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Connect and die
Oi-otoshi (追い落とし, chasing and capturing, or, perhaps better given as, chasing down), a Japanese go term, describes a situation where a stone or group of stones is put into atari in such a way that there is no escape. This occurs usually when the only way to save such a group temporarily is to connect, and that the resulting group is still in atari. Hence the related English terminology, connect-and-die, and the Chinese 接不归 (jie1 bu4 gui1) (unable to connect back).
Oiotoshi is also known under the terms connect and die and serial atari.
After , the three marked stones are under atari. However, if black tries to save the three stones by connecting with a, then white captures everything with b. Hence, the three marked stones are effectively captured and we say that these stones are caught in a connect and die.
The three Black stones are captured in connect-and-die.
(modified from The Second Book of Go)
starts the oiotoshi. If White tries to run away at , is atari again, and this time running away at doesn't help White at all since now the whole group is captured.
So White shouldn't have run away at , but instead connected with .
spazdor: I would like to propose another name for this: "catching the lizard by its tail."
Some types of lizards, when caught by their tails, will allow the tail to fall off so that they may escape, leaving the wriggling tail behind to confuse predators.
- Shortage of liberties and throw-in.
- The Crane's Nest is a classic example of oiotoshi.
- Note that Oiotoshi is also a form of auto-atari: while one group is already in atari, the connection will place new stones in atari.
- Beginner Exercise 80
- Kyu Exercise 60
- RTG Problem 49a
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BY RUTH HILL R.N.
It was early 2016 in Oregon when a Portland company issued contestant entrants with a cut of cannabis from the same strain from the same source to see who could grow the best clone. One cultivator noticed a bug on his plant. He threw it out and did not think anything of it. Then he started hearing from friends that their cuts from the contest also had bugs. These are craft growers not accustomed to cultivation failures. Literally in a matter of months these little bugs were everywhere. What happened? Just like that a cannabis aphid breakout began.
Initially it was believed to be the lettuce aphid, or a peach aphid, or hop aphid. The real culprit was the Phorodon cannabis aphid first identified by an Italian researcher in 1880’s. For whatever reason the bug developed to feed only on the genus Cannabis Sativa. It is believed the contest helped proliferate the infestation. It is also believed someone transported it across state lines. It was known first in Colorado.
It became so prevalent that by the end of 2017 the Oregon Department of Agriculture declared a pest warning advisory. So where did this cannabis aphid come from. Many believe it is now all over North America and may have been smuggled into America from an African or Asian landrace strain. Landrace strains are indigenous strains that came from local areas cultivated by farmers.
Historically documents dating back to 2900 BC show cannabis has been grown around humans for centuries and cultivated for fiber, food and medicinal purposes. Migrants took the seeds everywhere they traveled to Eurasian, Middle East, and Africa. It came into The New World in 1545 AD, and Australia in 1788. Without human intervention it may have remained in obscurity. Most cannabis today are hybrids bred for their dominant THC or dominant CBD. There are over 2000 strains which can be detailed on these websites https://en.seedfinder.eu/ or http://www.weeddepot.com/strain-library
Landrace strains were cultivated and adapted to their own environment. They are considered the diamond of the strains. Today’s cannabis market is driven by the multiple strain variety customers demand. Hybridization leaves us with very few original landrace strains, but they are not lost to us completely. During the 1960’s and 1970’s growers began to collect these landrace strains to breed in our local markets. These strains are called heirlooms.
A few examples of these heirlooms are Acapulco Gold sativa from Mexico; Lamb Bread sativa from Jamaica; Hindu Kush indica from Afghanistan/Pakistan. Aside from the heirloom strains most scientist agree all strains are hybrids. We no longer have what is called a pure indica or pure sativa strain. Today products focus on ratios instead of strains. i.e. CBD:THC 1:1, 2:1, 5:1 10:1 or the reverse THC:CBD 2:1, 5:1 or 10:1.
Another difference between the cannabis consumed in the 60’s or 70’s is the components. cannabis in the 60’s was imported illegally from Columbia and was called by the slang Mexican name marijuana. It was make up of stems, leaves, or flowers, a hodgepodge of the plant. Very little of the brick packed marijuana was from the feminized flower (sinsemilla). This explains how the potency of THC was low. By the time it took to get here it was old and degraded.
The advent of hypophonic systems in the 80’s (hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture, the method of growing plants without soil, using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent), lead to home grown cannabis which contained higher amounts of THC. Imported cannabis came out of favor for the cleaner product grown in our own back yard. Different cultivars developed. The most revolutionary event was when growers discovered the sinsemilla was the preferred part of the plant to consume.
Strains can be user specific. To determine the strain that is meant for you smell the flower, take in the aroma, if it is pleasant for you it may give you your best relief. A good test is to ask for one gram of three different stains of flower to try. You may be surprised.
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As concerns mount about the security and integrity of the upcoming midterm elections, White House Wednesday blocked the Secure Elections Act, just as the Senate Rules Committee was slated to begin marking it up.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “has all the statutory authority it needs to assist state and local officials to improve the security of existing election infrastructure,” Yahoo News cited White House spokesperson Lindsay Walters as saying.
The White House also expressed concern the legislation would stand in violation of “the principles of federalism,” with Walters saying, “We cannot support legislation with inappropriate mandates or that moves power or funding from the states to Washington for the planning and operation of elections.”
The legislation, introduced in March by Sen. Jim Lankford, R-Okla., had significant bipartisan support but also had drawn criticism for not going far enough to ensure election security. It would require states to conduct audits after federal elections and would authorize election heads in every state to revive threat information and share with the federal government.
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The KTH School of Architecture is located next to a subway station, Tekniska Högskolan, and the bus hub Östra Station. This posits it easy to reach by public transport from anywhere within the city and its closest suburbs. The public transport require that you buy tickets in advance or in a booth, you cannot pay on the bus or on the train, but there are several kinds of passes available including three-day passes with unlimited travel during these three days. All public transport in Stockholm operate with the same passes.
The subway line is called the "red" or "orange" line, number 14 between Mörby Centrum and Fruängen. From the inner city you travel towards Mörby Centrum.
Stockholm is not a large town, and it is often convenient also to walk if the weather allows. Many of the central parts of the city are within walkable distance from the workshop venue (within 20 minutes walk).
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11 Sure Ways to Get Scholarships in Canada – Scholarships are sure one way that international students that can help finance their studies in Canada. However, this is why “Scholarships in Canada” is a highly sought after opportunity to grab.
Meanwhile, scholarships awards are non-repayable financial awards. They are generally made available to students with outstanding academic achievements, although some also consider volunteer and work experience.
Most often, you must apply for some scholarships, but others are awarded automatically.
Undoubtly, the impact of scholarships in lives of graduate and undergraduate students.
The Concept of scholarship is one that has been embraced by all. And considering the financial intensity of education which had left most students with fewer options mostly depends on scholarships to further their education.
Each scholarship has its unique requirements and its eligibility criteria and without being met the applicants should forget about the opportunity, therefore this article would be focused on exposing the dos and don’ts that is associated with scholarships in Canada and how one can easily obtain a scholarship in Canada.
It is obvious that nationality plays a very vital role in obtaining a scholarship, where it is easy for a citizen of a particular country to obtain a scholarship offered by the government of that country.
Understanding 11 Sure Ways to Get Scholarships in Canada
It is still possible to obtain scholarships in Canada without being citizens of Canada. The instruction that would be listed in this article is valid for citizens and non-citizens of Canada, some of the instructions that would be listed would be based on psychological perspectivism, and some plugins that would leave the scholarship board or providers with no choice than offer you the scholarship.
Now, before reading these instructions it is crucial one understands why he or she wants a scholarship, and how it would help in his or her pursuit of excellence.
Scholarships are very helpful for the students. It also motivates them to their study.
For education in abroad, the scholarship is a blessing for the students because the cost of studying abroad is much more expensive. This is one of the reasons one should pursue a Canadian scholarship, whether a citizen or non-citizens.
In scholarship pursuit, it is paramount that a candidate bears in mind the rule of first applicants.
The candidate shouldn’t wait till deadline before applying, because it reduces the chance of one being offered a scholarship opportunity.
Nowadays, many writing institutes like ‘scientific writing service’ help learners to write their application for the scholarship. We should try to attach all the documents relevant to the requirements. But we should not provide any false information in our application.
It is strongly prohibited. I think a good result is also very helpful.
Eligibility requirements tend to differ from application to application so where one scholarship may ask for a personal essay, another may just want references.
Why Should I Study In Canada?
Currently, permanent residency is not the only reason to study in Canada. Apart from a world class education, student life in Canada is unlike anywhere else in the world. You are however, free to pursue the person you always wanted to be. Because of our progressive culture, no one is held back from expressing their ideas or themselves. The process of getting accepted and securing a study permit is fairly straightforward, but if you are uncertain or intimidated, enlisting the help of a Regulated Canadain Immigration Consultant (RCIC) can take you a long way. All the way actually.
Incase you don’t know, it is more expensive for international students to study in Canada than for Canadian citizens, but compared to the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, it is much more affordable. In fact, it is up to 33% cheaper for an international student to live and study in Canada than the countries mentioned above.
Tips On 11 Sure Ways to Get Scholarships in Canada 2021
Below are the list of tips, 11 Sure Ways to Get Scholarships in Canada. And also applicable in other parts of the world.
Planning ahead is one of the 11 Sure Ways to Get Scholarships in Canada in 2021
I wish to say those words a thousand times would bring to your conception the importance of this phrase in landing you a scholarship.
One of the reasons why students don’t get Canadian scholarships or other scholarship from other parts of the world is the late application problem. And the fact that most students start looking for scholarship opportunity during their tertiary institution study, or at the point where they are in dire need for financial aid.
The importance of seeking and looking for scholarship early cannot be overemphasized.
It has been recorded that students who get scholarship most of the time are students who started applying even while in high school.
If you want to increase your chances of gaining a scholarship in Canada.
One should start applying for scholarships, even while in high school, and also make sure you don’t wait for a scholarship deadline before applying. Start as early as possible plying your trade.
NOTE: In accordance with Citizenship and Immigration Canada regulations, you must prove you have enough money to meet your financial needs while studying in Canada before beginning your studies. So, if you’re going to pursue a scholarship to help finance your education, start researching opportunities early.
Understand The Requirements
The importance of understanding the scholarship requirements cannot be overemphasized, it is as important as the scholarship itself.
This is applicable to all the scholarship you could think of, including the scholarships in Canada. Canadian scholarships have some unique requirements that if not duly met would definitely disqualify one the opportunity of winning that particular award.
Don’t spend your time applying to awards that you’re not actually eligible for, because it reduces your chances of gaining a scholarship.
You might be sitting there thinking, “duh, obviously”, but we see so many awards receive applications from people who have absolutely no business applying to that award! Don’t let that be you.
Read the eligibility requirements very carefully. If you’re not sure what one of the requirements means, or if it applies to you, ask the award administrator. It takes only a few minutes to ask questions, versus hours to write an essay for an award you can’t win.
Don’t Forget About Smaller Awards
Okay, so obviously winning $10,000 is much more appealing than winning $2,000. I get that. There are tons of scholarships in
Canada that is very easy to get. And doesn’t require a sophisticated application process.
I’m also pretty sure that everyone else agrees. That’s the problem. Everyone wants that $10,000 award, and not the $2,000 award.
Any award with a high-value prize is going to be extremely competitive, making it a lot less likely that you’ll have a chance at winning. This is where it becomes important to go for the smaller awards.
You’ll have a lot higher chance of winning, meaning that the effort you put into winning them will be rewarded.
If you apply to many small awards, you’ll have a higher chance of winning a few of them. So, apply to 20 awards worth
$2,000, win five and receive $10,000, or apply to one $10,000 award and win nothing. The path to success is pretty clear.
Similarly, there are tons of scholarships in Canada, but look for scholarship money awarded in your areas of interest; for example, social justice, the environment, speech, and debate, or music and theater.
Some scholarships are open to any student who has participated in an area of endeavor, while others are designed for students with particular professional aspirations.
For example, the Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition offers 20 awards of $4,000 each for vocalists and instrumentalists.
The deadline is March 1, and the administrators stress that they hope to assist the “musical leaders of tomorrow” and that they are not looking for “Glenn Miller look-alikes or sound-alikes.” In other words, save money on the saddle shoes and zoot suit, and focus on the music.
Passion and Personality
The imprint of passion for scholarships cannot be overruled, and Canadian scholarships are not different.
When there are hundreds of applicants for an award the ones that show the applicant’s personality and passion for the topic really stand out.
Judges usually read a lot of applications (10-50 can be common!) after a while they can all meld together. It’s a breath of fresh air to read one that feels like you’re sitting across from the candidate–and you want to keep talking to them!
Believe You’ll Get The Scholarship
This is somehow the most important aspect of this point.
It is not possible to get what you don’t believe in. Therefore, apply for every scholarship with the inherent belief that you would get the scholarship. It doesn’t only motivate you to go the extra mile, it also unlocks the possibility of you being awarded the scholarship.
Do The Research
Don’t enter any scholarship contests in Canada that ask for application fees.
There are billions of dollars worth of available scholarship funds in Canada that do not require fees waiting to be claimed.
In addition, be wary of signing up with any scholarship sites or search engines that require a fee to access their databases.
Instead, start by using free, reliable scholarship search engines such as World Scholarship Forum. This site uses reliable algorithms to match you with scholarship opportunities you may be uniquely qualified for based on income, background, gender, region, extracurricular activities, and academic interests.
Because energy wasted on scam scholarship stops one from finding and winning the legit ones.
Some education consultants estimate that supplying optional information on free scholarship search engines can generate twice as many matches, which means twice as many opportunities to earn free money for college in Canada.
Play the numbers by applying for as many applicable scholarships as possible. Keep in mind that smaller scholarships often have fewer applicants than those with higher monetary rewards, so your chances are higher.
But before you spend too much time on any one application, look carefully at all the requirements so you do not waste time on a scholarship for which you are ineligible.
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The Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids of the European Food Safety Authority was requested to consider evaluations of flavouring substances assessed since 2000 by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (the JECFA), and to decide whether further evaluation is necessary, as laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000. The present consideration concerns a group of 24 aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons evaluated by the JECFA (65th meeting). In the previous version of FGE.78, the Panel concluded that for 13 substances no applicable NOAEL was available for the substance itself or on a structurally related compound and therefore further data were required. Additional data (long term study of toxicity, mutagenicity studies and new tonnage figure) have now become available for beta-myrcene [FL-no: 01.008] and the present revision of FGE.78, FGE.78Rev1, includes the evaluation of these data. The substances were evaluated through a stepwise approach (the Procedure) that integrates information on structure-activity relationships, intake from current uses, toxicological threshold of concern, and available data on metabolism and toxicity. Two substances [FL-no: 01.011 and 01.013] are genotoxic in vitro and potentially carcinogenic, and are therefore not evaluated using the Procedure. The Panel concluded that the nine substance [FL-no: 01.002, 01.005, 01.006, 01.010, 01.016, 01.019, 01.020, 01.045 and 01.077] do not give rise to safety concerns at the levels of dietary intake, estimated on the basis of the MSDI approach. For 13 substances [FL-no: 01.003, 01.004, 01.007, 01.008, 01.009, 01.014, 01.017, 01.018, 01.024, 01.026, 01.029, 01.040 and 01.061] additional toxicity data are requested. For one substance [FL-no: 01.024] EU production figure is needed to finalise the evaluation. Besides the safety assessment of these substances, the specifications for the materials of commerce have been considered. For two substances [FL-no: 01.018 and 01.061] the isomeric composition is lacking. For 14 substances [FL-no: 01.004, 01.007, 01.008, 01.009, 01.017, 01.018, 01.019, 01.020, 01.024, 01.026, 01.029, 01.040, 01.045 and 01.061] further information on the composition of mixture is requested. | <urn:uuid:39d9e474-8ce9-4084-adbb-ca33d0b353c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2178 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.903958 | 587 | 1.984375 | 2 |
The following information is to help BDC investors properly assess relative risk and value investments in a sector that is notoriously opaque. BDC stock prices can be volatile providing opportunities for investors that have identified proper values based on risk and potential dividend returns. Assessing relative risk and dividend coverage are primarily responsible for driving a wide range of values for BDCs. It is important to realize that BDCs do not report consistently, so investors need to look beyond changes to book value/net asset value (“NAV”) per share and dividend coverage from reported net investment income (“NII”).
Are BDCs Overbought or Oversold?
I closely watch the yield spreads between BDCs and other investments including the ‘BofA Merrill Lynch US Corporate B Index’ (Corp B). Yield spreads are important to monitor as they can indicate when a basket of investments is overbought or oversold compared to other yield-related investments. However, it is also important to point that general market yields can change at any time. Also, spreads change over time depending on the perception of risk and these are only averages that then need to be assigned a range when assessing individual companies. BDCs can be volatile and timing is everything for investors that want to get the “biggest bang for their buck” but still have a higher-quality portfolio that will deliver consistent returns over the long-term.
The following chart uses the information from the previous chart showing the average yield spread between BDCs and Corp B. I consider BDCs oversold when yields approach 4.5% higher and overbought when yields are closer to 2.5% higher.
Establishing a Range of Yields for BDCs:
Initially, I start with a baseline average yield that is driven by various comparable investment spreads and currently, I am comfortable using an expected average yield of 9.5% as a baseline.
Then I use a spreadsheet to calculate the “standard deviation” or [σ] of the current yields to develop an appropriate range. The following diagram shows a typical “bell curve” or normal distribution of results, with 95% represented within 2 standard deviations of the mean. The current standard deviation [σ] is around 1.25%. I use 2.0 σ to come up with a range that should accommodate around 95% of all BDCs which calculates to yields between 7.0% and 12.0% as shown in the diagram below.
CURRENT BDC DIVIDEND YIELD CURVE
Assigning a Range of Yields for BDCs:
Once I have established an appropriate yield range for BDCs, I assign a corresponding yield to each BDC using rankings of risk and dividend coverage potential. However, as discussed in BDC Risk Profiles, risk and dividend coverage are interrelated on many levels. BDCs with lower dividend coverage are more likely to “reach for yield” and/or grow the portfolio during frothy lending periods, taking on increased risk. It is important for subscribers to understand that much more analysis goes into the pricing for each company and is discussed in the Deep Dive Reports for each.
Riskier portfolios eventually have higher credit issues that drive lower earnings and dividend cuts. Credit issues also drive lower net asset value per share, which is critical for BDCs that use higher amounts leverage due to the requirements for BDCs to have a 200% asset coverage ratio (recently reduced for some companies) as defined in the 1940 Act. This roughly equates to a 1:1 debt-to-equity ratio for most BDCs. Keep in mind that “net asset value” is the same as the book value or equity of the company. After assessing risk rankings and dividend coverage potential, I assign an appropriate yield to each BDC relative to its peers, which correlates to an appropriate price.
Risk (portfolio credit quality and vintage, quality of management, historical and projected credit and NAV performance, effective leverage ratios, portfolio diversification, rate sensitivity, and the need to reach for yield to sustain dividends)
Dividend Coverage (historical and projected dividend coverage, yield compression sustainability, repayment exposure, recurring vs. onetime dividend and fee income, PIK vs. cash, EPS growth/decline, operational cost efficiency)
Explanation of Pricing:
This method of pricing BDCs is based on the combination of two key measures: risk and dividend coverage potential. I use my risk ranking as a measure of capital preservation and my profit ranking that includes the information from the Dividend Coverage Levels report.
Total Return Pricing
Total return accounts for income and capital appreciation. Income includes regular and special dividends and capital appreciation represents the change in the value of the investment. I use NAV per share growth to measure the ability to create value for shareholders. BDCs with higher expected NAV per share growth, have historically provided higher returns to shareholders. To calculate pricing using this method I compare projected vs. expected returns. My expected returns are based on the BDC’s risk ranking as higher risk
BDCs should offer higher returns.
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KEENE, N.H. (AP) The self-styled “Robin Hooders” race to the rescue of the parking peasantry, pumping quarters into their expired meters and leaving behind cards informing them they have been saved from “the king’s tariff.”
Nobody, not even the king in this case the quaint New Hampshire college town of Keene disputes their right to use pocket change as political capital in what they view as a fight against government oppression.
But city officials say the protesters are a not-so-merry band that leaves behind more than cards bearing a cartoon Robin Hood and a suggestion to pay their good deed forward: stressed-out parking enforcement officers. And now the New Hampshire Supreme Court is deliberating if there is a line to be drawn between protecting free speech rights and protecting government employees from harassment.
The six Robin Hooders won round one last December when a superior court judge dismissed the city’s request for an order restricting how close the protesters can come to the officers, some of whom claim they have been bumped and assailed with profanities. That court ruled the Robin Hooders’ actions amount to protected political expression that can’t be restricted.
The city is supported in its legal battle by the New Hampshire Municipal Association, whose lawyers claim the lower court did not weigh the government’s interest in protecting employees from harm and impediments to doing their jobs. The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union falls squarely on the side of the Robin Hooders.
