena of reality today. Her stage pieces have taken real-world concerns by the throat: psychic and geographical disorientation in Jet Lag (1998), global outsourcing in Alladeen (2003), and the datasphere in Super Vision (2005). The Builders Association’s latest production, Continuous City, which recently played at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is a fable about place and placelessness, and how our experience of being constantly connected through technology alters our sense of distance, intimacy, and the world around us.
LOUISE NERI: Describe your theater background.
MARIANNE WEEMS: I was part of the V-Girls, an art performance collective of “academic guerrillas,” which we formed in 1985. I was also doing my own work in small downtown [New York] venues in the late ’80s. As well as being deeply influenced by the now-orthodox theater experiments of the Wooster Group, Richard Foreman, and others, I was obsessed with video work by artists like Tony Oursler, Gary Hill, Nam June Paik, and Gretchen Bender. Over time, I got some collaborators together and, in 1994, founded the ensemble on a large, impractical, un-tourable set of Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder. We built a full-scale, three-story house frame inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark’s collages and the deconstructed mail-order house in Buster Keaton’s One Week . I set the play inside the house with monitors, cameras, and actors moving from room to room. The audience watched from outside, and, after the performance, they were invited to come in and move through the house. This was the formative experience out of which the ensemble was born.
LN: But why Ibsen? Do you consider yourself to be, like him, a critical realist for your own time?
MW: Ibsen’s story has the kind of sledgehammer symbolism that I could use as a frame for a lot of materials without losing its essential structure. The story is rife with rich and familiar motifs-youth, death, desire, intimacy, entrapment—which I elaborated on through various lenses. Most importantly, on the set we experimented with a very primitive but lively electronic network of sound and video triggers that lined the house—the performers set off sounds, from breaking plates to falling down stairs, much like Foley artists. This also reflects my engagement with what [composer] John Cage described as making the invisible visible-materializing our struggle with the technology-saturated environment while playing on the social forces that construct us.
LN: How did you move from interpreting the work of others to writing your own material?
MW: Jet Lag was our first production based on contemporary, real-life stories. I juxtaposed two true stories about people severed from the conventions of time and space: Sarah Krassnoff, an American grandmother who flew across the Atlantic Ocean 167 consecutive times with her grandson to elude his father and his psychiatrist and who finally died of exhaustion from doing so; and Donald Crowhurst, the ill-fated yachtsman who disappeared in the course of a faked solo-circumnavigation of the world, leaving a haunting film and audiotape diary that charted his mental deterioration and increasingly delusional episodes. These stories brought their own contexts, thus my interests as a playwright shifted from interpreting the work of others to telling more urgent stories drawn directly from life.
LN: Each new work involves integrating expertise and innovation from outside the theater world. Why is this so necessary for you?
MW: My work often steps outside of the boundaries of conventional theater, especially with the collaborators that we choose. We have worked with architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio [on Jet Lag], dbox [on Jet Lag, Alladeen, Super Vision, and Continuous City], and the London-based international arts organization motiroti [on Alladeen]. Most unusually, we have partnered with several technology companies, including the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and have even recently begun beta-testing for IBM. All of these interests result from my need to bring new tools to the job of storytelling. I try to combine entertainment with critical thinking by creating complex stage images that invite the audience to consider the expanding role of technology in our lives. I want technology to be both marvelous and completely obvious at the same time.
LN: I remember you once saying, somewhat perversely, that you dreamed of making theater without live actors. How do you feel about this now?
MW: There’s no substitute for the presence of real performers onstage, however it’s their interaction with “live” technology that gives our work its edge. Continuous City is dominated by screen presence. Across the set, footage plays that we shot over the past year in locations all over the world, from Las Vegas to Shanghai. An 8-year-old girl is an onstage character; her father is beamed to her onscreen from his ever-changing position in the world. In our ending, she finds that she’s perfectly happy to connect with him via video-chat; for her, his representation is enough. During the upcoming international tour of the piece, two performers will delve into every city on the circuit: Moe Angelos, by blogging about the places and people she meets on the road; and Rizwan Mirza, by video-chatting with his family, who are spread out between New Delhi, Paris, and New York. So we’re integrating the real cities we visit, the real people we meet in them, and the virtual cities interspersed between the real ones. | <urn:uuid:27aa2665-a4aa-4dd3-8c8d-22aeb2cf653f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/theatre-the-builders-association | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.958651 | 1,279 | 1.609375 | 2 |
As summer slips away, West Volusia community advocates are actively planning for the upcoming school year.
Allison Bonilla, a psychotherapist and life coach, has a mentoring program in place that focuses on the social and emotional learning of our youth.
Bonilla has had a private practice in West Volusia for more than 20 years, and can be found at Awareness Counseling Center in Orange City, working with clients to strengthen their homes and help them live productive and healthy lives.
Bonilla is very community-involved and family-oriented. She started a speech club at University High School in Orange City, which is still an active club.
She found her passion for helping youth as a foster parent more than 30 years ago, and has maintained her interest in working with adolescents and preteens.
“We hold them accountable as adults, but their brain does not fully develop until age 25, which is unfair to them,” Bonilla said.
She runs a faith-based program, and is a firm believer that God’s Word has a lot of the answers people are often seeking.
“I have found that a lot of the teenagers just go with the flow because everyone is doing it. So many of our young people are unable to express their thoughts, feelings and beliefs. We live in a world that is promoting values that oppose them engaging,” Bonilla said.
The ACTS (A Candle to Shine) mentoring program addresses these issues.
ACTS is a nonprofit organization founded in 2009, and each year it serves up to 15 young people ages 8-18. The intent is to have small groups that truly meet the needs of the participants.
ACTS is not affiliated with any denomination, but is faith-based. Parental support is encouraged.
The youth have the opportunity to learn about themselves, celebrate their active voices, and volunteer at community events.
Bonilla has the assistance of other mentor volunteers, like Joy Baugh. Baugh works with the Boys & Girls Club weekly, and still gives of her time two Saturdays a month with ACTS. Her daughters participate in the program, as well.
“The ACTS program strengthens my teaching with my daughters, and has taught them to go deeper with God and apply His Word to their daily decisions,” Baugh said.
The following mentoring programs are also operating to help West Volusia youth: the CATALYST mentoring program, the Man Up mentoring program, and Sisters Build Networks for Girls Inc.
To learn more about these, email this writer at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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With government structures changing, along with digitisation and other challenges, investment in leadership matters more than ever, explains Paul Kirby, KPMG’s global head of government.
I think the giant light bulb moment in the United Kingdom at the moment is realising that, instead of changing structures all the time — centralising, decentralising, ring-fencing money, performance management, and all if you like, the bureaucratic means of change in the public sector — people have realised that if you have got the right leaders in place, then actually everything else falls into place. Because they will have to do huge things and move heaven and earth to make change happen.
But firstly, they are willing and secondly, they are able. And if you don’t have the right leaders in place, then actually the whole thing is impossible. For example, at the moment in the UK there is a massive decentralisation of power, out of the national federal level, whether that is down to the local level in schools and hospitals and police forces, or it is to local government, moving power out into the private sector, or it is devolving it to certain geographies. There is no point trying to do that if on the receiving end of decentralisation, you don’t have people who are capable of coping with that and leading the change and making it happen.
Or if we looking at the digital revolution, you have got to have people who understand that, get it and go with the right level of ambition but also manage the risks going forward. We can’t spend our way out of trouble anymore, as money is tight that means people are tight, we have got fewer people. So you have really got to manage the money, manage the people and the resources at a different level to before. I think everyone has realised that there is a giant light bulb moment, that it all comes down to leadership.
And therefore in the UK at the moment across all sectors — and this is in the private sector too as well as the public — there is a realisation that if you don’t have a step change in investment and the leadership, then actually we are not going to be able to cope with what’s ahead of us. And we are not going to be able to take advantage of all the new opportunities. So if I gave you an example, the National Health Service in the UK is 1.5 million people. And it has had no end of change and no end of reform but actually the current government has realised that in order to get it to what it wants — which is to be firstly customer centric, see it through the eyes of the patients and their families, and to give them what they want.
Secondly, take advantage of all the new technology in health. Thirdly, to be able to deal with decentralised power. Four, the money isn’t increasing anymore, so they have got to live within a very tight budget. And huge new pressures coming at them with an ageing population, new medical inventions and so on, this leadership has got to be able to do the job differently.
So the government has invested in a huge leadership academy and KPMG is very proud to be part of helping make that happen but along with some of the best universities in the world. That can be Harvard University in the States is playing a big role, as well as some of our leading UK universities as well as online technology companies, the best people from the gaming industry are involved in making this happen. And we actually managed to get our best private sector companies to join in, bring their skills and their programs into help the NHS.
But fundamentally, the whole program is being designed by patients. Everything is designed by patients. All the experiences that people go through are based on real life case studies, whether you are the most senior managers or the front line managers, it is all designed around how to make it better for them and how to give them what they need and what they want in the future. This is a real culture shift. The investment is quite intense.
If you are going into a digital world, the way you deliver this needs to be digital. Instead of it being traditional leadership approach, it is 70-80% online. People live on a virtual campus, they can do their program on their phone, they do it in their iPads, they do it on the train going to work. They do come together for 20% of their time and when they come together, the first thing they learn as a leadership group is that your group either passes or fails. You can’t pass as individual, you have to get everyone else through.
The second thing that they learn is that the people coming in to see you in a moment are a real family whose mother recently died through a clinical accident, and you will be assessed on whether you can persuade them that this wouldn’t happen on your watch. If they say you fail, you fail. You’ve got to learn political skills.
It’s no point if politicians are giving you the power, you have got to be able to solve the politics. So in your second session, you will be dealing with a former national minister. And when you come up with your plan for how to change the local area and how to reorganise the services, that person will decide on whether you can get that past the politicians. Because you have got the power but if they oppose you on the ground, it won’t be happening. They will be organising against you. You then have got to find new ways to work in partnership with local agencies. There is no point in just being a good health provider.
Because if actually you are trying to solve a problem, for example, the problems in the accident and emergency department of the hospital, those problems come because mental health isn’t working or the police are not cracking down on violence. The system failure arrives at your door. You have got to be able to work with those people and you will be put into situations where you will role-playing the head of police, you will be the head of human services in the local authority. At some point, you will be behaving as the super-hero clinical professor, you will be the finance director. You’ve got to be able to see it through the eyes of all of those people and come up with solutions that work. It is really investing in a modern view of leadership.
I think it is well worth looking at what is going on in this National Health Leadership Program because in the UK, everyone is now looking at, do we do this with a Digital Academy? Is this how we should run the Defence Department with a Defence Academy? And now we have got the policy people looking at a Policy Academy. Everyone is thinking about if I can customise a program with real investment and use new technology rapidly in six months, creating programs for 25,000 people, like they have in health with the kind of world-class accreditation through Harvard and other programs. If they can do that, why can’t they do that in the public sector?
Most excitingly, and huge boost to morale in the public sector, we now have the UK’s leading global companies lining up trying to learn from the National Health Service about what they can do in their brewing business, their telco business, their retail business, their banking business, because the best practice is actually happening in the public sector. What a boost to everybody’s morale but the speed of doing it, using new technology, customising it to what you want, getting the best universities to give you what you want (not what they want to give you), this is really exciting.
I think this bet on leadership is a big bet and if we don’t get it right, the rest of it really, sadly is likely to be a missed opportunity. So I would commend it as the thing to spend your dollars on going ahead. Grasp the other things but spend your money on this. And if you don’t, I don’t think you will win.
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship 'Sajag' was commissioned by National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval on 29 May 2021. According to the official statement by ICG, Sajag, the third in the series of 105 m offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) was commissioned.
- 'Sajag' meaning 'Vigilant' is a projection of Indian Coast Guard's will and commitment 'Ready, Relevant and Responsive' towards the maritime interest of the nation.
- ICG said that this state-of-the-art ship has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited and is fitted with advanced technology, navigation and communication equipment, sensors and machinery.
- The vessel is fitted with a 40/60 Bofors gun and two 12.7 mm SRCG guns with FCS.
- The ship is also equipped with an Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS), Power Management System (PMS) and High Power External firefighting (EFF) system.
- The ship is designed to carry one twin-engine helicopter and four high-speed boats including two inflatable boats for boarding operation, Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement and Maritime Patrol.
- The ship is also capable of carrying pollution response equipment to contain oil spills at sea.
- The ship, on joining the Coast Guard fleet, will be based at Porbandar. She will be deployed extensively for EEZ surveillance and other duties as enshrined in the Coast Guard charter.
- Presently, the Indian Coast Guard has a fleet of 157 ships and 62 aircraft.
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How To Use An Oil Diffuser The finest location for an oil diffuser remains in the center of the space so that the oils are evenly dispersed. Position it on a flat surface area and plug it into a neighboring power outlet. The type of cases vary in between different designs, but generally, the top will require to be taken off in order to fill it with water.
Few people know that these items are just supposed to have a run time of 15 to 20 minutes, she says. After diffusing for brief periods, Tamlyn suggests turning your diffuser off for a minimum of an hour to offer your body a rest from the vital oils. Tamlyn says that passive diffusion using an ultrasonic design is the most safe technique of utilizing vital oils in your house.
She advises utilizing less essential oil if you're diffusing in a small area, particularly if individuals or animals are in close distance. Innogear Diffuser Cleaning. She advises to do your research study when buying vital oils and constantly keep it out of reach of children and pets. There have actually been couple of scientific research studies on vital oils and the industry has actually not been regulated by the FDA.
ASPCA notes the concern as complicated and suggests caution if you prepare to utilize necessary oils around your family pets. "As long as the oil diffusers are kept in a protected place where pets are not able to knock them over or take in any of the contents," says Leslie Brooks, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and veterinarian consultant for betterpet.
If you utilize an oil diffuser and after that observe your feline or pet coughing or sneezing or having watery eyes, it might be because of the oil diffuser. Cats may be specifically delicate if they currently have asthma." The oils are believed to be the most dangerous in their most concentrated kind prior to diffusing and your pet could suffer if the concentrated oil is consumed or gets directly on their skin.
"When you first utilize a diffuser, remain at home and monitor your family pet," says Ochoa. "If you see any issues, turn the diffuser off and air out your home. At first usage, simply a little bit of the oils as pets have a more powerful odor than people." Other Necessary Oil Diffusers We Evaluated More Articles You May Enjoy Checking our work.
(4. 5/ 5) The Inno, Gear 100ml Necessary Oil Diffuser is rapidly taking over the charts of best essential oil diffusers on Amazon lately. This little diffuser unit is a major contentder for novice vital oil users. It's an too! Have actually a reviewed this evaluation and see if this may be! Contents What's The Very Best Feature Of This Essential Oil Diffuser? At a price point of ca.
While diffusing the oils, to prevent dry, stuffy air and flu/cold germs. It has: constant mist, lights only, and intermittent mist at 30 seconds on, then 30 seconds off. The oil isn't burned like a traditional candle light burning oil diffuser or anything, which indicates the aromatherapy advantages of the oil you're using are maintained completely.
100ml however is a pretty standard size, which will give you ca. 3 hours of diffusing time, and up to 6 hours of diffusing time on the periodic setting that is 30 seconds on/ 30 seconds off. On the note of that 30 seconds on/ 30 seconds off mode, I personally do not discover it that fantastic and never utilize mine.
or in a space like an office that has possibly radio music in the background already anyways. Then, it's rather useful due to the fact that it essentially, which might preferable if you choose a not so strong fragrance in your environment, and you don't wish to have to fill up the water every 3 hours either.
Filling this diffuser is simple by getting rid of the top cap, and filling the within cylinder with water. Does It Have A Vehicle Shut-off Mechanism? Yes, this diffuser will turn off automatically when the water goes out another truly fundamental standard feature that you can anticipate from any necessary oil diffuser.
For light sleepers, this is a consideration however because you may not like to have any sound when trying to go to bed. However, all essential oil diffusers will have a slight humming sound, it's simply not something you can navigate at all - Innogear Aroma Diffuser How Long Does It Run. As this diffuser operates at a whisper-quiet level, it is still ideal for night time use for the majority of people.
It states to utilize Citric Acid in water and let it set for 5 minutes. You might have a tough time discovering Citric Acid in your area, but it can be bought on Amazon as well, so you may desire to think about purchasing it at the same time when you acquire the diffuser.
What's The Service Warranty Or Refund Policy? The business uses an exceptional 45 days Refund assurance and 18 months of guarantee on their diffuser - Innogear Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser Review. From consumer reviews, you can learn that they seem to be really excellent about replacing systems that are malfunctioning, which may or may not require to occur from time to time in electronic items.
What's In The Box? 1 x Fragrance Diffuser1 x Wall Charger1 x Determining Cup for Filling Water1 x User Manual, Note: Oil is not included in this package Consumer Evaluations I like diffusers, and this one is an excellent size! It's just the ideal size to fit on my counter - Innogear 200ml Diffuser Online User Manual.
A couple of individuals keep in mind that the diffuser manual is tough to comprehend because of some translation spaces, however with a basic 2-button operating procedure, the diffuser is not hard to utilize at all and has delighted numerous customers currently! In Summary The Inno, Equipment Essential Oil Diffuser is! It consists of all the basic functions you would expect form a diffuser, such as misting capability and mood lighting options.
In addition to an easy on-off switch, it likewise has an intermittent operating mode of 30 seconds on/30 seconds off, which allows you to leave the diffuser on for a longer time without needing to refill it. It comes in handy that the diffuser consists of a determining cup for the water so that you will not overfill it by accident.
Mommies desiring a fresh, relaxing space in their house might wish to spritz their area up using the Inno, Equipment Vital Oil Diffuser. The diffuser can include a pleasant aroma in any space and is little to medium in size. It truly takes up little room on the countertop provided the large job that it does.
Twist off the leading and fill the water container inside to the fill line. A determining cup, marked in milliliters, also comes with the diffuser. The fill cup is great for easily adding water inside. Other diffusers that I've had actually needed me to put the diffuser under the spigot or to get a cup to include water to the fill line.
The diffuser adds to 10 hours, using a periodic mist, and immediately shuts off once the water in the tank has been diffused. Continuous mist is another option, but the diffuser just runs for 5 to six hours on this setting. Since the mist is cold, this diffuser is safe to utilize around youngsters.
The business sells a variety of diffusers, more than 60 variations, along with solar lights and, who would've believed microphone packages and stands. Instructional Manual For Innogear 500ml Diffuser. Copyright 2020 Tribune Material Agency.
The Spruce/ Brie Dyas On the front of the diffuser, there are two buttons: one that controls the color settings and one that handles the mist. We discovered that the most significant issue with the design is the cap. Screwing the cap on and off is a little challenging, and we weren't able to do so without spilling water.
The other problem with this diffuser is the size of the water tank (Innogear Diffuser Aromstherapy Walmart). Remember how we pointed out how compact the gadget is? That comes at the expense of a bigger water tank. With a maximum capacity of 100 ml of water, it can run continuously for 3 to four hours.
By pressing the mist button, you can toggle between the diffuser's intermittent and constant modes (Innogear Aromatherapy Diffuser 200ml Trouble Shooting). The mist button turns green when in intermittent mode and reddens in continuous mode. With a complete water tank, the diffuser will run continually for 3 to four hours. On periodic mode, the diffuser runs for about 7 hours, misting every 30 seconds.
After testing in the house, we found this was a quite precise description as it had the ability to adequately scent a little bed room, however it wasn't obvious in the corridor. When the diffuser is running, it is completely quiet. It's so peaceful, in truth, that we might see it being used as a night light too.
Still can't pick what you want? Take a peek at some of the finest whole-home humidifiers you can purchase. The Inno, Gear Aromatherapy Necessary Oil Diffuser is indisputably well-priced. At less than $20, the unit is a bargain and the money you save money on it can be put towards essential oils.
It's so quiet, in reality, that we might see it being utilized as a night light too. We compared the Inno, Gear Aromatherapy Vital Oil Diffuser to numerous other aromatherapy diffusers on the marketplace and discovered that though it's a basic model, the cost is simply right. The one feature that the Inno, Gear diffuser does not have is a timer setting.
It includes color changing lights that include green, dark blue, red, yellow, light blue, pink, and white. The LED lights are dimmable and can be run without the mist, indicating this can double as a night light. This makes it a great choice for a bedroom. This aromatherapy diffuser likewise has 3 working modes: periodic mist (30 seconds on and 30 seconds off), continuous, and lights just.
The 3 different modes are controlled by a green/red/off-mist buttons. The green dot indicates a constant cycle which lasts for as much as 3 hours, while the red dot activates a periodic mist mode that differs 30 seconds both on and off, and will last for approximately 6 hours. When you choose the off choice, the diffuser will supply light without any mist.
You can comfortably sleep in the evening and be sure it will be off in the morning if the water has gone out. There are three running functions: intermittent mist of 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off; you can choose to leave it on constant mode; or lights just with no mist - Innogear® 100ml Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser Portable Ultrasonic Cool Mist Aroma.
The off button, on the other hand, is used for the light altering colors without mist. For more interval options, take a look at the Innogear Real Bamboo Diffuser. See specs on next tab. The diffuser is little so you can easily bring it along on a trip or move it from room to room.
9" in width and 5. 7" in height, and can quickly fit on the smallest shelf in any room. The diffuser will instantly shut off when the water in the reservoir runs out and does not require monitoring which makes it convenient for use over night. The motor of the diffuser is quiet making it excellent for bed rooms, or meditation spaces.
The diffuser uses intermittent mode and continuous mode for more control - Innogear Bamboo Oil Diffuser. Unlike some diffusers, the Inno, Equipment oil diffuser does not heat your oils, which can trigger uneven evaporation. Periodically leakages water The diffuser tends to diffuse a lower volume compared to other designs The diffuser has a much shorter life span Some have actually found the diffuser difficult to open, that makes it hard to fill the water tank.http://www.eduwiselanguage.com
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Equipped with the right applications, a computer can be of great help in virtually any domain of activity. When it comes to designing and precision, no other tool is as accurate as a computer. Moreover, specialized applications such as AutoCAD give you the possibility to design nearly anything ranging from art, to complex mechanical parts or even buildings.
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After a decent amount of time spent installing the application on your system, you are ready to fire it up. Thanks to the office suite like interface, all of its features are cleverly organized in categories. At a first look, it looks easy enough to use, but the abundance of features it comes equipped with leaves room for second thoughts.
Create 2D and 3D objects
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Similar to a modern web browser, each project is displayed in its own tab. This comes in handy, especially for comparison views. Moreover, layouts and layers also play important roles, as it makes objects handling a little easier.
Sine the application is not the easiest to carry around, requiring a slightly sophisticated machine to properly run, there are several export options put at your disposal so that the projects itself can be moved around.
Aside from the application specific format, you can save as an image file of multiple types, PDF, FBX and a few more. Additionally, it can be sent via email, directly printed out on a sheet of paper, or even sent to a 3D printing service, if available.
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All in all, AutoCAD remains one of the top applications used by professionals to achieve great precision with projects of nearly any type. It encourages usage with incredible offers for student licenses so you get acquainted with its abundance of features early on. A lot can be said about what it can and can't do, but the true surprise lies in discovering it step-by-step.
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AutoCAD is a commercial CAD software application that is available for Windows PCs and Macs. It is also available as a web-based and mobile app.
AutoCAD is a drafting and design software used by architects, interior designers, engineers, and other professionals in all kinds of industries. AutoCAD software is primarily used for two things: drawing and drafting, and creating technical drawings (which usually incorporates drafting).
AutoCAD can be used for both 2D (line drawing, surface modeling, and 3D (solid modeling) and 3D (mesh modeling). AutoCAD is a powerful CAD tool that can help you design and draft products, architectural components, and more. AutoCAD can also be used for small scale commercial projects (drawings that are less than 10,000 total units).
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AutoCAD is used for creating and modifying 2D (line drawing, surface modeling, and 3D (solid modeling)) and 3D (mesh modeling) drawings. AutoCAD is used for creating and modifying 2D and 3D drawings. It is used for creating vector drawings, 3D models (including mesh modeling), complex vector drawings, and 3D models.
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AutoCAD can be used to create the following:
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There are three types of add-ons: Applications that work with the drawing-tools, such as application programming interfaces, or add-on applications such as AutoCAD Property Manager, AutoCAD LT LISP, and custom add-ons that create modules for AutoCAD such as the wireframing and modeling applications. These third-party applications are developed through the interface programming language of the developer’s choice: LISP, Visual LISP, or Visual Basic (VB).
AutoCAD supports various file formats and has a free viewer called AutoCAD Exchange Viewer or AVE (an acronym for AutoCAD Exchange Viewer), which uses the DXF file format for both 2D and 3D drawings. AutoCAD contains a plugin for Microsoft PowerPoint to export a presentation of a drawing.
Autodesk uses the file format DXF to package AutoCAD files. The DXF standard was originally developed by Autodesk, with additional input from Metrashape. Autodesk has continued to update the DXF standard and will continue to support it as a format.
The Assemble software has recently been developed by engineers at Metrashape that can read the DXF format and assemble it into a single Autocad assembly file. This new format is XML based and allows the drawing file to be edited outside of Autocad. Once the assembly is complete, it can be saved as an Autocad DXF file, which can then be opened in Autocad or sent to a CAD company to be assembled into the same file structure.
In March 2016, Autodesk released version 2019 of AutoCAD. This release includes many new features and improvements, some of which include a paper-based cad model for engineering purposes, a paper-based marker for 2D mechanical drafting, textured metallic material, and support for ad hoc dimensions.
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Open the Project.
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After that, you should go to the Parameters tab, click on New, and choose a new option.
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For example, with B-12, you should search for the parameter with name Parameter_B-12, and then edit the value.
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Recently I was asked to work on MicrosoftGraph’s Go SDK after working on Python projects for a long time with a stint on MGT which is written in Typescript. This article is about what I like about Go as a (former?) Python programmer.
I like that there’s only one formatter in Go whereas in Python there are a number. This is probably not a big deal but most of technical decisions in a team are made by consensus and there are three hard things in computer science; naming variables, cache invalidation and consensus among developers.
While working on msgraph-cli I had to create an executable for Windows, Linux and MacOS and it was a terribly painful experience because it is done differently on all those platforms. I had to learn Wix for Windows, Homebrew for MacOS and Debian packaging for Linux. It’s a lot less painful in Go.
Lack of classes is Go’s greatest feature after its concurrency primitives. It took me time to get my head around not having classes but once it clicked it made so much sense. It makes me think a little more and perhaps differently about programming, which makes it a language worth learning by Alan Perlis' standards.
Python uses abstract classes to implement interfaces, you create an abstract class that is inherited by the class that implements the interface and used as a type for an argument or the return value. In Go you create the interface and any object that has methods specified by the interface implements the interface.
Gets Out Of Your Way
The other thing I like about Go is how it gets out of your way. When starting a Python project I have to set up and activate a virtual environment as best practise and all hell breaks loose when you
pip install outside the virtual environment. With Go all I need to do is initialize a module and start cranking.
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COVID-19 Safety Notice, July 2020
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Non-traditional hybrid contracting concepts bring equipment and volunteers together.
Presenters: Gerry Wilbour, President, Northwest Trails, Inc.; Willie Bittner, Great Lakes Trailbuilders, LLC
Public demand for trails coupled with competitive pressures in the private marketplace for trail services has dramatically increased labor productivity, reduced cost, and improved skills for trails. The use of mechanized, right-sized equipment is an important trend, as is the use of youth crews and volunteers to accomplish trail work. By merging the enthusiasm and community involvement of volunteers and youth corps with the efficiency, expertise, and heavy lift capability of private industry, the non-traditional hybrid contracting concept brings these trends together to deliver some excellent results, but also some challenging situations.
Let’s talk about grubbing and raking tools! You might have heard the term grubbing before, but if you’re new to trail building, it may be unfamiliar. Grubbing is when you are removing earth and topsoil. Basically digging into the first while removing vegetation in the process. Trail builders may also call this process hogging.
There are a few options for striking tools that you may see out on a project. Some like the sledge hammer will be seen more, while others may only be pulled out for special projects.
This manual was created to accompany the Crew Leader training program developed by the Ozark Trail Association (OTA). It serves as an aid to volunteer Crew Leaders working with other volunteers to build and maintain single-track natural surface trails in the Ozarks region of Missouri. This manual is designed to serve as a baseline for trail construction and maintenance and as an introduction to leading small groups of volunteers on natural surface trail construction and maintenance events.
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Life is too short, it's common definition which we known since childhood some time from books and some advises of elders, story, poetry and from many other huge sources. But issue is that depress people are also wish that same shortness....... So that is no matter how long or short the life so we should learn the actual meaning of life......
firstly we should understand that life is not only your......
(A. It is the blessing and chance of god to you for achieve the goals and blessing of life .
B. It is not only your life, because your parents serve their's life , for your life, or to make your life stronger.
- suicide is not solution of problem ( if you have life therefore it's means you still have the chance that you find solution of problems.........and any problem of world never remains forever.)
- if you suicide , there means you are uneducated. ( but your parents and dear want to see you as educated person and well competent person).
so don't think about the life is short, think that life is short because, god love you and god want to give you haven early, so bless you life in your positive thing which make your life happy with your relative , humans , your dears, your nears, etc.
Don,t think about problem.
(think about solution)
Don't wast your time, to think about problems.
( invest your time to think about solutions)
So don't think more, only enjoy your life with your dears..............
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Two observances this week—All Saints' Day on November 1 and the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) on November 7—represent a new kind of holy week. Together they provide an opportunity to remember our Christian brothers and sisters suffering for their faith overseas.
Followers of Christ living abroad face extreme circumstances in many places, as well as slow-rolling repression grinding the faithful down. These days provide an opportunity to pause in remembrance, to commit to advocating for their rights, and to honor their sacrifice by helping others persecuted for their different beliefs. (In the sidebar below, I offer three rules to follow.)
Christians are under regular physical assault. An alarming trend is terrorist violence targeting Christians, which—based on my diplomatic work over two decades—I believe represents the biggest challenge to the church globally.
Groups like the Taliban, ISIS, and Al Qaeda all have Christian blood on their hands. In ungoverned or under-governed countries, churches thrive but terrorists can also strike with impunity. Motives vary—including animosity towards Christianity, jealously of resources, pure criminality, or all of the above—but regardless, fear hangs over entire communities.
For instance, Boko Haram’s violence in Nigeria against Christians stands out due to its severity and the size of the Christian population it victimizes. Boko Haram has burned churches, murdered pastors, and destroyed towns. In addition, Christian girls in Nigeria face physical and spiritual rape when kidnapped, forcibly converted, and married, such as Leah Sharibu.
Of course, governments also still persecute. Communist China is the largest persecutor of Christians in the world. Space for freedom of worship and practice is rapidly disappearing, replaced by a forced ideology to Chairman Xi Jinping and enforced by police and bulldozers. Flushed with resources, the communist regime wants to crush the 70 million-strong Chinese church.
Elsewhere, North Korea assaults any independent practice of Christianity. In Burma (Myanmar), the military has escalated its war against ethnic and religious minorities who are predominantly Christian. Iran actively persecutes evangelicals, and Algeria’s new campaign against convert churches tarnishes a once bright spot in the Middle East. Conversion to Christianity is generally illegal across the Arab world, marking individuals for purely following their conscience.
And Christians are not alone. In almost every context, when Christian saints face persecution, others are also victimized for their beliefs, religious practices, or membership in a faith community.
Sometimes the persecution of others surpasses what Christians experience. For example, China’s war on religion also targets Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims with a genocidal vengeance. Perhaps unexpected, Muslims take the brunt of government repression worldwide. In addition to Muslim persecution, other groups feeling the impact of persecution include Baha’is, Hindus, Sikhs, and atheists.
These days of remembrance provide an opportunity to reflect on those suffering from our community and from others. While the Bible doesn’t use the phrase “human rights,” we find global concepts of dignity and justice interwoven throughout. The prophet Isaiah proclaimed, “Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause” (Isaiah 1:17 ESV). Galatians 6:9-10 proclaims a responsibility to help everyone: “Let us not become weary in doing good…. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”
Christ put it plainly in the context of “the least of these” in Matthew 25. Here, Jesus challenges his followers (and us today) to help the stranger: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.” He concludes by saying, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” We find a similar theme in the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10. The hero helps his neighbor, despite differences of faith and nationality, with Jesus concluding his followers should “go and do likewise.”
Who are “the least of these” for religious freedom? Who is our neighbor? Any person facing torture, beatings, jailing, and even death on account of their beliefs. To truly care for our global neighbors, to love them as we love our own, we should speak up for them as well as for our brothers and sisters in the faith. Heroic love of neighbor calls for Christians to fight for human rights and to assist the suffering, both our own and others.
The international environment for religious freedom is dismal. We must begin this work now. Restoring respect for religious freedom will take decades, if not generations. To borrow from Eugene Peterson, success will require a long obedience in the same direction. What the late Congressman John Lewis wrote about fighting for civil rights in America certainly applies to advocating for international religious freedom: “Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.”
While most cannot travel to the front lines, all can be steadfast in prayer, consistent in petitioning our elected leaders to act, and supportive of organizations working to advance religious freedom for all. In addition, resources are available to educate believers on the facts, to guide them in prayer, and to help them advocate effectively with policymakers. Great examples include Open Doors, Stefanus Alliance, CSW, and others.
Many churches’ observance of Holy Week leading up to Easter is a daily reminder of the sacrifice Jesus made for all humanity. To mark this proposed new holy week between All Saints’ Day and IDOP, let’s remember the modern saints suffering physical violence for the simplest of reasons: their Christian faith.
And during this week, while remembering how our brothers and sisters need our help, we can prayer for our global neighbors from other religious traditions who also beckon for assistance. The church can have no better testimony of God’s love than advocating for religious freedom for all.
Knox Thames served as the State Department Special Advisor for Religious Minorities for both the Obama and Trump administrations. He is currently writing a book on 21st century strategies to combat religious persecution. You can follow him on Twitter @KnoxThames.