One of the city’s three parking enforcement officers Alan Givetz, a veteran of Iraq quit the job in July 2013 after repeatedly being harassed and called a “coward” and a baby-killer by the Robin Hooders, court documents say. The city claims another, Jane McDermott, was followed to a restroom and called a “liar” and a “thief.”
The Robin Hooders apparently were not on patrol Thursday, according to two meter readers who say they hadn’t seen them. One, Linda Desruisseaux, urged several college students piling into the car to put a nickel in the meter in their expired meter so she wouldn’t have to write them a ticket.
“We do it all the time, quite frankly,” she said.
But the Robin Hooders affiliates of the rabble-rousing Free Keene group that protests government intervention on issues ranging from guns to marijuana say they’re the ones with the motorists’ well-being at heart as they feed meters, sometimes walking just ahead of the parking enforcement officers who would write a ticket.
An online recruitment effort last year to enlist additional Robin Hooders added, “As a bonus, you get to have fun as you deny the local government gang the hard-earned dollars of the good people of Keene.”
Lawyers for Keene argue that a buffer zone of 15-feet around their parking enforcement officers would not infringe on the free speech rights of the Robin Hooders. The justices have not indicated when they will rule.
Attorney Charles Bauer, representing Keene, said even five feet back would be beneficial.
“The proximity is the key to this case,” he argued to the justices last month. He said Friday that duration is also an issue.
“These people are haranguing them constantly,” Bauer said.
Though its employees have reported harassment and physical contact with the Robin Hooders, Bauer said the city has no interest in arresting the protesters. “We say, ‘Continue your protest, but do it 5-10 feet back, please.'”
Attorney Jon Meyer, representing the Robin Hooders, said Friday the city is highlighting several contentious incidents among thousands of interactions between the protesters and enforcement officers over the past several years. He said testimony at a hearing last year indicated the demonstrators were respectful and “almost always stepped back” when asked.
But even then, the peace of mind of the enforcement officers is irrelevant, Meyer told the Supreme Court.
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A housing shortage, strong economy and robust demand have pushed many homes in major U.S. cities over $1 million, offsetting buyers' concerns about the reduced benefits of owning a pricey property under President Donald Trump's tax reform, data show.
Home sales at $750,000 and above have surged by double digits annually in the past three years, closings data from realtor.com show for 30 counties on the east and west coasts.
Sales below $750,000 are down in the past two years due to a scarcity of homes priced around $500,000 and below and the lower end’s larger market size has pulled down overall sales, the data show. While the Trump tax plan affects homes for sale above $750,000, the fact that overall sales fell suggests the new tax law is not the main culprit for the decline.
The new law caps the deductibility of mortgage debt at $750,000 and annual property taxes at $10,000. This was expected to hurt home sales as fewer people would be able to utilize mortgage interest and property deductions when paying taxes.
Overall sales in 30 counties with million-dollar homes that realtor.com examined fell 8.5 percent in December from a year ago and 7.0 percent year-over-year in January.
But the number of homes sold above $750,000 actually grew in December and January, though they slowed to single-digit gains of 7.9 percent and 4.8 percent from a year earlier, respectively.
Ten counties accounted for three-fourths of the 4,268 sales in January above $1 million, while half or more homes sold in San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties in California and New York county, which is Manhattan, were above that mark.
"Our data suggests that in these high-priced markets there was enough momentum in demand and enough inventory toward the end of last year and the beginning of 2018 to power sales growth in the $750,000 plus segment," Javier Vivas, director of economic research at realtor.com, told Reuters.
The stock market boom and higher property values have helped propel the high end, said Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Services Inc in Troy, Michigan.
"Those that can afford a $1 million-plus property have seen their net worth benefit from asset price inflation over the last several years," Price said.
"This is a marked difference when compared to most working class Americans that primarily see their spending power and home affordability as a function of wage gains alone."
The 30-county data from realtor.com represent 98 percent of final closings unlike the less comprehensive, but more timely, samplings often used to indicate real estate activity. The counties account for 10 percent of all home sales and 60 percent of sales above $1 million, but just 1 percent of U.S. counties.
The new tax code created a pause among home-buyers in December and is much discussed, said Paul Breunich, president and chief executive of William Pitt-Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty in Stamford, Connecticut.
"It's definitely having some effect but consumer confidence and the economy are overriding the tax costs," Breunich said.
An overall sales decline in the 30 counties in December and January prompted an outcry from realtors about the tax reform's perceived impact.
The falloff was in line with declining nationwide home sales during those two months, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), and sales rebounded in February, it said.
Preliminary realtor.com data for the 30 counties still show an overall, though slower, decline in February. But sales rose at the high end that month too, highlighting the supply constraint at the low end and strong demand for pricier homes.
The variance is due to an accelerating decline in sales below $750,000 in the 30 counties and the shrinking size of that segment, which was almost three times larger than sales above that threshold in 2014. By last year it was less than double the size of the higher end where sales are still rising.
TAX LAW TAKES BACK SEAT FOR NOW
The supply-demand imbalance is proving to be less acute at the higher price points and the overall pool of buyers in this segment remains large, Vivas said.
"While many that were on the fence of buying a million dollar home many have had to reassess their move," Vivas said. "For many this year the purchase decision will be driven by finding the right home more than the new tax code."
Most buyers see around $1 million as a "sweet spot" because if $200,000 is put down on a purchase there's still a tax break on a mortgage up to $750,000.
"That is how most buyers are viewing it," said Judi Desiderio, chief executive of Town & Country Real Estate in East Hampton, New York, adding accountants are very busy fielding calls from their clients.
Sales have not been uniform, even within the same region. Manhattan had the sharpest overall sales slump from a year ago in January but the biggest gain was nearby Nassau county on Long Island. Both were 27 percent - one negative, the other positive.
NAR in January estimated home prices would likely slide this year by 6.2 percent in New Jersey and 4.8 percent in New York, the biggest declines by state, due to the tax reform.
New York had the highest average deduction of state and local taxes in 2014 at $21,000 per tax payer, according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, followed by Connecticut and New Jersey.
But the high-end remains hot and is a seller's market. Never before have there been more eyes on fewer homes, Vivas has said.
A sampling of nationwide U.S. housing data for March show the median listing price was up 8 percent from a year ago, surpassing the 2017 high, and the inventory of available homes for sale was down 8 percent year-over-year, realtor.com said.
If the pattern holds, one in 12 U.S. listings will be above $1 million this summer, a jump from the one in 40 homes listed at that price in February, Vivas said, citing NAR data.
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ISRO, the Indian Space Agency will be launching 103 satellites in a single go. The launch will happen in February aboard the ISRO workhorse, PSLV-C37. ISRO was to launch 83 satellites earlier but later decided to add 20 more satellites to the list and also advanced the launch date. ISRO will be using the heaviest version of its PSLV series.
This year will be an eventful one for ISRO with more than five high-profile launches in the first quarter. It will also feature the GSLV-Mark III, and also a “Launch Pad Abort” test which will be a part of the Manned Flight Mission. The PSLV C37 will carry three major satellites along with 100 smaller satellites from some countries including the USA, Israel, Kazakhstan, Neither land.
The GSLV-Mark III will launch a geostationary communications satellite, which will help South Asian nations during a disaster and establish a hotline between these foreign ministries. The satellite was to be named the SAARC satellite but after Pakistan’s reluctance was changed to South Asia satellite. It will be used by the other members of SAARC, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, and India.
The GSLV-Mark III is the heaviest of the GSLV series and will ultimately use for the manned mission later. It also features an Indian-made cryogenic engine in its upper stage. India had to develop the cryogenic engine after Russia renegade on its promise to provide the technology after intense US pressure.
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Among the old adages of traditional education, one that always comes up is: “You don’t tie your dog with sausages”.
Meaning: you don’t buy your dog’s loyalty by bludgeoning him with treats.
Do you know my neighbor Mamie-Gâteau?
I mentioned it in one of my old letters.
Mamie-Gâteau (Myriam, her real first name) is a lady I often meet at the park. His pockets are full of treats. And each time, she gives it to my dogs. 2 candies each.
And believe me: my dogs adore him unconditionally. They can be at the other end of the park, busy sniffing, chasing after a cat or eating poop: it doesn’t matter. When they hear Grandma Gateau’s voice, they rush to greet her.
So if, no offense to some: my dogs, we tie them with sausages. And it is very pleasant for everyone.
Between us, I’d rather tie my dog up with treats than with a choke collar.
Not you ? 😉
Because let’s not forget: our dogs are hedonistic and opportunistic by nature.
Our dogs live to have fun. We cannot expect them to obey us “out of unconditional love”. “Love” is a very human concept.
Of course, our dogs “love” us. But in their own way.
If you want your dog to be loyal, you have to MOTIVATE him.
For some, it will be with games. For others (it’s rarer), with affection. And for the vast majority, it will be with… sausages, cheese, pâté, in short: sweets.
Are we doomed to depend on sweets?
The question is legitimate: if the cooperation of the dog is conditioned by the sausage… What to do on the day when the treat bag is empty?
I assure you: even if the reward is essential in benevolent education, the goal is not to condition the success of the dog on obtaining a treat.
Here are 3 tips for using treats wisely, without becoming addicted to them.
First tip: never show your dog the reward BEFORE he performs the exercise.
This is a fairly common mistake: you ask your dog to “sit”; he does not listen; so we take out the candy to get his attention, and there, Miracle! Here he is attentive and wise as an image.
At the moment, it is very convenient. But in the long run, you condition your dog to obey only when he is guaranteed a visible reward. And the day we don’t have one… good luck getting Fido’s attention.
What to do instead?
Keep, as often as possible, treats on you, not visible. In your pocket or treat pouch.
Above all, wait until your dog has succeeded in the exercise you are asking him to do before taking the treat. Your hand should not even approach your pocket until the exercise is 100% finished.
You can use a marker (like the Clicker for example), to have more precision, and that your dog understands more quickly what you expect from him.
Sara, our dog trainer, shows how to do it in a video demonstration, included in the training “The Toolkit of Positive Education”. You can find it on this link.
In this training, there is also a module with the steps, one by one, to gradually dispense with the treat when an exercise is acquired.
Second Tip: Stop the rewards gradually
You have (for example) succeeded in teaching your dog to recall: congratulations! The exercise is acquired, you can now walk it without your candy bag.
But Medor is not of this opinion. He does not understand why, overnight, he is no longer rewarded for his beautiful reminder. He wonders if he has understood or succeeded in the exercise. And, with a sudden cessation of rewards, he loses his motivation.
A demotivated dog is a dog that will have more difficulty being cooperative. So even when the exercise is acquired, continue to reward, but 2 times out of 3. Then once out of 2. Then a third of the time, etc.
Third tip: Keep rewarding randomly, for fun 😊
Merlin knows the recall exercise. It’s been happening for years. Nevertheless, once in a while, when he comes back to life, I still give him a treat.
After all: even if he knows the drill, it’s a big sacrifice for him to abandon his friends, the track he was following, or this very attractive trash can, just to please me.
If he isn’t fairly rewarded every once in a while, he’ll end up wondering if he shouldn’t just ignore me. After all, what does he gain by having an impeccable recall?
So to maintain his motivation, do not hesitate to reward Médor when you have a treat on you. Even if it is for an easy exercise, which he already masters.
A short parenthesis to conclude: which treats to choose?
First thing: avoid rewarding your dog with kibble. You can do this, for example, if you ask him for an easy exercise, like a “sitting” beast in the middle of the living room.
But the value of the reward must be commensurate with the difficulty of the exercise. And the croquette, it does not have a lot of value. Normal: it’s all dry, and most dogs eat plenty of it at every meal.
So when, for example, I work on the socialization of Maki: I know that I have a lot more chance of diverting him from a fellow creature when I work with sausages, than with stupid croquettes!
Cheese crusts, knackis, pâté, cooked chicken… Don’t be afraid to dirty your pockets.
You will see that the more palatable the treat, the more your dog’s motivation will be palpable.
Health issue: avoid industrial sweets, such as Biscrok. They are very caloric. As in positive education, we reward a lot, you risk ending up with an obese dog.
Choose 100% meat treats, and ideally, moist ones.
For my part, I don’t even buy dog treats, which are often very expensive. I buy knackis, which I cut into tiny pieces (a single sausage makes me about 40 goodies). It’s cheaper, low in calories, but very appetizing (and therefore motivating) for my dogs.
With that, I leave you with a dog who, I hope, will be very motivated during his next education session 😉
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Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle has an ageless recipe for great content that rocks. One that is proven to work time and time again, across the centuries.
Do you want to know what it is?
Three words: Ethos, Pathos and Logos.
Also known as his appeals or timeless proofs, these three tenets of rhetoric can be understood as follows.
Ethos is a Greek word which means credibility or ethical appeal. It looks at the character and reputation of the content producer or author and assesses him or her for what that is worth. The root word for “ethics” comes from ethos.
When evaluating the ethos of a person, we should ask if the person is worthy of respect in the specific field.
Does he have authority in the domain? Is her years of experience and exposure relevant to what she is claiming now? More importantly, can he or she be trusted?
Generally, we tend to believe people whom we look up to in a domain area.
Pathos looks at the emotional dimension of persuasion. Any form of content – text, videos, audio podcasts, or photos – need to ignite the hearts of its readers, viewers and listeners.
Here, the different elements of language, expressions, choreography, pace, tone of voice and acting can either help or hinder an audience’s response. Content that can resonates with an audience tends to be those which are emotionally rich and evocative.
A key part of demonstrating pathos is by displaying empathy. If you show that you care for others, there is a higher likelihood that they will care about your content and what it says to them.
Logos or logic looks at the cognitive aspect of reasoning as a means of persuasion. Content that is logical and reasonable will appeal to the intellect of the recipient. Conversely, illogical content will just fly by the eyes and ears of its audiences.
To strengthen the logos of one’s content, we can use various forms of critical thinking and analysis. Three of the most commonly used methods are:
- Deductive reasoning: a logical process in which a conclusion is developed based on achieving multiple premises that are assumed to be correct. Also known as top-down logic, it starts out with a hypothesis, and examines how a logical end could be reached as various possibilities are narrowed down.
- Inductive reasoning: this is the exact opposite of deductive reasoning. Here, broad generalisations and inferences are made from specific observations under similar circumstances.
- Empirical methods are used when conclusions are derived based on actual observations and experience rather than theories.
Using the 3 Timeless Proofs
To strike a chord with your audiences in any form of content production – documents, web pages, advertisements, speeches, videos, letters and so on – do bear in mind the three timeless “proofs”.
All three must work hand-in-hand to succeed.
Without ethos, one is unable to convince one’s readers that one has the necessary experience or education to wax lyrical about a proposed topic. The credibility and authority of one’s content is at stake here.
Without pathos, one may be the most qualified person in the world to speak about a particular topic, yet end up putting one’s audiences to sleep. The ability to persuade and connect emotionally is at play here.
Without logos, the most emotionally stirring presentation put forth by a senior spokesperson would appear confusing and unconvincing. The intellectual rigour and logic of one’s content is in focus here.
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This thorough, step-by-step guide to TCP/IP walks network administrators through the core principles and common practices associated with TCP/IP. The book begins by explaining basic networking concepts such as the OSI model and IP addressing and quickly moves toward more complex subjects, such as encryption, subnetting, and IPv6. This edition is updated to include the latest implementation trends and administration methods. Each chapter concludes with a Test Your Knowledge quiz and numerous exercises so that readers can verify that they understand the topics discussed before progressing to more complex topics.
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The objectives of the Trust are:
- To promote knowledge and awareness of the life and work of Archbishop Romero.
- To encourage and organise prayer services and memorial liturgies annually on the anniversary of his death.
- To provide support to human rights and social justice initiatives in Latin America which carry forward the tradition of his work.
The Trust organises memorial liturgies each year around March 24th, Romero Day; it also organises an annual Archbishop Romero Lecture, provides materials for local Romero events and produces a twice-yearly newsletter, ‘Romero News’. The ‘Friends of Romero’ is a network of solidarity set up by the Trust to further this work and to involve and include others.
The Trustees are:
Bishop Nicholas Hudson
Rev. Jim O'Keefe
The Patrons of the Trust are:
Most Rev. Leo Cushley - Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Sr Maria Julia Garcia - Missionary Carmelite of St Teresa
Very Rev. Dr John Hall - Emeritus Dean of Westminster Abbey
Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin - Emeritus Archbishop of Dublin
Cardinal Vincent Nichols - Archbishop of Westminster
Most Rev. John Sentamu - Emeritus Archbishop of York
Mgr Rafael Urrutia - Chancellor, Archdiocese of San Salvador
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Sledge Hockey is an innovative team sport that incorporates the same rules and discipline structure as ice hockey. It is played mainly by people with various lower extremity disabilities (e.g. people with amputations, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, post polio, etc.). Sledge Hockey players sit on specially designed sleds with skate blades under the seat. You use your arms to propel yourself by digging the picks, on the ends of two short hockey sticks, into the ice and pulling yourself forward. You have a right and a left stick (the blades are curved differently) that are miniature copies of a typical hockey stick, except for the metal picks (like figure skate toe picks) on the ends. You shoot, pass, and propel yourself with them.
Edmonton Sledge Hockey Organizations:
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Developed in Canada, players sit on special aluminum sledges with regulation skate blades. Canada is the recognized international leader in the development of the sport of Sledge Hockey and equipment for players. Many countries now seek the coaching advice, organizational planning, equipment, and design expertise of our players, coaches and tournament officials. Sledge Hockey sticks are fiberglass laminated with angled picks attached to one end. | <urn:uuid:8d23af70-961f-455c-9e6d-a53b1701bf0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hockeyedmonton.msa4.rampinteractive.com/content/sledge-hockey | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.940045 | 257 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Spiritual Wellness for Life
Are you struggling with your relationships, your job, and or finances? Are you ready to experience more joy, fulfillment, and abundance in your life? Happiness is an inside job! No one else, but you is responsible for your happiness. Create more happiness and joy from within. Reconnect to yourself and belief system to open up a world of new opportunities and allow yourseslf to flow through life with grace and ease.
Learn How To
- Remove limiting beliefs preventing you from having a fulfilling life
- Create the fulfillment you desire and deserve
- Become centered within yourself
- Weather the storms of life with grace and ease
- Empower yourself to become the best you.
- Create a ripple effect causing others to want to do the same
Spirituality is the glue that holds the body, mind, and soul together.
– Dr. Dolores Fazzino
Bridging Spirituality with Physical Health
You might wonder how and why spirituality is important and what does it have to do with physical health? The body, mind, and soul are connected to and influence each other. The essence that connects them together is Spirituality. Without spirituality, live tends to be colorless, lifeless, and possibly meaningless. Spirituality is the extra zest that is added to life to enhance and fulfill our experiences and life lessons.
Learn How To
- Define and understand the difference between being religious and being spiritual
- Live your life and wellbeing on your terms
- Define your brand of spirituality
- Adjust your overall health with spiritual practices to aid in a more fulfilling life
- Add and apply new tools to assist yourself and others
Seven Spiritual Keys to Wellness
Wellness is an inside job. It all starts within ourselves and is reflected outward. A wise person once said that to find love in another we must find love within ourselves. To have peace on earth, we each must be at peace within ourselves first. So, what are the Spiritual Keys to Wellness? The seven keys are aspects and virtues that are within each of us and have somehow been misplaced or put on a shelf for later, or just out right forgotten. These are the keys that are important for creating a fulfilling healthy and spiritual well life.
Learn How To
- Work on yourself from the inside out
- Embrace and integrate the inner aspects of yourself which you may have forgotten, misplaced or lost
- Empower yourself to be the best you
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- Posted by Chris Lincoln
- On 14th September 2017
Education secretary Justine Greening has cemented plans for the National Funding Formula which is set to come into effect from April 2018. Following an announcement in the summer that schools will be provided with an additional £1.3 billion between 2018 to 2020, Greening has suggested her National Funding Formula will attract funding of £3,500 per pupil.
With a £110,00 lump sum also in the pipeline for every school and an additional £26 million set aside for those in rural and isolated areas, Greening’s self-acclaimed “fairer funding formula” appears to be a step in the right direction for a struggling UK education system. Supported by a minimum per pupil funding level and cash increases of 1-3% for every school, the system appears to reduce the inconsistencies of the previous provision.
Greening announced “standards are rising across our school system and a fairer funding formula will ensure we can build on that success. We have now made school funding fairer between schools for the first time in decades”.
However, schools may not receive as much funding as they wish with the pot being divided amongst local authorities before reaching schools. Such establishments will remain in charge of propping up each school based on their own local funding formulas.
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT union suggested “the opportunity had been missed to ensure that the funding goes directly to schools based on their need. There is a risk that this could perpetuate some of the inconsistencies the formula was intended to address.”
Additional funding for schools is only good news if it is genuinely new money put into the system and LAs distribute it effectively. Whatever the financial result for schools turns out to be, it is important that communication is clear at every level so that schools can incorporate the funds into their planning process as early as possible.
We recently had a very good example of how this can go wrong with the Department’s recent commitment to double to PE and School Sport Premium. The announcement was made some time ago but schools have only just received notification about their allocation, making strategic investments very unlikely at such short notice.
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Roughly three months ago, Evanna Hu realized something had to change. For months, she and other Asian Americans working in the national security field had heard a startling number of anecdotes about a climate of fear and hostility toward people of Asian heritage. Approval for security clearances were “taking a lot longer” for some government employees and contractors. At the State Department, more Asian American diplomats are facing restrictions on where they can serve and what positions they can hold—a process that has grown so dispiriting that one employee told CNN, “It helps immensely to change one’s last name.”
For Hu, the chief executive of an artificial intelligence company that does business with the Defense Department, she began noticing microaggressions and “not-so-micro aggressions” in her interactions with government officials. “There was always this initial skepticism of my citizenship and my loyalty,” she recalled. “I finally got really fed up with it.” She turned to several peers and wrote an open letter. Signed by more than 220 people in her field, the letter condemned the “xenophobia that is spreading as U.S. policy concentrates on great power competition” and warned that it “has exacerbated suspicions, microaggressions, discrimination, and blatant accusations of disloyalty simply because of the way we look.”
Across the United States, anti-Asian hate crimes have skyrocketed in recent months. The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino found that while hate crimes as a whole largely declined in the largest US cities, anti-Asian hate crimes rose by nearly 150 percent in 2020. Researchers and Asian American community leaders believe the Trump administration’s fixation on China as the source of the coronavirus—often with disparaging phrases like “China virus” or “kung flu“—contributed to an environment in which Asian Americans are more at risk. Trump’s use of the term “China virus” was “deadly for the Asian American community because it really did racialize the virus,” says San Francisco State University professor Russell Jeung, who co-founded the group Stop AAPI Hate last year. “Chinese people were stigmatized.”
When discussing China as a rival superpower vying for sway in foreign relations, Republicans were quick to use near-apocalyptic language to characterize the threat. In December, then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe wrote that China “poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II.” In March, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), a member of the House committee that approves the Pentagon’s annual policy priorities, said “China’s goal is nothing less than the complete destruction of the United States.”
While Democrats have largely avoided the racist caricatures that Trump would employ, the emphasis on China as a top threat and rival hasn’t changed that much under Joe Biden. The president has made competition with China a key priority for the US military and described the US conflict with China as a “great inflection point in history” that determines who will “win the 21st century.” He’s even kept some of Trump’s more hawkish policies, including a wave of tariffs affecting Chinese goods, in place for now.
China’s repressive turn under leader Xi Jinping poses innumerable challenges for the region and for Chinese people themselves, who find their freedoms restricted and their cultural diversity extinguished. In the United States, China poses a much different, multilayered problem. Watch a congressional oversight hearing on nearly any topic—from espionage to climate change or trade—and China almost always comes up.
This laser-like focus on China comes with its own risks, community leaders and Asian American scholars say. As China becomes a universal bogeyman for US politicians, Chinese Americans can become targets of racism in the same way Muslim Americans were during the War on Terror. How Democrats learn to talk about China—in all its manifold complexity—may not just be key to the next decade of national security strategy. It will also go a long way toward avoiding the mistakes of the last two decades and show how serious Joe Biden is at confronting anti-Asian violence.
After the murder of eight people in Georgia two months ago, Biden went to Atlanta and said “our silence is complicity.” To Jessica Lee, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think tank that advocates military restraint, Biden’s remarks “missed the mark in an important way.” Lee, who has written frequently about the connection between national security policy and anti-Asian violence, wrote that Biden’s White House “failed to acknowledge that Washington’s over-the-top language about China is fueling an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, which boomerangs in the form of violence against Asian Americans.”
“If there was any doubt that American foreign policy is domestic policy,” she added, “these shootings should quell them.”
Anti-Asian hate is far from a recent phenomenon in US history. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was one of the first pieces of legislation to explicitly limit immigration and remains to this day the only federal immigration restriction to single out just one specific country or ethnic group.
In 1913, California barred Asian immigrants from owning land, becoming the first of more than a dozen states to impose similar legislation. Japanese Americans, many of whom would be moved to internment camps following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, were increasingly targeted as well. Later laws that privileged the admittance of Northern Europeans at the expense of Asians and Mexicans solidified the nativist notion of the United States as a white country. President Woodrow Wilson, asked by a supporter in California for his view on Chinese exclusion, responded, “We cannot make a homogenous population out of people who do not blend with the Caucasian race.”
China and the United States—allies in World War II—found themselves on opposite sides of the Korean War and relations between the two countries were not normalized until Richard Nixon visited the country in 1972. China eventually became a global player and successive US presidents bet on its economic opening sparking a kind of social and cultural liberalization. But that bet proved wrong. The Chinese Communist Party has only become more entrenched in its rule as China’s economy has grown at a faster rate than any other modern country.
Recent hostility toward Chinese Americans corresponds with a rise in the perception of China as a predominant threat to US national security. In 2001, only 14 percent of Americans believed China was the “greatest enemy” of the United States, according to a Gallup poll. Two decades later, 45 percent of Americans listed China. The prominence of China as a national security talking point has kept Democratic lawmakers and foreign policy activists alert to the potential for the conversation to veer in a racist direction. “When this rhetoric gets out of hand and there is intense xenophobia, then there is a blowback on Asian Americans,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), himself a Taiwanese immigrant, said at an Asia Society event in April.
The challenge is to separate the actions of Xi Jinping’s government, which include the killing and imprisonment of Uyghur Muslims and the eradication of democratic norms in Hong Kong, from the identity of Chinese and Asian Americans. In recent weeks, progressive foreign policy advocacy groups have become especially vocal about establishing this distinction. “The relationship between the United States and China is poised to be one of the most pivotal foreign policy issues of the coming decades,” begins a memo sent out by one group, Win Without War, earlier this month. “Unfortunately, much of the current discourse on the issue—on both sides of the aisle—is steeped in a dangerous, antagonistic mindset that risks igniting a catastrophic new Cold War.” The memo goes on to emphasize the importance of cooperation with China on global issues like climate change and nuclear proliferation and rejects the notion that a threat from China “can be solved through further military buildup or economic antagonism.”
Lee, the senior research at the Quincy Institute, is one of many progressives and scholars in the antiwar community working to draw attention to examples of overheated rhetoric, especially from Democrats. Last spring, activists flagged a Biden campaign ad that criticized Trump’s sluggish response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Trump rolled over for the Chinese,” the ad’s narrator says at one point.
Asian American activists were not pleased, as Politico reported at the time. “Wow @JoeBiden. Already trying to out-Trump Trump,” Cecillia Wang, a deputy legal director at the national ACLU tweeted. “This kind of fearmongering is causing violent attacks on Asian Americans.” When Biden released a follow-up ad weeks later, the tone softened considerably. There was no mention of “the Chinese” or of Trump’s travel ban, which the first ad had maligned as “not exactly airtight.”
Since taking office, Biden has kept the national security focus on China as congressional Democrats work to pass a bipartisan package of bills aimed at preserving the US supply chain—given China’s control of exports crucial to the production of electronics and certain medicines—and countering Chinese influence domestically. This latter bill, known as the Strategic Competition Act, spawned a series of condemnatory articles from Quincy scholars, who said it “would effectively constitute a declaration of cold war on China by the U.S. Congress.” The legislation, pushed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), treats Chinese “influence” as a global terror and includes a $300 million fund “to counter the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party globally.”
Even Biden’s defense budget uses China as an implicit argument for more funding. When his administration announced its request for $715 billion in defense spending in April—a rejection of progressive demands to cut the budget from last year—a White House statement said the budget considers “the need to counter the threat from China” as the Pentagon’s “top challenge.”
For Democrats, the relentless focus on competing with China on trade and manufacturing not only creates some common ground with Republicans, but also could interest workers eager for an aggressive attempt to keep jobs in the United States. It also invites other problems—which progressives are quick to point out. Erica Fein, senior Washington director at Win Without War, says “it’s a big problem that Democrats believe they can score cheap political points by being hawkish towards China.”
“Not only does it lead to more xenophobia and racism at home, it could even lead to an actual war,” she adds. “This is one of the biggest challenges for the progressive movement, and it’s going to take a major shift in priorities to get us where we need to be.” | <urn:uuid:8e6d5cc3-0b85-48f1-809d-cfae43a18bdf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://practice.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/joe-biden-china-national-security-asian-american-hate-crimes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959207 | 2,323 | 2.25 | 2 |
Background Magnesium is neuroprotective in animal models of stroke, and findings of small clinical pilot trials suggest potential benefit in people. We aimed to test whether intravenous magnesium sulphate, given within 12 h of stroke onset, reduces death or disability at 90 days.
Methods 2589 patients were randomised within 12 h of acute stroke to receive 16 mmol MgSO4 intravenously over 15 min and then 65 mmol over 24 h, or matching placebo. Primary outcome was a global endpoint statistic expressed as the common odds ratio for death or disability at day 90. Secondary outcomes were mortality and death or disability, variously defined as Barthel score less than 95, Barthel score less than 60, and modified Rankin scale more than 1. Predefined subgroup analyses were for the primary endpoint in patients in whom treatment commenced within 6 h versus after 6 h, ischaemic versus non-ischaemic strokes, and cortical stroke syndromes versus non-cortical strokes. Intention-to-treat and efficacy analyses were done.
Findings The efficacy dataset included 2386 patients. Primary outcome was not improved by magnesium (odds ratio 0.95, 95% CI 0.80-1.13, p=0.59). Mortality was slightly higher in the magnesium-treated group than in the placebo group (hazard ratio 1.18, 95% CI 0.97-1.42, p=0.098). Secondary outcomes did not show any treatment effect. Planned subgroup analyses showed benefit of magnesium in non-cortical strokes (p=0.011) whereas greater benefit had been expected in the cortical group.
Interpretation Magnesium given within 12 h of acute stroke does not reduce the chances of death or disability significantly, although it may be of benefit in lacunar strokes.
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Taking CBD may help prevent migraines, while using topical CBD gel or oil may help relieve the pain associated with these headaches. Here's what you should know.
If you suffer from migraines, you've probably tried a variety of treatments to alleviate the pain. You may have considered CBD for migraines in addition to pain medication, migraine home remedies, and lifestyle changes.
If you don't get migraines, you probably know someone who does. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, nearly one in every four households in the United States has someone who suffers from them. They are more than just headaches; they can cause debilitating head pain, nausea, vomiting, and extreme light and nose sensitivity.
Can CBD relieve migraines?
According to a study published in the Journal of Headache and Pain in 2018, multiple laboratory and animal studies support the potential use of cannabis and its components, including cannabidiol (CBD), for migraine pain.
According to Dr. Bonni Goldstein, MD and other experts, CBD may help with pain by supporting the endocannabinoid system, or ECS. Endocannabinoids are neurotransmitters produced by the body that interact with cell receptors throughout the body. This creates a feedback loop that regulates nearly every system in the body and can modulate pain perception, mood, appetite, inflammation, and other factors. THC and CBD, for example, are plant cannabinoids that interact with the ECS in unknown ways.
How do I use CBD to treat a migraine?
Taking CBD oil on a regular basis may help restore endocannabinoid tone, which may help reduce migraines. When using CBD for the first time, experts advise starting with a low dose and gradually increasing it. You should also keep a journal to see if CBD has any effect on your symptoms. CBD oil can be taken sublingually, or under the tongue, where it is absorbed more quickly and efficiently than if you swallow the oil or consume an edible.
While CBD oil is relatively non-toxic, it can cause sleepiness, nausea, and diarrhea in some people. Another concern is that CBD may interact with other medications, making them more or less potent.
As a result, if you intend to begin taking CBD on a regular basis, you should notify your health care provider and inquire whether any drugs or supplements you are taking may interact with CBD.
Topical CBD products can also aid in the relief of muscle aches, pains, and tension.
The Entourage Effect
The fact that different "strains"—the popular term used to describe the various varieties of hemp—have varying amounts of CBD, THC, other cannabinoids, and terpenes is one of the major challenges in determining whether CBD and other cannabis components have medical benefits.
These cannabinoids' components have synergistic effects, according to the hypothesis known as "the entourage effect." As a result, determining which cannabis chemovar (the term used by experts) is best for treating a specific condition is extremely difficult.
According to Dr. Silberstein,MD, director of the Jefferson Headache Center and professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine in Philadelphia, some of his migraine patients benefit from taking CBD oil—both orally and topically—for the neck stiffness and soreness that often accompany migraine.
CBD research is made easier now that the 2018 Farm Bill allows farmers to grow and sell hemp—Cannabis sativa plants with less than 0.3 percent THC by weight. However, this has resulted in an increase in the sale of unregulated products.
How to find high-quality, clean CBD products?
If it’s your first time purchasing CBD, third-party testing is the first thing you need to look for! Simply ensure that it has been third-party tested for purity and potency and that it is accompanied by a recent batch-specific Certificate of Analysis.
You should also look for hemp products that are…
- Free form pesticides, heavy metals, mold, and other contaminants
- Grown in the USA
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Kirkus Reviews, June 27, 2018
Library Journal, starred review, 7/26/18
Historical Novel Society
The Washington Post
November 21, 2018
December 17, 2018
Long list copy from the Plutarch Award, Biographer’s International, January 14, 2019:
THE LEGACY OF AMERICA’S GREATEST POET by Julie Dobrow, (W. W. Norton) A public scandal, a bitter lawsuit, and a decades-long dispute over the tiny hand-sewn books of poetry discovered in Emily Dickinson’s bedroom at the time of her death propel Julie Dobrow’s narrative of an ambitious mother-daughter pair whose work shaped American literary history. Dobrow’s impressive scholarship, crystal-clear prose, and insistence on the value of lives on the edge of history’s spotlight make this a uniquely memorable and instructive biography.
To write this remarkable biography, Dobrow has turned the Todd-Bingham archives at Yale’s Sterling Library inside out. By doing so, she has succeeded in illuminating more fully than ever before the intricate net of desires, both conscious and unconscious, that led Mabel Loomis Todd and Millicent Todd Bingham to undertake the editing of Emily Dickinson’s writings that secured their place in literary history while irreversibly altering the trajectory of their own lives. The force of Dobrow’s portrait of Todd, the better known and more mythologized (sometimes demonized) of her two subjects, lies in its embrace of the conflicting aspects of Todd without denying any of them; the power of her depiction of Bingham issues from the probing analysis of Bingham’s profoundly conflicted feelings about her brilliant, transgressing parents and the impact of those sentiments on her connection to Dickinson. Dobrow’s research greatly enlarges our sense of both women’s humanness; in her rendering of Millicent Todd Bingham, last in a long line of Wilder women, biography fuses with American tragedy. After Emily is also a book for and of our time: a meditation on the nature of agency and the role of affect in women’s lives and writing; a story of the archives we create during, and sometimes even in lieu of, our lives; of the archives that represent us after our deaths; and of the abyss at the heart of all archives. Looking back from the far horizon of Dobrow’s meticulously researched and absorbing biography, we should not be surprised that while Todd and Bingham come ever more sharply into focus, Dickinson herself flickers in and out of the light, at last receding to an unfathomable distance.
Marta Werner, Professor of English, D’Youville College, author of Emily Dickinson’s Open Folios and Emily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Nothings
Julie Dobrow has written an honest, sometimes searing portrait of the two idiosyncratic women, mother and daughter, who between them delivered Emily Dickinson’s “letter to the World”— rescuing this genius hermit from obscurity by deciphering and publishing her sheafs of high voltage poetry. Inevitably, AFTER EMILY is also a portrait of the social mores and literary convictions of an America hurtling toward modernity. Riveting, unblinkered, sad, and brave, AFTER EMILY makes the case for these two posthumous amanuenses as urgent agents of critical work we came so near to losing.
Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Hiddensee
With this book, Julie Dobrow adroitly recounts the complex scope of how the Dickinson and Todd families intersected in Amherst, Massachusetts and beyond to present Emily Dickinson, poet. From 1888 to 1968, the Todd women worked to give Emily her due, often in opposition to the Dickinson women. Mabel Loomis Todd’s role has been recounted before but less known is how her daughter, Millicent Todd Bingham, shaped and completed the legacy of Emily Dickinson. Today, 50 years later, the entire nuanced and complicated story of these two women and Emily Dickinson is ours at last in this diligently sourced and compellingly written history.
Marianne Curling, Curator, Amherst Historical Society
Julie Dobrow has grabbed a tiger by the tail in her skillful reanalysis of Mabel Loomis Todd’s role in recognizing, preserving, publishing and promoting Emily Dickinson’s powerful poetry. Yet Mabel’s story is only the half of it. Emotional turmoil, resulting from her years-long, half-secret, love affair with the poet’s brother Austin, subsequently led each of the lovers’ daughters to battle furiously and for decades over the publication rights to the poet’s remaining trove. This study focuses on the complex, extensively documented, relationship between Mabel and her conflicted daughter Millicent, who was impervious to her mother’s charms, but not to duty, truth, regret, and the vital importance to the world of Dickinson’s poetry. Dobrow weaves the vitality of the personal into her scholarship, surprising and enlightening readers about one of America’s greatest literary rescues.
Polly Longsworth, author of Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair and Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd
“Julie Dobrow has crafted a meticulously researched work that is both an insightful literary appreciation and a compelling period drama.”
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As people age, their immune systems work less well, leaving them less able to fend off infections. Heart disease, diabetes and other serious illnesses that are common in seniors increase risk of pneumonia. Seniors are more susceptible to the flu and other lung-related conditions, which sometimes develop into pneumonia.
What is the cause of pneumonia in elderly?
In the U.S., pneumonia in the elderly is usually caused by bacteria or a virus. Pneumococcal pneumonia is the most common type of bacterial pneumonia, affecting more than 900,000 Americans each year, according to the ALA. This type of pneumonia is caused by a germ called Streptococcus pneumoniae.
What are signs of pneumonia in the elderly?
Signs and symptoms of pneumonia may include:
- Chest pain when you breathe or cough.
- Confusion or changes in mental awareness (in adults age 65 and older)
- Cough, which may produce phlegm.
- Fever, sweating and shaking chills.
Can elderly survive pneumonia?
Pneumonia in the elderly happens fast and the prognosis is poor, and elderly are susceptible to severe Pneumonia. The mortality rate for severe pneumonia is as high as 20% . The principal cause of the death is respiratory insufficiency .
How serious is pneumonia in older adults?
Pneumonia can be life-threatening to seniors exposed to bacteria, viruses, or fungi. It is most dangerous for people older than age 65 because seniors tend to have health issues or weakened immune systems.
What is the most common cause of pneumonia in the elderly population?
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of pneumonia among the elderly. Aspiration pneumonia is underdiagnosed in this group of patients, and tuberculosis always should be considered. In this population an etiologic diagnosis is rarely available when antimicrobial therapy must be instituted.
Is pneumonia treatable in elderly?
Some cases of pneumonia in older adults can be treated at home. However, depending on your symptoms and overall health, it’s also possible that you may be hospitalized. Antibiotics are used to treat pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria.
What are the 4 stages of pneumonia?
Stage 1: Congestion. Stage 2: Red hepatization. Stage 3: Grey hepatization. Stage 4: Resolution.
How long is recovery from pneumonia in the elderly?
Recovery of pneumonia in older adults can be a long process. According to one 2017 article, although some recover in 6 weeks, it may take as long as 12 weeks for others. It is important to rest for as long as possible during recovery. The fever should have resolved.
What is the survival rate for pneumonia in the elderly?
There is a high rate of mortality with pneumonia in the elderly. As much as 30 percent of individuals that are treated in a hospital for pneumonia die from it.
Can an 85 year old recover from pneumonia?
Most seniors who develop pneumonia recover from it. But how long it takes to recover depends on many factors, including what bacteria or virus caused it and whether the person is frail or has additional health conditions that make recovery more difficult.
What are the symptoms of dying from pneumonia?
The most common physical symptoms are:
- feeling more severely out of breath.
- reducing lung function making breathing harder.
- having frequent flare-ups.
- finding it difficult to maintain a healthy body weight due to loss of appetite.
- feeling more anxious and depressed.
What are the danger signs of pneumonia?
The signs and symptoms of pneumonia may include:
- Cough, which may produce greenish, yellow or even bloody mucus.
- Fever, sweating and shaking chills.
- Shortness of breath.
- Rapid, shallow breathing.
- Sharp or stabbing chest pain that gets worse when you breathe deeply or cough.
- Loss of appetite, low energy, and fatigue.
How can someone get pneumonia?
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'Just incredible': Belle Isle makes for great late-summer destination
Karis Floyd remembers fondly his time on Belle Isle as a child.
The Redford resident and manager of Belle Isle State Park said he played baseball on the island in high school, among other activities. Today, he's in charge of overseeing the 982-acre park nestled in the Detroit River.
“From being a kid, you could come out and it was such a family environment,” he said. “Now, we’re attracting families back to Belle Isle."
The island, a longtime destination for those living in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs, still offers hours of enjoyment for those families looking to make the drive down Interstate 96 or I-75 for some last-minute summer fun at the state's most-visited state park.
The state Department of Natural Resources began running the park in 2014 as Detroit began emerging from bankruptcy. Since then, Floyd said, the park has seen many improvements, including the reopening of bathrooms, picnic shelters and the casino building.