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Increasing climate extremes, including multiyear droughts, intense precipitation, prolonged dry spells, and heat waves, are rapidly emerging as one of the more serious problems affecting the agricultural industry around the world. In 2012, extremes in nighttime temperature resulted in $220 million in damage to the cherry industry in Michigan (Hatfield et al. 2015). That same year, the combination of drought and heat stress reduced corn production in the US Midwest by 13% compared to the previous year (NASS 2013). Projected increases in the risk of extreme events suggest that producers will face even greater uncertainties in upcoming decades.
Many factors play a role in the variability of weather conditions across space and over time. Mountain–valley winds and seasonal changes in prevailing winds are associated with rainfall over regions ranging from a few miles to approximately 60 miles (Ahrens 2007). High- and low-pressure areas and associated weather fronts influence the spatial distribution of rainfall over larger regions (60–600 square miles) (Nicholson 1996). On a global scale, periodic anomalies in sea surface temperatures coupled with shifts in atmospheric pressure and winds, such as those associated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), can have severe impacts on weather conditions. ENSO affects atmospheric circulation patterns well into the midlatitudes and is the leading driver of seasonal climate variability in the United States. Tremendous advances have been made in predicting the occurrence of ENSO events with confidence three to six months in advance. An advance warning of seasonal climate anomalies is pertinent to farmers and farming decisions including crop and variety selection, plant population, acreage allocation, and purchase of inputs and crop insurance (Fraisse et al. 2015).
Seasonal rainfall and temperature forecasts and outlooks, while useful to farmers, often fail to result in changes in behavior (Dilling and Lemos 2011). One reason for this is that forecasts often fail to represent the nature of the relationship between ENSO events and weather conditions at a scale that is pertinent to farming operations. Another reason is the lack of clarity in communicating the probability of observing ENSO-related variations in rainfall and/or temperature in a particular area. This is particularly important because no ENSO event is the same in magnitude, and the rainfall and temperature response to ENSO varies across geographic regions as well as over time. These concerns limit the user's willingness and ability to make or change a decision based on the information provided in a forecast. The ENSO climatology tool, available free of charge on the AgroClimate website (http://agroclimate.org/tools/Climate-Anomalies/) (Fraisse et al. 2006), was designed as an educational tool to be used to facilitate the assessment of risk ENSO forecasts.
How does the ENSO climatology tool work?
This tool allows the user to explore historical average monthly rainfall totals, minimum temperature, and maximum temperature associated with ENSO events relative to a long-term average. It also includes the frequency at which these have been observed since 1950.
First, the user selects the weather variable of interest: rainfall (monthly total) or temperature (monthly mean minimum or maximum), the ENSO phase of interest (El Nin?o, La Nin?a or ENSO-neutral, which can be displayed simultaneously and relative to all years for comparison purposes), and a month during which weather-sensitive decisions are usually made. The resulting maps (Figure 1) represent the average rainfall total for March during all years as well as all years classified as either El Nin?o, La Nin?a or ENSO-neutral for the period 1950–2013. These phases are categorized using the multivariate ENSO index (MEI), an index based on multiple aspects of the ocean atmospheric system including sea level pressure, winds, sea surface temperature, and surface air temperature (Wolter and Timlin 2011; Wolter and Timlin 1993).
The user can also access rainfall and temperature anomaly maps by selecting the "Deviation from Average" tab. These maps represent the departure (or deviation) of rainfall or temperature from long-term average (1950–2013) conditions in the month of interest (Figure 2, left). The frequency or number of years that the departure was observed out of all El Nin?o, La Nin?a or ENSO-neutral years since 1950 is also provided (Figure 2, right). In areas shaded in blue on the frequency map, 70–100% of years were wetter than normal, while in areas shaded in red, 70–100% of years were drier than normal.
Finally, the user can visualize and compare variations in the average rainfall total, maximum or minimum temperature across months, and ENSO phases on a county-by-county basis across the conterminous US by selecting the "Interactive Map, Average" tab and moving the cursor over the map to select the county of interest (Figure 3).
Equipped with this tool, growers can find out whether to expect a wetter, drier, cooler, or warmer season than usual in their area or in other production regions that influence market conditions during a particular ENSO phase. This information may act as a trigger to make or change particular management decisions related to crop or variety selection, plant population, acreage allocation, and purchase of inputs and crop insurance (Table 1).
What are the challenges?
When used in conjunction with a seasonal ENSO forecast, the ENSO climatology tool can inform users of the potential impacts of ENSO on rainfall and temperature in their area. However, growers do not always have the ability to respond to ENSO-related information. The timing of forecast release is critical in determining whether or not it is usable. In some cases, the absence of additional agricultural technologies such as plows, storage equipment, new crop varieties, and fertilizers limit the user's ability to take preventative measures before an unusually wet or dry season. In some cases, ENSO-related information may seem relevant and useful in a general context but prove to be less usable as it competes with other factors in the grower's decision-making process. As an example, commodity prices normally have a stronger influence on the choice of crops to plant even if expected weather patterns based on the ENSO phase forecast may not be favorable for the selected crops. Last but not least, the level of trust that users have in seasonal climate forecasts and climate information in general is paramount in determining the likelihood of adoption. User networks in which researchers, Extension agents, and/or other brokers of climate information have built trust with growers and provided evidence of the accuracy and legitimacy of this type of climate information are likely to adopt this tool more readily (Broad, Pfaff, and Glantz 2002; Lemos et al. 2002; Carbone and Dow 2005).
Ensuring the usability and benefit of the ENSO climatology tool requires purposeful and strategic interaction between providers and users of climate data. Researchers and Extension agents must endeavor to appreciate the complexity of the decision-making process faced by growers and work with them to further incorporate weather and climate information into their management actions.
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When you are going to apply for the law school, you will have to cross one hurdle, and that is the filling up of the law school application form, which will determine your entry to the school. If you write it well and present an excellent law school personal statement on it, you are through. To get a nice idea of how to write your personal statement for getting admitted to the law school of your choice in one go, get ideas from the Sample Statements shared here.
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The weather outside is frightful! Throughout the late spring and summer, many parts of the United States see regular rain and heavy thunderstorms. That can make it hard to go outside as much as you – and your dog – would like to.
Dogs vary greatly in their responses to rain, soggy ground, and sometimes cold spring weather. Some dogs LOVE rain but really hate wet grass under their paws. Others won’t set foot outside when the rain is coming down, but they are ironically happy to play in a lake or pond.. Still others are willing to go out only long enough to take care of necessities and then run right back inside. If you are able to safely get your dog some outside time, make sure to keep an eye out for puddles that may contain things like oil from a car or pesticide run off and clean their paws completely when you’re back home, or invest in paw protection before you go out. Even so, there are times it’s just too wet and nasty for man or beast to leave home.
And if you’ve had an energetic dog going stir crazy in yucky weather, you know how badly that can go, for you and your furniture…your shoes… your plants…your treat supply. Even the most wonderful dog can go a little wild when they are unable to burn off excess energy. If, like so many of us, you’re working from home, it’s even harder! In their doggie brains, you’re there and that means you’re available for a walk! (They don’t check the weather apps.) How can you keep your pooch occupied for an extended time when they can’t go out much?
The Shell Game
This used to be a staple on game shows for humans! Use three opaque cups (clean, empty yogurt containers are perfect) and put a treat under just one of them. You must let your pet watch you do this. Then, while they watch, mix up all three cups, swapping their positions several times. Step back and see how long it takes your pooch to find the treat. They’re developing scenting skills and solving a puzzle, which is great for their brains.
We all know how much our dogs love their treats! Making those treats harder to get will keep them occupied for hours (or at least minutes). Whether you choose a Kong, a Buster Cube, a Genie, a DIY option made from a tennis ball or something completely different, your dog will be intensely occupied trying to get at the goodies inside! Some pet owners swear by peanut butter inside a Kong! (Pro tip: if peanut butter is your dog’s favorite treat, make sure you use a toy that can be safely washed with HOT water and soap or run through the dishwasher.)
For an extra level of difficulty, get a few of these toys, fill them up and hide them in your dog’s favorite spots while they’re napping. If you have flights of stairs, a basement, multiple levels of your house, make the most of your space. Their noses will lead them to the treats and extend the fun and mental workout!
Interact as Much as You Can
Tug of war, wrestling, fetch, hide and seek – all of these will keep your active dog engaged inside. What you can do is obviously dependent on how much space you have and how big your puppy is. It’s SO hard for them if you’re working from home and focusing on anything BUT them. Taking even 20 minutes to play with them, twice a day, followed by delivery of a fresh Kong, will satiate their needs for both activity and YOU time.
If you have stairs inside your home, you can use those to make the most of “fetch,” throwing things to the top and bottom, and wearing your puppy out.
Slow Feeding Toys
Snuffle mats, puzzle feeders, lick mats and other options take the treat-dispensing toy to another level. These creative options, available online and at major pet retails outlets, make your dog work for their food. Unlike cats, dogs are known for scarfing their food down. Slow feeders can help keep your pooch from eating too fast, while keeping them entertained.
They exercise your dog’s brain in ways you couldn’t imagine! If you want to make a slow-feeding toy specific to your pet, Pinterest and YouTube have tons of options and detailed directions to help you out. The idea is that your pet has to solve the puzzle or follow the path to get to their dinner.
Learn More Tricks
IF you have the time, being home with your dog can be a great time to learn new things. We know that, even if you’re working from home, you may not have the time you WANT to devote to your dog. But if you do have the time, indoor time is a wonderful opportunity to teach even an old dog new tricks. Check out YouTube and Pinterest to learn more awesome ideas about how you can train your dog while spending more time inside.
Get Another Dog
We know…. This might sound counter intuitive. Two dogs are more work than one. But the bonus is that they keep each other entertained! Two dogs, no matter their relative ages, will keep each other exercised, entertained, happy and healthy. They will chase each other, play tag with each other and tug of war over anything they can (hopefully not your favorite shoes!).
If you already have a younger dog or puppy, getting them a BFF will have exactly that benefit. They’ll have a friend for life who will grow and age with them. If your dog is older or senior, getting a younger dog will help them become revitalized, more energized and healthier. Of course, it’s important to make sure that the dogs have chemistry and play well together.
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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Updated: Feb 28, 2021
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE is a game but it’s also a criticism against that portion of the Academia that believes that "typological" elements of facades are just forms or symbols instead of considering those architectural elements, first of all, as components of climatically responsive facades able to create healthy and comfortable environments specific to locations and contexts; and secondly to create user-facades interactions I.e. interactionism.
Like those puzzles where you have to find the differences, (often minimal, here much less minimal), this blog aims to think of Architecture not as a sequence of styles but as a sequence of interactionisms in which buildings from different decades can follow under the same typology of user-facade interactions. This is because, Architecture has always been an art focused on the construction of beautiful and comfortable spaces for its users and not just an art focused only on beauty and composition.
This blog is also a tribute to Fabio Novembre’s blog IO NOI where, for completely other reasons, he compares images of product design, graphic or architecture, often from different period of time, that belong though, to the same title or concept.
Spot the difference doesn’t' imply that the two projects are exactly the same. At the same time, I am confident to say that November's blog doesn’t imply that there is any issue with copyrights between the compared images.
The aim of this exercise is to define some common elements between facades and user-facades interactions through its history.
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According to a study by Future Market Insights. India’s kaolin market is likely to project a steady growth of over 3% CAGR between 2021 and 2031. The increasing demand for kaolin in construction & infrastructure industries is accelerating the market growth.
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, recommencement in construction of residential & commercial buildings, airports, highways, and roadways is bolstering the demand for kaolin.
Increasing adoption of kaolin in the production of cement, ceramics, and concrete will be a key factor fuelling the demand in the market. Furthermore, due to the expansion of construction industry, there has been a surge in the demand of kaolin within paints & coatings industry, especially across West India.
Strong presence of kaolin mines in the Kutch region and increasing production of cement and ceramics in the region will provide lucrative opportunities for the manufacturers over the coming years.
As per the FMI’s analysis, cement industry is anticipated to remain a key segment and is estimated to account for over 47% kaolin sales in India through 2021.
“Increasing construction activities in the country will intensify competition in the coming years in the kaolin market. Against this backdrop, manufacturers are likelier to invest in research and development activities with an intent of gaining competitive edge,” says the FMI analyst
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- Application in cement industry will account for over 46% kaolin sales in India through 2021
- In terms of product, crude kaolin is anticipated to account for over 36% of kaolin market in India
- West India is projected to be one of the most lucrative market of kaolin, accounting for over 32% of sales
- Demand for kaolin in North India is poised to expand at a CAGR of over 3.2% during the forecast period
- Increasing application in construction and infrastructure industry will spur the kaolin sales in India through 2031
- Surging demand of kaolin within paints & coatings industry across Kutch region will spur the sales
Leading players operating in kaolin market of India are focusing on forging tie-ups with top companies and manufacturers to expand their market presence. Some of the leading players are also focusing on increasing their mining capacity and production capacity to generate more revenue and maintain their position in the industry.
Furthermore, expansion in product portfolio and increase in price of the performance material coupled with strategic collaboration are some of the strategies adopted by key players. For instance:
- In April 2021, BASF India Ltd., a leading player announced the increase of 10% in the kaolin prices across its entire product portfolio. The price change is due to the strong global demand that has resulted in unprecedented cost pressures in manufacturing, labor, and logistics.
- In December 2020, KaMin LLC and CADAM SA announced the price increase for their kaolin performance minerals of 9% across the globe which went into effect by January 2021.
Some of the leading players operating in the kaolin market profiled by FMI includes:
- EICL Limited
- MLA Group of Industries
- Prash Minerals
- M/S Garg Minerals & Chemicals
- Ashok Mineral Enterprises
- Ashapura China Clay Co. LLP
- Shree Ram Minerals
- Srinath Enterprises
- Mona Exim Inc.
- Vulcan Ceramics Co. Pvt. Ltd.
- Kalpana Minerals Pvt. Ltd.
- 20 Microns Ltd.
- Kerala Ceramics Ltd.
- Sudarshan Minerals and Industries
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In its latest report, FMI offers a detailed segmentation on the kaolin market across India, providing historical data for the period of 2016-2020 and forecast statistics for the period of 2021-2031. In order to understand the market potential, its growth, and scope, the market is segmented on the basis of:
- Crude Kaolin
- Surface Modified
- Ceramics & Sanitary
- Paints & Coatings
- Paper & Glass
- Pesticide & Refractory
- North India
- South India
- East India
- West India
Key Questions Covered in the Report
- Which is the top-selling segment in India kaolin market?
- Which are the major companies operating in the India kaolin market?
- What are the key challenges faced by kaolin suppliers?
- Which factors will drive the sales of kaolin market across India?
- Which product type of kaolin is the most preferred in India?
- What is the impact of Covid-19 on kaolin market?
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Honey laded Bee hives are very heavy.
An apiarist, or beekeeper, places dozens of bee hives, usually clustered on standard shipping palettes, near nectar laden sources. In Australia, this tends to be in the bush – near flowering Eucalypts. The resulting honey has a slightly smoky taste: but is the best in the world. Around 1980, my Dad started a small cash sideline of Beekeeping to supplement the wheat/sheep farming that the Eyre Peninsula property had sustained over 4 generations.
Country South Australia is a perfect location – especially on the fringes of a large reserve. You can place your hives on private property (with permission) and let the bees traverse into the reserve gathering the nectar. I see it as reaping from the government, albeit without damage (and in the case of plants, a benefit as the bees pollinate the trees).
The trouble with bush locations is that they are remote, unpaved and not accessible by normal palette lifting devices. In warehouses, weighed down forklifts shuttle around isles of concrete. In the bush, the isles are sandy loam or clay – and the shelves are very very tall native Australian trees.
My Dad purchased an old forklift and used this around the sheds for a time lifting and moving the heavy palettes of hives. This forklift did not travel well. You could not load or unload it from a truck; and the wheelbase and design were distinctly urban. Indoors. Definitely not for bush use.
Land rovers, on the other hand, were designed for off-road use. Four wheel drive; rugged, simple & when purchased second hand – cheap. Another benefit of a Land rover is that you can put the thing into neutral, attach it to a tow bar and go anywhere. Once in the bush – they were in their element.
Land Rovers, as built by Leyland, did not come with frontend palette loading equipment.
So, in a flash of brilliance, my Dad took the lifting part of the forklift & attached it to the front of a Land Rover. The Land Rover’s engine & radiator was slightly repositioned to permit the hydraulics to fit in the engine compartment. Extra counter-balanced weights were added to the rear of the Land Rover. The petrol tank was also moved.
What was born was the Feep. (short of Forklift Jeep)
The above is the Feep. As I recall, and this is some 30 years ago now, the first coat of paint (John Deere green) was complete by my Dad. The accenting (John Deere) yellow & the name – as you can see on the vertical forklift saying “FEEP” was painted by myself.
To my knowledge, this is the word’s only Forklift Jeep – created by my Dad to help him lift & load heavy bee hives palettes in bushland.
The genetics of innovation & creation have passed down to another generation. Maybe not as practical as a Feep, but they are there.
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The Taylon Phalanx is a major antagonistic faction in the Tales of Arcadia franchise, appearing as the main antagonistic faction of 3Below. They are led by General Val Morando, and went against King Fialkov and Queen Coranda when they chose to follow him. Thus, they betrayed their own people and their own planet they were meant to serve.
The Taylon Phalanx was originally a military division created by King Fialkov and Queen Coranda to protect House Tarron and Akiridion-5. However, they instead chose to follow their general, Val Morando, when he committed high treason against the planet. As a result, they were banished from Akiridon-5 alongside Morando, who would hire the Zeron Brotherhood to kill Varvatos Vex's family so he could deceive him into lowering the shields.
After Varvatos Vex lowered the shields of Akiridion-5, the Taylon Phalanx, led by Morando, created a coup so the latter could claim the throne for himself. They manage to put the King and Queen into stasis, but despite their success, the King and Queen's children, Aja and Krel, are able to retrieve their life cores and escape into the Mothership with Varvatos Vex, while Zadra stays behind to keep the Taylon Phalanx from catching up. After the Mothership flies away, Morando kills one of his soldiers and hires various bounty hunters from across the galaxy to murder the Royals and give him the King and Queen's life cores so he could destroy them. Following this, Morando tortures Zadra to force her to become the next Commander of the Taylon Phalanx. She reluctantly does, though she also becomes a double-agent for the planet's Resistance.
In the process, the Taylon Phalanx becomes far more hostile and dangerous towards the citizens of the planet, with one of the soldiers trying to force a child to worship Morando by threatening the said child with death. When Morando launches his first OMEN to Earth during Morgana's Eternal Night, he forces the entire planet of Akiridion-5 to watch as it nearly murders Aja after its programming corrupts the Mothership. However, Krel is able to temporarily shut it down so he and she can make a speech to Akiridion-5 to never give up the fight for their freedom against Morando, and after that, Aja destroys thee OMEN, prompting Morando to visit Earth so he can kill the Royals himself.
Following the events of Part 1, Morando creates far more OMENs to join the Taylon Phalanx so they could oppress the Akiridions even further and lead an invasion on Earth, which Loth Saborian warns Aja and Krel about. Morando then decides to lead the Taylon Phalanx in an invasion on Earth, so Krel develops a game that is linked to Parking Drones. Although the game goes more viral and many of the people in Arcadia play it, they then decide to play Go Go Sushi 2: Wasabi's Revenge instead because it was just released, giving Morando the advantage as the Parking Drones are destroyed. However, Eli Pepperjack uses the last Parking Drone to neutralize Morando's main vessel even though it gets destroyed, thus forcing him and the Taylon Phalanx to retreat. After learning about the existence of Gaylen's Core, Morando leaves his soldiers back in Akiridion-5 while he goes to Earth with his OMENs. However, it is due to this that the planet's Resistance is able to fight back against the soldiers, and Zadra leads a revolution to end them for good.
Meanwhile, Morando arrives on Earth with his OMENs, and he meets Colonel Kubritz in person. Being easily manipulated by the evil general, Kubritz helps him in his search for Gaylen's Core so he could become a god. Because of her, Morando discovers Gaylen's Core in Trollmarket and merges with it, while Kubritz leads the OMENs in a terrorist attack on Arcadia-Oaks. However, the OMENs are destroyed when the citizens of the town revolt against her along with Aja and Krel and their allies. Thus, the Taylon Phalanx were finally defeated.
- Fialkov and Coranda Tarron - Co-Founders / King and Queen of Akiridion-5 / De-Facto Supreme Leaders (formerly; betrayed by Morando to seize power; deceased)
- Val Morando - General / De-Facto Supreme Leader / Warlord (betrayed the King and Queen to seize power; deceased)
- Varvatos Vex - Commander (defected)
- Zadra - Former Lieutenant / Commander (defected)
- Loth Saborian - Chief Advisor (mole; defected)
- OMENs - Troopers / Guardians of Val Morando
- Akiridion Soldiers - Troopers
- Zeron Brotherhood - Bounty Hunters (deceased)
- Halcon - Bounty Hunter (deceased)
- Magmatron - Bounty Hunter (deceased)
- Tronos Madu - Bounty Hunter (defected; deceased)
- Gwendolyn - Bounty Hunter
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Terri Klemm, associate professor at Centenary University and director of the Hackettstown institution’s Bachelor of Social Work program, recently was named the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers’ 2016 Social Worker of the Year.
“The purpose of social work is to protect and advance human rights, and social, economic and environmental justice. What’s unique about this profession is that it has social justice at the core of its mission,” claims professor and social worker Terri Klemm. “We start from a strengths perspective, and that defines and influences the way we approach working with clients, families and communities.”
Klemm, associate professor at Centenary University and director of the Hackettstown institution’s Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program, is no stranger to putting her focus on the profession into practice. She recently was honored by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as its 2016 Social Worker of the Year.
In announcing the honor, NASW noted that the professor, through her activism and deep commitment to social work education and scholarship, “epitomizes all that social workers hold dear,” and that she was selected to recognize “her many years of dedication to social work students, social work education and the future of our profession, and especially for her recent activism and work for environmental justice.”
The educator, together with five others, including actor James Cromwell, attempted to disrupt the construction of a controversial fracked-gas power plant in Orange County, N.Y., believing it creates unacceptable health and safety risks to the public.
Fracked gas is a major contributor to climate change, Klemm said. Despite grass-roots effort to stop the project, the fracked-gas power plant still is under construction and protests against it continue to take place weekly.
Klemm, who also is pursuing her doctoral degree, said she was proud to accept the award, presented at the NASW’s annual Social Work Gala in October at the Forsgate Country Club. Being selected for the NASW-NJ honor is an opportunity to illustrate the importance of civic engagement, the professor and activist said.
On the academic side, Klemm also holds a Master’s in Social Work (MSW) and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), with certifications in Clinical Social Work Supervision, Disaster Response Crisis Counseling, and Trauma Response &Crisis Intervention.
She’s proud to note that the Centenary University program, which offers a robust education in one of the nation’s fast-growing professions, has expanded exponentially since it began in 2008.
“Our first graduating class, in 2008, was a cohort of only three students and, since then, we’ve grown dramatically,” Klemm said. “There are currently about 50 students in the program. Students can start here at Centenary, or apply to transfer into the program as juniors.”
The professor said that the junior year is geared toward providing students with the expertise and understanding they need before they begin a two-semester internship during their senior year.
Students can pursue a broad range of avenues with the degree, from working with children and families, or veterans, to pro¬viding support in a variety of health care settings, she said. For those who are unsure about which path best fits their passion, an alumni day is held as a way to bring graduates back to share their experiences and explain how vast the opportunities are to work with different populations over the course of their careers.
Once they’ve given careful consideration to their options, students collaborate with Candice Daly, LCSW, field director, to find internship opportunities that allow them to put their skills to use and demonstrate competency in real-world settings.
Before students begin their internships, they’re paired with actors who present concerns social workers face in the field. Centenary’s communications department videotapes those sessions, and students have a chance to review and learn from them before their internships begin.
“It’s rigorous, but students really walk out very well-prepared, whether they decide to do some work in the field or choose to go directly on to grad school,” Klemm said. “One of the things that we emphasize in our program is the idea of self-care to really help students apply what they’re learning to keep themselves in a good place to do this work long-term. We take that seriously and include it in part of the curriculum.”
Having earned national accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the program thoroughly prepares students for careers in generalist social work. Or, should they choose to further their studies, students can apply for advanced standing in Master of Social Work (MSW) programs throughout the country, and transfer up to 18 credits toward their graduate degree. In recent years, Centenary alumni have been accepted as advanced standing students at an array of prestigious graduate programs, including Columbia, Fordham, New York and Rutgers universities.
With small class sizes and thoughtfully-structured senior year internships, social work students are able to take the knowledge, values, and skills they’ve learned in the classroom and apply them in a meaningful way.
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Top best answers to the question «Does smoking make u lose muscle»
Components in cigarette smoke directly damage your muscles. New research, published in The Journal of Physiology, indicates that smoking decreases the number of small blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to muscles in the legs.
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Cutting is nothing more than lowering your fat percentage by adhering to a strict diet plan. This makes your muscle mass more visible. The difference between cutting and a regular diet is that with a regular diet you often lose muscle mass. Cutting is adjusting your diet so that the loss of muscle mass is minimal.
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SUMMARY There's no evidence that fasting causes more muscle loss than conventional calorie restriction. In fact, studies demonstrate that intermittent fasting may help you maintain muscle mass while dieting.Does running lose muscle?
"If you're only running and not doing strength work, then it is possible that you're going to definitely lose some muscle mass," said Michael Fredericson, MD, professor and director of physical medicine and sports medicine at Stanford.Does smoking cigarettes affect muscle growth?
Components in cigarette smoke directly damage your muscles. New research, published in The Journal of Physiology, indicates that smoking decreases the number of small blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to muscles in the legs.Can overtraining make you lose muscle?
“If you train too heavy all the time, it can have a negative impact on your joints and other soft tissue structures,” says Schoenfeld. This can lead to injury and overtraining, both of which, decrease your ability to build muscle.Will cutting make me lose muscle?
Cutting is nothing more than lowering your fat percentage by adhering to a strict diet plan. This makes your muscle mass more visible. The difference between cutting and a regular diet is that with a regular diet you often lose muscle mass. Cutting is adjusting your diet so that the loss of muscle mass is minimal.Does drinking too much water make you lose muscle?
Drinking too much water can cause muscle weakness, spasms, or cramps, according to the Mayo Clinic.Can green tea make you lose muscle?
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Running after lifting will not ruin your workout. Trainers agree that it's perfectly acceptable and effective to run either before or after weight lifting.Does too much cardio lose muscle?
Too much cardio makes you lose muscle mass and this makes your metabolism slow. As a result, the fat burning mechanism in your body slows down. Thus, your weight-loss results won't be as quick as they used to be. This is usually because the body hasn't recovered from the previous day's workout involving excess cardio.Does smoking after a workout affect muscle growth?
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The ability to get real-time economic and process conditions into the hands of operators is providing real benefits for refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries. The kind of decision-making capabilities provided by Schneider Electric’s ROMeo Process Optimization is enabling tangible results for users able to get better insight into operating parameters.
At the Innovation Summit: Software Conference 2017 in San Antonio, Texas, two users—from ExxonMobil and Reliance Industries—detailed use cases that showcased the challenges they face and the benefits that ROMeo provides.
At ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, engineers are using the ROMeo platform to monitor the removal of coke from a delayed coker. The delayed coker operates with a pair of drums, where material that cannot be converted into usable oils is gathered in the coke drums, one of which is filling while the other is emptied.
“Our focus of monitoring is more on the coke removal steps,” said Kenneth Teague, advanced engineering associate for ExxonMobil. “But if I can reduce the time it takes to remove coke from the drum, then I can increase the feed rate.”
There are several steps involved in coke removal—including stem purge, water quench, drain water out to leave a solid bed of coke, cut the coke out of the drum, and prepare the drum for feed. “All of these events take a certain amount of time. We want a way to optimize that time,” Teague said.
ExxonMobil is monitoring several event-specific variables, seeing a number of benefits throughout the sequence of events. Monitoring the maximum quench rate, for example, the refinery realized it was overfilling the drum during quench, Teague said. In another instance, steam is used to air free the drum; optimizing that step provides an opportunity to save energy.
ExxonMobil was one of the primary proponents of event detection capabilities on ROMeo, according to Teague, and is now reaping the rewards. “The coker tends to be a bottleneck and it’s a very high-volume unit,” he commented. “So even with a very small improvement, the benefits can get into six figures very easily.”
Information from applications drives action and continuous improvement, Teague noted. “One of the things I’ve grown to appreciate about monitoring is that the more you understand about the state of your process now, the more you have to contribute to future optimization of your process,” he said. “The refinery gets feedback and they can take immediate action on it.”
Reliance Industries, which owns and operates two of the largest and most complex refineries in the world, is using ROMeo in its gasification process. The gasification complex is tightly coupled with the refinery operation to meet fuel, steam and power requirements. ROMeo provides detailed models to capture these optimization opportunities, said Vinesh Raja, a chemical engineer for Reliance.
Although linear programming (LP) models are inherently easy to use, Reliance had faced some modeling challenges that ROMeo models helped resolve—focused on reliability, applicability, tuning, what-if studies, and results analysis and verification.
Providing good model fidelity, ROMeo had a robust model capable of running various turndown cases, Raja said. Detailed models capture optimization opportunities and constraints. The ROMeo model features simplified tuning, and does so with a user-friendly interface.
Raja listed several benefits of the overall scope:
- Detailed modeling of gasification complex covering all process units.
- Capability to tune models as per operational requirement and feed configuration.
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NEW DELHI — Vigyan Shukla, a 45-year-old farmer on north India’s plains, has known heat all his life. But not heat like this.
“People are just not able to work,” said Shukla, who cut hours for his farmworkers during this year’s wheat and lentil harvest. “If it’s a matter of one or two days, people can try to work hard through it. But with this longer wave, they’re falling sick.”
Typically, heat waves in India affect only part of the country, occur in the summer and only last for a week or so. But a string of early heat waves this spring has been longer and more widespread than any observed before. India experienced its hottest March on record. Northwest and central India followed with their hottest April.
“This probably would be the most severe heat wave in March and April in the entire [recorded] history” of India, said Vimal Mishra, a climate scientist at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.
Despite the unprecedented heat, fewer people appear to be dying. Heat waves in 2015 and 1998 took thousands of lives, but the India Meteorological Department has reported only a handful of deaths so far.
Across India, extreme heat has forced farmers, construction workers and students to rearrange their lives, showing how daily routines are changing — and work productivity is declining — in countries that are already among the poorest and hottest in the world.
In recent weeks, education officials in nine northern states have cut the length of classes in half so that students can be dismissed by 11 a.m. Some have ended the school year early. Administrators of large government-run rural employment programs mandated that workers digging canals and ditches stop before noon.
These shifts may be small on their own, but taken together they have far-reaching impacts. India loses more than 100 billion hours of labor per year because of extreme heat, the most of any country in the world, according to research published in Nature Communications.
“We’re reaching some of these critical thresholds in Southwest and South Asia, where people can no longer efficiently cool themselves and it’s almost deadly just to be outside, much less work,” said Luke Parsons, one of the paper’s co-authors. “It’s a really major issue in terms of who bears the cost of climate change first.”
After the heat eased briefly last week, a new wave began over the weekend that will last for several days. The highest temperatures will be felt on Wednesday and Thursday in northwest India in the states of Rajasthan and Punjab, but much of the country will endure temperatures over 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius).
Researchers say climate change is playing a key role. One study showed human activity made severe heat waves in central and mid-southern India twice as likely during the 20th century. Under future climate change scenarios, the risk of severe heat waves could increase by 10 times this century.
India is trying to adapt.
Renu Shekhar, a parent in the city of Jaipur, which hit 110 degrees on April 29, said her 12-year-old daughter Purvai can go to school for only three hours every morning under new rules set by the city. Sports and morning assemblies in the schoolyard have been scrapped. Inside the school, which has no air no conditioning, classes are half as long.
Shekhar said she worried her daughter would fall behind in her studies. Purvai was happy to be spending less time in the classroom but missed playing soccer, basketball and hide-and-seek.
“The children are so weak that we can’t even stand outside or play with friends,” Purvai said. “We have to spend all our days in homes only with board games.”
But staying inside can put undue strain on the country’s energy grid. India’s peak power demand hit records three times in a single week in April as those who could afford air conditioners cranked them up.
“Running AC has a negative impact on the climate change problem,” said Mishra, the climate scientist. “Here you want to adapt, but then you’re harming mitigation. That is a classic problem. We are using more energy to adapt.”
But the vast majority of Indians have no access to air conditioners, and in a country where nearly half the population works outdoors — mostly in farming and construction — the government is scrambling to limit the effects of prolonged exposure.
The Health Ministry issued an advisory last month to all employers requiring them to install temporary shelters and limit hours for new workers. Citizens were urged to stay indoors from noon to 3 p.m. and learn about the symptoms of heat stress. The country’s hospitals were recently ordered to review their stocks of intravenous drips, ice packs and oral rehydration salts.
Several states have introduced changes to a vast government program known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which offers minimum-wage jobs to more than 50 million households every year.
Raghvendra Tewari, a local official overseeing NREGA programs in Banda, set a target of about 6,000 workers digging canals and ditches. But only 2,000 showed up during the peak of the recent heat wave, he said, and organizers have stopped taking daily attendance. Instead of working 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., teams now start around dawn and disband by 11 a.m.
“The heat is never so bad that we’ve had to do this before,” Tewari said.
The extreme heat is straining not only farmers but also their crops, as high temperatures coincided with the final weeks of the planting season, when grains need cool weather to mature. Devinder Sharma, an agricultural policy expert, said a quarter of every acre of Indian wheat could be lost to the heat.
The world’s second-most-populous country isn’t on the verge of food insecurity, Sharma said, but could face an emergency if the wheat crop falls short again next year: “What happened this year was a clear sign that if there is a repeat, India will be standing with a begging bowl.”
Shukla, the farmer in Banda, is already seeing the effects on his withering wheat crop. His income this year fell by almost $40,000, he estimated, and he has had to scale back plans for family weddings.