"It’s been a lot of labor, but we’ve made great progress in a short amount of time," he said.
Stats for the number of visitors weren't available before the state came in, Floyd said, but the numbers have done nothing but increase since: from one million-plus after 2014 to more than four million this past year, making the island the most-visited state park, ahead of former leader Holland State Park. Floyd, who used to oversee Island Lake State Recreation Area in Livingston County's Green Oak Township, said several Belle Isle institutions, such as the aquarium, conservancy and Dossin Great Lakes Museum, are seeing visitor increases of more than 80 percent.
When it comes to first-time visitors looking for something to do, Floyd always recommends sending them to the western side of the island to take in the sights of Sunset Point near the James Scott Memorial Fountain.
"If you’re also standing on the steps of the fountain, you also have that view of downtown Detroit," Floyd said. "It’s just incredible for me.”
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In addition to more improvements to bathrooms and other facilities, Floyd said the DNR is hoping to do more to keep the island updated.
In addition to potentially turning the former police station on the island into a welcome center, the island was recently awarded a $750,000 Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership grant for creating six miles of looped trails that will be a part of the statewide Iron Belle Trail, a statewide hiking and bicycling trail that will run from the Detroit island to Ironwood in the Upper Peninsula.
"This grant will really help get the loop trails on the island," said Amanda Hertl, a field planner for the DNR. "This will provide a lot of opportunities for folks. It'll be a great way to connect all the facilities for visitors on the island right now."
The park requires a state Recreation Passport to gain access via motor vehicle or motorcycle, which costs $11 and $5, respectively. Pedestrians and bicyclists can access the island without a Rec Passport. More information on the park can be found on the DNR's website at michigandnr.com.
Floyd said Belle Isle has always been a destination, not only for those from Detroit, but even those who have moved out of the city and into the suburbs. He's beginning to see many of those folks begin making their way back to the island to share in the magic with their own families.
"The number of adults that come back just to go on the giant slide, they just tell me their history: 'I lived in Detroit for so long and then I moved out to the suburbs and now I’m bringing my kids here,'" Floyd said. "We want to make sure that tradition starts back up again, because it’s safe to come out and we’re seeing a huge usage from former Detroiters.”
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Over two decades after it was first installed, The Kingspan KoolDuct System is still delivering excellent thermal comfort, humidity control and ventilation performance at Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (the National Library of Wales).
Situated on Penglais Hill above the town of Aberystwyth, the library is home to over four million books including a number of rare Welsh and Celtic volumes. Since it was first opened in 1911, the library has been regularly extended to provide more space for its collections. One of the most significant expansions was completed in 1996 with the opening of the Third Library Building, offering office and server space, along with storage facilities for many of the library’s most valuable materials.
The Kingspan KoolDuct System was fitted during the building’s construction in 1995. The HVAC specification took full advantage of the system’s slimline design, concealing it beneath corridor floors. In addition, The Kingspan KoolDuct System was also used within the main ground floor plant room and as part of four risers, traveling from the lower ground floor to the fourth floor. No issues and no relevant maintenance have ever been recorded with the ductwork and a recent inspection showed that the system was in good condition and performing as expected.
In addition to its proven longevity, The Kingspan KoolDuct System can also facilitate fast-track installation programmes. Its pre-insulated design eliminates the need for a separate lagging stage and allows ductwork to be fabricated in lightweight sections up to 2.95 metres in length. This ensures greater ease of handling whilst minimising the need for supports.
Ductwork fabricated from The Kingspan KoolDuct System is also well suited to projects targeting high standards in energy efficiency. The system panels have been assigned a highest possible BRE Green Guide Summary Rating of A+ whilst their jointing system can reduce air–leakage rates
Ductwork fabricated from The Kingspan KoolDuct System is also well suited to projects targeting high standards in energy efficiency. The system panels have been assigned a highest possible BRE Green Guide Summary Rating of A+. In addition, their jointing system can reduce air–leakage rates to a fraction of those typical of rectangular sheet metal ductwork by achieving the best airtightness Class C and D.
Research from Sweett (UK) Limited has revealed that in combination with its low-maintenance design, this can lead to “whole life” HVAC savings of over 25% compared with traditional galvanised sheet metal ductwork which typically lose much more air than it is supposed to and may not achieve the basic airtightness Class A.
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Doom, GTA, Civilization, XCOM, Tomb Raider, Need for Speed, FIFA and quite a lot of other titles we're playing today – what's one thing they have in common? All of them launched in the 90s. The decade was arguably the golden age of computer games – most of the genres and mechanics that are popular today were born back then; it was a period of innovation and wild creativity. Back then, games changed from programs created by hobbyist that controlled a cluster of pixels in a few colors, to huge megaproductions costing millions of dollars with state-of-the-art 3D graphics and famous celebrities on the payroll.
Of course, only a few IPs have braved this test of time, popularity and relevance. Among the slew of mediocre, unremarkable and rightly forgotten games, however, there were also those that, for various reasons, didn't receive due attention or recognition at that time. They didn't sell enough copies, didn't get sequels or remakes, and the gaming community forgot a about them. And some of those were truly unique, timeless, interesting games that deserved a lot more. So here's our – as always somewhat subjective – list of the most underrated games of the 90s.
- Release date: April 25, 1996
- Developer: The Neverhood, Inc.
- Genre: point-and-click adventure
The Neverhood is certainly one of the most underrated games in the history of digital entertainment. It sold just over fifty thousand copies, which was a huge disappointment given the names behind the project, the technologies used, the amount of work invested into production, and the gameplay itself. 18×16 svgIn fact, everything about The Neverhood was special in some ways – except maybe the genre and core gameplay mechanics. We were dealing a point-and-click adventure game (a genre that was very popular at the time), in which puzzles were solved by finding items and then manipulating the environment with them. Everything else, however, was just so far off anything that we were used.
The Neverhood was the very first game created using stop-motion animation – with the world and its heroes physically made of plasticine. There were no traditional computer graphics used. The plasticine mock-up of Neverhood's world took three months to build, spanning an area of whopping 4305 square feet, while photographing individual frames of animation for each scene and stage of the game took another 8 months. In total, the game required over 3 tons of plasticine.
Such an unusual project was firmed, financed and published by Steven Spielberg himself, who was looking for fresh ideas for his newly established DreamWorks Interactive studio. In order to handle the release of a video game on PC Windows, he teamed up with Microsoft. Despite great reviews and appreciation of many of its quirks, the sales were "embarrassing", as one Microsoft employee put it, but it is difficult to name a single main reason here. The market was a bit saturated with point-and-click adventures, and the unique art style, although appreciated in reviews, could have been perceived as too strange or unusual.
The game was ultimately popularized by Microsoft and Gateway, who pre-installed Neverhood in new computers as free add-on. Such copies, however, exposed the game to piracy, especially in Iran and the Russian Federation, which – on the other hand – allowed it to gain considerable popularity and recognition there. Today, it enjoys a cult-classic status and a large bases of fans. In 2015, it even earned a spiritual heir in the form of Armikrog.
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If you have moved abroad, the following scenario might sound familiar: you are at a social gathering, sipping your drink and having a pleasant time. You meet a bunch of new people and engage in small talk. You talk about the weather, food or common interests. They seem friendly. Everything is going well.
But the locals notice that something is off. Maybe it’s your appearance, maybe they sense an accent, maybe your body language deviates from the norm. They establish that you are not one of them and, in an attempt to make sense of your otherness, the inevitable question arises:
You realize that the question is somehow flawed. They ask “where are you from”, and I wonder if this is what they picture in their minds:
But you are not a tourist from country X in country Y. You are not even a long-term guest. In fact, you’ve been away for so long, that right now you are much closer to Y than X. You are at a loss for words.
In addition, your birthplace, the cultural background of your parents, the place where you were born or the country where you grew up might be totally separate variables. For the sake of simplification, let’s say all those elements can be stacked up in one pile. It still feels wrong to say I’m X. Instead, I picture something like this:
You are in that green area, fluctuating between two worlds, really belonging to neither. Too foreign here, too alien for home.
The conversational partner seems to be getting impatient. Maybe I could say that I’m both X and Y, and call it a day. It wouldn’t be a lie either, for I am a dual citizen.
I slightly lean back and take a look around. I spot my partner, who happens to be Z, talking to a middle-aged man, fighting the language barrier in order to explain what he does for a living. I know the struggle. We have all been Z at some point. He also puts his cultural luggage on the table, making our household an XYZ home.
But there’s even more to this equation than just X, Y, Z. There’s also A, B, C, D, E, and all those places where I have lived, all those people that I have met, all those different world views that I have collected over the years.
The mental diagram keeps growing. With every new added circle, the “me” intersection becomes tinier and darker. So tiny that it feels restrictive. You want to break free, yet don’t know how to put all the pieces together. You are a patchwork of traits, a book where every chapter outlines a different reality. You are part of everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
Then the sudden realization strikes. It’s the question that was wrong all along.
You may be from somewhere, yet feel part of something else. Your identity is a fluid construct, a colorful coalescence. You are all the pieces of the puzzle, and those that are yet to come. You don’t have to settle for X when you can be the whole damn alphabet.
So, next time someone asks where you are from, think big.
Dedicated to anyone who has ever felt out of place.
I have a lot of thoughts on migration, identity and the arduous path towards a transcultural society, so stay tuned for more illustrated articles. In the meantime, I’d love to hear your views. | <urn:uuid:53e3236b-992b-4345-8c74-690adf362d8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://linguistgoneforeign.wordpress.com/tag/unraveling-foreignness/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.965921 | 747 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Nurturing a Writer and Other Fun Facts – Bailee Abbott
Becoming a writer is something that’s nurtured throughout one’s life, from childhood to adulthood. At least that’s been my experience. In fact, I’d bet a lot of writers could relate to my story or parts of it. I was born late into my family, raised like an only child, a very shy, introverted only child. My neighborhood had very few kids my age. I spent a lot of time entertaining myself. Like most writers, I’ve had a lifelong love of reading, and as a child, I devoured books. (No wonder my second grade teacher commented about her concerns on my report card that during free time, I preferred to sit alone and read a book instead of socializing with the other kids!) At home, I acted out scenes from books in front of my mirror. Sometimes, I’d create new scenes or change the details of the stories. Besides being a little nerdy, if that behavior doesn’t shout writer-in-the-making, I don’t know what does!
This progressed into writing my own stories. At first, very short stories. Maybe only three or four sentences, like, “once there was a princess. She wanted to slay a dragon. She did. The End.” Yeah, not winning any awards, but I would’ve been only six or seven at the time. Pretty impressive for that age, if you ask me. And I kept a diary, starting around then. Obviously, also not great, but I loved writing, well, maybe not daily entries…maybe a month of pages were left blank sometimes, but they held all my precious thoughts and secrets. I was proud of those diaries. Year after year, they got better, until I finally stopped keeping one at around age twenty because life got too busy. I took Creative Writing in high school and joined the Writer’s Club. Maybe someone should’ve shouted at me then, “why don’t you pursue a career as an author?” But that wasn’t my plan. Writing was put on hold while I attended college. Because I also had a love of foreign languages, I chose to major in French. I guess sometimes life takes you on many journeys to get where you really would love to be. Anyway, writing was put on hold, but not reading. I devoured books even more, sometimes passed on a fun night out with friends to stay home, curl up in bed, and let my imagination dive into whatever story had my attention.
From childhood to adulthood, I went through stages of interest in what I enjoyed reading. Like many, I have a full library of Nancy Drew Mysteries. Nancy was my idol for many years. I wanted to be Nancy, sleuthing to solve a case. Later, as a teen, I spent hours reading romantic suspense novels. Mary Stewart was my favorite author at the time. There were still those elements of mystery in them, but a story with a faster pace and, of course, romance. Eventually, I broadened my interests, and, in my mind, I traveled that epic journey with Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. It was around this time and after college that I made my first real attempt at writing with the intent to sell. Need I say this didn’t end well? After submitting a few short stories and collecting as many rejections, I quit. Maybe I didn’t want it badly enough. Marriage and raising kids definitely took almost every ounce of my energy. Maybe those were only excuses. Could be I needed time to miss writing enough to want it again.
As I mentioned, life can take you on many journeys. Some of mine involved the jobs I’ve had, but they also nurtured that creative gift to write. My first “grownup” job was working as a manager of a bookstore. Where else besides a library would a booklover feel at home? After that, I pursued a teaching career and was certified in French and Special Education. Ending up in a classroom of special needs high school students, instructing them in reading and writing, seemed like a natural fit. Another part of nurturing the creative gene. Right?
Finally, I hit my groove. In writing, that is. As the publishing world “logged on” to the internet, allowing queries to be emailed instead of snail mailed, showcasing their websites and posting what they were looking to publish, accepting manuscripts in electronic form rather than having an author spend lots of dollars to print and send through the mail—the possibilities seemed endless. I dreamed of being that giddy writer with dozens of requests from editors. Then came the reality check. More rejections. More frustration. And then…and then…a request. After years of trying, of querying, of emailing, of waiting…yeah, I know. You’ve heard the story before. Yet, that’s the way it happens, all the time. What I’m trying to say is that most people don’t just wake up one morning and announce, “I’m gonna become an author today.” There’s natural ability, there’s nurturing, and then maybe after a while, there’s success, a time when you can shout to the world, “Hey, I’m a published author!”
Thanks for inviting me to your blog today. I’ve enjoyed the visit and sharing some thoughts about me. Happy reading, everyone!
A quiet lakeside town in western New York state is the new home of Manhattan artist Chloe Abbington and the backdrop for murder in this series debut by Bailee Abbott.
For Chloe Abbington, the transition from fine art painter in New York City to painting-event business owner in charming Whisper Cove is more than a little jarring. But when poison-pen journalist Fiona Gimble writes a viciously negative review of the newly opened Paint with a View, Chloe learns that critics are the same everywhere. And when she finds Fiona’s body behind her shop with a painting knife in her neck, Chloe realizes that this picture-perfect town offers anything but peace and quiet.
Suddenly, bustling Artisan Alley is a crime scene, and Chloe is the prime suspect. Her sister and business partner, Izzie, isn’t much help–she’s busy running the shop, and besides, she has secrets of her own. As shrewd Detective Barrett tries to paint her into a corner, Chloe soon finds that Fiona had plenty of enemies. The Whisper Cove Gazette columnist wielded her pen like a sword, slicing and dicing just about every shop owner in the lakeside town.
Chloe sets out to prove that she’s been framed for Fiona’s murder. But she’d better learn the fine art of detection quickly, before the real killer paints the town red again. Otherwise, she may end up trading in her paint smock for an orange jumpsuit…or a green burial plot.
Bailee Abbott is a native Ohioan who spends her days plotting murder and writing mysteries. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime as well as of International Thriller Writers. Bailee lives with her husband and furry friend Max in the quiet suburbs of Green, Ohio. Visits to Bemus Point, a town along the Chautauqua Lake in southwest New York inspired the setting for the PAINT BY MURDER mystery series. She also writes the SIERRA PINES B&B mystery series under the name Kathryn Long.
- Author Website: www.baileeabbott.com
- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BaileeAbbottBooks
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BaileeAbbott1
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(This was initially a Google SoC project proposal. Someone got a grant to work on this, but then, he got another grant to work on another project, and he chose to work on the other one…)
The Jabber network isn’t really known for its reliability: servers are often down, or are unable to contact other servers. And most server admins don’t have tools to detect such problems. There’s some data on http://public.jabbernet.dk/mrtg/, but it’s far from being enough.
The goal of this project is to build a testing framework to be able to monitor the public servers and answer those questions :
- Do client connections using SASL, TLS or SSL currently work on server foo.com ? (not only checking if the TCP port is open, but do full login)
- Do server-to-server communications works between server foo.com and bar.com ? What about latency ? (To determine that, you need to connect to both servers and exchange ping messages)
Of course one would need a nice way to vizualize such data (matrix + rrdtool graphs ?)
Additional ideas :
- Allow server admins to set a contact email, so they can be informed of problems (and/or provide an RSS feed)
- Integrate this into the XMPP Federation
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In a word, yes. When industry funds science, credibility suffers. And this does not bode well for the types of public-private research partnerships that appear to be becoming more prevalent as government funding for research and development lags.
The recurring topic of conflict of interest has made headlines in recent weeks. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine has revised its conflict of interest guidelines following questions about whether members of a recent expert panel on GMOs had industry ties or other financial conflicts that were not disclosed in the panel’s final report.
Our own recent research speaks to how hard it may be for the public to see research as useful when produced with an industry partner, even when that company is just one of several collaborators.
What People Think of Funding Sources
We asked our study volunteers what they thought about a proposed research partnership to study the potential risks related to either genetically modified foods or trans fats.
We randomly assigned participants to each evaluate one of 15 different research partnership arrangements — various combinations of scientists from a university, a government agency, a nongovernmental organization and a large food company.
For example, 1/15th of participants were asked to consider a research collaboration that included only university researchers. Another 1/15th of participants considered a research partnership that included both university and government scientists, and so on. In total we presented four conditions where there was a single type of researcher, another six collaborations with two partners, four with three partners and one with all four partners.
When a research team included an industry partner, our participants were generally less likely to think the scientists would consider a full range of evidence and listen to different voices. An industry partner also reduced how much participants believed any resulting data would provide meaningful guidance for making decisions.
At the outset of our work, we thought including a diverse array of partners in a research collaboration might mitigate the negative perceptions that come with industry involvement. But, while including scientists from a nonindustry organization (particularly a nongovernmental organization) made some difference, the effect was small. Adding a government partner provided no substantive additional benefit.
When we asked participants to describe what they thought about the research partnership in their own words, they were skeptical whether an industry partner could ever be trusted to release information that might hurt its profits.
Our results may be even more troubling because we chose a company with a good reputation. We used pretests to select particular examples — of a corporation, as well as a university, government agency and nongovernmental organization — that had relatively high positive ratings and relatively low negative ratings in a test sample.
Can Industry Do Valid Science?
You don’t have to look far for real-life examples of poorly conducted or intentionally misleading industry research. The pharmaceutical, chemical, nutrition and petroleum industries have all weathered criticism of their research integrity, and for good reason. These ethically questionable episodes no doubt fuel public skepticism of industry research. Stories of pharmaceutical companies conducting less than rigorous clinical trials for the benefit of their marketing departments, or the tobacco industry steadfastly denying the connection between smoking and cancer in the face of mounting evidence, help explain public concern about industry-funded science.
But industry generally has a long and impressive history of supporting scientific research and technical development. Industry-supported research has generated widely adopted technologies, driven the evolution of entire economic sectors, improved processes that were harmful to public health and the environment and won Nobel Prizes. And as scientists not currently affiliated with industry scramble to fund their research in an era of tight budgets, big companies have money to underwrite science.
Can this lack of trust be overcome? Moving forward, it will be essential to address incentives such as short-term profit or individual recognition that can encourage poor research — in any institutional context. By showing how quickly people may judge industry-funded research, our work indicates that it’s critical to think about how the results of that research can be communicated effectively.
Our results should worry those who want research to be evaluated largely on its scientific merits, rather than based upon the affiliations of those involved.
Although relatively little previous scholarship has investigated this topic, we expected to find that including multiple, nonindustry organizations in a scientific partnership might, at least partly, assuage participants’ concerns about industry involvement. This reflects our initial tentative belief that, given the resources and expertise within industry, there must be some way to create public-private partnerships that produce high-quality research which is perceived widely as such.
Our interdisciplinary team — a risk communication scholar, a sociologist, a philosopher of science, a historian of science and a toxicologist — is also examining philosophical arguments and historical precedents for guidance on these issues.
Philosophy can tell us a great deal about how the values of investigators can influence their results. And history shows that not so long ago, up until a few decades after World War II, many considered industry support a way to uphold research integrity by protecting it from government secrecy regimes.
Looking forward, we are planning additional social scientific experiments to examine how specific procedures that research partnerships sometimes use may affect public views about collaborations with industry partners. For example, perhaps open-data policies, transparency initiatives or external reviewer processes may alleviate bias concerns.
Given the central role that industry plays in scientific research and development, it is important to explore strategies for designing multi-sector research collaborations that can generate legitimate, high-quality results while being perceived as legitimate by the public.
John C. Besley, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, Michigan State UniversityAaron M. McCright, Associate Professor of Sociology, Michigan State UniversityJoseph D. Martin, Fellow-in-Residence at the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, University of LeedsKevin Elliott, Associate Professor of Fisheries & Wildlife and Philosophy, Michigan State University, and Nagwan Zahry, PhD Student in Media and Information Studies, Michigan State University | <urn:uuid:689f6d6f-6713-4026-8be6-15b513cda084> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.desmog.com/2017/05/12/people-dont-trust-scientific-research-when-companies-are-involved/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946235 | 1,220 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Da’esh Systematized Perversion and Dared to Call it “Islam”
At the launch of the invasion and occupation of Sinjar by Da’esh, beginning August 3, 2014, the militant group had already commenced a heavy, multi-layered global propaganda campaign to display their leadership and credibility. The group began by self-branding as an authoritative leader, carefully choosing labels such as “Islamic caliphate” and the “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria. War strategies built on crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity were claimed to be designed and informed by religious texts, manipulated to justify the targeting, violation, and destruction of minority groups in Iraq.
The appropriation of political Islamic tenets on caliphate formation, some of which were almost 1,400 years old, built group credibility in front of an unversed global target audience, some of whom were not even Muslim believers prior to recruitment. Da’esh “rule of law” became an online and offline, paper-trailed system of recycled verses and tenets taken out of historical context with no method of theological analysis.
Much of this propaganda engine was in the English language, disseminating misrepresented and fictitious declarations and premises around the world. But it was not just Da’esh target recruits, some of whom did not speak the Arabic language, who believed there was theological backing behind these verses. Targeted communities, like the Yazidis, were made to believe that the Muslim religion is entitled to destroy their existence.
In the face of genocide, the world missed – and is still missing – an important moment of reckoning.
The international diplomatic community also bought into the abusive information system, forcing the Muslim religion on the defensive. In the face of genocide, the world missed – and is still missing – an important moment of reckoning.
The long-term implications of this global dangerous appropriation by Da’esh are still being felt as the Yazidi people enter a new chapter of genocide, one where the world appears to have forgotten that a genocide happened – and is still happening. Minority communities and historic Sinjari residents also continue to be perpetual victims of Da’esh crimes against humanity.
Firstly, the Da’esh ideological propaganda engine remains alive and more present than the world is ready to admit. Under-reported incidents across Iraq are barely making international news, with attacks and violent incidents happening sometimes weekly. Signs of re-militarization and re-organization are keeping Sinjaris on high alert. Some news correspondents in Iraq and Syria have been permitted to enter camps like Al-Hol to interview Da’esh militant wives. Those who have chosen to speak on camera are calling for a return of the caliphate and are professing their unwavering allegiance to the “righteous” ways of Da’esh. Clearly, the Da’esh ideology has not been disbanded. This should not come as a surprise to governments and activists because no systemic efforts have worked to falsify and deinstitutionalize their belief system. Calling a military defeat of Da’esh forfeited the responsibility of the world to stay alert and destroy any capacity for dormancy and re-emergence.
The Yazidis, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, and others are facing chronic lack of security, systemic community marginalization, and politicized mechanisms prohibiting meaningful inclusion and justice.
Secondly, the perverted appropriation of Islam by Da’esh has greatly limited the willingness and capacity of Sinjaris to embark in collective reconciliatory efforts. With no regulatory framework action to protect and enable minority communities, Sinjar is becoming a more dangerous environment with growing telling signs of pre-genocidal indicators. The Yazidis, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, and others are facing chronic lack of security, systemic community marginalization, and politicized mechanisms prohibiting meaningful inclusion and justice. The international community is leaving little room for a moderate Islam that deeply condemns extremism, violence, and terrorism. With no organized search and rescue operation, re-education camps continue to house Yazidi children born of sexual enslavement or kidnapped from their families, as well as children from Da’esh households. These children will have no safe home in Iraqi and Syrian society without tremendous emotional, cognitive, and behavioral re-development and re-integration, the capacity for which remains unclear. Tremendous fear is also being fed by a collective resurgence of trauma. In this Yazidi eighth annual commemorative period, community Twitter accounts are re-sharing Da’esh propaganda videos of women being raped and subjugated to extreme violence to remind the world what genocide did and still looks like. This is what happens when governments and international agencies fail to ensure effective mental health, peacebuilding, inclusion, and interventions. The lack of Sinjari governance grounded in self-determined reconciliation is also contributing to institutionalizing misinformed notions of Islam and is depriving Sinjaris of a meaningful baseline to safely start over. The Yazidis deserve to understand and trust that true Islam was also victimized and was never the weapon that perpetrated their genocide.
Thirdly, eight years of keeping the Muslim religion on the defensive has strongly dissuaded and isolated Middle Eastern, Arab, and Islamic governments from assuming leadership against this systemic perversion on the global stage. By dehumanizing Islam, Da’esh was able to leverage global fears and a worldwide poor understanding of the peaceful and healthy theological truths of the religion. The rise in Islamophobia and dangerous biases and stereotypical public imagination of what constitutes Islam is irresponsible. When the Muslim world calls out Da’esh atrocities, it is either not heard well enough or treated with suspicion. While this has unfairly crowded out many regional and Islamic law-based states from playing a leadership role against Da’esh, it is very unfortunate that to-date, none of these governments have recognized the Yazidi Genocide. This poor record of public solidarity and advocacy needs to change. The world needs to express humility towards a religion that it is not an expert in, and wholesomely welcome concerned governments to play a part in global diplomacy, peacebuilding, and regional security. The Muslim world has the right to claim ownership of its religion. Some governments, such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have seen Islamic scholars and clergymen denounce and condemn the non-Islamic methods of Da’esh to violate and exterminate communities in Iraq. There have also been investments in theological re-examination and analysis, but the majority of this research is published in the Arabic language. The world has a responsibility to elevate these voices and give due ownership to regional governments so that they can step up.
What is critical is to put suffering and surviving communities of Da’esh atrocities first. It is for them that the global appropriation and defiling of the Muslim religion needs to be acknowledged and unbundled. Appreciating how harmful Da’esh has been to the Muslim religion and Islamic world can set the stage for the safety, reconciliation, and leadership that the Yazidis and other minority groups need to survive and commit to stay in Sinjar. Only then will this global perverted propaganda system really be defeated.
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The problem, however, is that Japan’s growing cooperation with India is moving slowly and tentatively, while China has moved by leaps and bounds in developing vital ports and facilities in other countries around the Indian Ocean in recent years.
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Antigen Testing of Suspected COVID-19 Patients in Havana
Given increasing numbers of new COVID-19 cases, the city’s polyclinics and hospitals have begun administering antigen tests to patients with symptoms indicative of a possible infection and capacity in isolation centers is being expanded
Author: Yudy Castro Morales | email@example.com
January 26, 2021 10:01:29
Given the complex epidemiological situation in the capital, recently experiencing growing numbers of new COVID-19 cases, the city’s neighborhood polyclinics and hospitals have begun administering antigen tests for the virus to patients with symptoms indicative of a possible infection.
According to information presented in a meeting of the Provincial Defense Council, every facility of this type now has on hand the resources needed to provide the test, and depending on the result, can discard the presence of
SARS-COV-2 as the possible cause of illness in such cases.
According to established protocols, patients whose antigen test is negative are referred to hospitals specialized in treating non-COVID related respiratory illnesses, while those testing positive are transferred to isolation centers for suspected cases, where they will be given a PCR test, to definitively confirm whether or not they have been infected with the SARS-COV-2 virus.
According to an ACN report, Defense Council authorities insisted on the need to provide sufficient capacity in facilities of this nature to deal with the increase in suspected cases, although an effort is being made to reduce the number of patients referred to these centers by some 50%.
Tatiana Viera Hernández, Havana’s government program coordinator, stated that nine sites are ready to receive unconfirmed suspected cases of COVID-19, with a total capacity of 2,036 beds, with 566 occupied at the time.
The hotel chain Islazul has again prepared several of its facilities to be used for this purpose, including the Lido, Terrazas, Bella Habana and San Alejandro Hotels.
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EFL had a wonderful interactive awareness session with the children of Ecole Française Internationale de Colombo (French International School of Colombo) in November 2018.
While focusing on deforestation as the main topic, EFL team discussed about what is meant by deforestation, why forests are important, causes of deforestation and who are affected by this problem to the children. The children were then divided into groups to draw/ map out what was discussed in order to come up with, what they felt were the best solutions to deforestation.
Interestingly, some of the children came up with quite pragmatic solutions like dispersing seeds on land to grow trees/forests, demarcate land to give them the status of ‘protected land’ and go back to old ways of co- existing and building eco-friendly houses such as tree houses to stop cutting down trees.
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Rainbow Lorikeets are very sweet natured and vibrantly brilliant birds.They have long life.They love to be in the midst of the action.This bird loves to play whenever its favorite person is around.This bird is not shy.It will let you know when it wants attention.If you are searchong for a laid -back bird then this bird is not right choice for you.
Origin and History
The rainbow lorikeet is native to coastal regions from northern Queensland to Southern Australian along the eastern coastline. Colonies of rainbow lorikeets have since established in Perth in western Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. The rainbow lorikeet lives in the trees of the rainforest, the bush, and the woodlands. Rainbow lorikeets can fly up to 40 miles per day to search food. They usually fly in noisy flocks of one or two dozen birds.
Rainbow Lorikeets are known for their friendly personalities.These birds are easy to socialize and value cooperation with their human keepers.Alway hand feed Rainbow Lorikeets during their training.In this way they may be less nippy and will become acclimated to human touch.
This bird is very intelligent so it is also a capable escape artist.That is why always lock the cage door.
Most lories get along well with other bird species, but they can be very territorial and can become very jealous.They can become cruel with birds of their species .They should never be left unsupervised with other birds.
Rainbow Lorikeet Colors and Markings
They are the most colorful bird species.Rainbow Lorikeets faces and bellies support a deep blue plumage with green feathers on thier wings,heads and backs.Their breast color is bright red and orange on the sides.Their feet are dark grayish black.
It is very difficult to differniate males and females by appearance.To find sex,bird requires genetic testing or a surgical sexing process.
Caring for a Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet are excellent pets for those people who have time to spend with them.They love to play .They also like to play with alot of toys to keep their minds and beaks busy.
The cage size requirement for this bird is four feet long by two feet wide and three feet tall.Cage must be strong material like meta.As wooden cages can be torn apart by their beaks .
When finding a locations for a lorikeets cage,it is must to put the cage in a place where there is no carpet and the floors and walls can be cleaned easily.Some people put plastic lining on their walls to protect walls due to bird droppings.This bird is so smart ,it can be potty trained potty trained too.
As lorkittes normally eat sugarly nectars that are prone to bacterial growth.So clean their food containers withi two hours of feeding to avoid bacterial infections.
Ordinary Health Issues
Rainbow lorikeets are prone to lorikeet paralysis syndrome, a situation in which birds are unable to move their body, wings, legs, or head. They also lose their ability to blink and swallow. The cause is unknown.
Most intelligent bird species are prone to feather plucking when a bird becomes bored, feels neglected, or gets anxiety. Although lorikeets are not primarily known for feather plucking, rainbow lorikeets can get depressed if they do not get enough physical and mental exercise.
Sour crop, is a bacterial infection that affects the bird’s crop or food storage pouch in the throat area of the bird’s digestive tract. You can prevent this problem with thorough cleaning of the bird’s cage, food cups, and water cups between feedings.
Diet and Nutrition
Lorikeets survive in the wild mainly on nectar and flower pollen. If you examine a lorikeet’s mouth, you’ll find that their tongues have uniquely adapted “brushes” on the tips to help them harvest these foods from the plants in their environment.
In custody, lorikeet owners feed their pets with commercially available or homemade nectar mixtures, which must be prepared fresh twice or thrice times a day. Begin by offering 1/4 cup per feeding—give more if they finish quickly and are looking for more. These birds are usually eating for at least three hours throughout the day.
Supplement a pet lorikeet’s diet with treats like oats, fresh fruit, edible organic flowers, and green vegetables twice daily. Avoid citrus fruits; they may upset the bird’s digestion. Discard any uneaten food after three to four hours. Provide fresh water every day.
Never give this bird a seed or pellet mix. These hard foods can destroy this bird’s delicate brush-like tongue. Don’t give foods like avocado, chocolate, coffee, rhubarb, and alcohol.As they are toxic to all birds
Rainbow lorikeets are active birds, so they need plenty of exercise to maintain their health. A lorikeet needs a large cage so that they have enough room for flying.This bird needs a minimum of 3 to 4 daily hours of supervised, out-of-cage playtime for good physical and emotional health.
Rainbow lorikeets love to play and need to be provided with alot of toys to keep their minds and beaks busy. They are avid chewers. Sostore up on destructible toys made of safe woods so that their beaks can get good exercise.
Where to Adopt or Buy a Rainbow Lorikeet
Look into local lorikeet breeders and get an appointment to meet with them and their birds to check if you think you could handle day-to-day living with a lorikeet in your household. They can cost from $500 to $1,500. Rescues, adoption organizations, and breeders where you can find rainbow lorikeets include:
A healthy lorikeet will be active and with smooth feathers. Make sure that the beak is clean, the eyes clear and bright, and that there are no broken feathers. Feet should be clean, and nails should not be too long.
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Port labor issues continue to plague Argentina
Labor issues among Argentine ports continue to impact global grain trade.
U.S. Commodities president Don Roose says a week after a dock worker strike ended, there’s optimism a deal can be reached with Argentina’s grain inspectors’ union, Urgara.
“But ahead of us we’re also going to probably have a truckers’ strike as we get closer to harvest. They’ve just had a terrible time with inflation down there.”
He tells Brownfield the union is asking for a 35 percent pay wage hike in the face of a 30 percent peso devaluation.
Argentina’s Ministry of Agriculture recently suspended corn export registrations through February.
“So that’s telling us that they want to wait and see what they have for a crop before they ship too much more grain out, so that’s a bit of a concerning factor.”
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- Johnson has announced a four-week delay to the final step of England’s roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions until July 19.
- More than 44.3 million people in Britain have received the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine.
- More than 32.4 million people in UK have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
There will be no early relaxation of the remaining coronavirus restrains in UK before the planned date of July 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today.
British PM’s remarks came after a “good conversation” with new UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Sunday.
“Although there are some encouraging signs and the number of deaths remains low and the number of hospitalizations remains low, though both are going up a bit, we are seeing an increase in cases,” Johnson said during a campaign visit to Batley in northern England.
“So we think it’s sensible to stick to our plan to have a cautious but irreversible approach, use the next three weeks or so really to complete as much as we can of that vaccine rollout — another 5 million jabs we can get into people’s arms by July 19,” he said.
“And then with every day that goes by it’s clearer to me and all our scientific advisers that we’re very likely to be in a position on July 19 to say that really is the terminus and we can go back to life as it was before COVID as far as possible.”
Javid said he wanted to see the end of restrictions as soon as possible but any easing would be “irreversible”.
Britain has reported another 14,876 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,732,434, according to official figures released Sunday.
The country also recorded another 11 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 128,100. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test.
Johnson has announced a four-week delay to the final step of England’s roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions until July 19, amid a surge in cases of the Delta variant first identified in India.
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Editor's note: This popular story from the Daily Briefing's archives was republished on Jan. 27, 2021.
Hector Hernandez's friends used to joke that he had a "beer belly," but as Hernandez's belly grew larger and larger, he grew concerned that something might be wrong.
'I just thought I was fat'
For some time, Hernandez had noticed his stomach was getting bigger while the rest of his body was getting thinner. He also started struggling with heartburn and constipation and often had difficulty breathing.
Eventually, he reached 300 pounds. "I wore big jackets to try to cover up, but it was very noticeable," he said. Initially he didn't think much of his size. "I just thought I was fat," he said.
And at least one doctor seemed to agree. The physician told Hernandez that some people carry weight in different ways than others.
But as time passed, Hernandez became convinced weight gain wasn't the sole problem. He tried a plant-based diet to lose weight, but saw no progress, and his stomach began to feel "heavy" and "hard" to the touch. So Hernandez sought out a second opinion, and eventually was referred to William Tseng, a surgical oncologist and assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
A shocking diagnosis
After some initial testing, Tseng diagnosed Hernandez with a retroperitoneal liposarcoma—a rare cancerous tumor that forms in fat cells.
"I was kind of in shock," Hernandez said.
Tseng performed six-hour operation to remove the large tumor. According to Tseng, these tumors are typically between 20 and 30 pounds—Hernandez's was 77 pounds. "This is probably the largest one I've removed," Tseng said.
Fortunately, Tseng said the tumor had spared Hernandez's major blood vessels and organs but had damaged one of his kidneys beyond repair. "The tumor swallowed it up, basically," Hernandez said. "It wasn't functioning anymore."
The mystery behind liposarcomas
Tseng warned Hernandez that liposarcomas often come back, and if his does, it could be more aggressive. While surgery is generally a safe way to treat the tumors, liposarcomas present a bit of a medical mystery. Doctors aren't entirely sure why liposarcomas form or how they can stop them.
"We don't have anything that can prevent it at this point," Tseng said. He added that this form of cancer could use more research. "We desperately need something better than surgery," he said.
Hernandez does not need to receive chemotherapy, but he will have to undergo CT scans every four months to make sure the tumor does not come back.
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In an awful instant almost 15 years ago, Vijay Dixit says his life stopped.
Dixit’s 19-year-old daughter, Shreya, was killed in a Nov. 1, 2007 crash caused by the momentary distraction of the driver of the car in which she was riding with three other friends. She was on her way home from the University of Wisconsin to visit her family.
While his life stopped in that moment, it didn’t take long for Dixit to channel his grief into something positive.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), distracted driving is responsible for: 9 highway deaths every day in the U.S.; 8% of all fatal crashes, 15% of injury crashes, and 14% of all police-reported motor vehicle crashes.
A car traveling at 55 mph while the driver sends or reads a text is the equivalent of driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed, according to the NHTSA.
Estimates are that 10% of all drivers are doing so while distracted.
Dixit’s new direction, joined by his wife, Rekha, and daughter, Nayha, turned into the Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation.
The Foundation’s mission is to raise awareness of distracted driving, educate the community about safe and distraction-free driving, and encourage others to be mindful of the safety of others on the road.
The Foundation works closely with schools to educate teens about the dangers of distracted driving. Dixit has helped create online courses, written a book, and initiated Distraction-Free Life Clubs at schools, including Eden Prairie High School.
Club leaders received the 2020 Emerging Leaders Award at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Toward Zero Deaths Conference.
Most recently, the Foundation has started a six-week summer internship program for high school and college students. Dixit said the interns will showcase their work and answer questions during one of the Foundation’s ongoing efforts next month.
That effort, the 15th Annual Raksha Run/Walk and Vigil to End Distracted Driving, is Saturday, Aug. 6, at Purgatory Creek Park in Eden Prairie.
The vigil will include a display of photos of distracted driving victims and their stories.
Dixit also learned recently that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has declared Aug. 6 “Distraction-Free Driving Day” in Minnesota.
The Foundation picked the first Saturday in August for the run/walk because it aligns closely with Raksha Bandhan, the Indian festival that celebrates the love between brothers and sisters.
Raksha Bandhan is an Indian festival commemorating a centuries-old tradition in which a sister ties a ceremonial band called a rakhi on her brother’s wrist and prays for his protection and safety.
Raksha is a Sanskrit root word that means “protection.” Bandhan means “to tie.”
Tying a rakhi around a loved one’s wrist — or a stranger’s — is believed to remind us of the moral duty to protect those around us. Rakhis are typically made of multi-colored cotton strands and decorated with beads or stones.
Participants at the Aug. 6 event will have the opportunity to join others at the event’s ceremony by taking the pledge to eliminate their own distracted driving and tying a rakhi around the wrist of a family member, friend or stranger to offer them protection.
“After reciting the pledge, we will ask people to turn to the person standing next to them, tie the rakhi on his or her wrist and ask them to tie one on your wrist,” Dixit said. “And then you promise each other ‘I’ll protect you on the road. You protect me on the road.’ And that’s how the tradition started.”
Participants have enjoyed the ceremony so much that they ask for additional rakhis to share with a family member or friend, Dixit said.
“What we ask them to do, because it is a very small string, is to tie it on (their) rearview mirror,” he said. “It is too small to be a distraction, but when you see that rakhi, it becomes a reminder that you took a pledge.”
The 15th Annual Raksha Run/Walk and Vigil to End Distracted Driving begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Purgatory Creek Park, 13001 Technology Drive. You can register on the Foundation’s website.
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Aberdeen, Carolina & Western (AC&W) Railroad relocation study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential advantages and opportunities associated with the relocation of the AC&W Railroad in the historic North Davidson (NoDa) neighborhood of Charlotte. This railroad runs in close proximity to the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR)/Norfolk Southern (NS) mainline line railway, and currently causes several operational complications and noise impacts within the area around these railroads. The Study Area is within a geography roughly bounded by the NCRR/NS mainline, East Sugar Creek Road, The Plaza, and Matheson Avenue.
What is the AC&W Railroad?
The AC&W Railroad is the largest privately held freight railroad in North Carolina. It operates in central North Carolina between Charlotte and Star. From there, one branch goes to Gulf and the other to Aberdeen (NOTE: the trip along the rails from Charlotte to Aberdeen is approximately 100 miles), and has connections to the Norfolk Southern, CSXT, Aberdeen and Rockfish and Winston-Salem Southbound railroads. The AC&W Railroad serves businesses primarily in Montgomery, Moore, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Stanly counties. Primary commodities carried by the railroad are lumber and forest products, grain and agricultural products, plastics, building materials, propane gas, and rock products.
Background and Overview
NoDa, which has become an increasingly popular destination over the past decade, continues to experience growth and development. In anticipation of further development, and in coordination with other projects underway in the area, the City recently completed a railroad relocation study to determine the potential benefits and/or consequences of realigning the AC&W Railroad. The existing track utilized by the AC&W Railroad passes through many established neighborhoods and within close proximity to the businesses in the heart of NoDa, leading to disruptions caused by at-grade crossings within this part of the City. The current alignment and entrance into Norfolk Southern's Charlotte Yard also contributes to operational inefficiencies.