But the greatest burden has fallen on those in the fields. Laborers on Shukla’s farm, including women and children, were working under umbrellas with towels wrapped around their heads, and resting in makeshift sheds made of bamboo and straw. But there was no protection from heat this extreme.
“People were fainting, coming down with fever,” he said. “It’s a matter of grave concern. It’s only happening because of the temperature.”
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Homicide and assault rates have decreased significantly since 1980, but overall rates of violence remain high, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Journal reports that homicide rates have decreased from a peak of 10.7 per 100?000 persons in 1980 to 5.1 per 100?000 in 2013. Aggravated assault rates have decreased from a peak of 442 per 100?000 in 1992 to 242 per 100 000 in 2012.
Nevertheless, the report says, annually, there are more than 16?000 homicides and 1.6 million nonfatal assault injuries requiring treatment in emergency departments. More than 12 million adults experience intimate partner violence annually and more than 10 million children younger than 18 years experience some form of maltreatment from a caregiver, ranging from neglect to sexual abuse, but only a small percentage of these violent incidents are reported to law enforcement, health care clinicians, or child protective agencies.
Moreover, exposure to violence increases vulnerability to a broad range of mental and physical health problems over the life course; for example, meta-analyses indicate that exposure to physical abuse in childhood is associated with a 54% increased odds of depressive disorder, a 78% increased odds of sexually transmitted illness or risky sexual behavior, and a 32% increased odds of obesity.
According to the report, rates of violence vary by age, geographic location, sex, and race/ethnicity, and significant disparities exist. Homicide is the leading cause of death for non-Hispanic blacks from age 1 through 44 years, whereas it is the fifth most common cause of death among non-Hispanic whites in this age range. Additionally, efforts to understand, prevent, and respond to interpersonal violence have often neglected the degree to which many forms of violence are interconnected at the individual level, across relationships and communities, and even intergenerationally.
The most effective violence prevention strategies include parent and family-focused programs, early childhood education, school-based programs, therapeutic or counseling interventions, and public policy, the report says. For example, a systematic review of early childhood home visitation programs found a 38.9% reduction in episodes of child maltreatment in intervention participants compared with control participants. | <urn:uuid:96e5dcb8-18ef-428d-b774-75d44dfe692b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/86580-violence-in-us-down-but-still-widespread | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.938462 | 442 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Ahead of Eid al-Adha, which is known to fall on July 9, 2022, people usually cook dishes from mutton or beef. Goat meat can be processed into various dishes such as satay, soup, curry, tongseng, and other dishes.
Goat meat usually has a musty or unpleasant smell, so many people don’t want to enjoy it. Whereas goat meat is a type of red meat that is high in calories, protein and fat. Then goat meat also contains various types of amino acids and amino acids are products resulting from protein digestion.
In addition, goat meat also has many benefits for the health of the body such as good for bone health, heart and preventing symptoms of anemia. Processing goat meat also should not be wrong so as not to cause a stale smell.
Compiled from bango.idHere are some ways to get rid of the bad smell of mutton.
1.Do not wash
To get rid of the stench that appears on goat meat, you should avoid washing it before cooking. The reason is, if the goat meat is washed before cooking it will bring up bacteria that cause the musty or unpleasant odor. Therefore, it is better to boil goat meat directly until it boils.
2. Using spices
Using aromatic herbs and spices on mutton is also good for preventing scorching odors because the strong aroma of spices can reduce odors. In addition, if we add spices to mutton such as sliced turmeric, ginger, lemongrass before cooking it can also give a delicious taste.
3. Using pineapple or lime
By utilizing grated pineapple or lime juice, these two natural ingredients can also prevent the smell of mutton from stinging. The trick is to smear it all over the surface of the meat and let it sit for 30 minutes to an hour.
Those are some tips to get rid of the bad smell of mutton. Good luck. | <urn:uuid:21145c4f-40e5-4981-992c-e0a1f6dbfc56> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://visitmap.info/3-tips-to-eliminate-the-smell-of-goat-meat-you-can-use-these-home-ingredients.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.958589 | 400 | 2.3125 | 2 |
IELTS Writing Task 2 essay with model answer
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic
Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Others, however, argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
One of the highly controversial issues today relates to whether the judiciary system should adopt fixed sentences for all crimes, or it should consider the circumstances and motivation behind each crime. In this essay, I am going to shed some light on this question from both points of view and extend my support to the latter opinion.
On one side of the argument there are people who argue that the benefits of adopting a fixed punishment structure for the crimes committed considerably outweigh its disadvantages. This is because fixed punishments will probably save a lot of time and money that could otherwise be directed for use in much needed services in other sectors of the community such as health and education. Another reason for believing this is that criminals will think twice before they commit any crime, as they would realize that punishment is going to be swift and strict. One good illustration of this is the declined rate of crimes in some countries that adopt a very strict and harsh punitive system.
On the other hand, it is also possible to make the opposing case. It is often argued that in many cases there are extenuating circumstances behind many of the crimes committed, especially the minor ones. People often have this opinion because in many countries and communities there may be strong factors influencing crime rates such as poverty and blackmailing. Therefore, it is crucial for judges to consider all the circumstances surrounding a defendant or a case to issue a just and fair verdict. For instance, a young woman convicted of public misconduct may have been forced into prostitution due to poverty. Thus, it goes without saying that their viewpoint is credible and realistic.
In my opinion, both arguments have their merits. On balance, however, I tend to believe that considering the circumstances behind each crime is paramount in order to reach a fair and just verdict in the courtroom.
Total Words: 322
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Coherence & Cohesion: 9
Lexical resources: 8
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Susan’s daughter, Amanda, is 15. Susan asks Amanda to pick up her clothes, books and papers from the living room and dining room. The teenager hisses, “You do it! You’re the parent. You’re supposed to take care of the house.”
Trying to remain calm and loving, Susan speaks slowly, “Your belongings are your responsibility, Mandy.”
Molly, Susan’s mother, who is visiting, rolls her eyes, clicks her tongue, and whispers to her daughter, “You really have to be more careful not to aggravate her, Susan.” Then she walks away into the guest room.
Susan feels angry, hurt, and scared. She knows as the mother she needs to take charge. But in these struggles with Amanda, no matter what parenting technique she uses, the outcome is the same: she yells at Amanda, sends Amanda to her room, and punishes her. Then Susan retreats to her own bedroom sobbing. On top of everything else, tonight her own mother’s reproach does her in.
Susan insists this battle is about Amanda’s lack of responsibility around the house. But clearly, Amanda’s actions evoke something deeper in Susan.
As a child grows up, a parent’s own childhood hauntingly intrudes into the parent-child relationship. Untended, a parent’s early wounds have a damaging impact on interactions with children and their development.
To give children their best chances in life, parents need to commit to doing their own healing work. Unfinished, unresolved, or unhealed issues from a parent’s childhood, arising in relationship with his or her child, is a sign post to the work the parent needs to undertake. The key: here and now events are gateways to past occurrences.
And when grandparents are included in the mix, the parents’ early wounds get triggered even more easily. After all, their wounding came from their childhood experience. And what often gets overlooked is the grandparents’ early wounding . . . wounding they inevitably passed on to their children, albeit unconsciously.
So while the parents have a chance to heal within for their sake and the sake of their children, the grandparents have an ideal opportunity to heal within for their sake, the sake of their children, and the sake of their grandchildren as well!
Susan’s intense reaction indicates Amanda’s scorn sparks something from Susan’s childhood. And that her mother’s response on top of that brings her to her knees . . . is a huge clue. My job as therapist is to help Susan find the root.
Once Susan grasps that a connection exists between Amanda’s behavior and her own childhood, I can help her find that link. Upon discovering the link, I can help Susan disconnect the hold between present and past. Then, I can help her heal the original wound for her sake and her daughter’s.
In therapy, Susan talked about her widowed mother abandoning her. While drinking and sleeping off binges, Mother would lock herself in her bedroom, leaving Susan all alone for hours. Mother would roll her eyes and distort her face as though she were sickened by the sight of Susan.
Needing Mommy, Susan turned herself inside-out to keep her mother from rejecting her.
This emotional root pervaded Susan’s marriage, too. She turned herself inside-out to stop her husband from leaving. She sacrificed her morals and allowed her husband to abuse her to keep from “losing her mother” a second time, in the guise of her husband.
Now, Susan acts out of fear of losing Amanda. Under the pretext of ameliorating the effects of the divorce, Susan allowed Amanda to run the household, set the emotional tenor, determine how they spend time and money. Susan doesn’t realize that young Susan is still alive within her, trying to avoid “losing Mom” again, this time in her daughter.
In Part Two, we’ll explore with Susan the roots of her intertwined relationships with her daughter and her own mother …and the healing that is possible when parents and grandparents do the inner work with their relationships with power!
© Judith Barr 2010
Judith Barr has been a depth psychotherapist in private practice for over 30 years, helping people to heal their own inner wounding through therapy, and also to make a connection between our own individual inner relationships with power, money, national and world events and more, and the state of our nation and our world. She offers her healing expertise in many formats: working with individuals, couples groups, workshops, consultations, and training and supervision for healing professionals.
Through her book Power Abused, Power Healed, articles for both professionals and the general public, her blog PoliPsych, and her speaking engagements, media appearances and teleconferences, Judith teaches about how we can help heal the abuse of power in all arenas of life – from the inside out — and how we can help to create sustainable safety in our world. To learn more, please visit http://www.PowerAbusedPowerHealed.com or email Judith at firstname.lastname@example.org | <urn:uuid:920f4c98-8b53-4045-9edd-e49386546957> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.grandmagazine.com/2011/09/book-review-prevent-child-abuse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961306 | 1,098 | 2.125 | 2 |
President Donald Trump toured Apple’s Texas manufacturing plant Wednesday in a visit marking a brief truce in the White House war on Silicon Valley and an unlikely “bromance” with chief executive Tim Cook.
“He is a very special person as far as this country is concerned,” Trump said of Cook as they stood side-by-side, adding that he’s done a “great job.”
The visit gave Trump a chance to hail American manufacturing and step back, at least temporarily, from his tirade against big technology firms, including Apple, which he criticises for manufacturing its products abroad.
Trump praised what he said was an “incredible product that is made right here.”
“When you build in the United States you don’t have to worry about tariffs,” he said, referring to those waged by China.
Apple announced in September it would keep making its Mac Pro computer in the United States, after obtaining tariff exemptions for some components in the high-end computers.
The developments show an unusual Trump-Cook relationship in sharp contrast with the president’s attacks on other tech giants.
“On the face of it, it’s an unlikely relationship,” said Roger Kay, analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates who follows the sector.
Cook, who supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, has been able to sidestep much of Trump’s anger by being “very diplomatic,” Kay said.
“He’s not saying ‘I love Trump,’ but he’s not saying ‘I hate Trump,'” said Kay.
“He hasn’t made any disparaging public comments. By not ruffling Trump’s feathers he’s gotten quite a lot out of it.”
Cook and Trump remain far apart on a number of issues including trade and immigration, with Apple opposing the White House plan to end protection for so-called “dreamers” who came to the US as children.
While Apple has acknowledged it has paid some tariffs imposed by Trump on goods imported from China, the iPhone maker has so far avoided a major impact from the trade friction.
Sidestepping Trump tirades
Trump, who has called Google and social media firms “biased” and been especially critical of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — accusing him of using his personal investment in The Washington Post for politics — has had mostly praise for the Apple CEO.
“Other companies hire very expensive consultants,” Trump said in August. “But the only one who calls me is Tim Cook. He calls me whenever there’s a problem.”
Trump, who once referred to the CEO as “Tim Apple,” appears to be forging a friendly relationship with Cook even when he offers criticism.
In one tweet, he seemed to fret over the design of the latest iPhones which no longer have a home button.
“To Tim: The Button on the IPhone was FAR better than the Swipe!” Trump wrote.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Cook has quietly cultivated his relationship with Trump through the president’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, both of whom advise the president.
Trump appears to have softened some of his positions on tariffs after hearing Cook’s argument that punishing Apple would help foreign rivals such as Samsung.
“Tim Cook has gone out of his way it seems to develop a relationship with President Trump because he was concerned I’m sure of the potential impact on the business” from Trump’s policies, said Bob O’Donnell of Technalysis Research.
Because most of Apple products are manufactured in China, “there was a potentially large impact on profitability,” O’Donnell said.
“Tim Cook is trying to be pragmatic and trying to address the issue by tackling it head on.”
Apple, which benefited from legislation signed by Trump that reduced taxes on repatriated profits from 35 to 15 percent, has responded to White House efforts by pledging to invest $350 billion in the US economy by 2023 through its own manufacturing and from suppliers.
O’Donnell said that Cook’s efforts to forge a relationship with Trump has some risks as well in Silicon Valley, where the president is unpopular.
“I think some people who are Apple fans and don’t like Trump find it a little disconcerting,” O’Donnell said.
Kay said however that Apple employees and customers understand the needs of the business, and that Cook’s efforts might even ease some of the tensions between the White House and the tech industry.
“Maybe Tim can create a rosier halo around Silicon Valley,” Kay said.
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President Isaac Herzog indicated Tuesday that Israel was trying to keep a low profile in the growing dispute with Moscow over Russia’s moves toward limiting the operations of the Jewish Agency in the country.
Russia, meanwhile, was sending mixed messages, with the Kremlin calling the dispute a purely legal matter, while its Foreign Ministry accused Israel of longstanding “unconstructive” and “biased” behavior toward Moscow.
Speaking at a conference held by Israel’s Channel 13 news, Herzog, who headed the Jewish Agency in 2018-2021, said that while the issue was “close to his heart,” he considered it better to keep public mention of it to a minimum.
“I have been fully cooperating with Prime Minister Yair Lapid… I will assist wherever I can,” said Herzog, who met with Lapid on Monday evening.
“Some things are better left unsaid,” the president said.
“I believe that the less we talk about it, the better we’ll be. It will allow proper treatment of the issue,” he added.
Herzog continued: “Russia is an important country. There could be numerous different scenarios and explanations to why and how this happened… Let’s let the issue play out. The less we talk about it and the more we do, the better.”
Despite his largely ceremonial role, the current government has repeatedly made use of Herzog’s diplomacy skills.
The Kremlin said Tuesday that a move to close the agency in Russia was a purely legal matter.
“The situation should not be politicized or projected onto the entirety of Russian-Israeli relations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“There are issues from the point of view of complying with Russian law,” he added. “This situation should be treated very carefully.”
Peskov did not provide further details.
However, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Tuesday accused Israel of “unconstructive” behavior.
“Unfortunately, we heard completely unconstructive and, most importantly, biased rhetoric in the statements that Tel Aviv made in recent months,” she told the Soloviev Live TV channel, according to TASS, singling out Israeli statements supporting Ukraine.
“When we hear the country’s authorities say that some of Russia’s actions on the bilateral level may impact relations, we wonder if these very people think that their actions and statements of the past several months haven’t affected bilateral relations yet,” she said.
She was apparently referencing Lapid, who warned Sunday that the issue could negatively affect ties between the two countries.
But in another sign that the sides were trying to turn down the heat, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on Tuesday reports of Lapid and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanging greetings on July 5, without giving further details.
The exchange of notes was most likely a formality upon Lapid’s assumption of the post of prime minister last month.
Some argue that Moscow’s actions against the Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental organization that encourages and facilitates Jewish immigration to Israel, were a response to his unequivocal, ongoing condemnations of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
In an interview with The Times of Israel on Monday, Moscow-born Israeli politician, journalist and analyst Ksenia Svetlova noted that Russia started threatening the Jewish Agency with sanctions at roughly the same time Lapid took over as premier.
“It didn’t happen under [former prime minister Naftali] Bennett. It didn’t happen under [former prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu. There was something about this government,” Svetlova said.
Last month, Russian authorities told the Jewish Agency that its offices could face sanctions over alleged infringements of local laws. Officials in the organization initially believed this to be a low-level issue that could be resolved with negotiations and compromise.
However, as Moscow continued to escalate the situation, the Jewish Agency reached out to the Foreign Ministry to intervene on its behalf.
Last week, Russian authorities formally filed an appeal with a Moscow district court calling for the “dissolution” of the Jewish Agency’s offices in Russia. The first hearing is scheduled for this Thursday.
Seeming to aggravate the situation, Moscow has so far refused to issue visas to an Israeli legal delegation seeking to visit the country this week ahead of the hearing. The team was due to travel on Sunday, but as of Monday night had yet to receive the proper credentials.
Russia’s ultimate aims with its efforts to shut down the Jewish Agency are not entirely clear. Unlike in the past, Moscow has not yet clearly identified what step Israel could take that would prompt it to reverse course or what specific Israeli actions instigated its antagonism. | <urn:uuid:57d64989-390e-4ea8-a239-9c21cd7404cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beelifeinsurance.com/2022/07/26/israel-moves-to-reduce-russia-tensions-the-less-we-talk-about-it-the-better/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962858 | 1,021 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Cannabis Science and Technology
Spokesperson: Andrew James, Ellutia
The cannabis industry has been struggling to keep pace with the changing attitudes toward the drug. With no standardised regulations for quality control between states or countries, there is a huge gap to fill in terms of rigorous testing. Andrew James, Marketing Director at Ellutia, discusses why gas chromatography (GC) is a successful analytical technique for cannabis testing that provides opportunities to advance the cannabis industry. Read the article here. | <urn:uuid:5851570c-4754-4d7f-87b5-8fb0e9131ff5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ellutia.com/2018/06/21/article-cannabis-quality-control-testing-using-gas-chromatography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.91862 | 104 | 1.625 | 2 |
We’re all constantly bombarded with health advice, from advertisements to Facebook postings to warnings from Grandma. Unfortunately, much of that advice is unreliable, unproven, and downright harmful. It can be very hard to separate medical fact from fiction, but that’s exactly what scientists are teaching elementary-school kids in Uganda to do.
Andy Oxman is research director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. He’s been working in Uganda since 2012 on the Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) program, which aims to improve both access to health care and patients’ ability to make better-informed health decisions. The program brought Oxman into conversations with politicians, who struggled with the same fact-or-fiction issues as the rest of us. But educating them was an uphill battle.
"Working with policymakers made it clear most adults don’t have time to learn, and they have to unlearn a lot of stuff." But kids, he thought—kids might catch on pretty quickly, Oxman told Vox.
The best-known primer on evidence-based health education is a book called Testing Treatments (available for free here [PDF]). The book breaks down the basics of scientific literacy and teaches readers to cast a careful eye at health claims and medical research. “You don’t need to be a scientist to think critically and ask good questions,” co-author Iain Chalmers told Vox.
After the latest edition of the book came out in 2012, Oxman approached Chalmers with his big idea: to teach its contents to children. “You’re mad,” Chalmers said. But Oxman was serious. Why shouldn’t kids be given the tools to evaluate what they’re told?
Oxman and Chalmers enlisted other scientists from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Norway, and the UK to help identify the most important lessons a health literacy program should teach when considering the value of different medical treatments. They arrived at a list of 32 concepts, highlighting the need to be wary of things like small clinical trials, dramatic results, and a bias toward newer or more expensive treatments.
Next, they collaborated with schoolteachers in Uganda to translate those concepts into lesson plans, a teacher guide, and workbooks and readings illustrated with cartoons.
Because evidence and data are kind of their thing, the researchers decided to test the program’s efficacy as they implemented it. They set up a randomized controlled trial (the gold standard for scientific studies) involving more than 15,000 fifth-graders. From June to September of one school year, half of the students trained in BS detection, while the others went about their education as usual.
When the school term ended, the researchers tested all the kids to see if they’d become savvier consumers of health information. They’re currently crunching the numbers, but expect to find that their program did the students some good.
"My hope," Oxman told Vox, "is that these resources get used in curricula in schools around the world, and that we end up with the children … who become science-literate citizens and who can participate in sensible discussion about policy and our health."
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Atypical spatiotemporal activation of cerebellar lobules during emotional face processing in adolescents with autism. Hum Brain Mapp 2021;42(7):2099-2114.Abstract.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by social deficits and atypical facial processing of emotional expressions. The underlying neuropathology of these abnormalities is still unclear. Recent studies implicate cerebellum in emotional processing; other studies show cerebellar abnormalities in ASD. Here, we elucidate the spatiotemporal activation of cerebellar lobules in ASD during emotional processing of happy and angry faces in adolescents with ASD and typically developing (TD) controls. Using magnetoencephalography, we calculated dynamic statistical parametric maps across a period of 500 ms after emotional stimuli onset and determined differences between group activity to happy and angry emotions. Following happy face presentation, adolescents with ASD exhibited only left-hemispheric cerebellar activation in a cluster extending from lobule VI to lobule V (compared to TD controls). Following angry face presentation, adolescents with ASD exhibited only midline cerebellar activation (posterior IX vermis). Our findings indicate an early (125-175 ms) overactivation in cerebellar activity only for happy faces and a later overactivation for both happy (250-450 ms) and angry (250-350 ms) faces in adolescents with ASD. The prioritized hemispheric activity (happy faces) could reflect the promotion of a more flexible and adaptive social behavior, while the latter midline activity (angry faces) may guide conforming behavior. | <urn:uuid:699614b3-74bd-4aa7-99f8-1c79678a8880> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eye.hms.harvard.edu/topic/neuro-ophthalmology?page=4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.86254 | 326 | 1.875 | 2 |
Facebook, which turned 18 last month, has developed something of a reputation for being the social network for older Americans. That reputation is not unearned—according to a Pew Research Center survey, nearly 72 million Americans over the age of 50 use Facebook. And while the platform still has more users under the age of 50 than over, Facebook remains many older Americans’ sole social network.
That’s something the AARP is looking to change, though. The nonprofit funded the creation of Senior Planet Community, a social media network that encourages users to join pre-existing groups around shared interests, including gardening, travel, fitness, food, and technology. In that way, it feels more like a pared-down version of Reddit or a small collection of forums.
The social network was developed by an AARP affiliate, Older Adults Technology Services. OATS started out giving computer classes to older folks in New York City and has expanded its physical footprint over the years. During the pandemic, those classes moved online, and Senior Planet Community grew from that transition.
While the potential market for Senior Planet Community is enormous, OATS has realistic expectations for its new platform. “I do think eventually it would be great if we had a million people,” Tom Kamber, executive director of OATS, told Axios. “Right now, I’d be really happy to have 100,00 people using it well.”
Besides its focus on the 50-plus set, Senior Planet Community stands apart from Facebook in that it’s not commercial. The site has no advertising or membership fees. Unless the cost to run the site grows substantially, that probably won’t present much of a problem. AARP isn’t saying how much it has put into Senior Planet Community, but the organization is famously well-capitalized, with $2.3 billion in net assets and $1.7 billion in revenue in 2020.
At present, the site is bare-bones when compared with Facebook. There’s no mobile app yet, though OATS says it hopes to develop one. The site is mobile-friendly at least, and all the requisite features are there, including groups, photo sharing, @-mentions, notifications, and direct messaging.
As with all social networks, a looming question is how Senior Planet Community will handle moderation. The site has a relatively extensive list of “house rules” that encourages users to “be courteous” and “cite your sources.” Posts about politics aren’t forbidden, but the rules say posts can’t stray off-topic, and users can’t “attack individuals, social, ethnic, or political groups and figures.” Users can report posts they think violate the rules. Currently, the user base is relatively small, so policing it should be straightforward.
“The moderating team keeps an eye on all comments, posts, and updates added to the platform from the backend. Private messages are private, so we encourage all users to report any account that could be harassing them,” Suzanne Myklebust, OATS’s director of communications, told Ars. “Once something has been marked as reported, the moderating team will conduct an investigation to respond to the situation appropriately.”
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A connected and diverse Albany that celebrates curiosity, knowledge, and possibility.
The Albany Public Library is an essential resource promoting community, life-long learning, and quality services in a safe, welcoming space.
Albany Public Library Values
Service – We jump up and serve at every opportunity to respond to the needs of our patrons and the Albany community.
Respect – We see all people as individuals and treat staff and patrons with dignity.
Diversity – We celebrate and respect the many backgrounds and cultures that make up our community and reflect them in our collections and services.
Privacy – We defend your right to explore, learn, and read anonymously.
Access – We remove barriers in order to provide resources and services to the community widely and equitably.
Fun – We take play, discovery, joy, and humor seriously.
As early as 1907, Sarah Adams, then president of the Modern Travelers Club, initiated the idea of a public library by creating a committee to gather a collection of books and naming a board of directors. A single-room brick building near Second and Ferry was selected to house the collection. They were open to the public on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Over the next few years, the club gathered 1,163 volumes.
The library became a tax-supported service in December 1910 when the City of Albany assumed the operation of this library.
Andrew Carnegie, a steel magnate, was a philanthropist who began building libraries in the United States in the early 1900s. In 1911, he offered the City of Albany $12,500.00 to build a free public library provided they match his donation and staff the new building.
The response from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation grant came from Carnegie’s secretary in the form of a simple pencil written letter. This original letter is on display today.
Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Young donated the land on the corner of Third Avenue and Ferry Street. Ground was broken for the building on June 5, 1913. Mr. Willard F. Tobey was chosen as the architect. Mrs. Young herself carried in the first book, a Bible, three days prior to the building’s dedication on June 26, 1914. A community of volunteers carried the collection, then totaling 3,200 volumes, into the new facility. The final building cost came to $20,000.
The Carnegie Library Today
The Downtown Carnegie Library has been in continuous use as a library since the dedication in 1914. It currently houses nearly 23,000 titles for public use, provides public Internet access, a reference workstation, a special Historic Preservation book collection, and a newly relocated Children’s Room in the lower level. It is included as a landmark contributing property in the Monteith National Register Historic District of Albany.
By the late 1960s, Albany outgrew the 5,600 sq. ft. Carnegie Library, and it was time to build a new facility. Through a generous grant of one acre and $200,000 from Fred Meyer and The Fred Meyer Foundation, matched by a $200,000 federal library grant from the Oregon State Library, construction was begun in 1973 on a new 17,000 sq. ft. library. The new Main Library opened with pomp and ceremony on April 21, 1974, ready to serve a population of 21,700 city residents.
The Main Albany Public Library today
Since that opening, the city has more than doubled in size. The Library has continued to be the city’s center of information and knowledge, where patrons of all ages and backgrounds come to gather, learn, and grow. Usage and appreciation of the Library is at an all-time high across the page of measurable statistics, which is a wonderful problem to have.
Through a generous anonymous donation, the Library moved into its new 40,000 sq. ft. home in early 2009. Wired for the 21st century, seating for our increasing number of patrons, parking for lots more visitors, and, generally, more accessible to serve our community, your new Library addresses the foreseeable needs of the community. | <urn:uuid:51c24a01-77e7-480d-a700-d353536307c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://library.cityofalbany.net/about-apl/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95408 | 848 | 2.453125 | 2 |
“Well, you certainly have a very positive attitude,” said the white-haired woman with an approving nod.
“Thanks, yes. Most of the time anyway,” I replied. The woman had asked me how I became an amputee as I mingled at a coffee hour at my parents’ church. I gave her the short version of my story—cancer, chemo, surgeries—and more details in response to questions, and I kept a smile on my face as I did so.
I wasn’t upset or irritated by her questioning. She was polite, even warm. Unless people are rude, I generally answer their questions quite pleasantly. Inevitably, this involves a smile and cheerful tone of voice.
Any cancer survivor learns quickly that cheerfulness is the mandatory emotional display in order to be judged a good patient or a good survivor. On the one hand, medical evidence supports the belief that optimism, hope, and positivity correlate with improved health outcomes for patients. On the other hand, the pervasive cultural demand for positive attitudes from people with any significant illness, notably cancer survivors, is also widely (and often sarcastically) acknowledged. Barbara Ehrenreich explained in “Welcome to Cancerland” that “cheerfulness is more or less mandatory.” Likewise, Samantha King describes the “tyranny of cheerfulness” in Pink Ribbons, Inc., an excellent book and documentary on the ways in which corporate breast cancer awareness advocacy often benefits corporations far more than it does cancer survivors.
I’m not the only cancer survivor who finds implicit demands to be cheerful exhausting, I know. It takes courage to resist the tyranny of cheerfulness and instead admit to strangers—and even friends, colleagues, and family—that cancer is a raw deal. And even more courage to add that not only was cancer treatment horrible, but it also left many of us with chronic late effects that seriously impact our quality of life.
This act of resistance takes courage because the reply is inevitably, “But you must be so grateful to have survived! Thank god for the amazing treatments that are available now!” This demand for gratitude and cheerfulness is almost never accompanied with any acknowledgment of our past or ongoing suffering, so it sounds a lot like, “Stop complaining! You are lucky to be alive and should be grateful no matter what you have to deal with.”
I admit I don’t want to be judged a bad survivor and shamed for speaking the truth. But there is something else at work here, at least for me. Like a moth drawn irresistibly to a flame, I desperately want to believe that sustained cheerfulness is powerful enough to make me feel better. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if having a positive attitude really did help?
I want to believe that I can eliminate my phantom limb pain by cheerfully refusing to accept that an amputated body part continues to hurt.
I want to cease having panic attacks at the dentist because I have been so positive and upbeat when working with my therapist to release traumatic memories of being immobilized on a gurney for surgeries that my brain stubbornly equates with reclined dentists’ chairs.
Maybe if I smile brightly enough, the side effects of my pain medications will stop making me miserable.
If I keep my chin up all day, the feelings of anxiety and depression will go away.
So far none of these things has proven true for me.
I know that the tyranny of cheerfulness is largely about other people’s discomfort with cancer survivors’ (or really anyone’s) suffering. But the tyranny is also seductive, in that it tempts us to believe that our suffering will abate if only we embrace the good cheer mandate with our whole hearts.
When this proves untrue, as it inevitably does, it might do survivors more good to let our chins drop, our upper lips droop, our relentless smiles dim, and our positive attitudes fail for a while. Taking a break from mandatory cheerfulness—even if only in private—can help us let go of not only the burden of other people’s expectations, but also the weight of our own. | <urn:uuid:470afb09-8670-4328-a2f8-75840924d1ff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://realisticallyeverafter.blog/2017/08/21/the-tyranny-of-cheerfulness/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955171 | 870 | 1.9375 | 2 |
What is Trick Riding?
The art of performing stunts & gymnastic manoeuvres on the back of a moving horse, Trick Riding is one of the highest adrenaline activities you can do on horseback, but where did it come from?
The Ukrainian Cossacks were the original trick riders who used their skills as a weapon to hide from their enemies during battle. When they were forced out of Russia many travelled to the United States where they used their talents to make money becoming a part of the entertainment community.
Today trick riders around the world perform exciting adrenaline filled displays as part of stunt shows, equestrian theatrical performances & more!
Are Lessons only for People Wanting to be Professionals?
No, absolutely not! Here at The Knights of Middle England our experienced & qualified instructors offer lessons for all levels – from those who want to give this exciting and unique discipline a try just for fun, all the way through to training for trick riders who are working at a professional level in the industry.
Trick Riding lessons also offer a great cross-discipline training opportunity for riders looking to improve their confidence and stability & stickability on the back of a horse!
We offer regular private and semi-private 1 hour sessions as well as clinic days!
What Happens in a Trick Riding Lesson?
Your first trick riding session will start on our barrel – this is a great way to get you introduced to the trick riding saddle, and how to move around on the saddle before we introduce the horse.
Then, once you’ve got the hang of a few simple moves, it’s time to move onto one of our specially trained horses on the lunge and give it a go on the move! Starting in walk and trot we start with simple leg overs getting you moving around the saddle and the horse.
Over a series of lessons you will then progress through the levels of different tricks from wings, hangs, drags and stands, and of course Vaulting!
For those wanting to progress their training even further – once you have learned a series of tricks in canter on the lunge, it’s time to progress to trick riding off the lunge in the arena!
Whether a professional looking to train for the BSR horse riding test, an actor looking to increase their castability or if you are just looking for something different to do we also offer stunt riding lessons which include riding with one hand and using equipment such as flag and sword, cavalry riding, roman riding, and more…! Make sure to check out our Stunt and Combat 3 Day Course for intensive tuition!
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Breath of the Wild
Blood Moons occur at midnight on nights when Calamity Ganon's power reaches its peak and escapes from Princess Zelda's control within Hyrule Castle, dyeing the night sky and the Moon red with Malice. The effects of this Malice revive any fallen monsters and enemies, returning them to where they once were prior to being slain. In addition to reviving enemies and Overworld Bosses, Ore Deposits are replenished, and Materials ranging from plants and trees, to gear left lying in the field, effectively respawn, allowing Link to collect them again if the ones he took before the Blood Moon broke in the interim period. Mechanically, Blood Moons are a way to refresh Breath of the Wild's long-term memory and appear to purge the game's cache. Consequently, data stored within the game's long-term memory is reset, including the presence or lack of Materials and Weapons. Blood Moons do not affect things handled through short-term memory, such as Creatures, Grass, Trees, and Barrels. Blood Moons also do not affect storyline progression, side quests, and major bosses such as Master Kohga and the Bosses inside the Divine Beasts. Blood Moons typically occur after roughly 3 hours of gameplay, although one can be induced if the player kills vast amounts of enemies and picks up vast amounts of loot in a short time. If you are in the middle of a boss fight and a blood moon appears, the boss's health is completely regenerated, causing you to have to start from the beginning. Blood Moons can be interrupted by entering specific areas such as Ancient Shrines and Hyrule Castle before midnight (and mini-games) though the game will simply try to spawn one the next night. Blood Moons are always represented by a full Moon regardless of which phase the Moon is in.
The effects of the Blood Moon begin around 11:30 PM, though the Blood Moon itself can usually be seen as early as 10:00 PM when the Moon rises into the sky. At 11:30 PM, Malice will rise from the ground, like when Link is aboard a corrupted Divine Beast, around Pools of Malice, or on the grounds of Hyrule Castle. At 11:50 PM, the sky will turn red, and the clouds will begin to fly by very fast. When midnight hits, a cutscene begins where the Blood Moon has risen, and monsters are seen respawning across Hyrule. Princess Zelda telepathically informs Link that the Blood Moon has risen and urges Link to be careful. After that, the Blood Moon dissipates. If Link attempts to circumvent a Blood Moon by staring into a Campfire or sleeping in a Bed, the cutscene will still play. This can frighten players who have let their guard down, as the sudden loud roar and glow of red can catch them off guard. Also if Link passed time staring at a campfire in an empty enemy camp, the sudden resurrection of the enemies can catch him off guard.