The City's intent for this study was to document a preferred relocation alignment and identify recommendations associated with the realignment that will improve vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian connectivity, along with potential land use options that will continue to encourage economic development.
A Technical Oversight Team (TOT) represented by various city and state agencies has provided insight and guidance throughout the study process. Agencies represented on the TOT include:
City of Charlotte Department of Transportation
City of Charlotte Neighborhood and Business Services Department
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department
Charlotte Area Transit System
Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization
North Carolina Department of Transportation
The City reached out to the rail companies (NCRR, NS, and AC&W) that own and operate the potentially impacted rail lines. Additionally, property owners in the area bounded by the NCRR/NS mainline, Sugar Creek Road, the AC&W Railroad and Anderson Street were contacted regarding the Study. In addition, a meeting was held with the NoDa Neighborhood Association Executive Board.
The AC&W Railroad Relocation Study final report was completed in winter 2016 (attached above). Outreach activities and the development of recommendations occurred throughout the summer 2015. The report is an intermediary step between initial assessment and identification of a relocation alternative (conducted by NCDOT in 2010). Next steps necessary to implement the recommendations are outlined in the report.
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A couple of weeks ago Hassnae Bouazza gave an inspiring lecture at Delft University of Technology as part of the Design as Politics lecture series. In her lecture she connected social issues of emancipation, Islam and feminism to architecture and urban planning, from the inside out. Recordings of the lectures can be found here, but you can now also read the full text of the lecture at frontaalnaakt.
Designing inclusive cities by Hassnae Bouazza
Shahira Fahmy was a young and influential Egyptian architect before choosing acting as a career. She now stars alongside Isabelle Hupert in Claire’s Camera, directed by Hong Sang Soo. She says in this video clip that she doesn’t know how architecture lead her to acting.
Let me take a guess: in designing, you try to make a better world. More beautiful, more comfortable, you also try tell a story. Each design, building, concept has its own story to convey. You make people’s lives easier, you give them freedom, a place to repose, you emancipate them. In acting you also tell stories, stories that people can relate to, you lift the lid on taboos, visualise delicate subjects, you celebrate stories – and you create beauty.
When I was thinking about this lecture I had a zillion thoughts and ideas and the challenge was to structure them. I had a long talk with Design as Politics’ Professor Wouter Vanstiphout in preparing this talk and what at first seemed like a dare, namely link emancipation and feminism to design, very quickly became very obvious. But of course design and feminism are not only linked but intertwined. If you think about it, everything connected to progress has inevitably to do with emancipation and feminism, be it vacuum cleaners, big supermarkets, take away meals, that make people’s lives easier and give women in more traditional societies room for a career – to buildings that take into account the needs of the modern female. Let me give you an example.
Last week a judge ruled in a very interesting case a young lady had filed: it was 2015, after hours, she had to pee, couldn’t find a toilet, and decided to pee in a corner on the street. A police man saw her, but of course he did, police men never miss an opportunity to squeeze money out of people, fined her and she decided to fight the fine, reasoning that she didn’t have a choice, because of the lack of public toilets for women. There are plenty of urinals, but no decent places for women to go and relieve themselves. The judge acknowledged there are few public toilets for women, but that’s ‘because men tend to urinate in public more often’, he ruled that she should have used a urinal.
So the logic is this: men break the law by urinating in public and the state rewards them by providing urinals. I’m sure you know what those urinals look like: stinky, dirty. I always imagine the stench when I walk past one and keep my distance.
Urinals were designed for the comfort of men. An acknowledgment of the idea that a man has to do what a man has to do. So what about women? Why is it perfectly normal to find urinals in city centers, but do city councils just assume women don’t need toilets? Which of you smart minds will be able to think of a solution that is so much more appealing than the few public toilets we have now and which I for one avoid at all cost. So, who will help out the modern day woman and design an attractive, clean solution for her.
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As mentionned a couple of times on this list, you must have a minimum SNR per MODCOD. If your SNR is above, you have some Link Margin (LM):
Basic Service MODCOD 8psk 3/5 --> LM = SNR - 5.9 [dB]
HVS-1, HVS-2 MODCOD 16apsk 2/3 --> LM = SNR - 9.3 [dB]
The SR1 does nothing else when it calculates the link margin for BAS and HVS-1. I really don't understand why you Windows guys try the hell of snmp stuff to get these LM values from the SR1 if you alredy have the T1 SNR.
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Miai (life and death)
Example 2 (a)
Example 2 (b)
The Japanese go term, adopted into English, miai denotes that there are two different options such that, if one player takes one, the other player can take the other. Also, it typically does not matter which player gets which option, but sometimes each player has only one of the options.
For example, in this diagram White lives because if Black plays at a, White plays at b; and if Black plays at b, White plays at a, in both cases making two eyes.
We say that a and b are miai for two eyes. In general any such situation where when one player takes or prevents one of two options, the opponent will play the other, is called miai.
Or White may play and Black , also for a local score of zero.
We expect one player to get one play, the other player to get the other, for a net local score of zero. The plays are miai.
Miai applies to local positions like the above, but also in more general, strategic concepts.
For example, when Black ataris at , White cannot play because next makes miai of a and b. White can choose which stones to capture and which to save, but in either case Black captures 1 or 2 stones and establishes a position in what used to be White's corner, therefore damaging her position.
In English we often use the word equivalence to translate the concept of miai, in the sense that the two options allow the same objective to be achieved more or less. For example, miai in a life and death context might mean the existence of two different moves resulting in the equivalent outcome of living or killing. On the other hand, in the endgame context, a miai position has two points that are about the same point value, although these two values need not be exactly the same. However, most go players will simply adopt the word miai instead of the longer constructions in English.
The term has more general use, as its literal meaning is just "looking at each other". In baseball, for example, an easy pop fly that could have been caught by any of two (or more) fielders might drop if the players thought the other would be going to catch it. This situation is also referred to as "miai" or "omiai", or they just "looked at each other". When two babies are curiously staring each other, the parents would say "they are looking at each other!", or "miatteru". Arranged marriage is more often referred to as "omiai" but it can be just "mial".
Usually, it is better not to play out miai points without additional reason. But playing it in the middle game is a loss of a ko threat which might prove to be decisive for the outcome of the game.
As an example, consider again this miai position. Black can use either a or b as a ko threat to which White will reply with the other move.
In this position we have added the marked stone. a and b are still miai for the life of this group, but a is 1 point bigger than b.
Usually Black will leave this position alone to keep the ko threat, but when the game reaches the late endgame, Black will play the bigger move at a in sente.
- Miai in the fuseki
- Miai in the End Position
- Miai in problem solving
- Miai in the endgame: mutual damage
- Miai exercises
- For a very nice problem concerning the use of Miai, see Snow White In The Dark Woods
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Kāla means time, and Manḍala means group. Time as we experience, its a divine consciousness. Siddha Dharma reveals a devata who controls and manages time. This devata is an invisible devata. He is formless. There is another divinity of time known as lord of death, Yamaraja who is also a manifestation of Shiva but he is not the actual devata who we refer to as Kaala or time. This invisible god of time has never manifested in front of any person. The very idea of “time” (who is formless God of time) manifesting in time is not possible. God of time does not have a physical form that can be manifested.
Philosophy of Desha, Kāla & Paristhiti
- 1 Philosophy of Desha, Kāla & Paristhiti
- 2 Importance of Kāla Manḍala Sadhana
- 3 Etymology
- 4 Origin of Kāla Manḍala
- 5 Kāla Manḍala Yantra
- 6 Kāla Manḍala Sadhana, Kāla and MahaKāla
- 7 Kaala, MahaKāla and Kundalini
- 8 Swachchhanda Bhairava & Kalā Manḍala
- 9 Mahasiddha Ishaputra and Kāla Manḍala
- 10 Mahā Sidddha Ishaputra As Kalādhipati of Siddhas In Kaulantak Peeth
- 11 Some examples of Kāla Manḍala
- 12 Kāla Manḍala tradition and lineage
- 13 Literature
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Time also has a beginning and an end. We too are tied to this time. We also live our life in harmony with this time. Now, in Kaulantak Peeth, three things are very important in all spheres. They are called Udgosha or proclamations of Kaulantak Peeth. They are “Desha, Kāla and Paristhiti”. This implies time, place and circumstances. Time as Kāla, Desha as area or location or physical place and Paristhiti meaning circumstances. All things are dependent on the. Desh doesnt simply imply earth but water, sky, gases, light, darkness any given place. It could even be different planet and different universe. It could be any area. Kāla is time, and circumstances implies the condition in which one exists. Together with all these three, one develops the idea of experience which is actually the experience of Māyā.
Circumstances that you find yourself in, your situation, your body condition, your senses define your circumstances. The way your senses and perception are, you similarly understand time and place in its subjectivity through relativity. No beings have the same circumstances in the whole universe. So, their experience of time and capacity to understand time must be different as well. So, there is an idea of time based on this subjective experience of time-based on one’s unique circumstances. One must understand this properly. Is time then only subjective experience based on circumstances? Or is there a flow of time independent of all? One doubts if time is a mind construct which implies the same idea of time being dependent on circumstances.
Importance of Kāla Manḍala Sadhana
Kāla Manḍala sadhana has a two-fold purpose. First to make you understand the finer aspect of nature of time and then how you can establish yourself in harmony with the nature. This is done through understanding the philosophy of desh, kāla & paristhiti.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Kāla Manḍala is defined as various times within one same mandala. Kāla Manḍala means that there are many forms of time in this universe each operating in its own motion and pace. Each place, corner of the universe has its own time. Time is different and not constant in different parts of the universe. Talking about the earth, even it doesn’t have one constant time. There is always a time difference fast or slow between places. Even two mountains of the earth don’t have the same time. The Alps of Europe and Himalaya doesn’t have the same time even though both being mountains.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Kāla Manḍala is made up of two words, Kāla means Time and Mandala means group with the same locus. In yantra, the lotus petals are made around the bindu (locus point). All the petals surround the middle point of the flower. The midpoint is the bindu while petals are the mandala. So, similarly MahaKāla is the bindu and all other Kāla is its mandala.
From above, we can infer that Kāla Manḍala means different forms of time that is prevalent in this universe which circles around the same locus point called MahaKaala.
Origin of Kāla Manḍala
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Lord Shiva had just opened his eyes after a long samadhi. When he opened his eyes, he saw Shakti. Since, Shakti had waited a very long time for lord Shiva’s samadhi to break, he was pleased with Shakti. He then told Shakti that he would be imparting her the diksha of Kāla and asked Devi for a moment so that he could close his eyes and in the provess initiate her to the various Kāla in this universe. He then close his eyes for a samadhi
After lord Shiva had closed his eyes, the face of Shakti changed as she was tensed because lord Shiva when he goes to Samadhi, he only opens his eye after long time period. Shakti had already waited long for him to open his eyes. No sooner had lord Shiva closed his eyes, Shakti was thrilled to see him opening his eyes the very next second. It was like a slow blinking of his eyes. She was relieved and asked Shiva that whenever he closes his eyes, he goes to a deep samadhi but this time, he just blinked and what was the reason behind it?
As per “Siddha Dharma”, lord Shiva then replied to Parvati that he indeed had ascended to the state of samadhi. Shakti shocked asked him as to how it was possible because she along with mortal beings blank their eyes all the time yet they never reached samadhi. She also further asked whether if it was possible for any sentient beings to have the experience of samadhi for such minute time period of an eye blink? The rationale behind the question was that she had already heard multiple times from lord Shiva that one loses all account of time in the state of samadhi.
Lord Shiva then replied to Ma Shakti that it was possible for all to experience the state of samadhi even if it be for a eye blink. He further continued that it was only possible because of Kāla Manḍala because time is not constant everywhere in this universe. Time varies with places and universe. He further told her that when he blinked his eyes, he had connected himself to Kāla Manḍala and he had gone to a deep long samadhi period but she only saw him blinking his eyes because the time was different from his samadhi to the usual time at Kailash.
Lord Shiva further explained that in their moment he had already experienced a deep samadhi but for Shakti it was just an eye blink. Lord Shiva then explained Shakti that such phenomenon can only happen when one is the master of Kāla Manḍala and he then initiated Shakti into Kaala Manadala.
Kāla Manḍala Yantra
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Kāla Manḍala yantra is uttara āmanāya yantra. It is drawn and understood from inside out. In the center there is a black dot. Surrounding it is six concentric circles. On the outer most circle there are sixty four pushpa petals in the shape of betel leaves. Enclosing the circles are four squares. Then four bhupura each in a box. So four bhupura in four boxes, each one enclosing the previous one. Then there are four more circles made with thicker lines.
This is considered a very sacred and mystical geometry. Each part of this geometry is very significant and contains deep secrets. Each portion is ripe with many symbolism. In itself, it is a samaya chakra which encapsulates the “desh, kāla & paristhiti” philosophy. It is sort of a map of the universe. It can be only learnt from a siddha guru through the eternal guru disciple tradition. There are many divinities associated with this yantra. There are six dharma chakra of kurukulla on the outer circle. Dharma chakra is the chakra that sprouts the kalā, artforms of devi in the universe and makes the universe a manifestation of beauty. This chakra gives rise to satvik, rajasic and tamasic guṇa and three hidden guṇa. All six guṇa, three known and three unknown constitute the universe.
Kāla Manḍala Sadhana, Kāla and MahaKāla
As per ““Siddha Dharma”, Kāla means time and MahaKāla means beyond time. It is from MahaKāla time starts and time dissolves. Since, MahaKāla is the point where all Kāla revolves in a circle, MahaKāla has the power to destroy any Kāla and also to create it.
The “Siddha Dharma” mentions that MahaKāla is beyond everything. It is beyond matter, energy, time etc. It is represented by pure darkness because it is infinite and devoid of any gunas or attributes. It is his consort or shakti Mahakaali, who plays an active part in managing time.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, there are thousand faces of Kāla in this universe that means there are thousand types of time in this universe which is in their motion. Every Kāla is different from another. For instance, the day and night of Brahma is considered to be two kalpas of this planet earth. When Brahma spends his day and night, there is so much transformation in the earth that it under goes two great destructions, twenty-eight manvantara and any many yugas. The Kāla of Brahma ji and this planet earth is simply incomparable but both are within the domain of Mahakaala.
Kaala, MahaKāla and Kundalini
The “Siddha Dharma” also mentions that Mahakala has all together thousand faces. And those thousand faces are Kāla of different time and period. This can be well understood through the analogy of a human body and kundalini.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, in the human body there is sahastrahar dal chakra which is portrayed as thousand petal lotus. The thousand petal lotus surrounds the Shiva bindu. The Shiva bindu is the bindu of MahaKāla because Shiva bindu is beyond time, matter, gunas etc. The thousand petal lotus are thousand faces of Kala inside us or every lotus petal in us represents a particular Kaala.
When the Kundalini Shakti reaches the crown chakra then the yogi becomes Shiva himself or Mahakaala. He is not bounded by inner time therefore he is free from this loka and this universe. He can then travel from one planet to another in no seconds and achieve impossible feats related to time.
Swachchhanda Bhairava & Kalā Manḍala
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Swachchhanda Bhairav is the lord of Kalā Manḍala. Without the sadhana of Swachchhanda Bhairava, one cannot accomplish the sadhana of Kalā Manḍala. Kalā Manḍala sadhana begins with practices of the manifested form of Swachchhanda Bhairava and then proceeds to the formless aspect of Swachchhanda Bhairav. Only after accomplishing this prerequisite, one enters the crux of the practices in Kalā Manḍala Sadhana.
Mahasiddha Ishaputra and Kāla Manḍala
As per the legends of Kaulantak Peeth, Mahasiddha Ishaputra had attained the state of samadhi four times in his life. The first samadhi span was nearly a fortnight, the second samadhi span was twenty-one days, the third samadhi span was three months while the final samadhi was of ten days only.
Because of his first two experiences, the guru of His Holiness, Mahasiddha Siddhant Nath conferred him the title of “Mahayogi”. His guru didn’t confer him the title in his first experience because the first time can always be a fluke. When he reached the state of samadhi second time, his guru was still sceptic of samadhi experiences because His Holiness could simply perform sadhana in any particular asana or in sadhana without any movement for months.
When His Holiness had the experience of third samadhi and it was in the span of three months, Mahasiddha Siddhant Nath then recognized all his samadhi experiences and wanted His Holiness to not pursue samadhi further because if Mahasiddha Ishaputra hits samadhi the fourth time, it would be a “Mahasamadhi” and from that state nobody has ever descended down. It is virtually impossible for a person to reach the state of “Mahasamadhi” and then make a return to this world. Nobody has ever reached that state and came back.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, the guru of His Holiness Mahasiddha Siddhant Nath then initiated him into “Kāla Manḍala” diksha because he didn’t want His Holiness to reach the state of “Mahasamadhi” accidentally while performing other sadhanas. His Holiness got initiated and was ordered by the great guru to practice the sadhana for a year. His Holiness then started chanting the mantra and elongated his sadhana to one and half years.
After the conclusion of the sadhana, His Holiness then meditated and attained the state of samadhi for the span of ten days. His Holiness reiterates that the fourth samadhi which was only ten days was the most productive samadhi among all other even if had the least time span. His Holiness because of the perfection of Kāla Manḍala sadhana, he had hit samadhi for ten days but in another Kaala, he had attained samadhi for a very long time. Ten days of His Holiness samadhi was equal to millennium span of samadhi in another Kāla and his experiences widened because he had enough experience of samadhi.
Mahā Sidddha Ishaputra As Kalādhipati of Siddhas In Kaulantak Peeth
As per “Siddha Dharma”, with his accomplishments in Kalā Manḍala Sadhana, Mahā Siddha Ishaputra has obtained great realization. Since he is the head of Kaulantak Peeth, he is revered as Kalādhipati of Siddhas in Kaulantak Peeth.
Some examples of Kāla Manḍala
As per “Siddha Dharma”, the scriptures are jam packed with examples of Kāla Manḍala. The most prominent is Devarshi Narada or Mahasiddha Narada Nath. He learnt Kāla Manḍala sadhana from lord Vishnu and because of the perfection of Kāla Manḍala, he could travel many places in seconds.
There are many such examples of use of Kāla Manḍala in the scriptures. The two examples of Kāla Manḍala are related to lord Krishna himself. He was the master of Kāla Manḍala sadhana and he learnt it through his guru Mahasiddha Sandipini Nath. There are two incidents in lord Shree Krishna’s life,
Vasudeva escaping the prison at night
As per “Siddha Dharma”, when Kamsa was predicted to be killed by his own sister’s son, he imprisoned his sister Devaki and her husband or his brother-in-law Vashudeva in the prison so that he could kill all the children of Devaki and Vashudeva. Every time, Devaki would give birth to a baby, Kamsa would snatch the baby and kill it. This continued till the seventh child. When lord Krishna was born as the eight child and in the night time, the scriptures says that every locks unlocked itself, all the guards had slept and Vashudeva managed to escape the prison, walk from Mathura to Vrindavan which is many miles away, exchange lord Krishna with the daughter of Yashodha and return back and be unnoticed.
The story is finest example of Kāla Manḍala as Vashudeva was put into another Kāla by the influence of Yogmaya and all the guards were in their normal Kaala. In the blink of the eye of the guards, Vashudeva had managed to exchange Krishna with Yashoda’s daughter and return back to his prison. This was all possible through Kāla Manḍala because of the influence of Kaala.
The whole incident of Bhagawad Geeta
As per “Siddha Dharma”, the whole incident of Bhagawad Geeta was also performed under the influence of Kāla Manḍala. The scriptures mention that the time had halted when lord Krishna gave the wisdom of Geeta to Arjuna and when the eighteen chapters of wisdoms ended then time again back to its real state.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, the time didn’t halt at the time of the incident of Geeta. It was the same time for both Pandavas and Kauravas but lord Krishna with the mystical power of Kāla Manḍala took Arjuna to another Kāla and imparted him the wisdom of Geeta. He even managed to give Arjuna the divine glimpse of his “virat rupa”. For Kauravas and Pandavas it was just a blink of an eye but for Arjuna and lord Krishna it was the the most unprecedented work in the history of any avatara’s life.
Kāla Manḍala tradition and lineage
As per “Siddha Dharma”, the lineage of Kāla Manḍala starts from lord Shiva. He first initiated Shakti as discussed above. When he had initiated Shakti, lord Vishnu came to know about the initiation so he brought his consort Lakshmi, Brahma ji and his consort Saraswati with him. Lord Shiva also initiated all of them to the Kāla Manḍala sadhana.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, Devarshi Narada Nath learnt this wisdom from lord Vishnu. Brahma ji initiated his manas putra into this wisdom and later Sapta Rishi received this wisdom. The Sapta Rishi did not receive this wisdom with lord Vishnu and Brahma but later. The wisdom was passed on to Daitya Guru Sukracharya, Dev Guru Brihaspati and from them, it reached Kaulantak Peeth and then the eighty-four siddhas received the wisdom.