Hino of the Dueling Peaks Stable is the primary source of information on Blood Moons, and can be seen acting strangely during the time period that it affects the overworld. The player can know during the day if tonight will be a Blood Moon, as if they ask Hino what moon will be out tonight, he'll say; "I'm getting that feeling again... Something is going to happen tonight. I can taste it."
Cooking during this time gives Food an effect boost (even 30min level 3 efeect boost). This time period can be easily identified, as specks of Malice linger in the air for those 45 minutes, or by determining if Hino is still acting strange. If he has returned to normal, the effect has worn off, and Link must wait for the next Blood Moon.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
During the Scenario "All Hyrule, United", a Blood Moon rises following the Divine Beasts bombarding Calamity Ganon with their lasers after Zelda banished the protective barrier, reviving all monsters that were slain during the course of the battle, then revived half of the monsters after they were re-killed by the Warriors. After the united forces of Hyrule broke through the Calamity's forces, the Blood Moon remained in the sky until Calamity Ganon was sealed again.
Following the completion of the last Scenario and the start of the postgame, Blood Moons start appearing. They turn Scenarios into Blood Moon Battlefields. These Blood Moon Battlefield events enhance the enemies of past Scenarios, one Scenario per waxing, changing the icon of the boosted Scenario into a Blood Moon icon, raises the recommended levels by up to sixfold, and colors the map with a red filter. It also improves the quality of Weapon drops, and increases their frequency.
When a Blood Moon rises, it changes the map theme to its "Amid the Calamity" version. Other than doubling the Rupee counts after completing the Scenario battles, including the Divine Beast combat segments, nothing else changes.
It is up to random chance which Scenarios becomes a Blood Moon Battlefield, and the frequency of the Blood Moon waxing is erratic, ranging from a Blood Moon rising immediately after clearing a Blood Moon Battlefield to after several battles. Potentially, a Blood Moon could rise over the same Scenario twice in a row. If players go to Challenge maps or other Scenario maps, it resets the Blood Moon Battlefield.
- An odd exception to the Blood Moon failing to trigger at midnight while in Hyrule Castle is during the first fight against Calamity Ganon. If midnight strikes on a Blood Moon night during this first battle, Calamity Ganon's health will refill to maximum as if neither Link nor the Divine Beasts had done him any damage. Strangely, this exception does not apply to the battle against Dark Beast Ganon.
- Sometimes, a glitch can occur where a Blood Moon occurs during 12;00 PM rather than 12;00 AM. This can be due to the in time game clock suffering a glitch or places (example Colosseum Ruins area, Death Mountain hot spring area (if Link using magnesis rune in Goron's minecart and exist in Death Mountain) acts no different than any other Blood Moon as it respawns all enemies and loot.
- The sky turning red at 11:50 PM also occurs when Dark Beast Ganon reveals its core, allowing Link to deal the final blow.
- When the console is using 90% or more of its system memory, a panic Blood Moon can be triggered as part of a garbage collection routine. This allows the console to clean up its system memory and restore performance to an optimal state. This can occur at any time of day and is otherwise no different than a naturally occurring blood moon.
|Names in Other Regions|
|Japanese||赤き月 (Akaki Tsuki)||Red Moon|
|FrenchEU||Lune de Sang||Blood Moon|
|Russian||Кроволуние (Krovoluniye)||Blood Moon. From кровь (blood) and полнолуние (full moon).|
|SpanishLA||Luna Carmesí||Crimson Moon|
- "Whenever the clock strikes midnight on unlucky nights, the sky turns blood red. That's the blood moon. When that happens, monsters come back to life, no matter how many times you've defeated them. It's happened for so long now that no one really pays it any mind, but I have no plans to give up on my research." — Hino (Breath of the Wild)
- "Under a Red Moon
Hyrule Ridge" — Adventure Log (Breath of the Wild)
- Creating a Champion pg. 406
- "... Link... Link... Be on your guard. Ganon's power grows...it rises to its peak under the hour of the blood moon. By its glow, the aimless spirits of monsters slain in the name of the light return to flesh. Link...please be careful." — Princess Zelda (Breath of the Wild)
- "The blood moon rises once again. Please be careful, Link..." — Princess Zelda (Breath of the Wild)
- "Sometimes you'll witness incredible success in your cooking adventures. When this happens, the strength and duration of your cooked food's effects will increase well beyond normal. Using more than the usual number of ingredients is a sure way to boost the effects of your food. But I've also heard rumors that the light of the red moon can have a positive effect on your cooking as well." — Chef Aurie Taamu, Vol. 2 (Breath of the Wild)
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- "The hour of the Blood Moon... it is then that Calamity Ganon's power waxes fully. Stronger enemies await in these extremely grueling battles. Do you dare challenge them?" — Tutorial (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
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Forrester has recommended the use of a zero-trust security approach in API security to curb data breaches, according to VentureBeat.
Organizations should implement zero trust to scale API governance and implement policies ensuring attack protection for the appropriate API-level trust, which could not be easily achieved through a perimeter-based security framework, said Forrester.
Forrester also urged the use of least privileged access and microsegmentation in every software development life cycle phase, as well as the continuous integration/continuous delivery process. Implementation of least privileged access and microsegmentation could enable DevOps to accomplish API security testing across the process of deploying executable code, according to Forrester.
Organizations have also been urged to integrate zero-trust security in API lifecycle management.
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Monday 8 August 2011 10:35am
A University of Otago, Christchurch, study has found that working at least 50 hours a week increases the risk of alcohol problems by up to three times.
The study used data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study which has followed more than 1000 people born in Christchurch in 1977 through to age 30.
The article has recently been accepted for publication by the journal ‘Addiction’.
Lead author Dr Sheree Gibb says the study aimed to examine whether working hours were related to alcohol problems in early adulthood.
Data from more than 1000 participants at ages 25 and 30 showed a significant association between longer working hours and alcohol-related problems.
Longer working hours were associated with higher levels of alcohol problems including frequent alcohol use and alcohol abuse/dependence. People who worked 50 hours or longer on average a week were 1.8 to 3.3 times more likely to have alcohol-related problems than those who were not working, and about 1.2 to 1.5 times more likely to have alcohol-related problems than those who worked between 30 and 49 hours per week.
The higher risk of alcohol abuse for those who worked longer hours was evident in both men and women.
Dr Gibb says that this finding may suggest a need for consideration of policies and programmes targeted at individuals who work long hours, with the aim of reducing rates of alcohol-related problems amongst this group.
For further information, contact
Dr Sheree Gibb
University of Otago, Christchurch
Tel 64 3 3786437
Senior Communications Advisor
Mob 64 27 222 6016
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I-Connect007 recently conducted a survey on the military/defense and aerospace markets. Respondents were asked about the greatest challenges when it comes to PCB design, fabrication, and assembly; their customers’ demands; whether lead-free components are still an issue; and compliance challenges.
Overall, the biggest issues include reliability, outdated drawing/specifications, component obsolescence, complicated paperwork and documentation, counterfeit components, quality, and compliance to standards.
On lead-free components
One of the issues encountered in the high-reliability electronics sector when the industry moved to adhere to the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive is the use of lead-free components in manufacturing. Using lead-free solder, for one, has put a squeeze on military and aerospace systems designers because of the problem of tin whiskers.
However, that was ages ago, and the industry has moved to adapt lead-free alternatives and solutions. In fact, according to our survey, most companies no longer have any issues on lead-free components. They said that right now, the supply chain consists of lead-free components, so companies have figured out what to do to work with them. However, the only problem is cost, as they are more expensive.
Some issues, on the other hand, include controlling phosphate levels in lead plating; reflow temperature compatibility, and still for others, connection reliability.
On ITAR compliance
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of United States Government regulations on the export and import of defense-related articles, related technical data and defense services. EMS providers creating electronics subassemblies for military/defense applications are required to register with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) in order to be ITAR compliant.
In our survey, the majority of respondents say ongoing compliance is the biggest issue when it comes to ITAR, especially when their companies are global enterprises with many businesses outside of the United States.
According to the respondents, the classifications are not based on an understanding of the technology; rather they are political, and as such subject to intense lobbying efforts—and that they are changing frequently, which leaves companies scrambling to re-classify parts of their designs on the fly. | <urn:uuid:e2f02c40-9920-4172-a1e7-a2a157f7aa5b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://smt.iconnect007.com/index.php/article/99553/i-connect-survey-a-look-at-the-milaero-industry/99556/?skin=smt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959226 | 480 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Narrated Ibn Juraij:
I heard Nafi’ saying, “Ibn Umar, said, ‘The Prophet forbade that a man should make another man to get up to sit in his place’ “. I said to Nafi’, ‘Is it for Jumua prayer only?’ He replied, “For Jumua prayer and any other (prayer).”
If it only happened in classrooms and other random places, I wouldn’t consider it a problem. But it happens in masajid! Wallahi, we are so ignorant of the teachings of Prophet (SAW), we don’t even know how to behave in a masjid. In this particular case, we aren’t considerate of other people’s comfort and ease.
Why do you ask the someone to get up from their place, only to sit there? Is there no other space in the masjid hall where you can sit? Or are you just too concerned about your ease that the other person and their comfort is of least importance to you?
Masjid is a sacred place. Yes, you need to show a particular behavior there. But we get trained through special places, special times and special things only to incorporate that training into our daily lives. For example, this Hadith talks about not making anyone get up from to sit in their place – in a masjid – for prayer. But you must not restrict it to prayer or masjid only. Apply it in your daily routine. Don’t make anyone get up to sit in their place – anywhere – for anything, unless it’s absolutely necessary. Not in a class, not on a dining table, not in a lounge, not on a couch, not in a public or private place. It’s bad manners. The other person does not feel nice, man!
I apologize for the weird way this post has been written. I just did not get the time to think twice while writing.. Mhmm.
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
(My mother) Ummul-Fadl heard me reciting “Wal Mursalati `Urfan” (Surah 77) and said, “O my son! By Allah, your recitation made me remember that it was the last Surah I heard from Allah’s Apostle. He recited it in the Maghrib prayer. “
Narrated Marwan bin Al-Hakam:
Zaid bin Thabit said to me, “Why do you recite very short Surahs in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet reciting the longer of the two long Surahs?”
Narrated Jubair bin Mut’im:
My father said, “I heard Allah’s Apostle reciting “At-Tur” (Surah 52) in the Maghrib prayer.”
- Recite relatively longer Surahs in Maghrib prayer.
- Surah al-Mursalaat and Surah At-Tur can be recited in Maghrib prayer – because Prophet (SAW) used to do so.
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One of the joys of being a news junkie is seeing certain types of stories cycle in and cycle out of the public consciousness. Drug-scare stories are a good example, as a new compound (or an old compound Middle America previously wasn’t aware of) gets the full panic treatment—cries of imminent doom from police and politicians, breathless headlines and suspect “trend” articles, corny anthropological looks at the subcultures where the new drugs arose—and then a gradual return to normalcy.
We’re seeing it now with “molly,” the redoubtable club-drug MDMA appearing under a new name and implicated in several recent deaths at electronic-dance music venues, including New York’s Electric Zoo festival, which cancelled its third day following the deaths of two attendees. Raves and EDMs in general are great places for fearful reporting—and fearful doesn’t mean it has no legitimacy—since the Woodstock (three dead, one from drugs) and Lollapalooza generations may find the scene exotic.
Actually, the present reaction to molly has been less hysterical than past experience would suggest—Chuck Schumer marshals his anti-molly legislation with actual facts in his call for “aggressive action,” while Rolling Stone observes, “When it's pure, the drug is significantly safer than, say, cocaine. To get a sense of how rarely MDMA is fatal, in 2011 the BBC reported that there were 500,000 yearly Ecstasy users in the U.K. and just 27 deaths.”
A 2009 paper in The Lancet estimated 3.8 percent of all global deaths can be laid at alcohol's wobbly feet (and this even though most adults in the world abstain).
To support this thesis, I offer the example of another intoxicant that has generated numerous panics—think Prohibition—but nowadays pretty much flies under the radar (except maybe for pregnant women). And yet the burden that alcohol places on society is immense; a 2009 paper in The Lancet estimated 3.8 percent of all global deaths can be laid at its wobbly feet (and this even though most adults in the world abstain).
A new study out of Sydney examines the deaths of people who drank themselves to death in that city between 1997 and 2011. Led by Shane Darke of Australia’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, the results published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine offer a chilling snapshot of why we should pay more attention to things that are already legal in our zeal to reduce all risks to zero.
Keep in mind these were deaths from “acute alcohol toxicity”—an overdose, if you will. The study set a floor for blood alcohol concentration of 0.30 grams of alcohol per milliliter of blood; in the United States the legal point at which you’re considered driving drunk is 0.08, with many states increasing the penalty if you blow over 0.15. So 0.30 is pretty hardcore; most people would have vomited on their friends well before that and then passed out (you don’t want to do it in reverse order). The mean concentration in the decedents was 0.42, “a concentration generally considered fatal,” the authors assure us, no matter how seasoned a drinker you may be. And the high was an eye-popping 0.741.
These deaths were not from car accidents, or heart disease, or cirrhosis of the liver, or suicide, or a reaction with other drugs, or any of a number of other causes of death that might be associated with heavy drinking. Which is not to say that autopsies didn’t find evidence of a host of other maladies were affecting their subjects—almost all had some liver disease and three in four had heart problems. Those benefits of drinking on the heart we hear about? Those protective effects come at low dosages; ramp up the sauce and problems start to accrue.
Australians have been stereotyped as a nation of inveterate pub-goers—“The population of Sydney was divided into two classes, those who sold rum and those who drank it,” historian George Macakness suggested was true at the dawn of the 19th century. And like many stereotypes, there’s some basis for that belief—new research says that while the nation as a whole is drinking less, its heaviest imbibers are drinking more. But this doesn’t mean that the pathologies described by Darke varied much from findings in other tippling countries:
The typical profile in this series was a single, middle-aged male, not in paid employment, with a long history of heavy drinking. More broadly, this profile is similar to the characteristics of cases of toxicity death from other drugs, such as the opioids. ... No case was enrolled in treatment for alcohol dependence at the time of death. These were not young, binge drinkers, and only a single case involved a drinking contest. Indeed, only a single case was aged younger than 25 years. Death typically occurred at home, with spirits most frequently implicated.
And when we say hardcore, we mean it. In 23 percent of the cases where the exact type of booze was specified in post mortems, denatured alcohol—an industrial solvent—was consumed.
The Australian data aren’t completely universal. There, most of the dead were white, while a similar investigation in the U.S. from a decade ago found death rates (although not absolute numbers) were higher for black and Hispanic men. And as in Sydney, an alcohol overdose isn’t usually a college-partying accident: only 2 percent of victims were under 21.
And while OD’ing on alcohol is the most common way to DOA when using only one substance, that’s hardly the most common way to kill yourself (or others) via drinking. Another new study, this one by Alan Wayne Jones and Patrick Harding in Forensic Science International looked at DUI stops in Wisconsin and in Sweden where drivers’ blood alcohol concentrations exceeded 0.40! In both countries the offender was likely to be a man in his mid-40s (although women were nabbed four times as often in Wisconsin and in Sweden). Friday or Saturday nights was the most common time for a bust in Sweden but no more likely for Wisconsinites (and Saturday arrests were the least common). In both countries a large number of arrests occurred between noon and 6 p.m.
None of this is offered as an argument to bring back the 18th Amendment, or to not regulate other drugs, whether molly, meth, or marijuana. But as we paper over the malign effects of tobacco, guns, cars, or even "Satisfries," it’s instructive to see what scares us—and what doesn’t. | <urn:uuid:d6130a3b-f643-4c4e-86b2-43dfd22b886e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://psmag.com/social-justice/adventures-extreme-edge-heavy-drinking-66947 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962904 | 1,426 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Presenter: Rebecca Rule
Drawing on research from her book, Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New Hampshire, the Present, the Past, and the Future, Rebecca Rule regales audiences with stories of the rituals, traditions, and history of town meeting, including the perennial characters, the literature, the humor, and the wisdom of this uniquely New England institution.
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Distance from Polonnaruwa – 50.8 km (1 hour)
Introduction to Nuwaragala
Nuwaragala is an ancient fortress and monastery which is situated along the Mahiyangane-Dimbulagala-Dalukkane Highway in Ampara. A paved pathway made of stone leads to the top of the mountain and to a large cave, which can easily house about 150 persons.
History of Nuwaragala
It is believed to be the hideout place of King Saddatissa during his time of bitterness with his brother King Dutugemunu. According to renowned archaeologist Ellawala Medhananda Thera, Nuwaragala was a monastery built by King Lajja Thissa, who ruled the country from 119 to 109 BC.
Getting to Nuwaragala
From Polonnaruwa travel along the Maradankadawala-Habarana-Thirukkondaiadimadu Highway and then along the Mahiyangane-Dimbulagala-Dalukkane Highway passing Dimbulagala, Kalukele and Pallegama up to Nuwaragala. | <urn:uuid:3a95da96-5e44-48e1-a0c6-f4a807373e0f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.attractionsinsrilanka.com/travel-directory/nuwaragala/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.940821 | 251 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Is Forgiveness Transcending the Past…..or Is It More than That?
Recently, I have been hearing people say that forgiveness is transcendence. By this they seem to mean that as people forgive, then the past injustices do not affect them any more. They have risenabove the pain, the anguish, the sadness, and the anger. They have moved on.
If this is all that forgiveness is, then forgiveness is not a moral virtue. A moral virtue, such as justice or patience, is for people. It reaches out to people. It aids and supports people by putting the particular virtue into action and that action points toward people. When I exercise justice, for example, I honor the agreement that is part of a contract into which we both have entered. I am patient by restraining from harsh words when in a long line or when those who are my teammates at work are slowing things down.
Moral virtues are concerned with goodness expressed toward other people.
If forgiveness is part of love—a moral virtue—then it cannot be only about transcending the past because one can transcend that past by being neutral toward those who have been unfair, who were responsible for the hurt. The forgiver need not enter into a direct relationship with the injuring person if he or she continues to cause harm.
Yet, the forgiver wishes the other well, as Lewis Smedes in his 1984 book, Forgive and Forget has said. The forgiver is willing to do good toward the other, if the other changes abusive behavior. Being neutral might be part of the pathway toward forgiving, but it is not its end point.
The end point of forgiving is to express love, as best one can, toward those who have not loved the forgiver. Even if a person cannot develop that love for whatever reason, loving the other nonetheless is the endpoint of true forgiveness.
– Robert Enright
Transcending the past might be a consequence of forgiving, but it is not forgiving itself…..if forgiveness is a moral virtue.
Learn more about the definition of forgiveness at Forgiveness Defined then read Dr. Enright’s best-selling book Forgiveness is a Choice: A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope. This self-help book is for people who have been deeply hurt by another and who are caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment. It walks readers through the forgiveness process Dr. Enright developed to reduce anxiety and depression while increasing self-esteem and hopefulness. | <urn:uuid:4685664f-4f59-4b11-8dab-300cac88ef76> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://internationalforgiveness.com/2018/09/04/is-forgiveness-transcending-the-past-or-is-it-more-than-that/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957558 | 521 | 2.203125 | 2 |
The unique link between Julius II the “Warrior Pope” and Anghiari, reputed for its soldiers of fortune, lies at the heart of the second exhibition to be held in Anghiari in the Lands of the Uffizi series.
Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II) was a guest, in October 1476, of a soldier of fortune from Anghiari named Mazzone di Gregorio. This man, a member of the one most influential aristocratic families in the city at the turn of the 15th century, had even played host to the Duke of Urbino Federico da Montefeltro and members of his court. Thanks to Mazzone’s friendship with the “Warrior Pope”, he was later dubbed “Bartolomeo Valentino Mazzoni d’Anghiari” and not only admitted by Giuliano into his circle of “friends, family and fellows” but also “freed of all tolls and duties in any place on all his goods: books, silverware and other items for the use of his person and of his family”.
The focus of the exhibition is a portrait of Julius II on loan from the Uffizi, a copy attributed to Giulio Romano after a famous portrait of the pope painted by Raphael. The original was so successful that numerous replicas and copies were immediately made of it, including a version by Titian now in the Pitti Palace in Florence, a version in the Galleria Borghese in Rome and another in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
The exhibition also showcases two works from the Gallerie degli Uffizi by Antonio Tempesta, pointing up the popularity of Leonardo’s theories and drawings of embattled knights. The most important testimonial to that popularity is an engraving by Gérard Edelinck based on Leonardo’s cartoon for Palazzo Vecchio, now in the Museo della Battaglia e di Anghiari. | <urn:uuid:2a383294-b09d-461f-92a3-ba5384f4be41> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.uffizi.it/en/events/Warrior-Pope-Giulio-Della%20Rovere-Anghiari | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968337 | 432 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Maritime archaeologist, Mensun Bound, who made headlines across the world in March with the discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, will head out to sea again this summer to talk exclusively to Cunard guests.
Bound will join Queen Mary 2 in Southampton for a 7-night Transatlantic Crossing on June 24, 2022, before arriving in New York on July 2. Returning in 2023, the maritime archaeologist will join Queen Elizabeth for a 13-night voyage from Alaska to San Francisco, taking in some of the world’s most breath-taking scenery and wildlife.
“It is a huge honor to welcome Mensun Bound on board our flagship Queen Mary 2 so soon after his historical expedition captured the world’s attention,” said Matt Gleaves, Vice President, Commercial, Cunard, North America and Australasia. “I know our guests will be enthralled by his first-hand account of his Endurance 22 expedition, as well as his extraordinary, decades-spanning career.”
In his role as Trustee of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, the maritime archaeologist from Oxford was the Director of Exploration for the team of crack deep-ocean robotic technologists that, on March 5, 2022, discovered the most storied shipwreck of them all, three kilometers beneath the perennial sea ice of Antarctica.
Crushed by pack ice, the ship sank in 1915 at the heart of what Shackleton himself called ‘the worst portion of the worst sea on earth.’ In an exclusive talk and Q&A on board Queen Mary 2 in June, Bound will talk publicly for the first time since returning from his historical expedition. Discussing his remarkable career, Bound will reveal how they penetrated the pack to find ‘the world’s most unreachable wreck,’ the iconic Endurance, upright and in a superb state of preservation on the mysterious abyssal plain of the Weddell Sea.
Bound, said: “It’s been the most extraordinary few months with my feet yet to touch the ground since the Endurance 22 Expedition concluded. To find a vessel of such historical significance is something that is hard to truly capture in a few words. However, I am very much looking forward to joining Queen Mary 2 and sharing my excitement and experiences for the first time with Cunard’s guests.”
Born in the Falkland Islands, Mensun Bound was the Triton Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at St. Peter’s College, Oxford, and the director of the first academic unit for underwater archaeology in England. Known as the ‘Indiana Jones of the Deep,’ Bound has conducted wreck surveys and excavations all over the world in a career that has spanned 40 years. | <urn:uuid:6797a265-4602-4c56-97a5-4da6081ff393> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://english.worldmagazine.it/250226/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957891 | 574 | 1.992188 | 2 |
A brand-new green energy project has made its way from the United States of America to the North West province of South Africa. Considering the escalating operational costs of fertilisers, seeds and electricity, now is the right time for projects like this one to be made available to farmers.
The project is a collaboration between the North West department of agriculture and rural development and the University of Michigan from the US, and will be implemented at the Mahikeng-Kgora Farmer Training Centre.
As the country has seen regular power cuts over the past decade – and will likely continue to live with load shedding for the foreseeable future – renewable energy has become a powerful tool to mitigate the impact on farming operations, and to ensure sustainability in the sector.
This is exactly what the provincial government aims to achieve. The recently established state-owned training centre is based in Mahikeng, where farmers from across the province will be trained in agricultural theory, and provided with hands-on experience.
About 40 farmers in horticulture, dairy, poultry, livestock, grains and agro-processing are expected to be in the first round of training on the use of renewable energy. This, as power is a critical component in these branches of farming.
Extension officers also to be trained
North West agri MEC Desbo Mohono says unemployed agricultural college graduates will also be trained in the application of the different technologies, in order to provide energy-related extension services. They will also learn how to install, maintain and repair the technologies.
“It is a fact that, like seeds and fertilisers, electricity is a critically important input into successful farming. I am glad that we have started the work already with our partners from the University of Michigan.
“Beside the fact that we will not be polluting the environment with this technology, I am glad that the people whom I serve – the farmers – will benefit the most once this project is up and running,” said Mohono.
“It will not only save them money, but it will help them to become more competitive in South Africa’s very competitive food market,” she added.
The department underscored the importance of equipping farmers as a primary objective of the partnership with the university, a sentiment that was welcomed by Rabelani Namamilwe, a spinach farmer whose entire crop was destroyed due to an unexpected and prolonged power cut last year.
He said that renewable energy was the best, and maybe the only, route to take if one wanted to stay in business.
Opportunity to enhance collaboration
Jack Teener and Rachel Kaup, two master’s degree students in agriculture from the University of Michigan, and their lecturer Prof. Jose Alfaro, are currently in the province to offer training and guidance to the local farmers and to familiarise them with renewable energy in farming.
According to the department, the trio will be developing training curricula and support the building and installation process of the prototypes.
The three representatives will also deliver the curricula to local farmers, along with students from the North West University and other agricultural colleges in the province.
“The identified farmers will learn skills to generate enough green electricity to cover their own use and perhaps sell a surplus,” the MEC said.
“Farmers will also be encouraged to develop energy cooperatives where they can cluster technologies and share the expenses of establishing the renewable energy systems.”
Teener says they are excited to be in the country and to learn how farmers in the province operate. But, most importantly, they are excited about enhancing collaboration.
“This is very exciting for us because, once the project is completed and farmers have been trained, it will allow them to have a consistent source of electricity.
” It will also allow them to carry on with their day-to-day farming activities with fewer interruptions and at lower expenses than they currently have with load shedding and rising electricity prices in the country.”
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On the way back from my trip to Santa Fe, while walking through a breezeway, I saw these great geometric forms in-between the two buildings. I dug out a fresh roll of film and made these photos.
Having a fresh roll of film with only a few shots taken, a few days later I revisited an earlier location on 52 Rolls, the Mesa Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado. This is a famous building designed by the architect I.M Pei. A classic example of the “brutalist” design.
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Lima is the hometown of one of the world’s most famous astrophysicists. William A. Fowler won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his efforts to show how all the natural elements in the Periodic Table are forged under extreme conditions across the course of a star’s lifetime.
Stardust: The William A. Fowler Science Series honors Fowler’s achievements and is a collaboration between the City of Lima, the Lima City Schools and The Ohio State University at Lima. The focus of the second annual series will be the cross disciplinary power of biomedical science and research. Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, Director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, will be the keynote speaker at the William Fowler Science Series 2016 community event at 7 p.m., Wed., Nov. 30, 2016, in Ohio State Lima’s Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts in Reed Hall.
“It is a wonderful fact that Dr. Fowler grew up in Lima, was educated in the Lima City Schools and at the Ohio State University,” said Lima Mayor David Berger. ”And working together — OSU, the Lima City Schools and the City — we have decided to showcase that fact in order to emphasize the incredible, literally mind-blowing, opportunities created by education.”
Fowler grew up in Lima and attended Horace Mann Grade School and Lima Central High School. He went on to graduate from The Ohio State University before moving to the California Institute of Technology to continue his groundbreaking work in the new field of astrophysics. His theory of the formation of the chemical elements in the universe forms the basis of our knowledge in this field, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the original announcement of Fowler’s Nobel Prize.
Students in the Lima City Schools will work on concepts and projects dealing with the science of biomedical research throughout the fall term. Their projects will be on display for the culminating public event on Nov. 30.
The students will also be working with Dr. Jessica Winter, a cancer researcher with a dual appointment in biomedical engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio State, prior to their own visit to campus during the day on Nov. 30. Students at Lima Senior will interview Winter to incorporate her experiences as a cancer survivor, engineer and researcher into career exploration projects they are developing looking at the life of a scientist. Dr. Winter will speak to the students in person on Nov. 30.
Students from the South Science and Technology Magnet will use the stories of cancer survivors to engage their audience and themselves with the science behind healing through a documentary on surviving cancer that will premiere at the community talk with Dr. Caligiuri in the evening. Students are working with Modo Media on the project.
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Millicent is a little girl who has always wanted a cat. One day, as she is playing outside, a large shipping box falls from somewhere and lands right beside her. She peers inside and finds a strange looking but very friendly little animal. Better yet, the box's label says Meerkat. Millicent cries out with joy. Yippee You're a cat and your name is Meer. You can be MY cat She takes Meer into the house, but it isn't long before both she and her Dad discover that Meer doesn't act very much like a cat. In fact, he creates a lot of mischief. Meer can't stay in the house any longer until he learns how to act like a cat. Just when Meer is feeling very sad and completely alone, he meets Marvin, a real cat. This story's fun really starts when Marvin decides that he can teach Meer how to become a real cat. Kids will fall in love with the adorable Meer and the hilarious Marvin, and they'll laugh along with the delightfully funny color illustrations on every page of this entertaining book.
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The Bailiwick’s 12 to 15 year olds will be offered a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in line with the UK and other Crown Dependencies.
The Committee of Health and Social Care have considered the health and wider social benefits and will be offering a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine to this cohort.
Director of Public Health, Dr Nicola Brink, announced the vaccination of 12 to 15 year olds at Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing, and stated how they would be accommodating the younger cohort.
“We have elected not to vaccinate within the school environment, but to run bespoke clinics, or run the service through the community vaccination centre to give young people a chance … to come in, have discussions, talk about the pros and cons.”
Advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) concluded that whilst there was an overall advantage for vaccination in this cohort, it did not meet their usual threshold for recommending population based vaccination solely on health grounds. However, they did not feel that the risk of vaccination in this cohort was greater than the benefit.
Yesterday I wrote to the chair of the CCA to ask for full details behind the decision by them to offer Covid vaccinations to 12 to 15 year olds, contrary to the advice of the JCVI.— Yvonne Burford (@YvonneBurford) September 22, 2021
Pictured: Deputies are enquiring about the decision to vaccinate the cohort without the backing of JCVI.
Back in June, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) concluded that the Pfizer vaccine was safe for this age cohort.
Other considerations included the level of disruption to the education of young people and the marginal health benefits, this helped the agency reach the decision to offer the vaccine to those aged 12 to 15.
Deputy Al Brouard, President of the Committee for Health and Social Care explained that invitation letters will be sent out in due course with all relevant information for households to discuss the vaccine offer: “We want to support the discussions that will take place between many parents and their children about whether they wish to take up the vaccine offer.
“This is very important as we want to support the decision-making process for children, young people and their parents in an open and transparent manner.”
“We always like to work with parents,” Dr Brink said. “But we also have a way, something called Gillick competency, where we assess the competency of a child, but in the overwhelming majority of cases we will be working with parents.”
Individuals are reminded not to book appointments prior to receiving a letter.
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Culture media are a combination of pre-defined ingredients that support the growth and proliferation of microorganisms in an artificial/in vitro environment. They are used for the isolation of organisms from various samples such as clinical specimens, food, or the environment.
Based on the consistency, culture media are further categorized as solid, semisolid, and liquid (broth). Functionally, culture media can be classified as differential, selective, enriched, enrichment, assay, transport, etc.
Czapek medium is also called Czapek’s agar (CZA) or Czapek-Dox medium. It is used to isolate the Aspergillus, Penicillium, Paecilomyces, and other fungi
Phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA) is a selective medium used to cultivate Gram-positive cocci, from a sample containing a mixed flora.
Bacterial species capable of producing H₂S release sulfide which combines with iron present in the medium forming black precipitate.
Tinsdale Agar is used for the selective isolation and differentiation of C. diphtheriae from diphtheroids.
This semisolid medium is used for the transportation of swab specimens for preserving the viability of N. gonorrhoeae, H. influenzae, N. meningitidis.
Growth supporting characteristics, physical characteristics and sterility testing of the culture media has to be tested before putting them in use.
Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) broth is a general-purpose liquid medium for the cultivation and maintenance of a wide variety of microorganisms.
Kligler Iron Agar is used for the differentiation of microorganisms on the basis of glucose and lactose fermentation and H₂S production.
Deoxycholate citrate agar is used for the selective isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella species.
Selenite broth is an enrichment medium for the isolation of Salmonella and Shigella from stool, urine, water and food products.
Bird Seed Agar is a solid medium used for selective and differential isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical specimens.
Bismuth sulfite agar is a modification of original Wilson and Blair medium used for the isolation of Salmonella typhi and other salmonellae.
It contain chromogenic substrate which is utilized by the microorganisms to give colored colonies that is specific for each microorganism.
Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) is a general purpose culture medium for isolation and cultivation of a wide variety of organisms.
Thioglycollate broth supports the growth of anaerobes, aerobes, microaerophilic, and fastidious microorganisms.
Cary-Blair transport medium is used to transport clinical specimens suspected to contain enteric pathogens, including Shigella, Salmonella, Vibrio.
Alkaline Peptone Water (pH 8.4) is a suitable enrichment broth for the isolation of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio species.
Salmonella-shigella (SS) agar is commonly used for the selective isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella.
Thayer-Martin agar is a selective medium used for the isolation of Neisseria gonorrheae from specimens containing a mixed flora of bacteria.
Nutrient agar is a general-purpose medium for the growth of a wide variety of non-fastidious microorganisms.
Originally formulated for dermatophyte growth and pigment production, SDA is used for growth and maintenance of fungi.
Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) is an ideal medium for slide culture preparation. It promotes sporulation of moulds.
First reported by Baird–Parker, it is a selective medium for the enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus in foods.
Cetrimide agar test the ability of an organism to grow in the presence of cetrimide.
XLD Agar is a selective and differential medium for the isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of gram-negative enteric microorganisms.
Differential medium used for urine culture as it inhibits the swarming of Proteus and also supports the growth of gram-positive cocci.
Common transport media are Cary and Blair medium, amies medium, Staurt’s medium, and VTM for virus.
Hektoen Enteric Agar (HE) is a selective and differential medium to isolate and differentiate Salmonella and Shigella from other Enterobacteriaceae.
Fungal culture media contains high carbohydrate and nitrogen source. They may also contain cycloheximide and antibacterial agents to inhibit contaminants.
New York City medium is primarily designed for the isolation of pathogenic Neisseria. It also supports the growth of genital mycoplasmas.
TCBS agar is a selective as well as differential culture medium used for selective isolation and differentiation of Vibrio species.
Chocolate agar (heated blood agar) is an enriched medium used in clinical laboratories for cultivation of fastidious bacteria. e.g., Haemophilus influenzae.
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar medium is recommended for use in the cultivation and primary isolation of Legionella spp.
Eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar is a selective and differential medium used to isolate fecal coliforms.
Blood agar is an enriched medium which supports growth of gram-positive cocci and differentiates them on the basis of hemolysis (α, β, or γ).
Selective (against gram-positive bacteria) and differential culture medium (LF and NLF), commonly used for the isolation of enterics.
Mannitol Salt Agar selects and differentiates Staphylococcus species. Staphylococcus aureus ferments mannitol and gives yellow colonies.
Best medium to use for routine susceptibility testing for non-fastidious bacteria.
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The study predicts that beginning in 2030 U.S. coasts will see an increase in high tide flooding that could have a negative impact on coastal businesses and residences.
PASADENA一 In a July 7 press release, NASA introduced a study that predicts a surge in tidal coastal flooding along the coasts of the United States, due to rising sea levels caused by climate change.
The study predicts California will hit a tipping point in tidal flooding between 2030 and 2040, where the west coast will see an increase in flooding that could affect coastal businesses, residences, and recreational activities.
The high tide flooding could flood parking lots and other structures near the coast during different times of the day, and it could remain underwater for hours to days.
“So similar to how it impacts other businesses that operate along the coast,” said Ben Hamlington, team lead of the sea level change team for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and third author on the paper. “Increased levels of flooding so any infrastructure that is in these coastal areas will be affected as we go forward in to the future, they will experience flooding or be underwater for a period of time so it’s finding a way to adapt or adjust the infrastructure you have to accommodate this sea level rise or basically deal with the disruption to peer activities.”
Hamlington called it the first level of impacts that coastal communities will see, a persistent low-level flooding that will continue to increase in frequency.
Hamlington said the study used the natural signals in the ocean and predicted the surge based on the increase in sea level associated with global warming. He said global warming is creating a higher foundation that pushes us closer to the threshold of flooding and that the cycle will push us past the threshold more frequently during lunar cycles because of the increase.
“It’s the thermal expansion, so basically the ocean taking up heat and then expanding and then the ice melts,” said Hamlington. “The way I like to describe it is it’s increasing the foundation upon which all these other ocean signals and processes work. So as climate change continues to increase that baseline you’re getting nearer and nearer to that tipping point, that threshold of flooding, so that is really the big driver so that’s what’s causing these changes to occur the underlying sea level foundation rise.”
According to Hamlington the study was built on work that has been ongoing and has affected the way they view sea level change. Hamlington said it’s the things that drive sea level change that can stack up and either combine constructively or work against each other to cause the surges in flooding. Flooding would look differently depending on what coast you’re on.
For example, on the west coast we experience El Niños, which aside from the thermal expansion of the ocean, are another factor in driving sea level rise.
“I can’t tell you what year there will be an El Niño,” said Hamlington. “But I can tell you there will likely be one, so we can assess that impact, what you get from that, and then understand the different cycles and the tides and when you put that all together then you can start to make these assessments. So, it’s how you view sea level, it’s the stacking or how these things combine to get to the impact of the coast, the impact of high tide flooding.”
The impacts for flooding are different along the coasts, the East Coast of the United States near the Gulf of Mexico, is already experiencing an increase in high-tide flooding and the study predicts that there will be an increase in frequency. In Southern California, the difference can vary in as short of a distance as La Jolla to San Diego.
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9 November 2018
There no longer exists any form of representative government under the framework that is the United Nations Charter. The U.N. platform is offered as a contract and is then enforced via the Bilderberg Steering Committee’s influence upon all signatory governments. Today what presents itself as your council or government, or more correctly, the men and women working within the same, defraud you by pretending they represent you and operate according to the parameters of the office they hold after you gave them your vote to hold that office.[A]
What we call government today is in fact an incorporated entity, that means that because they are corporations, they can no longer represent you an Autonomous living man/woman, due to the fact the council/government has changed Jurisdiction, they have shifted from a realm of laws to a realm of commercial legislation, controlled by the UCC and for the movement of the cargo, coming under Shipping, (UPU) this they call the Legal System. However, they enthusiastically keep up an act in which they work very hard to convince you that they represent you while knowing the contrary to be fact.
That makes them liars from the minute they join the council/government. The position is in Controversy, and any and all organisations of men/women that cover this fact are also in Controversy, including the Judiciary. The Judiciary cover the scam and if you demand full disclosure as it relates to the use of DOG-LATIN, today called American Sign Language, they run out of court. They do that because of the fact, in the paperwork they are using two languages, therefore they run out of court for one of two reasons, Concealment of the facts and or the right to Silence.[B] They are very very naughty.
Meet the Edgar File, H.M. Gov is a corporation, click below image
That ever so spiritual State of Israel is also a corporation : https://web.archive.org/web/20190615225542/https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000052749&owner=include&count=40&hidefilings=0
Note – Some of the above links have been removed from their respective urls, go to bottom of the page for snapshots of United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Australia.
“In as much as every government is an artificial person, an abstraction, and a creature of the mind only, a government can interface only with other artificial persons. The imaginary, having neither actuality nor substance, is foreclosed from creating and attaining parity with the tangible. The legal manifestation of this is that no government, as well as any law, agency, aspect, court, etc. can concern itself with anything other than corporate, artificial persons and the contracts between them.”
S.C.R. 1795, Penhallow v. Doane’s Administraters (3 U.S. 54; 1 L.Ed. 57; 3 Dall. 54)
Bankrupting the Government – all assets move to the Crown :
At the Highest Levels
The three Jurisdictions of the Court are as follows :
Ecclesiastical courts (based in the scriptural law of the Old Testament)
These jurisdictions were handed to the Inner Temple after Elizabeth I built the Navy financed by the House Pallavacini of the Holy See. Under command of the Private Crown, the Inner Temple, this jurisdiction passed over to Washington D.C in the contracts made after WWI. It was part of the carrot that brought America into the First World War, for Britain, the government had to support the creation of Israel. Ergo, Israel is the creation of the families behind the Holy See.
Admiralty and Maritime are the jurisdictions operated by the Inner Temple, itself tied to the Holy See via Templar.
This means that the Byzantine Greek canon has operated through the Inner Temple at least since the English Civil War on behalf of the Holy See.
Elizabeth I built the Navy, financed by the House Pallavacini on behalf of the Holy See, this in turn gave the Inner Temple its rights to oversea the jurisdictions relating to the Sea/See.
It took longer , until Vatican II, for the Templar Inner Temple secret societies to overturn the Roman canon and install the Greek.
Ergo, Washington D.C, as the head of the Navy, on behalf of the Inner Temple, administers all the cargo for the same. This is why all our birth certificates and governments are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
What this communicates is the fact, the British Crown is not the private Crown that is the Crown Temple.
Today the world is governed through the rules of bankruptcy, issued to your bankrupt government via the military backed will of the United Nations. The United Nations, as a satellite of the Round Table secret society network, operates as the bankers ‘official receiver’ which gives it full oversight over the asset base of each bankrupt government tied to the U.N. Charter. Today you the people are also classed as assets of the bankrupt corporate government through the split title the government creates at the registration of a live birth.
The government manages your resources without you having any input or the ability to see the paper mechanics of that management process, they have achieved this in the use of charitable status by many outsource providers. There is no transparency for anything classed as an asset belonging to the central banking cartel.
The banks Rule the Temple Church and the Attorners carry out their orders by controlling their victim’s judiciary and by determining the jurisdiction under which they are to be judged.
When you have completed a study of this page, I would encourage you to take a look at the profile of Barnfield Construction Limited. Through a study of this Credit web, we can see how such corporate entities as Barnfield entrap your Council by guaranteeing its debt.
A system set forth in England by Oliver Cromwell, as a direct result of his political changes to the commons, which was preventing the new baronies agenda of enclosure, would be formed a Parliament ready for borrowing under the terms of Usury from the rising Central Banks network (Whigs) across Europe, that Cromwell represented, it was he who shifted what was the Provisions of Oxford and the Commons thus formed, into a committee of the new Barony, made so through the theft of Church lands and properties by Henry VII and his son, Henry VIII. They basically created their own version of Camelot on the ashes of Christian England. He formed the parliament under the doctrine of the Talmud : Page from the 1901 Jewish Talmud
Once the Bank of England was commissioned, war with France was manipulated by the bankers, forcing the new barony to borrow from the Bank of England, a private affair made up from the funds of the old money Templar families, the rest as they say, is fake history to cover the debt. The Bank of England was founded as a private usury bank in 1694 to act as banker to the Government.
In essence what took place in England from the introduction of the Tudors by the House Stanley, until the introduction of Usury and a puppet monarch in Charles II, and, the commissioning of the Bank of England, was the undermining of the Christian Canon in England and the installation of the road to the incorporation of the entire nation as a new feudal system makes Serfs of the population from the incorporation of the Crown.
‘Nondisclosure’ from the outset of the fact two languages are written on the paperwork, this is unacceptable because there is no one to one correspondence between the two different languages in word or sign. It is Fraud, False.[A]
Let us also not forget that the next ruling monarch in the corporation that is the United Kingdom, will name himself Charles III, though some claim he will take the name George. See : The Queen of the Chair of Estates and the King of Persons.
More importantly, according to Greg Hallet, Prince William is the son of former King Juan Carlos of Spain, who abdicated in 2014 to make way for his son. King Juan Carlos is also the King of Jerusalem which is the Cabalistic Templar secret society front king from which they will present to the earth the anti-life puppet. His son, Felipe VI is now said to be the claimant to the title but we are of course speaking of the secret societies who’s art is deception to divert.
Whenever you are confronted with supposed councillors and politicians, and any personnel feigning to be the holder of a political office, it is your duty to establish who everyone is and what jurisdiction is in force. If you fail in this regard then they will determine the jurisdiction for you.
When you fully absorb this information you can take full jurisdiction over these liars and unclean folks because the living flesh is the nation all else is a dead corporation.
Attacks by Other Methods :
What is a corporation and how does it differ from a real representative government?
When a representative government exists, all involved hold ‘an office’ under an oath to that office. The rules of that office determine its Jurisdiction.[A]
When a representational government incorporates it becomes a commercial entity and can only operate in commerce through contract. (Contracts such as with, NATO, the U.N., Europe, and all trade agreements that today we know to be stifling enterprise outside the contracts offered by the network of ever expanding banking owned corporations. They are the outsource providers running your domestic system very badly, while the costs of the contracts rise month on month, that absolutely is a position that needs to change.
Commerce conducts business through contract. It rules the world of paper.
Flesh and blood Man is ‘involved’ with corporations but they cannot be a corporation unless you operate through the Legal Persona. (The Mask)
Governments as corporation become strict commercial entities, as such they act according to what is efficient and not according to anything resembling rights, what was the government becomes a Fiduciary with obligations to its share-stockholders, it no longer represents the public. The Public become the Debtor when in point of fact the real position for the Public is as the Creditor. Something has changed without our knowledge, yet when you confront the corporate state we face another excuse for Nondisclosure.
Bankrupting governments is the first move to absolve nations of their State so they can implement the Noahide platform as the governing body.
Language has been changed.
Before incorporation the Parliament was an entity with the sole aim of representing the landed gentry who claimed to represent the public interest by definition of those in service to that landowner. When incorporated, the same is unable to represent anyone in the flesh and blood, they become a fiction and can only conduct and engage other corporations and legal persons through commercial contracts. It is a dead thing in commerce, when government do this they become strictly a commercial entity.Judges (opinionators) enforce commercial code unless you are in British Jurisdiction and understand the Biblical Man, then you invoke real and unwritten common law of England, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Charters in the past governed commerce between government and private enterprise and was a temporary commission to serve a specific purpose, say to build a railroad or sewer system, or any utility need domestically, the government could then contract with the private realm to physically oversee its construction, when the scheme was complete the charter and its rules would be folded. No private enterprise could intrude on the realm. When the government itself incorporates, commercial code becomes the authority without change, and the top of fiat currency in todays global system is the Bank for International Settlements, its World Bank and the fund thereof, the IMF.
Corporate Government is an invention in the fiction, it is a paper entity only. It is a product of the Banks and therefore owned by the banks but has no physical assets of its own, it collects the assets of the flesh and blood through deception and entrapment. That is a Burden placed upon you and Limits Your Capacity as a Man/Woman. For that they are Liable.
Ultimately then, Maritime Law is banking law to serve the banks paper empire. For efficiency a corporate government which acts according to Maritime Law, inverts the land law paradigm and brings ‘Charges’ not ‘Accusations’ against any shipmates (crew or legal persons) who then become the Defendant, a dead entity, and therefore the innocence is on you to prove. You are ‘Guilty as Charged’. That is Napoleonic Code.
The system that is usurping nations came out of the Royal Society amalgam of all the gnostic cults of the day. Pushed into nations as the script of the secret societies.
Politics Made Easy
As a bankrupt entity the ‘United Kingdom Corporation Sole’, the U.K. Government, must be folded, this act alone kills all contracts to that entity, all bets are off and we go back to the realm. This works also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, each having the same original Constitutional realm as England.
When your politicians, judges and heads of police, etc, are chosen by the secret societies, not based on talent, but entirely on the fact they are persons compromised by some dire behaviour or have been set up to suggest the same, you have a serious problem. So serious is that stranglehold that it will take an equally extreme measure to combat the situation. Only with a full and complete amnesty after giving up the blackmailers, can we move in a direction that will give us back our politics and remove it from the shadowy claws of finance.
Who Funds the Councils?
Corporate governments can get grants but to get them they have to militarise which includes the deployment of military type drills inside society.
This is why uniforms become the main attire for corporate officers, it is a prize from the grantor.
Local authorities are also threatened with their budgets being cut if they do not install the 5G platform outside your homes. What this means.
They claim government powers while no longer operating as such by definition of the shift of Jurisdiction to the legal realm, or commercial code. They are in Controversy.
The foundation of the unwritten common law is that you :
do no harm to man or property
keep the peace
be truthful in your agreements
[A] 7 Principles of Public Life
Committee on Standards in Public Life
First Published : 31 May 1995
Government Transparency and Accountability
An overview of the Nolan Principles, which are the basis of the ethical standards expected of public office holders.
The 7 Principles of public life apply to anyone who works as a public office-holder. This includes people who are elected or appointed to public office, nationally and locally, and all people appointed to work in :
the civil service
the courts and probation services
non-departmental public bodies
health, education, social and care services
The principles also apply to all those in other sectors that deliver public services.
The principles were first set out by Lord Nolan in 1995 and are included in the ministerial code.
The 7 Principles are :
[B] The Fact of the Matter
Chicago Manual of Styles 16th Edition
Under Foreign Languages
section 11 147
American Sign Language
“the written language description of a sign is called a gloss. glosses are words from the spoken language written in small capital letters.”
“Alternatively regular capital letters may be used.”
“One obvious limitation of the use of glosses from the spoken written language to represent signs is that there is no one to one correspondence between the words or signs in any two languages.”
(They mix dog latin uppercase with descriptive words that is two languages.)
In mixing languages, there is no joinder between the two fonts. Anything of importance that could incriminate the court is presented in the American Sign Language which is a different language to English. See/Download text as PDF
Now it must be fully understood that your Consent to the false documentation is the primary victory for the corporation as described on page 37 Silent Weapons for a Quite War.
When you watch your TV and see the small box with sign language accompanying the spoken English, they say for deaf people, what they are doing is programming a mix of language as normal, furthering the divide between the educated and the ignorant.
Now consider the following maxims :
“An error which is not resisted is approved; a truth which is not defended is suppressed…. He who does not oppose an evident crime is open to the suspicion of secret complicity.”
Pope Felix III (as quoted by Pope Leo XIII in a Inimica Vis.
Definition Corporation
1: a group of merchants or traders united in a trade guild
b : the municipal authorities of a town or city
2 : a body formed and authorised by commercial law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons and legally endowed with various rights and duties including the capacity of succession
3 : an association of employers and employees in a basic industry or of members of a profession organised as an organ of political representation in a corporative state
the inclusion of something as part of a whole. ”the software facilitates the incorporation of active learning in the course” the process of constituting a company, city, or other organisation as a legal corporation. ”a law allowing incorporation as a company” “the City Council opposed all new incorporations”
Definition of Guild
1 : an association of people with similar interests or pursuits especially : a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen.
2 : a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way a feeding guild.
Synonyms for guild
association, board, brotherhood, chambe, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, institute, institution, league, order, organisation, society, sodality.
Definition Serf
1. A member of the lowest feudal class, legally bound to a landed estate and required to perform labour for the lord of that estate in exchange for a personal allotment of land.
2. An agricultural labourer under various similar systems, especially in Russia and eastern Europe in the 1700s and 1800s.
3. A person in bondage or servitude. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin servus]
(Historical Terms) (esp in medieval Europe) an unfree person, esp one bound to the land. If his lord sold the land, the serf was passed on to the new landlord.
[C15: from Old French, from Latin servus a slave; see serve]
ˈserfdom, ˈserfhood n ˈserfˌlike adj serf.
1. a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord’s land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
2. a slave. More Definitions
The Crown
Within most constitutional monarchies, notably the Commonwealth realms, the Crown is not the Monarch.
Although the office and office-holder, conceptually speaking, retain dual capacities in that they may act both in a corporate capacity (as monarch) and in an individual capacity (as a private person), they are inseparably fused in law, which is to say that there is no legal distinction between the office of the crown/sovereign and the individual person who holds it. The Crown can enter into contracts and possess property, and it is in this way that the Crown (state) legally acts as a person. Conceptually speaking, the person of the monarch (office holder) may hold properties privately, distinct from property he or she possesses corporately, and may act as monarch separate from their personal acts. For example, Elizabeth II as a natural person holds several separate offices, such as Queen of the United Kingdom, Queen of Canada, Queen of Australia, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, etc., which are all distinct corporations sole, and at the same time she may also act as a natural person in a private capacity separate and apart from her role filling these various offices (corporations). This functions in the same way as the office of Prime Minister for example, which may have use of certain properties and privileges, such as an official residence and decision-making powers, however these assets do not belong to the office-holder in a private capacity and thus remain with the office once the office holder leaves, and at the same time the office holder may own property such as a house or a car in a private non-office related capacity.
The sovereign’s status as a corporation sole ensures that all references to the Queen, the King, Her Majesty, His Majesty, and the Crown are all synonymous and refer to exactly the same legal personality over time. While natural persons who serve as sovereign may pass on, the sovereign never dies in law, thus it is the corporate nature of the office of sovereign that ensures that the authority of the state continues uninterrupted as successive persons occupy the office. Subsequently, the sovereign is made a corporation sole to prevent the possibility of disruption or interregnum preserving the stability of the Crown (state), and so at the moment of the demise of the sovereign a successor is immediately and automatically in place.
Having the Crown as a corporation sole means that the legal person of the sovereign is the personification of the state, and subsequently acts as the guarantor of the rule of law and the fount of all executive authority behind the state’s institutions. As certain countries such as Australia and Canada have federal systems of government, the sovereign in these cases also possesses capacities as distinct corporation sole in right of each of the Australian states and Canadian provinces, for example as Her Majesty the Queen of Australia in Right of Queensland and Her Majesty the Queen of Canada in Right of Alberta. Source as PDF
The Chair of Estates
Some Scottish and Irish and Canadian groups are confused. They thought that —to at least some appreciable extent— they have been cut free from the British yoke? So they are checking their treaties — especially their Treaties from Westminster — and wondering?
First Fun Flying Factoid — “Westminster” is a separate principality of the Inner City of London which is itself an independent international city-state and part of the municipal government established by the Holy See.
So a Treaty from Westminster is a separate deal with a different entity than you might suppose.
You may recall certain annual ceremonies where the Queen knocks on the door of Westminster and is admitted by the Lord Mayor? And then she walks behind him in procession, head bowed? This is because she has entered the separate jurisdiction of Westminster, which does not, strictly speaking, exist on British soil.
In the case of Canada, and I have no reason to think it is substantially different for Scotland, Ireland, Wales or Australia, Westminster released the Canadians from subject status many years ago. They entered into their national sovereignty — meaning they gained control of the top six inches of dirt throughout the country known as a “soil jurisdiction”. The people were also released as living beings.
All that is very well and good, but it does not release the land jurisdiction owed to the Canadians, which the Queen continues to claim and exercise via her office connected to The Chair of Estates.
For the purpose of claiming and exercising her dominion over the land jurisdiction (deeper than 6 inches) she does not occupy her throne at all. It is the underground portion that she retains and gloms onto — the realm of the dead and of mineral resources.
This is why all the murders and child sacrifices and other dirty business always occurs underground. This is why Princess Di was killed in a tunnel. This is the “Royal Secret”. This is how Elizabeth could take The Coronation Oath with her living breath and promise to honour the Public Law and all the other good things that The Coronation Oath requires, and then, three days later, turn around and break it all.
Three days after the Coronation, she stepped down from the actual Throne, occupied The Chair of Estates, and has remained there doing the dirty work and ruling over the dead realm ever since.
And so, while she is busy claiming the land and that means the physical land estates of the dead — her consort, Prince Philip, is just as busy claiming the assets of all the various “Persons” — also dead entities that belong to the realm of the dead.
Remember JOHN DOE — “who” is a ward of the Public Charitable Trust run by the U.S. Attorney Generals’ Office? And therefore treated as an “incompetent” and a “ward of the state” and “legally and civilly dead”?
He belongs as property to Prince Philip, and Prince Philip will tell you that, if you press him.
Remember JOHN RAYMOND DOE? —- “HE” is the ESTATE of “John Raymond Doe” — an American presumed “lost, missing at Sea” — after, that is, considerable self-interested falsification of both public and private records by Her Majesty’s Territorial Employees. HIS land assets are “presumed” to belong to the Queen, and all else that he might have is “presumed” to belong to Prince Philip.
Remember JOHN R. DOE? — this one is a Puerto Rican Public Transmitting Utility franchise, again, another “legal fiction entity” that is “dead” by definition, and also presumed to be a Territorial holding of Prince Philip. Source
[4ii]The Old English yeomanry which as a yeoman you were a member of a social class in late medieval to early modern England. In early recorded uses, a yeoman was an attendant in a noble household; hence titles such as “Yeoman of the Chamber”, “Yeoman of the Crown”, “Yeoman Usher”, “King’s Yeoman”, Yeomen Warders, Yeomen of the Guard. The later sense of yeoman as “a commoner who cultivates his own land” is recorded from the 15th century; in military context, yeoman was the rank of the third order of “fighting men”, below knights and squires, but above knaves. A specialised meaning in naval terminology, “petty officer in charge of supplies”, arose in the 1660s.
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Engineering Village: New Numeric Search
Engineering Village now offers a tool to display only those results that contain measurements at a specific value or range in their titles or abstracts.
If you’re looking for a measurement in nanometers, the numeric search will automatically convert units and recognize the same values, even if the abstract expresses units in Angstroms, microns, meters, or some other unit of length. For example, if you are interested in high-temperature superconductors, you can specify exactly what temperature to exceed.
To use the numeric search, first perform a search in Engineering Village, then open the numeric filter bar on the left-hand side of the results to enter the numbers and units.
By Julie Arendt, science and engineering research librarian
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The prevalence of COVID-19 in Vancouver is now being tracked through a pilot program in which samples of wastewater are collected and tested for signs of the novel coronavirus.
Staff at the Marine Park and Westside wastewater treatment facilities are collecting sewage samples weekly. The samples are then sent to a laboratory at Arizona State University, where researchers test the city’s influent for fragments of the virus’s genetic information.
The conclusions that can be drawn from this information have their limitations, according to a statement released by the city earlier this week. Wastewater-based epidemiology is still a relatively new science, and traces of the virus in the city’s sewer systems provide only a big-picture snapshot of the region.
But participation in the program could help the city determine the concentration of the virus in the community, including among people who are infected but do not present symptoms. The data will be used to supplement the metrics already tracked by Clark County Public Health.
Vancouver is one of about a dozen cities across the country participating in the program through its wastewater facilities operator, Jacobs.
“It’s very straightforward and simple,” Frank Dick, the city’s wastewater engineering supervisor, wrote in an email to The Columbian.
“Jacobs staff at city facilities, in the course of collecting daily influent samples, once a week will fill an additional half-liter sample container, label and seal it, and send it off to the ASU laboratory via qualified carriers,” Dick wrote. “The sample is a communitywide representation.”
According to an Arizona State University study published in Science of the Total Environment, wastewater-based epidemiology mines sewage samples for vital clues about human health. That applies to the coronavirus but also to other ailments that leave traces in human waste — drug use, diabetes and obesity, among others.
The Arizona State University lab uses a process called polymerase chain reaction testing in order to identify fragments of virus-associated RNA, the ribonucleic acid that carries the virus’s genetic information.
“Our results show that exclusive reliance on testing of individuals is too slow, cost-prohibitive and in most places, impractical, given our current testing capacity,” Rolf Halden, one of two researchers who published the study, told Science Daily. “However, when preceded by population-wide screening of wastewater, the task becomes less daunting and more manageable.”
In Vancouver, the pilot program will continue for at least a month, possibly longer, according to the city’s media release. The gathered data will be shared with local public health officials.
Brent Bremmer, the director of product communications at Jacobs, said the company is still figuring out how and when that data will be released.
“The format and time frame for data sharing is not yet established as sample collection and data gathering has just begun at most sites involved in the study,” Bremmer said.
Jacobs operates nearly 100 wastewater facilities across the country, including the two in Vancouver. The city is one of 11 municipalities participating in the pilot program, though more are expected to join in.
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Recently I had the good fortune of purchasing two large Keichousaurus
mortality plates from a long-standing collection that was being
liquidated. These plates were acquired by the owner years before
the ban on Keichousaurus was instituted by the Chinese government.
plate has seven Keichousaurus specimens preserved, three dorsal
(top), three ventral (bottom) and one that I cannot discern.
One can easily ascertain this by looking at the skull. The dorsal
specimens show the upper skull and more bone detail. The ventral
specimens are shown as the bottom part of the skull outline with
no interior features visible. There is also a large partial Sinoeugnathus
fish on the plate. The fossils are based in a mudstone type matrix
with calcite intrusions that look straight thick white lines.
This is a normal occurrence one expects to find in these fossil
beds. Notice the beautiful aesthetics of the plate, a Triassic
case of life imitating art.
being able to afford a swimming reptile mortality plate of this
magnitude from the Triassic. Until about four years ago
individual Keichousaurus were relatively available on the world
market. The Chinese authorities have since prohibited the export
of almost all vertebrate fossils. Accordingly, this is a good time
to acquire one of these truly impressive plates before they become
virtually impossible to obtain. Moreover, and without equivocation,
this is the finest Keichousaurus fossil I have ever seen.
mortality plate will display well as is, or with a quality frame
to fit your taste and decor. Obviously this is a centerpiece
specimen suitable as a wall hanging, large decorative table piece,
or whatever imaginative display idea you may have. Finally, don’t
forget accent and spot lighting of this plate, it will make a
world of difference. F.Y.I., the plate weighs in at a hefty 34
word about the photography. The Keichousaurus plates were shot
using a 39 megapixel digital Hasselblad H2 series with 150mm and
65mm lenses. Both nomal jpeg and high resolution images are
is a genus of predator marine reptile in the pachypleurosaur
family tht went extinct at the close of the Triassic. The name
from Kweichow (now Guizhou Province) in China where the first
fossil specimen was discovered in 1957.
They are among the most common sauropterygian fossils recovered
and are often found as nearly complete, articulated skeletons,
making them popular among collectors. Keichousaurus, and the pachypleurosaur
family broadly, are sometimes classified within Nothosauroidea,
but are otherwise listed as a separate, more primitive lineage
within Sauropterygia. Keichousaurus did not suvive the Triassic-Jurassic
were highly specialized for an aquatic environment, a characteristic
of all sauropterygians; this is evidenced by their feet having
five webbed toes. Members of the genus ranged from some 15 to
and tails. The pointy head
with sharp teeth suggest they made their living eating fishes.
specimens feature an especially developed ulna suggesting they
may have spent some time on land or in marshes. Science believe
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It was a packed session at the 130th Maine Legislature this year. With no shortage of bills to be considered, Augusta has seen a flurry of activity over the past seven months – between the hundreds of bills that hit a dead-end when the pandemic arrived in Maine last spring, to all of the new policies proposed in the time since.
By the session’s close last week, Casco Bay and Maine’s environment won many substantial victories. These victories would not be possible without the passionate support of our members and volunteers, as well as the broader collection of environmental advocates, activists, and organizations across the state working toward an environmentally healthier future.
At Friends of Casco Bay, we are celebrating the passage of:
Sea Level Rise Resolve: LD 1572 will require state agencies to account for sea level rise projections and update coastal land use and planning laws to be more resilient to the future impacts of more intense storms and increased precipitation. That process will likely begin this fall. Thank you to all Friends of Casco Bay who submitted testimony in support of this bill.
Expired Marine Flare Disposal: LD 514 was passed and funded in order to establish a safe system for the disposal of expired marine flares and educate the public about this important safety and environmental issue. You can read more about the five-year odyssey it took to get this law in place here.
Eelgrass and Salt Marsh Mapping: LD 593 will restore state initiatives to map eelgrass beds and salt marsh vegetation up and down Maine’s coastline. This means that Casco Bay’s eelgrass beds and salt marshes will be mapped every five years! Eelgrass beds and salt marshes provide critical coastal habitat and valuable ecosystem services, including much needed carbon sequestration and storage.
Land for Maine’s Future: Several bills this session proposed bond funding for the Land for Maine’s Future program. In the end, the Governor added $40 million in program funding to the budget that passed the legislature. The Land for Maine’s Future program purchases and secures public access to outdoor spaces and resources, including coastal access points on Casco Bay that enable Friends to sample and monitor water quality.
Balloon Releasing Defined as Littering: LD 1023 redefines the intentional release of balloons as littering in a win for Maine wildlife. In Casco Bay, this means that it is less likely that marine wildlife and coastal birds can become entangled in balloon strings or mistake balloon debris for food, causing unintentional harm and even death.
Lastly, seven out of nine of the Maine Environmental Priorities Coalition’s (of which Friends is a member organization) priority bills were passed, including the sea level rise resolve and Land for Maine’s Future funding discussed above.
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ASTM International - ASTM D7059-04e1
Standard Test Method for Determination of Methanol in Crude Oils by Multidimensional Gas Chromatography
|Publication Date:||1 July 2004|
|ICS Code (Crude petroleum):||75.040|
significance And Use:
Methanol is used in production of crude oil to prevent formation of gas hydrates. The presence of residual methanol in crude oils can lead to costly problems in refinery operations.
1.1 This test method covers the determination of methanol in crude oils by direct injection multidimensional gas chromatography in the concentration range of 15 to 900 ppm (m/m). The pooled limit of quantification (PLOQ) is 15 ppm (m/m).
1.2 This test method is applicable only to crude oils containing less than or equal to 0.1 % (v/v) water.
1.3 This test method has not been tested with crude oil samples that are solid or waxy, or both, at ambient temperatures.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. Alternate units, in common usage, are also provided to increase clarity and aid the users of this test method.
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Baby Formula Shortage Assistance
The baby formula shortage is understandably creating anxiety for parents. Hopefully the problem will be resolved in the near future. In the meantime, below are some resources that you might find helpful.
- HealthyChildren.org – Guidance for the Baby Formula Shortage
- Parents – Options for Parents around the Baby Formula Shortage
- Very Well Family – How to Get Free Baby Formula Samples
- WIC Program
- Breast Feeding Supports
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EAP News Articles
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Neptune Energy, RWE unveil offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in the Netherlands
Neptune Energy and RWE have signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop a green hydrogen project which will use offshore wind energy for the production of hydrogen in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and an existing pipeline to transport the hydrogen to land.
The project, called H2opZee and supported by the Dutch government as an initiative of TKI Wind op Zee, consists of two phases.
In the first phase, the newly established consortium will perform a feasibility study and set up and an accessible knowledge platform, with an objective to start the roll-out of hydrogen at sea in the Netherlands. In the second phase, the project will be implemented, with the tender methodology yet to be defined.
The companies plan to start the feasibility study in the second quarter of this year and to have the project up and running before 2030.
H2opZee is a demonstration project which aims to build 300-500 MW electrolyser capacity in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using offshore wind and to transport the hydrogen to land through an existing pipeline.
The pipeline has a capacity of 10-12 GW, so it is already suitable for further roll-out of green hydrogen production at gigawatt scale in the North Sea, according to the consortium.
“The energy transition can be faster, cheaper and cleaner if we integrate existing gas infrastructure into new systems”, said Neptune Energy’s Managing Director in the Netherlands, Lex de Groot. “This infrastructure is technically suitable, no new pipeline at sea is needed and no new landfall is required through the coastal area”.
Lex de Groot also added that lessons learned from the PosHYdon pilot project, which kicked off last year, will be applied to H2opZee.
Sven Utermöhlen, CEO Offshore Wind at RWE Renewables, said that hydrogen was a gamechanger in the decarbonisation of energy-intensive sectors and that the H2opZee project was a world-first of this kind and scale.