As per “Siddha Dharma”, the main proponent of this Vidhya is Mahasiddha Bhringi Khechara Nath Ji. He is believed to be a Shivagana too and he played a very instrumental role in simplifying the Kala Mandala sadhana to the Siddhas of Kaulantak Peeth.
The modern-day revival of this sadhana can be credited to Mahasiddha Matsyendra Nath ji as he directly heard the conversation between Shiva and Shakti, decoded it and infused it into his own tradition and lineage, the “Kaula Siddha” lineage. In fact, he revived many lost wisdoms.
His Holiness Ishaputra received this wisdom from his Mahasiddha guru, Mahasiddh Siddhant Nath.
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At an interval of 10 years, the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) conducts a representative membership survey to find out more about the views its members hold about church. Traditionally, the survey has been centered on Protestants that are formally members of this church; however, this focus has been broadened to include Catholics, as well as the Unaffiliated. Also the methods have evolved from using standardized questionnaires to also include individual and group interviews.
Besides the already established questions on church membership and Christian life, the 5. KMU is particularly interested in communication and networks. Furthermore, looking at longitudinal data, the central questions of church development and key concepts of the change of church and society will be surveyed. The 5. KMU wants to provide a picture as complete as possible of the everyday reality of Protestant Christians, as well as the Unaffiliated and their respective contexts.
Prof. Dr. Birgit Weyel is part of the interdisciplinary advisory board together with Prof. Dr. Eberhard Hauschildt (Bonn), Prof. Dr. Jan Hermelink (Göttingen), PD Dr. Gerald Kretzschmar (Mainz), Prof. Dr. GertPickel (Leipzig) and Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack (Münster).
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Remember being outside the school theater, waiting to see the cast list for the spring play? Or when taking a ceramics class was required and choir practice took place three times per week? These memories can leave a person longing for yesteryear. After all, many artistic opportunities dwindle post high school. Although, this is not the case for some senior citizens.
Throughout the years, there has been much talk about the aging population of baby boomers. But not all reports are true. With excellent health and good retirement plans, senior citizens are finding care facilities that meet their needs and interests.
In fact, some retirees are looking to artists colonies as places to live, remain active, and continue dreaming.
Retire in an Artist Colony
A new concept of retirement living is sweeping the west coast. In California, a number of senior artists colonies are springing up. These community living environments are purposed to offer art programs, physical activity classes, and encourage overall wellness in residents.
What makes these locations different from other retirement facilities is the enthusiasm participants have for the arts. This novel concept is attracting people who were (or are still) professional actors, singers, writers, painters, and more. It also appeals to those who are connoisseurs of the arts. These populations even welcome people who have always dreamt of becoming artists. With opportunities to live in senior artists colonies, these individuals are fulfilling their lifelong dreams.
Benefits of Art for Senior Adults
Regardless of the artistic path a person pursues, the results are destined to be positive. The act of creating a work of art is rewarding to the individual, and can boost his or her health and wellbeing. Some studies have reported that “older adults who participate in art programs have fewer doctor visits and lower healthcare costs, use less medication, experience a lower rate of depression, and even have fewer risk factors for entering a nursing home.”
In retirement years, art becomes more than a form of recreation and self-expression. It includes intellectual stimulation, emotional well-being, and physical benefits too. For those who spend retirement years in the throes of artistic interest, any living environment can feel like an artist community.
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In recent years graffiti and street art have become increasingly more popular and appreciated by the public. Simple scrawls have evolved into detailed mural compositions. Now is the time to learn more about this exploding artistic phenomenon!
This class equips young students with the art tools and skills needed to become a creative street artist.
Kids will learn to create graffiti with the help of many mediums and techniques ending the course utilizing this new knowledge and skill to create a large canvas ‘graffiti’ to take home that includes their unique font they developed in the class. Students learn to 'tag' their name, create and use their own stencils, and even add wheat paste collage to their work.
Students will also get a taste of creating LARGE mural on oversized plywood board in collaboration with each other. (Strict public health safety protocols will be followed). This will allow them to experience the unique way of creating 'street art' together. Ms. Jana Hope, the lead teacher, is an experienced artist who commissioned her services to create unique murals around Denver greater area.
Please have your child bring their own mask to each class and remind them to wash hands before entering the class. Students will be at least 6 feet apart or proper ‘sneeze’ guard will be separating them. Your child should wear mess free clothing and shoes to avoid any damage to their favorite pieces.
Please do not bring your child to class if she/he has any cold like symptoms, fever or recent loss of smell or taste. Notify us immediately if your child or anyone in the immediate family is diagnosed with COVID 19.
Neighborhood Art Studio has a NO REFUND policy.
You must cancel enrollment 14 days prior to the beginning of the first class in semester to be issued full credit to be used for any other services offered at Neighborhood Art Studio.
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Guided Reading Pack
This Guided Reading Pack is linked to the Elections and is about a shy girl on the school council who finds her voice when she has to propose her idea to the rest of the school to vote on.
National Curriculum Objectives (England)
Reading: English Y3/4: Drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
Writing: English Y3/4: Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done]
Level of this Pack:
Old National Curriculum (England): 3b
New National Curriculum (England): Year 3 Mastery/Year 4 Developing/Year 5 Emerging
Book Band: Ruby
PM Benchmark Level: 27 & 28
Reading Recovery Level: 27 & 28
Reading Age: 9 - 9 ½
The pack includes:
Oral teacher questions with answers for guided reading sessions. Each question is linked to: The New National Curriculum (England) Reading Expectations; the Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland) English and Literacy Reading Expectations; and the Curriculum for Wales Reading Expectations.
Follow-up work with answers.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar work related to the text with answers.
Vocabulary work related to words in the story.
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We know that yawning is "catching," but can you catch an itch? The answer is yes. We don’t mean a disease, like measles or chicken pox, that MAKES you itch–we’re talking about how just SEEING someone else scratch makes us want to do it too. And here’s something that will surprise you: Dental cavities are catching too!
Dermatologist Gil Yosipovitch says that "contagious itch" is visually transmitted–it occurs in daily life when we see other people itch and scratch. He says, "It is conceivable that the neuronal networks or mechanisms underlying contagious itching may be similar to the ones involved in contagious yawning, a phenomenon that is still intensely studied, but not exactly clear. The brain has such a powerful contribution to itch and by understanding it, we may be able to develop future therapies that can target these areas and relieve the itch impulse."
Dermatologists would like to find a way to stop itching–not only to keep patients more comfortable but also to prevent scarring. His team compared a group of healthy subjects with patients who had a type of itchy dermatitis. All the study participants were monitored as they watched short video clips of people either scratching or in a relaxed state. They found that those with real skin problems scratched more frequently while watching the videos of other subjects scratching, and those with only a visually-induced itch had a scattered, wide body distribution of scratching. Papoiu says, “This shows that the power of the brain is pretty extreme."
Watch out for whom you’re kissing if you don’t want to have to visit the dentist: It turns out you can "catch" the bacteria that causes cavities from another person’s mouth. In fact, it happens most often to infants and children, who pick it up from their caregivers who taste their food before giving it to them, to make sure it’s not too hot. Adults mostly get the bacteria from Kissing: In the March 29th edition of the New York Times, Anahad O’Connor quotes Chicago dentist Margaret Mitchell as saying, “In one instance, a patient in her 40s who had never had a cavity suddenly developed two cavities and was starting to get some gum disease.” It turns out the woman had started dating a man who hadn’t been to a dentist in 18 years.
The power of the brain IS extreme–but does this mean that UFO (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show) and "Visitor" experiences are all in people’s minds? Here at unknowncountry.com, we don’t think so and we’ve collected eleven interviews of contactees by Anne Strieber, just for our subscribers, of people like Mike, so you can make up YOUR OWN mind. Come see us in Nashville in June, where you’ll get a chance to meet new friends and talk about it!
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Was Leah an Unloved Woman?
It is sometimes referred to as the love triangle of the Bible. Two sisters, Leah and Rachel, in love with the same man.
According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob met Rachel first and, overwhelmed by her beauty, fell in love upon seeing her. He worked for her father, his uncle Laban, for seven years so that he could marry Rachel and then, when he believed his wish was fulfilled, he found that Laban had tricked him and instead of giving him Rachel to wife, Laban had given him her older sister, Leah instead. (Genesis 29)
The one physical description we know of Leah is that she was 'tender-eyed' and while there is much dispute about whether that means her eyes were her only redeeming quality or that her eyes were unremarkable, all seem to agree that Leah was not in the same category of beauty as Rachel.
Both Leah and Rachel struggle in their marriages to Jacob. Jacob loves Rachel more than Leah and Leah is the one who successfully bears him children for some time.
The Bible says that when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb. (Genesis 29:31). She named her first born son Reuben because the Lord saw her affliction and,'now therefore my husband will love me.' (Genesis 29:32)
After each son borne to her, Leah said that God had given her a son. When her fourth son was born she said, 'Now I will praise the Lord.' and called him Judah. The Bible says that after this she stopped bearing children.
Thus began a bitter rivalry between siblings so much so that Rachel told Jacob she would die if she did not have children. Between the two of them, and their maids Bilhah and Zilpah, Jacob would have twelve sons and one daughter, Dinah.
Jacob at the well with Rachel
The Bible clearly says that when God saw that Leah was hated he gave her a son. This hate was not hate as we call it but indifference. Jacob was not moved by Leah and she did not receive his attention as Rachel did, therefore she was hated.
This same type of hate was expressed by God towards Esau, Jacob's twin brother. (Romans 9:13) God was indifferent towards Esau but showed favour to Jacob.
I suppose you could call this hatred a result of favouritism. God favoured Jacob and Jacob favoured Rachel.
This series of events is what causes many people to this day to look at Leah with a bit of pity and wonder what it would have been like to live daily with the knowledge that she would never be loved by her husband the way that her husband loved Rachel.
I confess that I was among those who always felt sorry for Leah when I read about her life and for many years Jacob's indifference towards her was all I could see.
Then I saw that Jacob's indifference, in this case, was a blessing because this indifference magnified a great love.
One might think that Leah started off her married life with trickery but in reality, Leah started married life with obedience. She obeyed her father and married Jacob as he told her to do. There is no doubt that she would have known that Jacob loved Rachel. Jacob had publicly asked for her hand and perhaps Leah loved Jacob (I believe strongly that she did) but it would be a very difficult to purposefully enter into marriage with a man you knew loved your sister.
Yet she did it because her father had said so.
After she had married, God gave quickly gave her a son and she would go on to bear six sons herself, along with one daughter. This was a great blessing that God bestowed on her.
Each time she prayed, God would answer her prayer and she would bear a son.
Each time she bore a son she would hope that her husband would begin to love her as he loved her sister.
God did not hesitate in answering her prayers.
All of her children's names gave God glory but her fourth son's name, Judah, meant praise. It was from the line of Judah, King David would come and from the line of David that Jesus the Messiah would come. He would glorify the name of God forever.
Could there be better evidence to show that Leah was loved by God?
I think not.
The gifts given to her were priceless.
Which love was better to have? Jacob's or God's?
The love of a spouse is, admittedly, a fine thing, but it is but a shadow of the love that can exist between God and His people.
Leah experienced that love first-hand and from now on, when I read her story, I will no longer feel sorry for her but wonder at the good gifts God gave to her.
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Urgent waterproofing at listed cafe is approved
- Credit: Archant
A listed Connaught Gardens café can be waterproofed with modern means now district bosses have given a planning application the go-ahead.
Recent wet winters at the Clocktower Tearooms mean the leaks have been become ‘extremely problematic and expensive’, and traditional lime mortar pointing has proved ineffective.
The leasehold owners said the repair was a matter of urgency before the winter weather sets in and East Devon District Council (EDDC) has now approved the use of water-repelling coating, Funcosil SNL, to improve and stabilise the structure.
Planning officers noted the café’s ‘extremely exposed position’ and said in 99 per cent of cases the re-pointing it underwent in 2002 would have worked.
But in stormy conditions, driving rain and sea spray combine to saturate the building’s fabric, causing internal damp.
The officers said most waterproof coatings are inappropriate for listed buildings but tests have shown Funcosil SNL is a ‘non-invasive and sensible’ solution that will allow the building to breathe and release excess moisture.
EDDC granted permission last Thursday. The chemical will be sprayed on a small section of the building to ensure it does not adversely affect the appearance before the work proceeds.
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The Grade-II listed property dates back to the 18th century.
After being mounted with two 130mm guns during World War Two, it became tearooms.
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March 11, 2021 (updated March 18, 2021)
By Jon Mogul, associate director of research, education + grants
You may not know Lucienne Bloch's name, but if you're the kind of person who reads museum blogs then there's a pretty good chance you know her work. As a young artist, just returned to the United States from several years studying and working in Europe, Bloch happened to be seated next to Diego Rivera at a dinner in New York City in 1931. The two struck up a conversation, and Bloch ended up working as Rivera's assistant. She became close friends with him and, especially, Frida Kahlo, and it was Bloch's Leica camera that captured many iconic photographs of Kahlo over the next year or two.
But Bloch's career was much bigger than her association with the two legendary Mexican painters. She also made woodcuts and lithographs, several of which are represented in The Wolfsonian's collection. They show a range of interests and influences. Probably her best-known among these is a woodcut called Land of Plenty—a piece of Depression-era social commentary about rural economic inequality in the United States. Intriguingly, after printing one edition showing a family in front of the barbed wire fence, she modified the block to remove the family and produced a second edition, two years later, without human figures. An inscription that she later added at the bottom of the print in our collection reads: "After I printed 30 with the figures, I printed 10 more removing the figures because it seemed more subtle to have just the fence! At the bottom one can see vaguely the footsteps!"
Bloch was accomplished in other artistic fields as well. She designed glass sculptures for the Leerdam Glass Factory in the Netherlands. These works caught the eye of Frank Lloyd Wright, who invited her to teach at Taliesin East—an offer that she seems to have considered but did not accept. She also illustrated children's books. And, beginning with her work for Rivera, she became a prolific muralist, whose works graced the walls of schools, businesses, places of worship—and a penal institution, the Women's House of Detention, in New York City's Greenwich Village.
The Women's House of Detention served both as a pre-trial detention center and as a prison for women convicted of offenses. An Art Deco building designed by the firm Sloan & Robertson and completed in 1932, it replaced the notoriously overcrowded and unsanitary Jefferson Market Prison at the corner of Greenwich Avenue and West 10th Street. It was meant to embody the relatively new ideal of prisons as places of social reform, rather than punishment. The prison's director was quoted as saying:
"A major portion of the women who will be confined . . . represents social problems. It is our task to help them in readjusting to society's demands. Aside from their distressing need of physical rehabilitation, we hope to contribute towards their moral and social rehabilitation, proving that a prison can be a place for restoration as well as for punishment."
Bloch got a commission to paint a mural in the 12th-floor recreation room through the Federal Arts Project (FAP), a New Deal agency that offered work to struggling artists. She wanted not only to brighten the room, but—in the spirit of rehabilitation—to provide encouragement to the confined women by showing them a picture of what their lives might be like after their release. The plan was to create frescoes for three walls of the room, collectively titled The Cycle of a Woman's Life. She managed to complete only one wall, a scene of women and children enjoying themselves on a New York playground.
As a newspaper article from the time makes clear, the House of Detention—whatever its aspirations to social reform—practiced segregation, and the 12th-floor recreation room was meant for Black inmates. In planning the project, Bloch, a white artist, visited the prison and spoke with both staff and the incarcerated women. She recounts that she showed a group of the latter a print she had made several years earlier in Detroit depicting a group of Black youth on a playground. While they liked the theme of women and children, they also requested that she paint a scene of racial integration—and Bloch complied. Her mural advanced what was, for its time, a progressive vision of race relations (it calls to mind a famous passage in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech).
Since Bloch did not get a chance to add her frescoes to the two side walls, it's not certain exactly how she planned to picture the "cycle of a woman's life." There are some clues though. Bloch was one of the artists included in Vassar College Art Museum's 1976 exhibition 7 American Women: The Depression Decade. That show's catalogue lists (sadly, without illustrations) three sketches on tracing paper that she made in preparation for the mural. They are titled: School, Childhood, Family; School, Work; and Playground, Family.
This House of Detention project was just the second mural that Bloch completed, and it made her a minor art world celebrity. The project got a lot of positive press (including a long write-up in The New York Times) and earned her a place in Vanity Fair's "Hall of Fame" for 1935. It launched her as a sought-after muralist, leading to another FAP commission in the 1930s, for George Washington High School in upper Manhattan. Among her many postwar projects were a mural for Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and an abstract mosaic for the façade of a San Jose IBM building—one of the first structures in what became Silicon Valley.
The House of Detention, demolished in 1973, is long gone, but it had its own fascinating history (the subject of a forthcoming book by historian Hugh Ryan). The roster of inmates is practically a "who's who" of politically radical and/or socially non-conformist women: Ethel Rosenburg, Dorothy Day, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Andrea Dworkin, Angela Davis, Afeni Shakur, and Andy Warhol's would-be assassin, Valerie Solana. Because it was the landing place for women who were arrested during NYPD sweeps of lesbian bars, it became a center for queer life in Greenwich Village and a target for gay rights protests. It was also notorious for unsanitary conditions and abusive treatment of prisoners, as detailed in newspaper exposés as well as a 1970 interview given by Angela Davis. The city shut it down in 1971 and transferred prisoners to a new facility on Rikers Island. When they arrived, they would have seen a newly commissioned mural by Faith Ringgold that reflected an updated vision of women's roles (a vision that I suspect Bloch would have embraced).
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Americans overwhelmingly support legalizing cannabis — polls remind us of this trend frequently. But it turns out the country is deeply divided about how, exactly, to do it, according to a new survey conducted this spring by PSB Research, Civilized, Burson Cohn & Wolfe, and BuzzFeed News.
One of the most detailed surveys of its kind found 84% percent of Americans favor legalization for medical or recreational purposes, but less than half support bills currently in Congress to change federal cannabis law concerning recreational use, including bills supported by Democratic presidential candidates. But Americans widely embrace measures to tax and regulate it (60%), which is only possible at the state level.
Americans are okay electing a pro-legalization president, with fewer than a quarter saying it would undermine their support. Similarly, a whopping four-fifths of the country supports or is okay with a presidential candidate who admits to having used marijuana.
Twenty-seven percent of American adults say they currently use marijuana and tend to consume it several times a week.
But many Americans say they don’t want to get too close to the drug — half would be uncomfortable at a gathering where others are consuming cannabis, three-quarters don’t want colleagues showing up to work stoned, and half wouldn’t be in a romantic relationship with a cannabis user.
The way Americans use cannabis seems to be changing. As recreational legalization has taken root in 10 states, Americans in those places are more likely to consume edible cannabis than users where it’s illegal. Of those who’ve eaten an edible, Americans in legal states are more likely to have gotten uncomfortably high than those in states that haven’t legalized.
Defying stereotypes of lazy stoners, however, current cannabis users are 13% more likely to be employed full time and are generally younger than nonusers. Users are also more likely to be raising kids at home, and users report they tend to use it, not surprisingly, to relieve stress.
Despite notions of potheads as lefty peaceniks, their ideologies hew closely to the country at large. Thirty-seven percent voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, with 40% going for Hillary Clinton; 7% went with another candidate.
How and Why to Legalize Cannabis
The most popular proposal for recreational cannabis is taxing and regulating the drug like alcohol, allowing adults to use and possess it — with 60% of Americans expressing support and just 20% opposing it. This proposal is also the only measure in the survey supported by a majority of nonusers (54%). But while popular, laws like these cannot be enacted at the national level because, like with alcohol, states retain regulatory and taxation authority.
Enthusiasm drops when Americans consider federal proposals backed by Democratic presidential contenders in Congress.
The STATES Act, sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, would prevent federal officials from arresting people who comply with state legalization laws, but keep cannabis illegal at the national level. While Attorney General Bill Barr this month said he too supports a law like that, only 37% of Americans are onboard. Even among consumers, just 51% thought this was a good idea.
Slightly more popular: a proposal called the Marijuana Justice Act, proposed by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. It would legalize cannabis on the national level and punish states that keep it illegal, while getting rid of federal criminal records for past cannabis convictions. It won 45% of support, with 74% of users but just 34% of nonusers onboard.
Some vague proposals also faltered. The concept of decriminalizing cannabis use — that is, eliminating penalties for possession while continuing to ban sales and cultivation — came up with just 37% support. Even less popular was the notion of eliminating all penalties for cannabis without any framework to regulate the drug’s market; just 29% of Americans like that idea, even though 56% of users think it’s okay.
Some arguments are far more persuasive than others. The leading case for recreational legalization is that it helps people who need it as medicine — 72% found that to be a strong argument. After that, Americans are persuaded that legalization will bolster the economy (46%), could save police resources (39%), and be safer than alcohol (39%).
The strongest argument against legalization was that more people would drive under the influence (47%) and that more underage people will use it (40%). One-third are moved by the so-called “gateway” argument that weed leads to harder drugs.
And legalizing harder drugs is roundly unpopular. Eighty-seven percent oppose legalizing substances like methamphetamine, while just 7% want to legalize them (the remaining 6% were unsure). Support was slightly higher among cannabis users: 14% want to legalize hard drugs, but they’re outranked by the 78% of users who want to keep them illegal.