“We are convinced that learnings from the H2opZee demonstration project will help in ramping-up the hydrogen economy in the Netherlands as it presents an important step towards the roll-out of green hydrogen production offshore at large scale”, Sven Utermöhlen said. | <urn:uuid:4cd21047-aef1-48a1-af9c-96ddd9520139> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.offshore-energy.biz/neptune-energy-rwe-unveil-offshore-wind-to-hydrogen-project-in-the-netherlands/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.920397 | 496 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Terminal Evaluation of the Project: Integrated Coastal Management with Special Emphasis on the Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests
This report is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP-GEF project implemented between 2010 and 2013. The project`s overarching objective was to reduce the vulnerability to climate change through an ecosystems-based approach and integrated coastal management along the Caribbean coast of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, with special emphasis on the conservation and sustainable development of mangrove forests. The evaluation sought to assess project performance (in terms of relevance, effectiveness and efficiency), and determine outcomes and impacts (actual and potential) stemming from the project, including their sustainability.
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In this discussion, you are going to be asked to do a bit of critical thinking. Have you ever heard this expression? “Opposites attract.” What about this one? “ Birds of a feather flock together.” Both of these say something about what attracts one person to another and both are commonly used expressions. The problem is they are opposites.
Suppose we wanted to know whether people tend to marry those who have interests and values that are different from their own (opposites) or whether they tend to marry those with similar interests and values (birds of a feather). How might we find out? As you create your discussion post, consider the following:
Propose a simple research project that would allow you to answer the question: Which of the two statements in quotation marks above applies best to selection of marriage partners in the United States? Choose one of the research method that you think would be the most useful and practical for exploring this question. Explain why this method would be appropriate. Describe in some detail the steps that you would take in setting up and carrying out this research.
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The versatility of private charter aircraft allows for travel to very remote locations that would otherwise be unreachable by commercial aircraft.
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All students and school staff members deserve a healthy school environment that supports their well-being and builds a strong foundation for learning. Because vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles can spread rapidly, adequate vaccination coverage at the school level—roughly 95% for each vaccine—helps to protect the health of students, staff and others in the community, including those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons or because they are still too young to receive vaccines.
Colorado School Immunization Policy
Colorado law requires students attending schools and licensed child care facilities to be vaccinated against certain diseases, or have either a medical or non-medical (personal belief) vaccine exemption on file. Colorado law also requires most schools, child care centers, preschools and Head Start programs with 10 or more children to submit their facility’s immunization and exemption data to the state health department annually. In 2020, a new law was passed in Colorado that changes the way a parent can obtain a nonmedical vaccine exemption. School and child care facility administrators will have to determine whether Certificates of nonmedical exemption submitted by parents are valid.
Only 17% of school districts in Colorado made the Immunity Community Honor Roll in 2020/21.
Only 46% of Colorado students attend a school that made the Immunity Community Honor Roll in 2020/21.
Recognizing Schools & Districts With High Vaccination Rates
The Immunity Community Honor Roll recognizes K-12 schools and school districts in Colorado that have achieved exceptional vaccination coverage—meaning 95% vaccination for all school-required vaccines (with the exception of Tdap vaccine, which requires 80% vaccination in schools with 6th grade or higher). Visit the data dashboard below to explore vaccination rates in each of the Immunity Community Honor Roll honorees listed below.
(School Districts who made the Honor Roll are listed below; to see a list of individual schools that made the honor roll, visit the dashboard.)
2020/21 Immunity Community Honor Roll Honorees
Adams County 14 School District
Arriba-Flagler C-20 School District
Buffalo RE-4J School District
Burlington RE-6J School District
Campo RE-6 School District
Center 26 JT School District
Cheraw 31 School District
Eads RE-1 / Kiowa County SD No. RE-1 School District
Frenchman RE-3 School District
Granada RE-1 School District
Holly RE-2 School District
Kit Carson R-1 School District
McClave RE-2 School District
Monte Vista C-8 School District
Monte Vista C-8 School District
Norwood R-2J School District
Plateau RE-5 School District
Platte Valley RE-7 School District
Rocky Ford R-2 School District
Springfield RE-4 School District
Strasburg 31J School District
Swink 33 School District
Valley RE-1 School District
Vilas RE-5 School District
Walsh RE-1 School District
Weld County RE-1 School District
Wiggins RE-50(J) School District
Wiley RE-13 JT School District
What Could a Measles Outbreak Mean for Colorado Schools?
An increase in the number of measles cases in the U.S. over the past few years has highlighted the importance of preparing for the impact of a potential measles outbreak in the school setting. Because measles is a highly contagious disease, students who are unvaccinated or missing a record of measles vaccination could be excluded from school to protect them from exposure and to prevent transmission to other children. This could disrupt students’ learning and put strain on school staff and public health officials.Visit the data dashboard below to see how many students might be excluded in the event of a measles outbreak.
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EFFORTS to tackle crime in rural Northumberland are to be stepped up through technology upgrades, dedicated training and the continued roll-out of successful community engagement work, Police Commissioner Kim McGuinness has revealed.
More than £250,000 in funding secured by the Commissioner’s office means Northumbria Police’s latest plans to tackle rural crime and make people feel safer are being given the go ahead.
Rural crime covers a wide range of crimes from poaching and theft to ASB and more serious organised crime.
Addressing the serious impact crime can have on farmers and their families, and others who live in our more isolated communities, is high on the policing priorities list for PCC McGuinness and the force.
The enhanced rural policing plans involve encouraging reporting, working with others to prevent crime and targeted activity to pursue offenders. It will help fund new technologies covering number plate recognition and thermal imaging as well as research and practical crime prevention tools.
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness, said: “Northumbria Police is known for rolling out some of the best rural policing operations in the country but there is always more that officers want to be doing to clampdown on criminal activity and protect these communities. Rural policing is certainly not something that’s overlooked in our area, and we are one of few forces who have bid for funding specifically to tackle this area of work – it’s hugely important to us.
“It’s vital that officers have the tools to do the job and there are some big plans in the pipeline to improve the technology around data gathering and intelligence sharing with other members of our countryside communities who work hard alongside our policing teams to keep the area safe and fight crime.
“For me this work is about strengthening a lot of good work that’s happening already and making sure Northumbria Police continues to lead the way, making sure we are always one step ahead of criminals and responding to the needs of residents. We all want to keep pushing crime down.”
Chief Supt Janice Hutton, who leads Northumbria Police’s Harm Reduction and Communities Team, said: “We are delighted to see additional funding has been secured to build on the dedicated initiatives we already have in place to keep our rural communities safe.
“Policing these areas presents a number of unique challenges, not least due to the sheer size and sprawling nature of the landscape we cover and also the types of crimes which can occur.
“That is why it is vitally important we have bespoke operations in place to not only help prevent offences from happening but also to provide a robust response when they do occur.
“We recognise the impact criminality can have on often small, close-knit communities and we are absolutely committed to providing the very best service possible.
“The support we receive from the people who live and work in these rural areas, alongside our partners, is absolutely crucial to this – and we look forward to seeing this continue as we all come together to help ensure the region remains safe.”
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Gametes are an organism’s reproductive cells. … Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis.
What is a gamete example?
In short a gamete is an egg cell (female gamete) or a sperm (male gamete). … This is an example of anisogamy or heterogamy, the condition in which females and males produce gametes of different sizes (this is the case in humans; the human ovum has approximately 100,000 times the volume of a single human sperm cell).
What is a gamete simple definition?
gamete, sex, or reproductive, cell containing only one set of dissimilar chromosomes, or half the genetic material necessary to form a complete organism (i.e., haploid). … During fertilization, male and female gametes fuse, producing a diploid (i.e., containing paired chromosomes) zygote.
What is a gamete vs genotype?
To summarize, when you use the term gamete, it refers to a newly created organism from the union of a male sperm cell and a female egg. The term genotype, on the other hand, refers to the specific ‘genetic’ characteristics and heritable genetic identity that newly created ‘life’ would possess.
What is gamete DNA?
Gametes contain half as many chromosomes as the other cells in the organism, and each gamete is genetically unique because the DNA of the parent cell is shuffled before the cell divides. This helps ensure that the new organisms formed as a result of sexual reproduction are also unique.
What is Gametophyte in biology?
A gametophyte (/ɡəˈmiːtəfaɪt/) is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes. The gametophyte is the sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae.
Are sperm cells male or female?
Sperm is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one).
How many chromosomes are in a gamete?
In humans, gametes are haploid cells that contain 23 chromosomes, each of which a one of a chromosome pair that exists in diplod cells. The number of chromosomes in a single set is represented as n, which is also called the haploid number.
What are gametes kids definition?
Kids Encyclopedia Facts. A gamete is a specialized sex cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. Gametes are produced by germ cells.
What are somatic cells explain?
A somatic cell is any cell of the body except sperm and egg cells. Somatic cells are diploid, meaning that they contain two sets of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent. Mutations in somatic cells can affect the individual, but they are not passed on to offspring.
How do I determine gametes?
When you are doing a monohybrid cross, finding possible gametes is easy. All you have to do is give one allele to half the gametes, and the other allele to the other half of the gametes (remember gametes are haploid, so they get only 1 of each gene or letter!). Then cross out any duplicates.
What is genotype example?
A gene encodes eye color. … If the child inherits two different alleles (heterozygous) then they will have brown eyes. For the child to have blue eyes, they must be homozygous for the blue eye allele.
What is the meaning of genotypes?
In a broad sense, the term “genotype” refers to the genetic makeup of an organism; in other words, it describes an organism’s complete set of genes. … Humans are diploid organisms, which means that they have two alleles at each genetic position, or locus, with one allele inherited from each parent.
Is a gamete a eukaryotic?
Multicellular eukaryotes: Sex cells (gametes)
Only eukaryotic organisms engage in sexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction combines genetic material from two organisms and requires special preparation in the form of a reduction in the amount of genetic material allocated to sex cells — a process called meiosi.
Why do cells reproduce?
Cells divide for many reasons. For example, when you skin your knee, cells divide to replace old, dead, or damaged cells. Cells also divide so living things can grow. … Organisms grow because cells are dividing to produce more and more cells.
How much DNA is in a gamete?
Measures of DNA content and chromosome content
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Volume 3, Issue 3: Fall 2022. DOI: 10.1037/tmb0000076
Can a virtual reality (VR) simulation promote acquisition of scientific skills with real-life practicability? In order to answer this question, we conducted (I) an online study (N = 126) and (II) a field study at a high school (N = 47). Study I focused on the instructional design of VR by comparing the effects of different pedagogical agents on acquiring pipetting skills. We found no significant differences between the conditions, that is, it did not seem to make a difference whether the pedagogical agent was present or not, or if it demonstrated the procedure or not. Study II focused on transfer of skills learned in VR to real-life with the addition of a control group who were taught by a real-life instructor. The results indicated that performance in VR can predict performance on a real-life transfer test. However, comparisons between the two groups showed that the students who received virtual training made more errors, experienced more extraneous cognitive load, and learned less compared to the students who were taught by the real-life instructor. Across both studies, all students experienced an increase in self-efficacy from prior to after the intervention, although the students taught by the real-life instructor experienced the largest increases in Study II. Hence, VR should not replace traditional ways of teaching scientific procedures. Rather, it can be a complement to traditional teaching that can increase accessibility.
Keywords: virtual reality, pedagogical agents, learning, transfer, science education
Special Collection Editors: Jeremy N. Bailenson and Richard E. Mayer.
Action Editor: Richard Mayer was the action editor for this article.
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank Michael Atchapero for leading the development of the software and Rokoko for lending us their equipment to create the animations. The authors would also like to thank Per Størup Lauridsen and Claus Scheuer-Larsen for their involvement in the project, as well as Elisabeth Sejbak, Adéla Plechatá, and Zuzanna Bald for their efforts in Study II. Lastly, the authors would like to thank all the people who participated in the study.
Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Data Availability: The data that support the findings of this study are available via Open Science Framework (Klingenberg & Petersen, 2022; Petersen & Klingenberg, 2022). Study I: https://osf.io/ruxab/ and Study II: https://osf.io/e87fp/.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Gustav Bøg Petersen, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark. Email: email@example.com
Consider learning about scientific procedures in a virtual environment with no limits on the amount of attempts possible and no hazardous consequences if you make a mistake. Now add to that your own private virtual instructor who can demonstrate correct performance and assist you if you require help. This research article describes two experiments that deal with learning how to use a pipette via the technology of virtual reality (VR). This article investigates the following research questions:1Do virtual instructors (hereinafter referred to as pedagogical agents) influence the acquisition of pipetting skills in VR? 2 Do pipetting skills learned in VR transfer to real-life?
In the following sections, we present the theoretical and empirical background to this investigation. First, we provide an overview of the latest research on the usefulness of VR in education. This is followed by a section on simulation-based learning and transfer. Finally, we provide an introduction to pedagogical agents and two underlying learning theories that can describe their effectiveness: social cognitive theory and cognitive load theory.
VR technologies are currently used across a variety of disciplines for training and instructional purposes (Radianti et al., 2020). In general, simulation-based learning in VR is associated with large positive effects on learning outcomes, as indicated by a recent meta-analysis, Hedge’s g = 0.85 (Chernikova et al., 2020). Another meta-analysis suggests that learning through immersive VR is more effective than learning through nonimmersive approaches, with a small positive effect, Hedge’s g = 0.24 (Wu et al., 2020). Focusing on extended reality (XR) training experiences (i.e., training via VR, augmented reality, or mixed reality), Kaplan et al. (2021) performed a meta-analysis and concluded that XR is as effective as traditional training approaches in terms of performance in the real world. This is valuable to VR training, as it indicates that we can profit from known VR affordances, such as practicing tasks that are expensive, dangerous, or risky (Dalgarno & Lee, 2010), without cost-to-performance outcomes. Yet, research is still needed to determine exactly when, how, and where the implementation of VR simulations benefits learning (Parong & Mayer, 2021).
Recent reviews of VR applications for education indicate that VR is especially useful for teaching procedural–practical knowledge (Jensen & Konradsen, 2018; Radianti et al., 2020) and for immediate transfer of behavioral skills (Checa & Bustillo, 2020). One explanation for this is that VR allows for contextualized learning experiences that facilitate transfer of skills to real-life situations (Dalgarno & Lee, 2010; Di Natale et al., 2020). A systematic review by Concannon et al. (2019) recommends using VR in postsecondary school education for experiential learning. This is consistent with the notion presented in Bailenson et al. (2008) that one of the primary learning affordances of three-dimensional learning environments is to facilitate experiential learning, especially of tasks that are too expensive or dangerous to perform in the real world. This makes VR an obvious choice for teaching scientific procedures, such as the skill of pipetting, which is the focus of the present study.
It can be argued that most simulation-based learning aspires to facilitate transfer—that is, the ability to apply what one has learned in different contexts (Bossard et al., 2008). The notion of transfer of training is particularly relevant for the present investigation, as it is measured by performance of a target task (Bossard et al., 2008).
Virtual simulations can facilitate transfer (Makransky, Borre-Gude, et al., 2019). Nevertheless, one relevant question is how identical the simulated behavior has to be to the actual target behavior to enable transfer of training, especially when dealing with a technique such as pipetting that requires dexterity. According to Levac et al. (2019), the fidelity of virtual environments can enhance the extent of transfer. Fidelity refers to “the precision with which a virtual environment imitates interactions in the natural environment” (Levac et al., 2019, p. 11). Hochmitz and Yuviler-Gavish (2011) distinguish between two types of fidelity in simulations for procedural skills acquisition: physical fidelity and cognitive fidelity. Physical fidelity refers to the physical similarity between the simulator and the real world, whereas cognitive fidelity refers to similarity of cognitive activities (Hochmitz & Yuviler-Gavish, 2011). An ideal VR system (Slater, 2009) could provide extremely high levels of both physical and cognitive fidelity by means of visual, auditory, and haptic displays (and possibly also taste and smell displays), and thereby provide ideal transfer conditions. Unfortunately, most consumer VR systems today, such as the Oculus Quest used in the present investigation, mostly cater to the visual and auditory senses. Study II examines transfer of pipetting skills learned in VR to a real-life task.
In VR where head-mounted displays may shield learners from the real world, real-life adult or peer models may be replaced by virtual instructors. Virtual instructors used for pedagogical reasons are often referred to as pedagogical agents: human-like characters used in electronic learning environments to serve various instructional goals (Veletsianos et al., 2009). It is commonly accepted that a pedagogical agent needs to be physically present on screen as opposed to being represented by just a voice (Heidig & Clarebout, 2011). However, current evidence indicates that pedagogical agents need to display high embodiment (as opposed to being a static image) to improve learning (Wang et al., 2021). Study I examines the influence of pedagogical agents on the acquisition of procedural knowledge and skills in VR. What follows is an overview of central theoretical perspectives on using pedagogical agents for virtual learning.
Social agency theory (SAT) is one of the most influential theories related to pedagogical agents. As an addition to the cognitive theory of multimedia learning, SAT represents the idea that social cues in multimedia lessons can lead to better learning outcomes by inciting social presence (Mayer, 2014). Social presence can be defined as a psychological state where virtual social actors are experienced as actual social actors (Lee, 2004). According to SAT, pedagogical agents can function as a social cue in virtual lessons that enhance learning by activating basic human rules of cooperation; in other words, the learner will expend energy to understand the agent’s message (Mayer, 2014). This phenomenon was coined the media equation by Reeves and Nass (1996). A recently published meta-analysis finds that learning with pedagogical agents is more effective than learning without them, thereby corroborating SAT (Castro-Alonso et al., 2021). Furthermore, a recent study finds that pedagogical agents lead to enhanced brain activity in the social areas of the brain, thereby providing neuroscientific support for SAT (Li et al., 2022).
Ever since the dawn of pedagogical agents as a research topic, scholars have been interested in agent design—that is, how they should look and function (Heidig & Clarebout, 2011). McDonnell and Mutlu (2021) recently wrote a book chapter on the appearance of agents. Here, they claim that most agents follow what can be called a metaphoric design, meaning that the design is inspired by an existing entity such as a person in a particular profession (McDonnell & Mutlu, 2021). Metaphoric design involves two dimensions, appearance and behavior, and its power lies in triggering users’ mental models of an agent’s abilities (McDonnell & Mutlu, 2021). In terms of pedagogical agents, it follows that an agent with an expert-like appearance will prepare the learner for receiving information (Baylor & Kim, 2005).
VR constitutes an ideal way of harnessing the educational powers of pedagogical agents. By immersing learners in virtual environments with realistic and life-size agents, it is possible to maximize the feeling of interacting with an actual human being. Indeed, the closer an agent is to human scale, the higher the chance that it will support human communication mechanisms (McDonnell & Mutlu, 2021). Makransky, Wismer, et al. (2019) examined the effect of delivering laboratory safety instruction in VR via two pedagogical agents: a robot-like drone and a young female scientist. They demonstrated that boys learned better with the drone, and that girls learned better with the female scientist. Petersen et al. (2021) investigated the effect of differently designed pedagogical agents on the acquisition of knowledge about viral diseases in VR. Contrary to what was expected, it was reported that learning with agents led to lower factual knowledge acquisition compared to learning without one. This finding indicates that agents may also have adverse effects on learning, supposedly due to the limitations of the human cognitive system.
There are many roles that pedagogical agents can assume during virtual lessons. Baylor and Kim (2005) designed three different agents who functioned as either expert, motivator, or mentor and found that each role impacted learning differently. Taking a slightly different approach, Schroeder and Gotch (2015) defined four roles that agents can assume: demonstrating/modeling, coaching/scaffolding, being a source of information, and testing. Of particular, relevance to the topic of this study is the role of demonstrating/modeling where the agent physically demonstrates how to successfully accomplish a certain task (Schroeder & Gotch, 2015). Although several studies of agents gesturing have been conducted (Davis, 2018), less is known about agents demonstrating how to carry out a procedure (Schroeder & Gotch, 2015). The potential instructive benefits of agents demonstrating tasks involving human movements have also been discussed under the umbrella term dynamic visualizations in the literature and linked to the activation of the mirror neuron system (van Gog et al., 2009). In essence, the mirror neuron system is the mirroring capacity of the human motor system, which is activated by observing motor actions performed by other people (van Gog et al., 2009). According to van Gog et al. (2009, p. 23), “the mirror neuron system mediates imitation, by priming (i.e., preparing the brain for) execution of the same action.” This system has been shown to respond to both human and robotic body parts (Gazzola et al., 2007). A 2007 meta-analysis by Höffler and Leutner (2007) examined the influence of dynamic versus static visualizations on learning outcomes. Overall, their results indicated an advantage of dynamic visualizations over static visualizations (d = 0.37). Furthermore, moderator analyses indicated an even stronger advantage of dynamic visualizations (d = 1.06) when procedural-motor knowledge was considered.
In their book chapter concerning design principles for virtual humans in educational technology environments, Craig and Schroeder (2018) introduce a type of agent-based learning environment which draws on similar principles of learning by observation described above: vicarious learning environments. In these types of environments, the learner observes a virtual student interacting with a mentor agent to learn a particular skill, displaying both learning as well as the metacognitive skills required for learning (Craig & Schroeder, 2018).
Learning by observing pedagogical agents can be understood theoretically using social cognitive theory. In the following, social cognitive theory is introduced along with another relevant theoretical perspective: cognitive load theory.
Learning skills and procedures does not need to happen in psychological isolation. According to social cognitive theory (formerly known as social learning theory), there are numerous situations where people observe others directly and integrate the obtained knowledge into their long-term memory (Bandura, 1999). Bandura proposes that humans have evolved the capacity for observational learning as a way of adapting to the constraints of time, resources, and mobility that can limit acquisition of new information. Thus, learning from information conveyed by models in our surroundings is an essential component of knowledge acquisition (Bandura, 2008).
It is commonly accepted that there are four component processes to observational learning: attention, retention, production, and motivation (Bandura, 1999; Schunk, 2012). Attentional processes determine what people observe and how they perceive it. They are affected by task features (e.g., colors, oversized, and interactive features) as well as the learner’s beliefs about the value of the observed behavior (Schunk, 2012). Representational processes, also referred to as retention, concern the cognitive processes that are involved when integrating the observed behavior with knowledge in long-term memory (Schunk, 2012). Production processes involve generating new behaviors based on the stored information (Schunk, 2012). Finally, motivational processes determine which of the observed behaviors are reproduced (Schunk, 2012).
Bandura (1977) also coined the term self-efficacy, which can be defined as learners’ belief about their capabilities to perform certain actions or behaviors. According to Bandura (1977), high levels of self-efficacy can positively influence performance outcomes. Bandura (1977) highlights four sources of self-efficacy: personal performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal. In a virtual environment such as VR, the learner can gain personal performance accomplishments through mastery experiences in the virtual environment (Makransky & Petersen, 2021). Vicarious influences can be achieved through observing a virtual instructor perform the desired behavior. Verbal persuasion can be achieved through encouraging comments from the instructor; and lastly, the technological affordances of the system can create a feeling of presence which may have a positive effect on emotional arousal (Parong & Mayer, 2021). To conclude, social cognitive theory and Bandura’s (1977) notion of self-efficacy highlight the importance of the social aspects of learning experiences. In a virtual environment, this is typically facilitated by the use of pedagogical agents.
While the sections above highlight the potential advantages of using agents for learning, an opposing view related to the limitations of the human cognitive system also exists. van Gog and Rummel (2010) discussed agents in their review of example-based learning and noted the risk that learners could get distracted by irrelevant details of the agent rather than focusing on the task. Such cautions can be related to cognitive load theory, which is the focus of the following section.
Cognitive load theory is based on our knowledge of human cognition. It predicts that learning is impaired when the cognitive load required to process the learning material exceeds working memory capacity (Sweller, 1994, 2011). Learners experiencing cognitive overload might lose sight of the learning objectives and have trouble gaining deep knowledge of the learning material (Schnotz & Heiß, 2009). With this in mind, cognitive load theory aims to generate optimal instructional design that fosters learning by taking the human cognitive architecture into account. Several media comparison studies have linked poorer learning outcomes when learning via VR to heightened levels of extraneous cognitive load (Makransky, Terkildsen, et al., 2019; Parong & Mayer, 2018, 2021). Hence, cognitive load is an important factor to consider when designing VR for education.
According to Sweller (2010a, 2011), cognitive load is a multifaceted aspect that can be divided into intrinsic, extraneous, and germane load. Intrinsic cognitive load is influenced by the nature of the learning material and the expertise of the learner (Sweller, 2011). Therefore, intrinsic load cannot be changed if the learning material is unaltered and the level of expertise remains the same. Extraneous cognitive load is dependent on how the learning material is presented—that is, the instructional design (Sweller, 2010b; van Merrienboer & Sweller, 2005). Therefore, extraneous load is malleable and should always be reduced. Researchers have previously argued that pedagogical agents in multimedia learning environments might cause extraneous cognitive load and therefore decrease learning (Clark & Choi, 2007). These adverse effects could be particularly pronounced in VR, which often involves a lot of additional visual material and a new interaction system. Germane cognitive load refers to the working memory resources devoted to dealing with essential learning material (Sweller, 2010b). The aforementioned SAT predicts that pedagogical agents can promote generative processing (analogous to germane cognitive load) in the learner (Mayer, 2014).
The theory and research cited above was used to formulate the hypotheses examined in this two-study investigation, which was conducted in compliance with an institutional review board. The following section introduces Study I.
Study I focuses on the influence of pedagogical agents on skills acquisition in VR with the specific skill in question being the scientific procedure of pipetting. The online format was chosen due to advantages such as being able to collect data from a large amount of participants from different countries in a short amount of time, without jeopardizing the validity of the conclusions drawn (Mottelson et al., 2021).
Based on social cognitive theory, we expected that observing an agent demonstrating pipetting would lead to better pipetting performance compared to hearing about it from a passive agent. To control for the conflicting perspectives regarding pedagogical agents as facilitators of learning (SAT) or merely unnecessary distractions (cognitive load theory), two types of demonstrating agents were employed: one being a full-bodied agent and the other being merely a hand.Hypothesis 1: Observing an agent demonstrating pipetting will lead to better pipetting performance compared to hearing about it from a passive agent (Study I).
An open research question dealt with potential differences between the two types of demonstrating agents. Based on cognitive load theory, a hand demonstrating pipetting could lead to better pipetting performance compared to a fully visualized pedagogical agent due to lower levels of extraneous processing. However, the reverse scenario could be predicted by SAT, as social presence (caused by the presence of a virtual human) could lead to deeper cognitive processing and better learning outcomes.
Study I also hypothesized that a virtual pipetting lesson would lead to enhanced self-efficacy due to possibilities for personal mastery experiences.Hypothesis 2: There will be an increase in self-efficacy from pre- to posttest for all participants (Study I).
The hypotheses were preregistered via Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/8udsb).
Guided by recommendations on conducting unsupervised VR studies online (Mottelson et al., 2021), a total of 140 participants took part in the experiment from their own homes. Out of these, 10 participants were discarded due to having used the same Oculus Quest device, and three participants were discarded due to incomplete data. Data were considered incomplete when participants immediately indicated that they were done when entering the transfer test, that is, they did not demonstrate any procedure or skill that they were taught during the tutorial. Although this could imply that they did not learn anything during the tutorial, it could also signify that the participants were only interested in receiving the promised gift card. Furthermore, data from one participant were excluded based on unusually slow completion time in the transfer test as defined in the preregistration (above 3 × SD + M). This left us with a total of 126 participants whose data were used in the analyses. The next section provides a description of the sample based on a number of parameters assessed in the pretest.
Participants were mostly men (107 men, 9 women, 5 nonbinary, and 5 did not wish to answer). Over half of the participants were between 18 and 29 (78), the rest were 30–39 (27), 40–49 (15), 50–59 (5), and 60+ (1). Roughly half of the participants had used VR more than a 100 times before (60). The remaining had tried it between 51 and 100 times (33), 21 and 50 times (19), 11 and 20 times (9), 4 and 10 times (4), or 1 and 3 times (1). In other words, the participants were mostly VR expert users, which is natural considering the fact that they had to have their own VR headsets to participate. On the basis of IP address, the participants were located in 35 different countries, among the most common: United States (44), United Kingdom (10), Canada (10), Germany (8), and Poland (5). Participants had widely different educational backgrounds. The majority reported that their highest completed education was high school/general educational development; GED (42). The remaining answered bachelor’s (31), associate/2-year college (28), master’s (14), PhD (5), primary/middle school (3), and professional degree (3). Finally, the participants were highly proficient in English language: most spoke English fluently (81); the rest spoke English very well (28) or well (17). Judged by themselves, most of the participants possessed relatively little prior knowledge about the topic of the simulation. When asked to rate their knowledge of using a micropipette, the majority answered very low (38), low (47), or moderate (31). This was also the case in terms of their knowledge of conducting a serial dilution: very low (67), low (35), and moderate (19).
The participants were randomly assigned to receive instruction from an active instructor (N = 47), a passive instructor (N = 41), or a hand only (N = 38). We note that the number of participants in each condition was slightly uneven due to our initial discarding of certain participants based on the mentioned exclusion criteria.
Participants answered the questionnaires in-game. The items and their sources are available in the codebook accompanying this investigation, which can be accessed via the link provided under the Data Availability section.
The pretest assessed basic demographic information about the participants, including age, gender, VR experience, highest completed education, English proficiency, and level of previously completed science courses. It also collected self-reported knowledge of using a micropipette and conducting a serial dilution. The self-report format was used to avoid potential pretesting effects (Hartley, 1973). Furthermore, a series of items assessed participants’ general interest in and experience with science. These pretest items were adapted from Parong and Mayer (2018) and amounted to a total of 18 items. Finally, a measure of their self-efficacy for pipetting was collected. The self-efficacy scale was adapted from Pintrich (1991) and consisted of four items.
We collected data on three pipetting performance indices during a virtual transfer test: dexterity with the pipette, safety behavior, and accuracy of a serial dilution. Dexterity was operationalized as number of mistakes in five different areas: (a) tilting the pipette, (b) aspirating after placing the pipette in liquid, (c) not using the second stop on the plunger when dispensing liquid, (d) using a contaminated tip, and (e) mixing the original beakers with other liquid. Correct safety behavior was operationalized as remembering to put the laboratory coat and gloves on before beginning the transfer test. Accuracy of the serial dilution was assessed by comparing the participants’ results in the transfer test to the correct values of the serial dilution. The performance measures corresponded to standard performance measures when using a real-life pipette.
The posttest consisted of five different measures. A series of 15 true/false and multiple-choice questions assessed declarative knowledge about the learning material. Additionally, a sorting task required the participant to sort the correct order of steps associated with transferring a liquid from one container to another. These were designed in cooperation with an expert in psychometrics and a content matter expert. Additionally, the participants’ self-efficacy was assessed again, using the same items as in the pretest. Measures of social presence and extraneous cognitive load were also incorporated in order to explain potential differences between the conditions. The social presence scale consisted of five items from Makransky et al. (2017). The extraneous cognitive load scale was related to the instructions used and consisted of three items from Andersen and Makransky (2021). Finally, scores on four uncanny valley indices were collected, as is advised when studying artificial human beings. These were eeriness, warmth, attractiveness, and humanness (Ho & MacDorman, 2017). The uncanny valley indices consisted of a total of 18 items from Ho and MacDorman (2010, 2017). Recent research finds that the uncanny valley effect is particularly pronounced in VR (Hepperle et al., 2022), which necessitates measuring it.
The simulation employed in present study was designed to teach the scientific procedure of pipetting, a technique commonly used in science where a pipette is used to measure and transfer specific volumes of liquid. The virtual environment was developed using Unity 2021, and targeted Oculus Quest 1 and 2 (immersive VR) devices. The environment was modeled after an authentic laboratory and featured animated three-dimensional models related to the topic of pipetting; these three-dimensional models were found on the Unity Asset Store (see Figure 1).
The simulation is divided into two sections. The first section functions as a practical tutorial that teaches laboratory safety procedures, which includes wearing a lab coat and gloves, and introduces various steps in pipetting. These include holding the pipette at a correct angle, choosing the correct dial setting on the pipette, correctly drawing up and dispensing liquid, attaching and discarding a pipette tip, and handling chemical waste. During the tutorial, the learners are required to attempt these procedures in VR, using their handheld controllers. The tutorial is identical to a standard, real-life, introductory pipetting session for adults or young adults. Furthermore, the virtual pipette is modeled after how a real pipette functions. This includes elements such as a plunger with two stops and a dial function that enables presetting the volume of microliters. Guided by the signaling principle (van Gog, 2014), the environment featured cues that directed the learners’ attention toward relevant objects during learning. Please see Figure 2 for an illustration of how the Oculus Quest controller and a real pipette are used for aspirating liquid (a demonstration video can be accessed via the following link: https://vimeo.com/672240481).
The second section of the simulation functions as a transfer test in which learners are prompted to attempt a serial dilution task in the laboratory without help or assistance from the virtual instructor. The instructor merely encourages the learners to use their newly acquired skills to conduct the serial dilution task by following instructions on the computer monitor. At this point, a schematic diagram representing the serial dilution task is displayed on the computer monitor. This diagram is equivalent to illustrations in standard laboratory manuals used for teaching purposes.
Instructions on pipetting techniques were provided by a specific pedagogical agent depending on the condition (see Figure 3). However, the narration was identical for all three conditions. In two of the conditions, the pedagogical agent looked like a female laboratory teacher featuring eye contact, idle animations, as well as speech and lip synchronization. To investigate the impact of learning through observing an agent demonstrating procedures, the instructor in one of these conditions used gesturing, movement by walking and demonstration of pipetting technique, whereas the instructor in the other condition remained statically in one position during the entire simulation. In the third condition, only a virtual hand was depicted, which demonstrated the procedures in pipetting. In the development of the active condition, Smartsuit Pro and Smartgloves from an animation company, Rokoko, were used to animate the instructor. A female voice actor with a British accent recorded the manuscript, which is identical in all three conditions.
The study was initiated on August 5, 2021, and terminated on September 5, 2021. Thus, it ran for the duration of 1 month. Recruitment was done via online communities such as Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter. Here, we advertised the experiment, briefly explaining that it was an educational VR study for participants above the age of 18, designed for Oculus Quest. If interested, the participants were directed to an official app listing on the open app store SideQuest. The app listing described the topic of the simulation and provided screenshots; it also linked to a consent form, which participants were required to read and understand. To start the experiment, participants were instructed to download the app and launch it. Following the in-game pretest, the virtual lesson proceeded as a tutorial on pipetting with an inbuilt transfer test. Condition was assigned randomly at run time on the device. Hereafter, an in-game posttest collected various learning experience measures. Finally, participants voluntarily entered their email to receive a gift card worth 10 USD. It was not possible to skip parts of the simulation. The mean duration of the simulation was 906.4 s or approximately 15 min (9 min in the tutorial and 6 min in the transfer test on average).
Statistical analyses were performed in R Version 4.0.5. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated no significant differences between groups in pretest levels of self-efficacy: F(2, 123) = 0.58, p = .564. Further, Kruskal–Wallis tests indicated no significant differences between groups in self-reported knowledge of using a micropipette, H(2) = 0.97, p = .6147, and conducting a serial dilution, H(2) = 2.85, p = .2405; general interest in and experience with science, H(2) = 1.90, p = .3866; and level of previously completed science courses, H(2) = 3.03, p = .2193.
As a manipulation check, time looked at the instructor in seconds was compared between the two agent conditions (passive vs. active): H(1) = 4.50, p = .03394. Students in the active condition (Mdn = 72 s) looked significantly more at the instructor than students in the passive condition (Mdn = 55 s). This indicates that learners with a demonstrating agent were more observant of its demeanor.
As a measure of performance on the transfer test, we used an aggregated measure of the percentage of correct solutions across test tubes A, B, C, and D, which was divided into three levels. Thus, participants’ performances on the transfer test could either be low, medium, or high. A chi-square test showed no significant differences: χ2(4, N = 126) = 5.46, p = .2433.
As a measure of dexterity, we looked at the number of mistakes in five different areas: (a) tilting the pipette, (b) aspirating after placing the pipette in liquid, (c) not using the second stop on the plunger while dispensing liquid, (d) using a contaminated tip, and (e) mixing the original beakers with other liquid. We allowed a maximum of five mistakes for areas (a), (c), and (d). Due to a large amount of mistakes in (b), we allowed a maximum of 20 mistakes. As close to zero mistakes were observed for (e), this measure was omitted from the following analysis. Per Shapiro–Wilk test for normality, none of the dexterity measures were normal. Thus, Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to test for differences between groups. Bar plots can be viewed in Figure 4.
The results showed no significant differences between groups with regard to tilting the pipette, H(2) = 0.83, p = .6593. The same was observed with regard to aspirating after placing the pipette in liquid, H(2) = 2.07, p = .3555; as well as neglecting to use the second stop on the plunger when dispensing, H(2) = 1.47, p = .4797; and using a contaminated tip, H(2) = 0.62, p = .7339.
Safety was measured as remembering to put both coat and gloves on in that order. A chi-square test showed no significant differences: χ2(2, N = 126) = 1.66, p = .437.
To summarize, Hypothesis 1 (H1) stated that an agent demonstrating pipetting would lead to better pipetting performance compared to hearing about it from a passive agent. The results indicated no significant differences between the conditions on any of the performance parameters. Thus, we failed to reject the null hypothesis.
A paired-samples t test showed a significant increase in self-efficacy for all participants from pretest (M = 3.03, SD = 0.89) to posttest (M = 3.87, SD = 0.73), t(125) = 10.22, p < .0001. Consequently, Hypothesis 2 (H2), which stated that there would be an increase in self-efficacy from pre- to posttest for all participants, was accepted.
In addition to hypothesis testing as described above, we performed a number of exploratory analyzes. We report the results of these in the following.
A Kruskal–Wallis test indicated that there were no significant differences between conditions in overall declarative knowledge score: H(2) = 3.20, p = .2018. Note that the overall median was 13 out of a possible of 16 points. In other words, the central tendency across groups in terms of knowledge was relatively large.
A one-way ANOVA indicated that the groups did not differ in their levels of social presence, F(2, 123) = 0.60, p = .553. The mean social presence score was 2.91 across groups (SD = 0.91).
A Kruskal–Wallis test indicated that there were no significant differences between conditions in extraneous cognitive load, H(2) = 0.53, p = .7675. The median extraneous cognitive load score was 2.
Regarding pre- to posttest increases in self-efficacy for the three groups, we ran a mixed ANOVA which turned out nonsignificant for the interaction between time and condition: F(2, 123) = 0.18, p = .835. Hence, the increase in self-efficacy did not differ significantly between the three groups. Furthermore, Spearman’s rank-order correlations suggested that posttest self-efficacy correlated significantly with total dexterity errors on the virtual transfer test: r(124) = −0.25, p = .004; this was also true for knowledge: r(124) = 0.28, p = .001.
Finally, in terms of the uncanny valley indices, Kruskal–Wallis tests indicated no significant differences between groups on any of the measures: eeriness, H(2) = 4.48, p = .1065; attractiveness, H(2) = 1.01, p = .6045; humanness, H(2) = 0.68, p = .7102; and warmth, H(2) = 0.72, p = .6971. Median scores across groups were 2.25 for eeriness, 3.5 for attractiveness, 2.6 for humanness, and 3.8 for warmth.
Over 20 years ago when pedagogical agents were a novel paradigm for interactive learning, they were envisaged as an entity that could make learning more engaging by way of human-like interaction, and thereby improve learning (Johnson & Lester, 2018). In the context of a VR lesson on how to use a pipette, we investigated the impact of a pedagogical agent on learning. Specifically, we were interested in the impact of using the agent as a demonstrator of how to successfully operate a pipette. We theorized that a potential positive influence on learning could be attributed to the human mirror neuron system. However, there were no significant differences across groups; watching a pedagogical agent demonstrating how to use the pipette made no difference in terms of pipetting performance on a virtual transfer test when compared to listening to a passive instructor. It should be noted that this does not preclude that a pedagogical agent potentially could enhance learning in VR. One explanation for the lack of effect could be that there was not enough added value of having an agent demonstrating: participants in the passive instructor group were equally capable of learning the technique by means of the narration alone. This finding could still be understood in light of the human mirror neuron system, as research has found that the mirror neuron system also responds to action-related sentences (Tettamanti et al., 2005).
Furthermore, there was not evidence to conclude that having an agent depicted was more effective than only watching a hand, as otherwise suggested by the literature. According to SAT, adding social cues, such as an on-screen pedagogical agent or a human voice, to a multimedia lesson is posited to enhance learning by increasing the experience of social presence (Mayer, 2014). However, the experimental groups displayed equal amounts of social presence, which suggests that what matters when learning in VR is in fact the voice. This is consistent with Rzayev et al. (2019), which finds that a pedagogical agent results in comparable levels of social presence as a narration.
Looking at self-efficacy, there was a significant increase from pre- to posttest across conditions. This suggests that hands-on experience in VR enhances one’s sense of efficacy regarding the topic in question and corroborates previous VR research (Makransky & Petersen, 2021; Meyer et al., 2019). Exploratory analyzes indicated that self-efficacy was negatively correlated with dexterity errors and positively correlated with knowledge, meaning that learners’ perception of their own abilities correlated with their actual abilities.
The fact that Study I was conducted as an online experiment had a number of advantages. For instance, most of the participants could be characterized as expert VR users. In other words, their experience with VR might have lowered the odds of seeing a novelty effect whereby the experience of dealing with a novel technology impacts the results (Clark, 1983). Further, the diversity of participant demographics could extend the external validity of the findings. However, there were also important limitations in Study I. For instance, we had no control over what the participants did during the experiment, as they completed the experiment remotely. This potentially lowers the internal validity of the study. Moreover, many of the participants did not have English as their first language, although the learning material was in English. Statistical analyzes, however, showed that English proficiency was not significantly associated with any of the learning outcomes. The main limitation of Study I, however, was that there was no control group or real-life assessment of how well the virtual skills transferred to the real world. Hence, we conducted Study II as a follow-up study where the VR simulation was tested against a real-life lesson on pipetting. Additionally, we employed a real-life transfer test 2 days after the intervention to examine participants’ skills at using an actual pipette. It can be argued that in order for VR to become widespread within education, it must be proven that skills practiced virtually can transfer to the real world (Bossard et al., 2008).
Study II focuses on transfer of pipetting skills learned in VR to a real-life task, using a lesson conducted by a real-life instructor as control.
Based on prior VR research related to learning skills, we expected that participants’ pipetting performance in a VR simulation could positively predict performance on a real-life transfer test.Hypothesis 3: Pipetting performance in a VR simulation can positively predict performance on a real-life transfer test (Study II).
Furthermore, since research shows that VR can lead to similar achievement as traditional training, we expected that people learning in VR would display equivalent performance to people learning from a real-life instructor on a real-life transfer test.Hypothesis 4: People learning in VR will display equivalent performance to people learning from real-life instruction on a real-life transfer test (Study II).
Finally, as in Study I, it was hypothesized that possibilities for personal mastery experiences, virtually as well as in real-life, would lead to enhanced self-efficacy.Hypothesis 5: There will be a significant increase in self-efficacy from pre- to posttest for participants in both conditions (Study II).
The hypotheses were preregistered via Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/qanwx).
The study was conducted as an experiment at a Danish technical high school with 47 first-year students. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions in which they received instructions on pipetting from an animated pedagogical agent in VR (N = 24) or from a real-life instructor in a chemistry laboratory at the school (N = 23). Pictures from the intervention can be seen in Figure 5.
The study was conducted in the course of 2 days. On Day 1, participants received the learning intervention, and 2 days later, they participated in a transfer test, leaving 1 day in between the intervention and the transfer test. This was done intentionally to assess whether the skills learned on Day 1 could transfer to a real-life situation when (a short period of) time passed in between. We note that two students were absent on the day of the transfer test and only participated in the intervention. Conversely, two students only had their data collected at the transfer test and not on the day of the intervention; they dropped out at the end of the VR lesson, just before the data were sent to the server. Therefore, they were allowed to participate in the transfer test.
The participants were Danish students between the ages of 15 and 18. Similarly to Study I, most of the participants identified as male (34 men, 10 women, 1 nonbinary). The students in the VR group had mixed VR experience. Few had never tried it before (3). The rest had tried it 1–3 times (7), 4–10 times (4), 11–20 times (1), 21–50 times (2), 51–100 times (1), or more than 100 times (4). When asked how well they spoke English, the participants answered: not well (3), well (14), very well (16), fluent (12). In other words, most of the students were adequate English speakers according to their own accounts. When asked to rate their knowledge of using a micropipette, the distribution of answers was very low (5), low (14), moderate (25), and high (1). When asked the same thing regarding conducting a serial dilution, most were new to the area: very low (19), low (18), and moderate (8).
The VR lesson used for the experiment was identical to the VR condition with an active pedagogical agent used in Study I, that is, it was a two section tutorial on pipetting taught by an instructor, who gestured, walked around the virtual laboratory, and demonstrated pipetting techniques. Pre- and posttest questionnaires were administered in-game.
The setup was designed to be identical to the virtual environment. Thus, the lesson took place in a chemistry laboratory at the school where the students received instructions on pipetting. The instructions were given in English by a female experimenter, who has passed a basic pipetting course and has scientific experience. No harmful substances were used.
Similar to the VR lesson, the real-life lesson was divided into two parts. The first part functioned as a tutorial in which all students gathered around one workstation where the instructor explained and demonstrated laboratory safety procedures and pipetting techniques. This included wearing a lab coat and gloves as well as the various steps in pipetting. To ensure consistency between groups, the instructions followed a manuscript.
In the second part of the lesson, the students were encouraged to attempt these procedures themselves, using a real pipette. At this point, the instructor did not provide further assistance. However, she ensured that the students were divided into smaller groups, and that each group had a working station with all the necessary assets. These included a micropipette, pipette tips, a box of gloves, test tubes in a rack, a chemical waste container, a sharps disposal container, as well as two beakers containing water and solution, respectively. All lab coats were hanging on the same rack by the entrance of the laboratory. Thus, students worked in pairs or groups of three around one workstation, where they had to complete a serial dilution task. A schematic diagram representing the serial dilution task was depicted on the blackboard. Students were instructed that all members of the group had to try the micropipette. They could talk with members of their own group, but conversations between groups were not allowed.
Pre- and posttest questionnaires were administered prior to and after the lesson, respectively, via the survey framework formr. Students completed the two questionnaires individually on their own laptops.
To ensure similarity between the two experimental conditions, both setups were designed to be as similar as possible. Thus, both lessons took place in laboratory settings. Students in the real-life condition were presented with a workstation containing identical assets to the workstation in the virtual laboratory. In the second part of the lesson, the same schematic diagram representing the serial dilution task was used in the classroom as in the virtual environment. Furthermore, the instructions given during the real-life lesson were identical to the narration used in the VR lesson. The experimenter who acted as the female laboratory science teacher during the real-life lesson was also the voice actor who recorded the manuscript for the VR condition. Thus, students in both conditions received identical information in English from a female laboratory instructor with a British accent. Furthermore, the same female experimenter modeled the gestures used in the active VR condition, that is, the animations made for the virtual instructor were modeled after the real-life instructor using Smartsuit Pro and Smartgloves from the animation company, Rokoko. This was done to ensure as much consistency across conditions as possible.
The same measure as in Study I were used, with the exception that we did not collect data on social presence, the uncanny valley, or pipetting performance (during intervention) for students in the real-life group. The transfer test performance was rated with regard to three predefined categories: safety, dexterity with the pipette, and serial dilution. Specifically, error counts in these areas were recorded. The measures are available in the codebook accompanying this investigation, which can be accessed via the link provided under the Data Availability section.
The experimental intervention, including pre- and posttest questionnaires, was conducted over the course of 1 day with two different classes of students. A transfer test was administered 2 days after the intervention. Participants were recruited via collaboration with high school teachers who used the experiment as part of their own teaching practice. To ensure that students’ choice to participate was not influenced by their relation to their own teacher, recruitment was organized by a teacher with no connection to the class.
On the day of the experimental intervention, the students were initially assembled in a classroom, where they received an oral introduction to the experiment. All participating students were required to read a letter of information about the experiment and sign a consent form. Informed consent was collected from the students as they were all above the age of 15. Then, each student received a randomized ID number, which assigned them to one of the two conditions. Students in the VR condition were led into a different room, where they engaged in the pipetting simulation with assistance from two experimenters. The simulation was administered on Oculus Quest devices. Following the simulation, students received a common demonstration of certain functions, which are operated differently on a real micropipette compared to the virtual micropipette in the simulation (they did not hold the pipette themselves). This was to ensure that students in the VR condition had the necessary knowledge to complete the Day 2 transfer test. It is generally recommended that differences between the performance of a procedure in a simulator and the real world should be brought to light to avoid negative transfer (Maran & Glavin, 2003). Students in the real-life condition were led into the chemistry laboratory at the school, where they received a lesson on pipetting from a female experimenter. Ultimately, all students returned to the classroom and a short debriefing was given by the experimenters. The total duration of the main intervention was approximately 1.5 hr.
Two days after the experimental intervention, all participating students completed an individual transfer test in which they had to demonstrate their knowledge of pipetting. The test took place in a laboratory at the school where three screened workstations were set up. Each student had to attempt a serial dilution task similar to the one they had practiced either in VR or in real life. Students performed the task one at a time and were rated individually on their performance by an observer. A total of three observers, who were blind to the students’ experimental condition and not present during the intervention, were rating students’ performance during the transfer test. Thus, three students could engage in the test at the same time. The duration of the transfer test was 12 min on average per group.
Statistical analyses were performed in R Version 4.0.5. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A one-way ANOVA showed no significant differences between groups in terms of pretest levels of self-efficacy: F(1, 43) = 0.00, p = .968. Additionally, Kruskal–Wallis tests indicated no significant differences between groups in self-reported knowledge of using a micropipette, H(1) = 0.68, p = .4086, and conducting a serial dilution, H(1) = 1.92, p = .1655; and general interest in and experience with science, H(1) = 1.75, p = .1855.
Regression analyses were performed to assess the predictive value of the pipetting performance measures in VR on real-life transfer test performance. A Poisson regression was run to predict the number of serial dilution errors on the real-life transfer test based on the total amount of dexterity errors made in VR: B = 0.078, p < .0001, resulting in an exponentiated value of 1.081. In other words, there was a 8.1% increase in the number of serial dilution errors made on the real-life transfer test for each extra dexterity error made in VR.
None of the other regression models were significant.
Therefore, Hypothesis 3 (H3), which stated that pipetting performance in a VR simulation would positively predict performance on a real-life transfer test, was partially accepted.
Bar plots of transfer test performance measures for students who received VR or real-life instruction can be viewed in Figure 6.
Kruskal–Wallis tests were employed to test for significant differences between the two conditions on the transfer test performance measures. With regard to their safety performance, the groups did not significantly differ: H(1) = 0.59, p = .4409. Conversely, in terms of dexterity with the pipette, there was a significant difference between the groups (favoring the real-life condition): H(1) = 12.14, p < .001. Finally, there was a close-to-significant difference between the groups in terms of their serial dilutions: H(1) = 3.45, p = .06344. Thus, considering our predetermined cutoff for significance, we could not reject the null hypothesis. In order to interpret the null results, we employed the Hodges–Lehmann estimator of location shift, which is used to assess the median of differences between two groups. Please note that this deviates from the plan to calculate Bayes factors originally proposed in the preregistration; however, we deemed it necessary to employ the former method due to the nature of the data. In terms of safety performance, the Hodges–Lehmann estimator (i.e., the median of differences in errors) was 0. Looking at success at the serial dilution, the Hodges–Lehmann estimator was 0. For comparison, the Hodges–Lehmann estimator for the dexterity measure was 6.
Therefore, Hypothesis 4 (H4), which stated that people learning in VR would display equivalent performance to people learning from real-life instruction on a real-life transfer test, was partially accepted: The groups performed equivalently with regard to safety and their serial dilutions. However, students in the real-life condition performed significantly better when looking at dexterity with the pipette.
A paired-samples t test showed a significant increase in self-efficacy for all participants from pretest (M = 3.45, SD = 0.73) to posttest (M = 4.01, SD = 0.56), t(44) = 4.83, p < .0001.
Consequently, Hypothesis 5 (H5), that is, there will be an increase in self-efficacy from pre- to posttest for all participants, was accepted.
A Kruskal–Wallis test indicated that there was significant differences between conditions in overall declarative knowledge score: H(1) = 13.29, p = .0003. The median score was 11 for the VR group and 14 for the real-life group.
A one-way ANOVA indicated that there was significant difference between the conditions in extraneous cognitive load, F(1, 43) = 6.77, p = .0127. Students in the VR condition (M = 2.71, SD = 0.66) experienced higher levels of cognitive load than students in the real-life condition (M = 2.16, SD = 0.76).
Lastly, a closer examination of the pre- to posttest increases in self-efficacy showed that students in the real-life condition (M = 3.45, SD = 0.91 at pre; M = 4.27, SD = 0.45 at post) gained more self-efficacy than students in the VR condition (M = 3.45, SD = 0.49 at pre; M = 3.73, SD = 0.53 at post). Furthermore, Spearman’s rank-order correlations suggested that posttest self-efficacy did not correlate significantly with the learning outcomes.
In their review, Concannon et al. (2019) contend that VR is not on its way to replace traditional ways of learning and refer to the fact that 34% of studies show no effect or negative effects of learning through VR. Rather, the authors argue that VR is a complement to learning. Similarly, Parong and Mayer (2021) note that it is important to research when, how, and where VR simulations may benefit learning. We carried out Study II in order to assess whether VR training benefited performance in the real world, and if the benefit would be comparable to traditional teaching. In other words, we aspired to examine whether VR could be a valuable instructive tool in pipetting education. One of the key findings was that objective performance in VR was able to predict real-life performance, which is evidence of transfer of training from VR. Specifically, dexterity errors with the pipette in VR predicted whether errors were made on a real-life serial dilution. However, when looking at dexterity errors with the pipette on the real-life transfer test, students in the VR conditions made far more errors than those who received real-life instruction. Such a disparity could be understood with reference to the previously mentioned distinction between physical versus cognitive fidelity of simulators (Hochmitz & Yuviler-Gavish, 2011); dexterity with an actual pipette seems to be contingent upon the physical fidelity of the training. Along these lines, Maran and Glavin (2003) advice that when the focus is on development of fine motor skills, a simulator should precisely replicate the required movements to avoid negative transfer. Turning to safety performance, however, the data did not provide evidence for a significant difference between the groups. This result is consistent with prior research that VR is an effective medium for training laboratory safety behavior (Makransky, Borre-Gude, et al., 2019). A close-to-significant difference was found in terms of serial dilution errors in the transfer test—however, the median of differences between the two groups was zero.
Another noticeable finding in Study II concerns the group differences in knowledge and extraneous cognitive load. Students in the VR condition retained significantly less knowledge and experienced significantly higher extraneous cognitive load. A similar finding is reported in Parong and Mayer (2021), who compared a VR and a PowerPoint lesson and found that VR was associated with higher extraneous cognitive load, which led to lower retention scores. The Cognitive Affective Model of Immersive Learning also explains this link theoretically and empirically (Makransky & Petersen, 2021). Additionally, the students in the VR condition experienced a smaller increase in self-efficacy compared to the students in the real-life condition.
A central limitation in Study II was that the sample consisted of students who did not have English as their first language. Seeing that the intervention was in English, this could potentially have impacted the findings negatively. It should be noted, however, that Danes in general are highly skilled in English. Moreover, English proficiency was not significantly associated with any of our learning outcomes. Another notable limitation was that students receiving real-life instructions were allowed to interact with their group during the learning lesson, whereas students in VR experienced the simulation individually and did not interact. It is also important to highlight that a day passed between the intervention and the transfer test, during which students could interact, enhance their pipetting knowledge by other means, or practice their pipetting skills elsewhere (although given the laboratory asset requirements, this seems unlikely). Finally, the relatively small sample size and resulting low statistical power is a limitation, as it undermines the reliability of research (Button et al., 2013). Button et al. (2013) highlight three problems in studies with low power: (a) low chance of discovering true effects, (b) lower chance that an observed effect actually signifies a true effect, and (c) exaggeration of the magnitude of discovered true effects. Therefore, further research on acquiring procedural skills via traditional instruction versus VR instruction with larger sample sizes is necessary.
In this investigation, we conducted two different experiments to answer our research questions. Study I found no significant differences between conditions, suggesting that the design of the pedagogical agent did not affect learning outcomes. However, it lacked an authentic control condition as well as a real-life transfer test, which we employed in Study II with students from a technical high school. Results from Study II indicated that the VR group performed worse than the group receiving real-life instructions on many parameters, suggesting VR instruction might not benefit the acquisition of scientific procedural skills. However, it did indicate that performance in VR can predict performance on a real-life transfer test. Across all conditions in both studies, the participants’ self-efficacy increased from pre- to posttest. In the following, we delineate the practical and theoretical implications of the present investigation.
There are numerous practical implications that can be drawn from the present investigation. First, the results can be used to inform decisions on when to use VR simulations for training. While previous research within the biopharma industry indicates that VR is a cost-effective replacement to real-life training (Wismer et al., 2021), our results show that VR’s usefulness depends on the instructional goal in question.
When compared with traditional training, the results insinuate that VR simulations may not be an optimal solution for teaching learners how to use a pipette dexterously. This finding could be explained by the lack of similarity between the functioning of a VR controller and an actual pipette. Conversely, VR training was as effective as real-life instruction in terms of safety behavior and performing serial dilutions. In other words, VR training can be useful when the target behavior does not rely on fine motor skills. However, it is likely that haptic gloves with force feedback will become mainstream VR accessories in the future, which could revolutionize VR simulation training—even of fine motor skills (Meta, 2021). These findings corroborate the notion that VR is a useful complement to traditional education when it comes to trying things that would be too impossible, dangerous, or expensive to experience in real life (Bailenson, 2018). On a related note, the results also underscore the value of using VR for remote learning in the sense that anyone, no matter their location, can access science education without an expensive lab at hand. This could be valuable when circumstances such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic force students to stay at home (Petersen et al., 2021).
On a methodological level, this investigation shows that remote VR studies can be a useful addition to the traditional lab and field experiments that dominate the field. As highlighted by Henrich et al. (2010), 96% of psychology samples are from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries, although WEIRD populations only constitute 12% of the world’s population. One of the main advantages of remote studies is that they provide a diverse study population, which could potentially strengthen the generalizability of results. Furthermore, as demonstrated by recent research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, experiments in different instructional contexts are necessary, as educational technology use differs in the classroom versus at home (McLaren et al., 2022).
Contrary to what was expected, the pedagogical agents employed in Study I did not have a significant effect on learning. Even though such null findings should be interpreted with caution, a number of theoretical implications for the study of pedagogical agents can be drawn from these results.
First, the results do not show compelling evidence in favor of using pedagogical agents to demonstrate performance of tasks. This indicates that social cognitive theory might not be a suitable theory for describing the benefits of using pedagogical agents in VR. As mentioned in Wang et al. (2021), a comprehensive theoretical model that explains the influence of pedagogical agents on learning is urgently needed. Such a model could build on existing theories, such as SAT, as well as empirical research on effective pedagogical agents. For instance, research suggests that intelligent tutoring systems (i.e., computer-based systems that track the user’s psychological state and respond with appropriate instructional activities) are highly effective (Graesser et al., 2012; Nye et al., 2014).
Another theoretical implication of this investigation concerns the psychological constructs involved when learning with pedagogical agents. As previously mentioned, SAT theorizes that pedagogical agents promote social presence which in turn promotes generative processing (Mayer, 2014). In the present investigation, however, we did not find a significant effect of pedagogical agents on social presence. This suggests that social presence might not fully capture the effect of being in the presence of a virtual entity in VR, and that it could be useful to examine other constructs in future studies. For instance, Ryan et al. (2019) use the term social influence to describe the effect of interacting with virtual representations. Social influence refers to changes in a person’s cognitions, attitudes, physiological states, and behaviors resulting from the perception that another person is present (Fox et al., 2015). Kyrlitsias and Michael-Grigoriou (2022) propose numerous methods for evaluating the effectiveness of social interactions with virtual humans, including objective measures suitable for VR.
This article illustrates how online and field research can provide added value to an investigation. Study I focused on the instructional design of a VR application by assessing the influence of differently designed pedagogical agents on acquiring pipetting skills in VR. There were no significant differences between the conditions: In other words, it did not seem to make a difference whether the pedagogical agent was present or not, or if it demonstrated the procedure or not. Study II extended the investigation to a high school setting and focused on the transferability of skills learned in VR to real-life, with the addition of a control group. As such, it provided ecological validity to the investigation. What was found was that performance in the VR simulation could predict performance on a real-life transfer test. In addition, comparisons between the VR condition and the control condition, who received traditional teaching, showed that students in the VR condition displayed worse dexterity with the pipette. A similar trend appeared when looking at knowledge and extraneous cognitive load: The VR group experienced more extraneous cognitive load and learned less. A finding, which was consistent across studies, was that all students experienced an increase in self-efficacy from prior to after the intervention. Hence, VR may not constitute an ideal way of training when it comes to learning a scientific procedure such as pipetting. Rather, it may be a complement to traditional teaching methods that can increase accessibility. | <urn:uuid:4ba2397f-d896-4651-8900-1fca84a1e442> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tmb.apaopen.org/pub/bbagzn99/release/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.955845 | 14,048 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Raise a Glass & Cash – Manchester Historic Association
Featured Organization: The mission of the Manchester Historic Association is to collect, preserve and share the history of Manchester, New Hampshire. The Association operates the Millyard Museum and the Research Center, both of which are open to the general public.
Featured Beer: True Brew Lager
We brewed True Brew to be a light, crisp, German-style lager. This limited draft release was available in the Tasting Room during April & May 2021. There is a story behind the name True Brew…
When we sat down with John Clayton, the Executive Director of the Manchester Historic Association, to discuss collaborating on a beer for our charitable community partnership, he immediately had an idea of what to name the beer; a name that has historic significance in Manchester.
Many people are familiar with Frank Jones & his namesake brewery in Portsmouth, but not many are aware that Frank had a brother, True Jones, who opened True W. Jones Brewing Co. in Manchester. It was in operation from 1891 to 1917. True Jones brewed beers such as Granite State Ale, Climax Ale, and Jones’ Lager Beer.
“Little, in fact, is known about True Jones. He appears to have followed Frank (and several other siblings) to Portsmouth, from whence he made his way to the state’s largest city, Manchester. There he, in 1891, gained control of the Carney, Lynch & Company brewery. Changing the name to the True W. Jones Brewing Company, he became king of the Manchester brewing scene. But, then again, that was pretty easy: by the 1890s True W. Jones was the only game in town. He was the only brewer in Manchester. True passed away on October 2, 1899, but the brewery that bore his name continued on until New Hampshire went dry in 1917.”
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The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Board of Directors approved a position paper on climate change.
Action items inclue:
- Enhancing climate change messaging in conservation education to educate the public about the important role of afforestation and other positive environmental actions to build watershed resiliency in response to future extremes in weather and climate.
- Communicate to landowners about the important role they can play in building more watershed resiliency for the future.
- Reduce our environmental footprint through self-assessment of internal practices and investigating ways to reduce energy consumption in ABCA buildings and vehicles and reducing the waste that enters and leaves the building.
- Continue to support staff training on issues of climate change and effective stakeholder engagement in building watershed resiliency.
- Consult with different levels of governments, agencies and organizations to help define the positive role Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) can play in their climate change and watershed resiliency initiatives.
- Conduct staff training to learn more about climate change and consider its impacts in the context of established job descriptions.
- Host a public event educating landowners about their role in adaptation and mitigation.
- Produce,a fact sheet for landowners letting them know about the projects they can initiate or the changes they can make in order to prepare for climate change.
- Continue watershed monitoring programs such as Watershed Report Cards, Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Program, surface water monitoring and temperature and precipitation in order to be able to track changes which may occur within our watershed area.
- Incorporate climate change and climate variability projected impacts, where possible, as considerations in future watershed planning documents.
There are several other pages on the Ausable Bayfield Conservation website related to extreme weather, watershed resiliency, climate, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
How to make meaningful changes locally and globally
You can reduce your carbon footprint
- Use Light-emitting diode (LED) lights in your home.
- Make one trip for all errands.
- Others (Share with us!)
- Switch to a smaller vehicle or an electric or hybrid vehicle.
- Invest in more energy-efficient windows.
- Add insulation.
- Upgrade your Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
- Make decisions that reduce use of resources.
- Others (Share with us!)
Calculate. Donate. Plant. It's that easy!
Find out about your carbon footprint by using the easy-to-use calculator at Carbon Footprints to Forests.
(After you find out how much carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases you produce, and how many trees need to be planted to compensate, you may decide to donate all or some of the cost of planting those trees).
Your carbon footprint is greenhouse gases from vehicle fuel, air travel, and home energy.
Trees capture carbon, add biodiversity, improve water quality, connect forests, and provide habitat.
Trees add resilience to pests, diseases, and other climate change impacts.
Tree planting alone is not enough to fight climate change but it is one strategy, combined with others, to sequester carbon.
Read about changes to the Carbon Footprints to Forests program:
- Footprints to Forests Update (August 2022) PDF file
Other Climate Change Actions You Can Take
Visit the County of Huron Climate Change page:
Take a look at the Municipality of South Huron Climate Change Adaptation Plan:
Visit your local county and municipality web pages for information on sustainability and climate change.
More about climate change mitigation and adaptation in Ausable Bayfield Watersheds
Climate change work reported upon in Annual Reports.
Other information that may interest you:
- Flood messages.
- Low-water advisories.
- Community's Conservation Strategy.
- Monitoring and surveys.
Stewardship projects are located on our forestry and land stewardship page.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Climate Change Position Paper is available for download at:
- Climate Change Position Paper (2007) - Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) - 'Preparing for Change in Ausable Bayfield Watersheds' (PDF file)
Find out about tree monitoring:
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Using the metaphor of a seed, Jen Baker encourages us all to nurture the promises God sows into our lives, and equips us to stand firm as we learn to understand the different stages a promise undergoes towards fulfilment.
God loves to sow promises in our hearts, but they very rarely come to fruition immediately. Often they can take many years to come to fruition and too often the storms of life can rob the hope we have and we can let go of these promises. But what if these dark times were all part of the journey to fulfilled promises – would that give us hope to persevere?
Through personal experience Jen Baker has learned over the years that God works in seasons, and the more that we can understand our current season, the greater impact it can have on future victories. As Jen has seen, too many people over the years give up on a promise, or abort that promise, simply because they did not understand their season.
So, using a seed as a metaphor for the journey, Jen shares six key stages a promise undergoes toward fulfilled purpose. Each stage of the journey is detailed, including what to expect and how we could respond.
The book weaves together biblical reflections on how Jesus’ life fits this pattern, and her own personal successes and failures so that readers are inspired to view their lives through the lens of promise.
With questions for readers to reflect on further, this book is a gently challenging look at how we can all live fully in the calling God has uniquely designed for each of us. | <urn:uuid:441100bb-be81-4a3b-b0cf-913f6f6bb914> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://novia.dk/vare/the-power-of-a-promise/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.963422 | 311 | 1.632813 | 2 |
The Australian Fly Fishing Museum is a unique single subject museum housed at the National Trust Estate at Clarendon just south of Evandale Tasmania about 30 minutes south of Launceston and is open from 10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday.
The museum houses a collection showing the history of Fly Fishing in Australia and has a well curated display of items which not only deal with the evolution and history, but also the art of fly fishing.
We know that fly fishing is not just a type of fishing, but an art in sync with nature. The Australian Fly Fishing Museum attempts to explain that synchronicity and the grace and fascination of the fly-fisher’s pastime.
The museum is manned by volunteers who have the opportunity to talk to visitors from all over Australia and the world about our art and the exhibits on show.
Volunteers can just talk to people, spend the time tying flies - equipment and most requirements supplied - watch the collection of fly fishing DVDs or read the extensive library in the museum.
Sometimes the museum can be busy- sometimes quiet, but without volunteers keeping it open we will lose this unique asset.
Volunteers can be singles or with a friend, their wives or partners and can volunteer for a day, a half day, a regular day each month or more if they wish.
If you can spare the time and support the museum by being a volunteer, contact the Co-ordinator Al Milson on 0447 393 899.
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Werespiders were extremely rare lycanthropes whose origins were shrouded in mystery, though they were thought to be one of many new lycanthropic species that emerged in the Realms following the Time of Troubles.
These lycanthropes could assume the form of a huge spider, roughly 8 feet (2.4 meters) in diameter, or a hybrid state that mixed arachnid attributes with their standard form. These spider-forms typically had three to eight dull black eyes and their bulk largely consisted of a bloated abdomen, covered in coarse black fur. Hybrid-forms on the other hand varied by manifestation. Often times it displayed a drooling set of mandibles, three or more spidery eyes, and egg glands within their mouth.
Werespiders firmly adhered to the idea of a society being as strictly ordered as their webs.
While in their hybrid-form a werespider could climb to ceilings and walls, create webbing, had enhanced strength, and a poisonous bite. These webs were weaker compared to the ones a werespider could spin in its full spider-form. While in their human form, they were generally skilled at spinning and weaving. Regardless of its form, a werespider could only be harmed by weapons made of silver or possessing a +1 or greater enchantment.
Those affected by the poison of a werespider had an almost one in three chance of being injected with a very small egg from the werespider's egg glands. Without a specific probe of the injury, these eggs were undetectable. After an incubation period of two weeks the egg would burst, releasing a viscous ichor that quickly spread throughout the victim's bloodstream and turning them into a werespider. With each day following this, there was an increasing chance that the victim would spontaneously transform. After such a transformation occurred, which was often traumatic, the victim was capable of controlling the shift between forms.
Werespiders were solitary creatures.
Werespiders were a carnivorous species. Those that lived within woodlands primarily ate woodland creatures that they caught in large spider web traps. Any human they caught was equally as likely to be eaten as it was to be set free. While those that lived within urban environments primarily preyed upon humans.
They were typically found either in forests or urban environments. In the former they made their homes suspended high up in the boles of large trees, securely lashed with sturdy web-lines. Those that lived an urban life typically had webbing in parts of their home and a cocooned victim.
- Alva, a werespider in the Vast who operated The Stash and Crash Inn alongside the weredragon Xenia.
- The Jewel of Turmish
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- Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.
- James P. Buchanan (March 1994). “The Living City: Underdeveloped Real Estate - Tower Aqueduct”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #93 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 21–22.
Aranea • Coyotlwere • Hengeyokai • Jackalwere • Selkie • Shifter • Wolfwere
Magical spiders: Bloodsilk • Electric • Glass • Gaze • Goblin • Pet of Kalistes • Spellgaunt • Steeder
Planar spiders: Demonweb terror • Fire • Myrlochar • Phase • Shadow • Tomb • Vortex
Constructs: Arachnar • Bone spider • Jade spider • Retriever • Spiderwalker • Stone spider
Outsiders: Bebilith • Darkweaver • Greelox • Inferno spider • Red widow • Yochlol
Creations of Lolth: Abyssal widow • Chwidencha • Drider (Vampire) • Shunned
Humanoids: Aranea • Chitine • Choldrith • Ettercap • Werespider
Miscellaneous: Kitthix • Neogi • Rhylfang • Susurrus
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LUDLOW, Vt. – During a recent regularly scheduled monthly managers’ meeting at Okemo Mountain Resort, a surprise guest was called to the podium. State of Vermont Department of Forests Parks and Recreation Forestry District Manager Jay Maciojowski took a few moments to describe the challenges the State has faced with maintenance on the historic fire tower located at the summit of Okemo Mountain. He went on the thank Okemo VP of Operations Barry Tucker and his team. He presented Tucker with a certificate of appreciation “for outstanding work to rehabilitate the Okemo Mountain Fire Tower.”
Nineteenth century timber operations that made Burlington, Vt., a hub for the U.S. lumber industry left a landscape ripe for forest fires that ravaged thousands of acres throughout the state. In 1904, legislation established a forest commissioner who was given special duties regarding the protection of forests from fire. In 1910, a state law gave the state forester authority to employ watchmen, for a salary of $2 a day, to be located at lookout stations established by landowners. The first of 38 lookout towers was constructed in 1912. Airplane surveillance eventually replaced the fire watchers and today, only 16 fire towers and observation platforms remain.
Skiers and snowboarders who visit Okemo in winter are familiar with the steel structure located at the summit of the South Face area. Warm-weather visitors can hike the three-mile Healdville Trail to Okemo’s fire tower, passing a clearing that contains the remains of the watchman’s cabin – a stone chimney is the only thing left standing.
For those who can’t make the trip to the summit, a miniature replica of Okemo’s Fire Tower, crafted by Okemo staff members, is featured as part of the Resort’s world-class miniature golf course located in the Adventure Zone at Jackson Gore.
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Yesterday, 5 Nov 2017, at 19:45 Beijing time (GMT+8), China successfully launched its first two BeiDou navigation satellites of 2017. This took place at Xichang Satellite Launch Center using the three-stage Long March 3B, marking China’s first use of the rocket since June 2017, during which ChinaSAT 9A was placed in the wrong orbit.
The two satellites, BeiDou-24 and BeiDou-25 (also known as Beidou-3M1 and Beidou-3M2), are twin satellites working in tandem at Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). These are equipped with new generation atomic clocks, and offer positioning accuracy of up to 2.5 meters to 5 meters. The satellites have a design life of 10-12 years and are expected to provide uninterrupted service.
According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), this launch opens a “new era” for BeiDou, as it paves the way for the constellation to achieve global coverage. Unlike the previous BeiDou-2 constellation, which provided regional coverage, BeiDou-3 uses phased arrays to establish communication links between the satellites, enabling the monitoring of all satellites. The satellites are also equipped with Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) to detect faults in the system.
With these, China hopes to make BeiDou global by 2020. By next year, the constellation is expected to serve “Belt and Road” countries. Including the two launched yesterday, China now has 9 satellites in its BeiDou-3 constellation, along with 13 satellites from its BeiDou-2 constellation. | <urn:uuid:64bd55bb-6e6c-4b01-ba66-f5418ad0dd8e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spacetechasia.com/china-launches-first-two-beidou-satellites-of-2017/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.944207 | 333 | 2.515625 | 3 |
What is Celiac Disease?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines celiac disease as an immune disease in which people can't eat gluten because it will damage their small intestine. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. It is found mainly in foods but may also be in other products like medicines, vitamins and supplements, lip balm, and even the glue on stamps and envelopes.
What are related symptoms?
Celiac disease affects each person differently. Symptoms may occur in the digestive system, or in other parts of the body. One person might have diarrhea and abdominal pain, while another person may be irritable or depressed. Irritability is one of the most common symptoms in children. Some people have no symptoms.
What is a Gluten-Free Diet?
A gluten-free diet is stricter than a wheat-free diet. It means eliminating wheat, rye, and barley (along with all by-products and varieties of these grains). The only treatment for Celiac Disease is a lifelong gluten-free diet, as even trace amounts of gluten can damage the small intestine.
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Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim are widely recognized as the trinity of sociological theory. While these three sociologists were trailblazing social theorists who enhanced the study of human behavior and its relationship to social institutions, other, more contemporary scholars were just as innovative - one of those scholars being W. E. B. Du Bois.
W. E. B. Du Bois was a political and literary giant of the 20th century, publishing over twenty books and thousand of essays and articles throughout his life. In The Social Theory of W. E. B. Du Bois, editor Phil Zuckerman assembles Du Bois's work from a wide variety of sources, including articles Du Bois published in newspapers, speeches he delivered, selections from well-known classics such as The Souls of Black Folk and Darkwater, and lesser-known, hard-to-find material written by this revolutionary social theorist.
W. E. B Du Bois is arguably one of the most imaginative, perceptive, and prolific founders of the sociological discipline. In addition to leading the Pan-African movement and being an activist for civil rights for African Americans, Du Bois was a pioneer of urban sociology, an innovator of rural sociology, a leader in criminology, the first American sociologist of religion, and most notably the first great social theorist of race. The Social Theory of W. E. B. Du Bois is the first book to examine Du Bois's writings from a sociological perspective and emphasize his theoretical contributions. This volume covers topics such as the meaning of race, race relations, international relations, economics, labor, politics, religion, crime, gender, and education.
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On this page information about How to Use Mulethi. Mulethi, more commonly referred to as licorice, is both a popular herbal supplement wont to treat a spread of medical conditions, and an ingredient long popular in Asian and Middle Eastern cooking.
Whether taken orally or used topically it’s a spread of health benefits, a number of which are traditional and a few clinically proven, goodbye because it is taken in small doses for brief periods of your time. As an ingredient, it adds an herby anise and fennel flavor that employment well in drinks, sweets, and savories alike.
Combats bad breath
The antibacterial and antimicrobial properties of mulethi powder make it a superb ingredient to scale back the expansion of bacteria within the mouth that results in bad breath and odour. Brushing teeth with mulethi powder prevents cavities and plaque, thereby keeping your gums and teeth healthy.
The anti-microbial properties of mulethi powder boost immunity and protect the body from several infections. those that experience weakness and fatigue can increase their stamina and energy levels by consuming this natural ingredient. That’s not all, it also ensures smooth functioning of the liver, kidney and adrenal glands.
Since mulethi powder has positive effects on the adrenal glands, it’s extremely beneficial in regulating hormones and easing problems related to hormonal fluctuations like hot flushes, mood swings, menstrual cramps and more. it’s also recommended to new moms to extend the assembly of breast milk.
Aids in weight loss
Mulethi powder is rich in flavonoids, which helps in managing excessive weight . Consuming this Ayurvedic ingredient satiates hunger and causes you to feel fuller for a extended time due to the presence of fibre in it. This powder also prevents the buildup of LDL or bad cholesterol, which improves metabolism and maintains a healthy weight.
How To Use Mulethi For Sore Throat and Cough?
Home Remedies Of Mulethi
- Just in case of respiratory troubles, prepare a mulethi decoction or kadha by boiling a couple of mulethi sticks in water. Take this ayurvedic kadha several times each day to cure cough and cold.
- Just in case of pharyngitis , chew on the mulethi root, so on allow the juice from the roots reach the throat and hence get relief from irritating throat and hoarse voice.
- For treating cough and cold in kids, mix a spoon of mulethi powder and a spoonful of honey during a glass of lukewarm water and make your kids take this sweet tincture twice each day for getting relief.
- For nasal and chest congestion, make an ayurvedic decoction by boiling a couple of pieces of mulethi root, tulsi leaves, pudina leaves in water. Strain the mixture and drink the aqueous decoction by infusing it with a spoon of honey to open a blocked nose and reduce inflammation due to chest congestion.
Benefits of mulethi powder for the skin
Prevents sun damage
Regular exposure to the sun can cause dark spots and age spots making you look older than your age. Applying licorice topically fades sun spots and results in an even-looking skin tone. Licorice powder also contains UV blocking enzymes that protect skin and stop sun damage.
Hyperpigmentation may be a common problem faced by many ladies, while there are many products within the market that claim to supply relief from it, a natural alternative is usually better. Topical application of licorice powder to the affected area naturally treats hyperpigmentation, giving your skin a smooth and brighter look.
Scars caused by acne or injuries can take an extended time to heal. Mulethi powder helps speed up the method by evening out skin tone and minimising the looks of scars. Topical application of mulethi powder is suggested to those with scars.
Environmental aggressors and stress cause premature skin ageing. Even women in their early 20s have started noticing signs of ageing lately . The antioxidants in licorice powder block free radicals from harming the skin, thus protecting it from premature ageing. The UV-blocking enzymes keep off sun damage and protect the skin from the harmful effects of the sun.
- Licorice interacts with many medications. Always consult your doctor before taking mulethi for medicinal purposes.
- don’t take mulethi for quite four weeks unless instructed otherwise by your doctor. Consuming 100mg or more for prolonged periods can drastically increase blood pressure and lower potassium levels in otherwise healthy people. If you suffer from heart condition , renal disorder , or high blood pressure, even small amounts can cause complications.
- don’t take mulethi during pregnancy. High consumption can cause miscarriage or early delivery. Little is understood about the consequences of mulethi during nursing, so it’s recommended that you simply avoid it during this stage, as well.
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There are few people on Earth who would turn down the promise of unconditional love, but at what cost? The rare partnerships that seem unbreakable have committed to working though transgressions and choosing each other, like Jada Pinkett and Will Smith. In a recent Red Table Talk, the couple addressed Jada's controversial "entanglement" with singer August Alsina, which received some very strong criticisms from fans. As someone who looked up to the Smiths' 25-year marriage, it inspired me to delve deeper into how modern love accommodates the complexities of forever.
Many entanglement critics are, like myself, millennials or younger who have never been in a relationship for more than three years. Most of us are looking for love in a digital age when immediacy is everything, options are endless, and our attention spans are minimal. Our opinions about commitment are much more developed than our experiences are. If you think about a relationship like you think about a person, did you even know yourself at 20 years old? Much less know another person? We're constantly evolving as individuals, and we expect our family and friends to understand and support that, so why would we expect different from our partner? I spoke to Debra Golburn, a doctor of counseling psychology with a specialism in personal relationships, about the challenges that come with having someone in your corner.
"To become one means that you have similar ideals, similar goals for your future, but you are still two separate individuals who are going to react and respond to experiences quite differently, based on your level of development."
"Couples need a concrete understanding of what they're getting into from day one," Dr. Golburn explained. "What you're going to want when you're 25 is going to be very different to what you're going to want at 30, 35, 40, and so on. Your life is not going to be totally dependent and enmeshed with this other person. What is crucial to a relationship, to a marriage, is understanding that one needs to maintain their identity. To become one means that you have similar ideals, similar goals for your future, but you are still two separate individuals who are going to react and respond to experiences quite differently, based on your level of development."
Dr. Golburn explained that although we should certainly be looking for someone who, at their core, is an honest, genuine person with integrity, it is natural for desires to change with time and experience. "This whole thing about unconditional love, and growing with each other, is very, very difficult to come by," she said. It's difficult to accept that "relationships are fluid. And the core thing is about how well you communicate and how well the next person understands what you're trying to say."
Jada and Will's communication was healthy, according to Dr. Golburn, because "they had an understanding from day one that they were not going to divorce. You have to have those shared, core values that will hold you together no matter what happens. I like the idea that they gave each other a chance to explore themselves, a chance to understand their own development. Jada was carrying lots of baggage from childhood that she hadn't really dealt with. As you go through life, certain experiences will trigger something in you that you hadn't even realized in yourself. If you want a relationship that is going to be long-lasting, then you'll have to think about all of what that entails. It is going to mean commitment, but committing to what? You have to be able to answer those kinds of questions."
"Relationships are tough when you, yourself, are changing. It's hard enough for you to figure out what is going on with yourself, let alone explain it to somebody else."
For digital natives trying to build a long-lasting relationship, Dr. Golburn advises that "if you feel that you are not mature enough, and as soon as something goes wrong, you're gone, then that's all you're ever going to get. If the relationship is worth it, then you have to be willing to really give it enough time to work things through. Relationships are tough when you, yourself, are changing. It's hard enough for you to figure out what is going on with yourself, let alone explain it to somebody else."
Dr. Golburn explained that Jada and Will's Red Table Talk discussion was an example of a healthy, flexible partnership. They both seem to have an understanding of each other and their individual needs for personal growth, which is facilitated by honest, respectful communication. While naysayers will have strong opinions about how a marriage — or any relationship — should look, it's hard to relate if you've never been with someone for 25 years. What I do find a bit problematic is the maturity difference between a 48-year-old Jada and a 27-year-old August — as I think that's an unfair power dynamic — but would I still have that inclination if the genders were reversed? What I do understand is that if we are talking about unconditional love, then absolute respect, honesty, and open communication is the best you're going to get. | <urn:uuid:7a686e74-e15d-4d06-b21b-0bf1ea2c8755> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.popsugar.com/love/reaction-to-jada-pinkett-and-will-smith-entanglement-47646328 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.983692 | 1,056 | 1.601563 | 2 |
The week began with the inauguration of our nation’s President for a second term. His inaugural address on Monday included a full paragraph worthy of sustained note by all of us, clearly focused as it was on those challenges addressed daily at Lamont and across the Earth Institute:
“We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.”
Tuesday morning’s Science Times featured a lead article by Justin Gillis on one of Maureen Raymo’s fieldtrips conducted as part of the Pliomax project she is leading. The journalist, embedded among Maureen’s “scruffy crew of scientists,” described the team’s search for Pliocene shoreline levels near the modern coast of South Africa. The article (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/science/earth/seeking-clues-about-sea-level-from-fossil-beaches.html?pagewanted=all) provides a generally good description of the broad goals of the Pliomax project to document on nearly every continent the maximum sea level during the mid-Pliocene warm period of about 3 million years ago.
Also on Tuesday, Emily Klein — Professor of Geology and Bass Fellow at Duke University — arrived for a sabbatical visit. Emily should be well known to many at Lamont, with her B.S. degree from Barnard and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia. An expert in the geochemistry of oceanic basalts, Emily served for six years as Senior Associate Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke.
Later this week, Al Hofmann of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry arrived for his now-traditional spring visit to Lamont. Al joins Emily and Craig Manning in a shared office (Room 419) in the Comer Building. Given its modest dimensions, that office may now contain the greatest level of geochemical expertise per square meter that the Lamont campus has seen for many years.
On Wednesday, Damon Jaggars, Columbia’s Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, gave me a tour of several campus libraries, including the Lehman Social Sciences Library in the School of International and Public Affairs and the Science & Engineering Library in the Northwest Corner Building. These and other libraries across the campus feature modest book collections and few paper journals (along with off-campus storage of the less heavily used portions of the collections), but substantially improved user access to rapidly growing collections of digital and online resources. Ideas for how these trends might be applied to Lamont’s library are welcomed.
On Thursday, the Office of Marine Operations at Lamont hosted a visit by Dale Sawyer (Rice University), the chair of the Marcus Langseth Scientific Oversight Committee. Dale was treated to a range of discussions with scientific and OMO staff on upcoming scientific projects and plans for upgrades to the Langseth’s equipment and operations. Dale will be leading one of the Langseth’s cruises later this year.
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If you get your testers involved early enough, they can be the primary tool for ensuring that your users get what they want. In fact, testers can be the part of your process that users regard as “value added.”
No one cares if the application’s developers like the application (and of course they do—no one has ugly children). The only opinion that matters about the application’s quality is the users’. This is why the first step in developing an application is getting the users’ requirements: It establishes the criteria that will be used to judge the application. Except, as we all know, developers can create a product that meets the requirements but that the users reject.
You can solve that problem by bringing your testers into the requirements process and, simultaneously, get your users to regard testing as a value-added activity.
Bringing testers into the requirements process lets you leverage what makes testers unique: By converting business requirements into tests that the technology must pass, testers are positioned on the border between the business and the technology.
That unique position shows up in virtually everything testers do. In pulling together test data, for example, testers have to define equivalence partitions: sets of data where only one item in the set needs to be tested because the other members of the set are functionally identical. Testers build those sets by understanding both what the data means to the business and how the technology responds to variations in the data (Can the customer specify a negative amount in some field? Does that negative number count as a “special number” to the code?).
That unique point of view means that testers are the best team members to help users and developers refine what the requirements “really mean.” By defining the tests that prove the application meets the “definition of done” in eyes of both developers and users, testers define the requirements in terms that make sense to both developers and users. Effectively, tests are an example of what “done” means (and if you don’t think examples matter, see my discussion of equivalence sets, above).
Of course, bringing in testers early also allows testers to start building tests driven by requirements early enough that those tests can be used through the whole development process. It also ensures that all the tests are supported by the team’s testing infrastructure. But those benefits are really just icing on the cake.
Testers also help refine the scope of the project, allowing users to get the functionality they want as early as possible. Defining tests allows users to prioritize use cases and functionality: What needs to work now and which can be put off until later? Often users will be perfectly happy, for example, getting a version of the application earlier, even if it doesn’t reliably handle edge and corner cases.
Testing, after all, isn’t about eliminating risk (that’s impossible) but about managing risk. The application’s users (and only its users) get to decide how much risk is acceptable. I once helped deliver a version of an application that was only guaranteed to execute along the “happy path” under a very light load. It would, however, reliably execute that path over and over and over again—all day long, if you wanted it to, in fact. My client was thrilled because that was exactly what they wanted that version to do: Demonstrate the product as a proof of concept at trade show, ten hours a day for seven straight days (I think it would also have done well under heavier loads and in other scenarios, but we hadn’t done the tests to prove that, yet).
Getting testers involved early also avoids recreating waterfall-style development processes where testing is left until the end and is never given enough time. Instead, because testers are present at the start, testing can happen throughout the project, providing a more predictable delivery schedule with defect-free software (again, something users value).
Early testing includes exploratory testing: exercising the application to discover potential problems and “risky” areas. But random explorations don’t pay off. To quote Niall Lynch at QA Lead, “Anyone can find bugs. Customers do it for free all the time.” Exploratory testing has the biggest payoffs when driven by the tester’s understanding of the customers’ requirements and trade-offs around risk (there’s no point in exploring the corner cases if the user is, currently, uninterested in them). Again, this is only possible if testers participated in defining those requirements and trade-offs.
Early involvement also supports creating automated tests early (where appropriate), allowing the team to do regression testing without consuming team resources. A growing body of regression tests both demonstrates and maintains progress toward meeting requirements. Users may not care about those progress reports … but management does.
Last benefit: Where testers have a deep understanding of what users want, developed during the requirements phase and continued through the project, testers can also help refine the criteria and focus of User Acceptance Testing. This ensures that the UAT demonstrates what users need to see to sign off (again, something that users value).
Getting testers in early lets them work on their real job (to quote Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory in Agile Testing): “… to work with the customer or product owner in order to help them express their requirements adequately so that they can get the features they need, and to provide feedback on project progress to everyone.” Which is something that your users/customers will value, even if they regard testing itself as a “necessary evil.”
The tester’s job isn’t either trivial or easy. Testing matters: No requirement is “done” until it’s passed its test. Getting testers involved early supports testing during development and lets the team demonstrate that the customers’ needs are going to be met (especially with automated testing). That’s going to require the kinds of tools that support all the testing I’ve described here: exploratory and automated testing, white box/black box testing, unit and API testing, end-to-end testing and User Acceptance Testing. Tools like Telerik’s Test Studio, for example.
Peter Vogel is a system architect and principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides full-stack consulting from UX design through object modeling to database design. Peter also writes courses and teaches for Learning Tree International.
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The Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster refers to an occurrence of football hooliganism, resulting in 43 deaths and at least 300 injuries (according to newspaper Hürriyet's headline 600), during the football match held on September 17, 1967 between the clubs of Kayserispor and Sivasspor at the Atatürk Stadium of Kayseri in Turkey. It was the worst sports-related violence to occur in Turkey.
|Date||September 17, 1967|
|Time||16:20 EET (14:20 UTC)|
|at least 300 injured|
The violence started following provocation by the Kayserispor fans at half-time, after Kayserispor took the lead in the first half. Supporters of the two teams, some of them armed with bats and knives, began to throw rocks at each other, and fans fleeing the violence caused a stampede in front of the stand exits. The events in the stadium were followed by vandalism in Kayseri and days of riots in Sivas.
- "Türkiye'deki futbolun kara tarihi". NTV MSNBC (in Turkish). 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
English version available at: "Blood is shed since 1959, the foundation of Turkish Football League". Umut Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- Dilek, Hakan (2003-08-14). "Makus tarihi futbolun". NTV MSNBC Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-04-18. | <urn:uuid:95c6ebd7-bb68-40b2-96c0-f496ab0c3065> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayseri_Atat%C3%BCrk_Stadium_disaster | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.914872 | 364 | 1.890625 | 2 |
In his book New Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton explores what it means to become our true selves, who we are intended to be by God. Read the following quotations, and join us in reflection.
“Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious [people] are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get around to being the particular poet or the particular monk they are intended to be by God. …
Hurry ruins saints as well as artists. They want quick success and they are in such haste to get it that they cannot take time to be true to themselves. …
And so it takes heroic humility to be yourself and to be nobody but the [person], or the artist, that God intended you to be.”
(New Seeds of Contemplation, 98-100)
- How have you been able to step into your own fullness and calling? What spaces have been most supportive to your becoming?
- “Hurry ruins saints as well as artists,” whereas “humility consists in being precisely the person you actually are before God.” How do you cultivate humility, and avoid hurry?
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A growing body of research shows that people who spend time outside in sunny, green and natural spaces tend to be happier and healthier than those who don’t. A study from Stanford last year, for example, found that young adults who walked for an hour through campus parkland were less anxious afterward and performed better on a test of working memory than if they had strolled along a busy street.
Precisely what is going on inside our bodies as we move through the greenery is largely unknown, however. It hasn’t even been made clear that nature itself is responsible for the greatest health benefits — they may come instead from physical activity, sunlight or, if you stroll with others, camaraderie. Now a new study published in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health takes a step toward sorting these interactions out by focusing on pictures of the outdoors rather than on the real thing.
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At the state level, the Haryana Police Sub Inspector Recruitment examination is administered by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission or HSSC. Each year, the Haryana Police Board extends invitations to thousands of competent individuals to join the service. Interested and eligible individuals may register for the Haryana Police SI Recruitment exam. But they don’t know what should be the exam preparation strategy to become a sub-inspector in Haryana Police. This article will explain all about the preparation for the Haryana Police Exam 2022.
It will become easy for you to prepare for the Haryana SI exam after having a thorough understanding of the syllabus and exam pattern.
Table of Contents
Haryana Police SI Recruitment Highlights
A preparatory list of each important date for the Haryana Police SI Exam 2022 is provided below:
|Exam||Haryana Police Recruitment 2022|
|Exam Conducting Authority||Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)|
|Language||English & Hindi|
SI Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2022
Before starting the preparation, it is important to know every aspect of the Haryana Police SI test, as this will enable you to move quickly and finish the preparation. There are four stages to the Haryana Police SI examination.
|Mode of Exam||Offline/OMR Based|
|Total Marks||80 marks (0.80 marks per question)|
|Number of Paper||Single Paper|
|Duration of Exam||90 mins.|
|Medium of Exam||Hindi/ English|
|Marking Strategy||0.80 marks are allotted for every correct answer|
No negative marks for any incorrect answer
Haryana SI Preparation Books
Candidates can use the following reference books to help them prepare for the Haryana Police SI Exam Date. These books are widely available in both online and offline markets place. One can choose according to their requirements.
|Sr.||Book Name||Author Name||Publication House|
|1.||Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations||Abhijit Guha||McGraw Hill|
|2.||Quantitative Aptitude||RS Aggarwal||S Chand Publishing|
|3.||Lucent’s General Science||Lucent Publications||Lucent Publications|
|4.||General Science for Competitive Exams||Disha Publications||Disha Publications|
|5.||14,000+ Objective Questions – General Studies||Manohar Pandey||Arihant Publications (3rd Edition)|
|6.||10,000+ Objective MCQs With Explanatory Notes For General Studies||Disha Publications||Disha Publications|
|7.||Agriculture Science – Master Guide||Pushpendra Kumar Karhana||Arihant Publications|
|8.||Agriculture At A Glance||R K Sharma||Astral (20th Revised & Enlarged Edition)|
|9.||Animal Husbandry||John R. Campbell||Campbell Publications|
|10.||Current Affairs – Events & Issues (2021)||Prabhat Prakashan||Prabhat Prakashan|
Important Sources for Preparation
There are numerous additional alternatives available that might help you improve your practice. The periodicals and newspapers that will assist you in passing the Haryana Police SI Examination are listed below.
- Magazines and Newspapers: Kurukshetra, Yojana, Pratiyogita Darpan, and Ghatna Chakra. The Hindu, Mint, and Times of India, among other newspapers.
- Solve previous year’s Haryana Police SI Exam papers to understand the questions that will be asked throughout the exam.
- You can either read the daily newspaper or go straight to Daily Current Affairs.
Preparation Tips for Haryana Sub-Inspector SI Exam
Examine the comprehensive preparation plan for the Haryana SI test and make sure you finish all the topics on time. To add value, you should also routinely practice mock exams and review the Haryana SI learning resources.
Revision is your best buddy
You must review the subjects you have already covered. Ideally, the revision for the Haryana Police SI exam should begin with prepared notes, practice exams, previous year’s examinations, etc.
You should revise what you study on a daily, weekly, and on monthly bases. It will help you in retaining the information for a longer period.
Strength of last year’s paper
It’s important to read previous Haryana SI exams to gain knowledge of the subjects that are usually tested. Rather than studying for the Haryana SI exam subject by subject, this is the best strategy.
The previous year’s paper will help you in understanding the exam pattern and difficulty level of the upcoming exam.
You become flawless with practice
Success depends on practice and revision. Consult solved papers from prior years and, if necessary, ask for assistance from them. Practice consistently until you feel assured.
Make your notes
When you make your notes, the idea is easier to comprehend. Review all the formulas, then use them to answer questions. You can trust brief notes in this limited amount of time.
Don’t use Too many reference materials
review the essentials thoroughly before the test. In essence, Haryana Police SI tests students’ conceptual understanding and their ability to use that understanding to solve problems effectively.
Too many different study materials will confuse you. First, you’ve to prepare a study material list and stick with it till the final results.
Answering one question in 1.5 hours will take less than a minute. To effectively manage your time, take multiple practice exams. It is necessary to move on to the next question if the current one is taking too long. It is recommended that each question is given between 30 and 40 seconds.
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The Yasuní in Ecuador: A model for nonviolent resistance
By Xavier León Vega
In Ecuador, antimilitarist and environmental activists are currently working together in a way that allows us to imagine a post-extraction society. Since the 1970s, the country has been heavily dependent on petroleum extraction in order to finance its budget and achieve sought-after 'development', as defined by the Western world view.
This has led to Ecuador depending on petroleum for almost 35% of its income. (El Telégrafo, 2012) This model based on extraction has not taken into consideration the environmental and social costs in some areas of the country, displacing and contaminating indigenous and rural communities in the areas where petroleum is extracted.
In response, a group of community and youth organisations decided to campaign against petroleum extraction in Yasuní National Park, where there is an attempt to implement a petroleum exploration and extraction project which would impact one of the areas of greatest biodiversity on the planet, where there are even peoples who live in voluntary isolation, such as the Tagaeri and the Taromenani.
The growing militarisation of the Yasuní region by the Ecuatorian government has led to there being access restrictions in area where they are trying to drill for oil. Once again the armed forces play the role of 'protecting' the state and its natural resources while also impeding people's movements and blocking any monitoring of what is happening in the area.
The company in charge of the oil drilling, which has already started exploratory studies, would be Petroamazonas, an Ecuadorian state company which would work in association with Chinese companies interested in Yasuní oil, as China is currently eager for natural resources such as petroleum.
This whole situation was an incentive for the creation of the Yasunidos movement, which works against petroleum exploitation in the Yasuní and in favour of a post-petroleum society.
One of our main activities over the past few months has been a proposal for a popular referendum carried out by citizens so that people can express whether they are for or against petroleum exploration in the area.
The path through this process was very difficult because we had to collect 560,000 signatures, which is approximately 5% of the country's electoral register. We went about this work by organising everyone who was interested in the defence of the national park at a national level. After many months of effort and citizen participation, we were able to collect about 750,000 signatures, which really motivated us to believe in the process of participation and think that people would finally have a chance to voice their opinions.
However, the state institution in charge of verifying the signatures and organising the consultation invalidated many of our signatures on technicalities, saying the size of the piece of paper was too small, that the signatures were outside the box where they were supposed to go, that people's names were not complete, etc. That is to say that people in Ecuador were prevented from giving their opinions regarding something that is very important and worrying such as the possible exploitation of the Yasuní national park .
The whole process included constant obstruction and intimidation of everyone involved in the Yasunidos collective, with intimidation ranging from being followed by government intelligence agents, to the circulation of fake signature collection forms, to impeding public actions we carry out for the Yasuní.
This makes us think that new forms of militarisation in Latin America are intended to secure the extraction of natural resources using the military apparatus to displace, intimidate and prohibit the entry of citizens who are worried about the environment in our countries. This is expressed in the case of the Yasuní, for example, in the way that many citizen protests have been suppressed, while areas near the national park are surrounded by soldiers and the military dominates and controls the zone around the national park. This increases Ecuador's military budget under the pretext of protecting natural resources and national security, amongst other factors. Having no more enemies, we have become the direct citizens of our countries, who in the state's view are opposed to development.
One example of government repression happened on 15 August 2013, when a peaceful march in Quito was violently suppressed using disproportionate police force. Rubber bullets were used, causing serious clashes that showed just how little interest the state has in guaranteeing the right to protest and opening a dialogue about the Yasuní.
In Yasunidos we have learned to work in conjunction with a series of collectives which represent the diversity that we promote, including groups of women, anti-militarists, environmentalists, animal rights activists, students and neighbourhood organisations, amongst others.
We believe that in the current context it is increasingly necessary to work in coordination with various collectives, in order to denounce and resist the militarisation and environmental destruction that is occurring on a global scale.
Right now we continue working, promoting and carrying out actions rooted in nonviolence including pickets, observation trips to the area, international support campaigns, marches through the Yasuní, information in educational institutions and spaces. These allow us to see and speak out about the effects that petroleum extraction will have in areas like the Yasuní. This has been invaluable in creating an ample support base across the country, which has been complimented by growing concern with what is happening in environmental and social arenas, particularly where extractionism takes root.
We, the activists who make up Yasunidos, believe that nonviolence and resistance starting with civil disobedience should be promoted and adapted to these new realities in which natural resource shortages provoke a growing militarisation of the state.
If you want more information about Yasunidos and our vision, you can visit:
- El Telegrafo (2012). “Presupuesto estatal deja de depender del petróleo”. En: http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/noticias/informacion-general/item/presupuesto-estatal-deja-de-depender-del-petroleo.html
- Yasunidos: www.yasunidos.org
- Amazonía por la Vida: www.amazoníaporlavida.org
Xavier León Vega is a member of the Yasunidos Collective
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