Americans tend to want their next president to support legalization, with 41% saying it will make them more likely to get their vote; just 23% say it makes them less likely. Thirty-six percent don’t care. Americans are amenable to a president who has smoked pot — with 56% saying it makes no difference to them. A quarter say they’re actually more likely to vote for a president who’s admitted using, compared to 19% who would be less likely.
Americans believe cannabis has medical properties by a 6-to-1 margin, but they’re split about the veracity of claims from medical marijuana patients. Forty-three percent don’t believe that people who say they use cannabis as medicine have an actual medical need, while 57% think they do have a legit need.
Misconceptions and Disagreements
In the 10 states where cannabis is legal for recreational purposes, not everyone knows it’s the law; a quarter of those people believed it was still illegal in their state, possibly because they think it’s only allowed for medical purposes.
Although Americans agree in a 66% landslide that cannabis is a drug, users tend to be holdouts. Fifty-six percent of users said it’s not a drug and only 37% of users agreed that it is. (Canadian users, who were also asked certain survey questions, tend not to hold this belief: Those users said by a 58% to 35% margin that it’s a drug. Canada legalized recreational weed nationwide last fall.)
Thirty-five percent of Americans say they’ve tried cannabis at some point, and of those who haven’t, 25% say they’d consider it.
Just over a quarter of Americans say they’re users currently. Of those, nearly two-thirds report using marijuana daily (39%) or a few times a week (27%). Of cannabis consumers, most — 59% — tried it for the first time between the ages of 13 and 18 years old. As a nation, joints are the most popular vehicle to use (48%), followed by pipes (26%).
But the way users consume cannabis differs in the 10 states that have legalized recreational cannabis, where pipes are slightly more popular than joints. Edible cannabis is also 50% more popular in states with legalization, likely because those products are sold over the counter.
Although cannabis users are often portrayed as burnouts, they are more likely to be employed full time than nonusers — 47% to 34% — and are 20% more likely to have kids in their home, possibly because they tend to be younger. Education levels are roughly even among those who use and those who don’t — having graduated high school, college, and achieved advanced degrees at nearly identical rates.
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Rebecca L Pearl, PhD, Thomas A great Wadden, PhD, Ariana Yards Chao, PhD, CRNP, Olivia Walsh, BA, Naji Alamuddin, MD, Robert We Berkowitz, MD, Jena Shaw Tronieri, PhD, Pounds Bias Internalization and you can Long-Identity Weightloss in Clients Which have Being obese, Annals off Behavioral Medicine, Volume 53, Topic 8, , Pages 782–787,
100 30-around three adults which have carrying excess fat finished the extra weight Prejudice Internalization Scale (WBIS) within baseline, immediately after a beneficial 14-day life input in which it shed ?5 percent away from 1st pounds, at months twenty four and you will 52 away from a subsequent randomized regulated demo (RCT) to have lbs-losses repair (66 days complete). Linear mixed designs were used to examine the results regarding weight losses to your WBIS scores plus the aftereffects of standard WBIS score into the lbs change over time. Logistic regression was utilized to select the effects of baseline WBIS score to your finding ?5 and ?10 % weight reduction.
Changes in weight did not expect changes in WBIS ratings. Baseline WBIS results predicted faster likelihood of finding ?5 and you can ?ten % weight loss during the month 24 of RCT (p thinking
Pounds bias internalization (WBI) occurs when people who have obesity apply negative weight stereotypes in order to themselves and you will devalue on their own with the lbs (we.elizabeth., self-stigma) [ 1]. WBI consistently correlates with higher apparent symptoms of depression, stress, and disordered dining [ 2]. WBI is additionally of shorter engagement free Nudist dating sites inside weight-related health behavior, such weight loss adherence and you may physical activity [ 3–5]. Dysfunctional engagement in the health routines, as well as the possible mental fret regarding thinking-stigmatization, were suggested due to the fact elements fundamental seen associations between WBI and cardiometabolic exposure activities, such metabolic disorder [ 6].
Experts and you can therapists has actually needed greater attention to WBI in being obese cures configurations [ 7], but absolutely nothing known how slimming down alone make a difference to WBI. Specific studies have shown quick reductions inside WBI adopting the completion regarding short-term suit food otherwise managing weight apps [ 8–10], even if one of them degree found zero significant association anywhere between transform from inside the lbs and you can WBI [ 9]. Dietary try of the modest improvements for the psychological consequences like since notice-regard [ 11, 12] and will beat thinking-disparagement because of lbs. At the same time, people who slim down could possibly get discover confident viewpoints from anyone else and you may feel fewer cases of pounds-dependent stigmatization and discrimination, which could dump WBI. On the other hand, entering weight reduction therapy get bolster weight-biased presumptions (e.g., you to weight is entirely within this an individual’s handle [ 13]) and you may high light the significance of one’s lbs and you may profile, that will serve to care for or increase WBI. Additionally, normally, clients regain you to definitely-third of its lost weight contained in this a year after the existence treatments [ 14]. It lbs win back will likely be demoralizing and, no matter if WBI had been first quicker because of the dieting, may lead to next grows within the care about-devaluation on account of pounds.
New impression of WBI to the weightloss is also unsure. You to research discovered less weight-loss following bariatric businesses one of people having highest baseline degrees of WBI [ 15], and another found that, cross-sectionally, higher WBI is actually on the lower odds of revealing effective pounds losses repair [ 16]. not, some other data located zero tall ramifications of self-devaluation (on account of lbs) towards the losing weight following the a good 3-few days Web sites-situated system [ 17]. Previous studies have in addition to discovered lower levels off WBI one of black rather than white grownups with carrying excess fat [ 6], nevertheless prospective interaction aftereffect of WBI and you can race/ethnicity towards health consequences (together with losing weight) has not been checked.
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Such is the force of Wit! but not belong
To me the arrows of satiric song;
The royal vices of our age demand
A keener weapon, and a mightier hand. 40
Still there are follies, e’en for me to chase,
And yield at least amusement in the race:
Laugh when I laugh, I seek no other fame,
The cry is up, and scribblers are my game:
Speed, Pegasus! ––ye strains of great and small,
Ode! Epic! Elegy! ––have at you all!
I, too, can scrawl, and once upon a time
I poured along the town a flood of rhyme,
A schoolboy freak, unworthy praise or blame;
I printed ––older children do the same. 50
‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print;
A Book’s a Book, altho’ there’s nothing in’t.
Not that a Title’s sounding charm can save
Or scrawl or scribbler from an equal grave:
This Lamb must own, since his Patrician name
Failed to preserve the spurious Farce from shame.
No matter, George continues still to write,
Tho’ now the name is veiled from public sight.
Moved by the great example I pursue
The self-same road, but make my own review: 60
Not seek great Jeffrey’s, yet like him will be
Self-constituted Judge of Poesy.
A man must serve his time to ev’ry trade
Save Censure, Critics all are ready-made.
Take hackneyed jokes from Miller, got by rote,
With just enough of learning to misquote;
A mind well skilled to find, or forge a fault;
A turn for punning ––call it Attic salt;
To Jeffrey go, be silent and discreet,
His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet: 70
Fear not to lie, ’twill seem a ‘sharper’ hit;
Shrink not from blasphemy, ’twill pass for wit;
Care not for feeling ––pass your proper jest,
And stand a Critic, hated yet caressed.
And shall we own such judgment? no ––as soon
Seek roses in December ––ice in June;
Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff,
Believe a woman, or an epitaph,
Or any other thing that’s false, before
You trust in Critics who themselves are sore; 80
Or yield one single thought to be misled
By Jeffrey’s heart, or Lamb’s Bœotian head.
To these young tyrants, by themselves misplaced
Combined usurpers on the Throne of Taste;
To these when Authors bend in humble awe
And hail their voice as Truth, their word as Law;
While these are Censors, ‘twould be sin to spare;
While such are Critics, why should I forbear?
But yet so near all modern worthies run,
‘Tis doubtful whom to seek, or whom to shun; 90
Nor know we when to spare, or where to strike,
Our Bards and Censors are so much alike.
Health to immortal Jeffrey! once, in name,
England could boast a judge almost the same;
In soul so like, so merciful, yet just,
Some think that Satan has resigned his trust,
And given the Spirit to the world again,
To sentence Letters, as he sentenced men.
With hand less mighty, but with heart as black,
With voice as willing to decree the rack;
Bred in the Courts betimes, though all that law
As yet hath taught him is to find a flaw,
Since well instructed in the patriot school
To rail at party, though a party tool,
Who knows? if chance his patrons should restore
Back to the sway they forfeited before,
His scribbling toils some recompense may meet,
And raise this Daniel to the Judgment-Seat.
Let Jeffrey’s shade indulge the pious hope,
And greeting thus, present him with a rope:
“Heir to my virtues! man of equal mind! 450
Skilled to condemn as to traduce mankind,
This cord receive! for thee reserved with care,
To wield in judgment, and at length to wear.”
Health to great Jeffrey! Heaven preserve his life,
To flourish on the fertile shores of Fife,
And guard it sacred in its future wars,
Since authors sometimes seek the field of Mars!
Can none remember that eventful day,
That ever-glorious, almost fatal fray,
When Little’s leadless pistol met his eye, 460
And Bow-street Myrmidons stood laughing by?
Oh, day disastrous! on her firm-set rock,
Dunedin’s castle felt a secret shock;
Dark rolled the sympathetic waves of Forth,
Low groaned the startled whirlwinds of the north;
Tweed ruffled half his waves to form a tear,
The other half pursued his calm career;
Arthur’s steep summit nodded to its base,
The surly Tolbooth scarcely kept her place.
The Tolbooth felt ––for marble sometimes can, 470
On such occasions, feel as much as man––
The Tolbooth felt defrauded of his charms,
If Jeffrey died, except within her arms:
Nay last, not least, on that portentous morn,
The sixteenth story, where himself was born,
His patrimonial garret, fell to ground,
And pale Edina shuddered at the sound:
Strewed were the streets around with milk-white reams,
Flowed all the Canongate with inky streams;
This of his candour seemed the sable dew, 480
That of his valour showed the bloodless hue;
And all with justice deemed the two combined
The mingled emblems of his mighty mind.
But Caledonia’s goddess hovered o’er
The field, and saved him from the wrath of Moore;
From either pistol snatched the vengeful lead,
And straight restored it to her favourite’s head;
That head, with greater than magnetic power,
Caught it, as Danae caught the golden shower,
And, though the thickening dross will scarce refine, 490
Augments its ore, and is itself a mine.
“My son,” she cried, “ne’er thirst for gore again,
Resign the pistol and resume the pen;
O’er politics and poesy preside,
Boast of thy country, and Britannia’s guide!
For long as Albion’s heedless sons submit,
Or Scottish taste decides on English wit,
So long shall last thine unmolested reign,
Nor any dare to take thy name in vain.
Behold, a chosen band shall aid thy plan, 500
And own thee chieftain of the critic clan.
First in the oat-fed phalanx shall be seen
The travelled Thane, Athenian Aberdeen.
Herbert shall wield Thor’s hammer, and sometimes
In gratitude, thou’lt praise his rugged rhymes.
Smug Sydney too thy bitter page shall seek,
And classic Hallam, much renowned for Greek;
Scott may perchance his name and influence lend,
And paltry Pillans shall traduce his friend;
While gay Thalia’s luckless votary, Lamb 510
Damned like the Devil –– Devil-like will damn.
Known be thy name! unbounded be thy sway!
Thy Holland’s banquets shall each toil repay!
While grateful Britain yields the praise she owes
To Holland’s hirelings and to Learning’s foes.
Yet mark one caution ere thy next Review
Spread its light wings of Saffron and of Blue,
Beware lest blundering Brougham destroy the sale,
Turn Beef to Bannocks, Cauliflowers to Kail.”
Thus having said, the kilted Goddess kist 520
Her son, and vanished in a Scottish mist.
Illustrious Holland! hard would be his lot,
His hirelings mentioned, and himself forgot!
Holland, with Henry Petty at his back,
The whipper-in and huntsman of the pack.
Blest be the banquets spread at Holland House,
Where Scotchmen feed, and Critics may carouse!
Long, long beneath that hospitable roof
Shall Grub-street dine, while duns are kept aloof.
See honest Hallam lay aside his fork, 530
Resume his pen, review his Lordship’s work,
And, grateful for the dainties on his plate,
Declare his landlord can at least translate!
Dunedin! view thy children with delight,
They write for food––and feed because they write:
And lest, when heated with the unusual grape,
Some glowing thoughts should to the press escape,
And tinge with red the female reader’s cheek,
My lady skims the cream of each critique;
Breathes o’er the page her purity of soul, 540
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Author’s Note: Harvey Sicherman was a firm believer in the importance of historical precedents in helping us to understand contemporary events, and some of the most delightful moments of my professional life were the discussions we had in which he shared his immense and rich knowledge of the history of international politics and foreign policy. Harvey also believed in the importance of the economic foundation of international affairs, and he consequently invited me to present my study of a succession of great global economic crises to FPRI’s study group onAmerica and the West, and I did so in September 2010. As always on such occasions, Harvey himself greatly enriched the group discussion with his knowledge and wisdom. And as always, Harvey followed up with one of his characteristically thoughtful and personal letters, gracefully crafted to fit the particulars of the topic and the speaker. In doing so, he reminded me again of what a pleasure and an honor it was to present one’s scholarship to Harvey Sicherman, and he provided me with a memory that I still hold today of what a splendid scholar and gentleman he was.
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Down Block in Taekwondo
I’m going to be showing you guys down block counterattack technique. So me and my partner, he’s going to stand in a closed stance. Now closed stance is, our stomach is facing the opposite direction. So my partner’s stomach is facing this way, my stomach is facing that way. Now we have this thing called an open stance. An open stance is when my partner switches the leg and both our stomach is facing the same direction. But we’re going to first practice on the closed stance first.
So we are in a closed stance, and again, one of the basic attack my opponent could do is throw a rear leg roundhouse kick and if I’m in closed stance, I’m going to get hit by the back. So if I demonstrate, he checks, and throws a roundhouse kick, bang. And if I stay still, I’m just going to get hit. So this is where down block applies. A down block looks like this, first of all. One, if he’s throwing with this leg, I’m going to block down. Now I’m going to use a knife hand down block. You can use a fist down block, but I prefer a down block with a knife hand.
So this is what I’m going to do. My opponent throws his right leg. I’m going to slide in a little bit, block, and pull a counter punch. Bang. Right after you throw the punch, throw your rear leg, bang. Roundhouse kick this way. So one more time, a little faster speed. This way.
Now what if your opponent attacks your stomach area? Not the back. So we’re in an open stance. So we’re here, and my opponent again uses his rear leg and attacks my stomach. Now this time we’re not going to use the down block like this from the outside. Because again, an error happens, he throws a kick, and I block this way. Again, wrong side. I almost used this hand, the same side. So we throw the kick, block, and front hand punch.
So one more time, and the front leg, counterattack with the roundhouse kick. So one more time, he’s going to attack, down block one, punch, front leg roundhouse kick. One more time a little faster. And that’s how we counter down block technique.
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- Taekwondo Stances
- Taekwondo Punches and strikes
- Taekwondo Blocks
- Taekwondo Sparring Training
- Stretching exercises for Taekwondo
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Nissan announced a new driver-assistance technology, which is currently in-development, that utilizes highly accurate, real-time information about the vehicle’s surrounding environment to dramatically enhance collision avoidance. At a Nissan facility here, a test vehicle was used to demonstrate how this technology can automatically perform collision-avoidance maneuvers. Nissan’s “ground truth perception” technology fuses information from next-generation high-performance LIDAR, radar and cameras. The technology can detect the shape and distance of objects, as well as the structure of the area surrounding the vehicle, in real time with a high degree of accuracy. Utilizing this information, it is possible for the vehicle to instantly analyze the current situation, judge and automatically perform required collision-avoidance operations. This technology can also detect slowed traffic and road obstacles in the distance and execute lane changes accordingly. Importantly, the technology can also provide increased support to drivers in areas where detailed map information is not available.
The new Nissan Qashqai - the 3rd generation of the successful crossover is coming
The Nissan Qashqai has changed the European automobile market forever and has brought many imitators onto the scene. Now the third generation of the crossover pioneer is getting ready to continue a unique success story. Prototypes of the new model are currently running test kilometers on the roads of Europe to ensure that the next Qashqai will exceed customer expectations from next year. The first Qashqai came on the market in 2007 and established the middle crossover segment in Europe. The second generation was introduced in 2014 and has sold more than a million times to date. The third edition of the successful model will be launched in the coming year - based on the innovative new alliance platform CMF-C. The new edition follows the guidelines that already shaped the concept, design and development of the first two model generations: These include an appealing design, intelligent packaging and efficient drives, combined with superior quality and a driving experience that is otherwise known from higher vehicle classes. The new Qashqai will again raise the bar in the crossover segment
Porsche is presenting a further performance-oriented plug-in hybrid model with the new Panamera 4S E-Hybrid. The intelligent combination of the 100 kW (136 PS) electric motor integrated into the eight-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission and the 2.9-litre V6 biturbo engine with 324 kW (440 PS) generates a system output of 412 kW and a maximum system torque of 750 Nm. The performance figures are therefore very impressive: combined with the standard Sport Chrono Package, the sprint from 0 – 100 km/h is covered in 3.7 seconds. The top speed is 298 km/h. The gross battery capacity has been increased from 14.1 to 17.9 kWh compared with the previous hybrid models using optimised cells and the driving modes have been optimised for even more efficient energy utilisation. The 4S E-Hybrid has an all-electric range of up to 54 km in accordance with WLTP EAER City (NEDC: up to 64 km).
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NTFS File and Folder Permissions Reporting Tool | FileCloud
New Technology File System (NTFS)
One of the most important and often misunderstood pieces of functionality in Microsoft Windows is the File and Folder security permissions framework. These permissions not only control access to all files and folders in the NTFS file system, it also ensures the integrity of the operating system and prevents inadvertent and unauthorized changes by the non-admin users as well as by malicious programs and applications.
So let’s begin at the very beginning, the NTFS file system can be considered as a hierarchical tree structure, with the disk volume at the top level and with each folder being a branch off the tree. Each folder can have any number of files and these files can be considered as leaf nodes. i.e. there can be no further branches off that leaf node. Folders are therefore referred to as Containers, ie objects that can contain other objects.
So, how exactly is access to these sets of hierarchical objects controlled exactly? That is what we will talk about next. When the NTFS file system was originally introduced in Windows NT, the security permissions framework had major shortcomings. This was revamped in Windows 2000 onwards and is the basis of almost all the file permission security functionality present in modern day Windows OS.
To begin, each object in the file hierarchy has a Security Descriptor associated with it. You can consider Security Descriptors as an extended attribute to the file or folder. Note that Security Descriptors are not only limited to files but also apply to other OS level objects like Processes, Threads, Registry keys etc.
At the basic level, a security descriptor contains a bunch of flags in the Header, along with the Owner information as well as the Primary Group information, followed by a set of variable lists called a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL) as well as a System Access Control List (SACL).
Any File or Folder will always have an associated Owner associated with it and no matter what, that Owner can always perform operations to it. The Primary Group is just enabled for compatibility with POSIX standards and can be ignored. The SACL is for specifying which users and groups get audited for which actions performed on the object. For the purposes of this discussion, let’s ignore that list as well.
The DACL is the most interesting section of any Security Descriptor. You can consider a DACL to define a list of users and groups that are allowed to or denied access to that file or folder. So to represent each user or group with the specific allowed or denied action, each DACL consists of one or more Access Control Entries (ACE). An Access Control Entry specifies a user or group, what permissions are being allowed or denied and some additional attributes. Here’s an example of a simple DACL.
So far, if you have been following along, this seems pretty straightforward and it mostly is, but the practical way how this is applied to folders introduces complexity especially if you are unclear how the permissions interact with each other.
Inheritance of Security Descriptors
If every object had its own unique copy of the Security Descriptor associated with it, things would be pretty simple but impossible to manage practically. Imagine a file system with thousands of folders used by hundreds of users. Trying to set the permissions on each and every folder individually will simply break down quickly. If you needed to add or modify the permissions on a set of folders, you will have to individually apply the change to each and every file and folder in those set of folders.
Thus was born the notion of inheritance. Now, not only is it possible to apply a permission (ACE) to a folder, it is also possible to indicate if the permissions should “flow” to all children objects. So if it is a folder, all subfolders and files inside that folder should have the same permissions “inherited”. See below for an example:
Here, when Folder 3 has some permissions setup, these permissions by default are inherited by its children objects which includes SubFolder1, SubFolder2 and so on. Note that this inheritance is automatic, ie if new objects are added to this section of the tree, those objects automatically include the inherited permissions.
The DACL of any subfolder item now looks like the following, assuming this was set as the permissions for Folder 3.
You can see inherited permissions on any security dialog by the grayed out options seen. To edit these options, you have to traverse up to the tree till you reach the object where the items are actually setup (which in this case is Folder 3, where you can actually edit the permissions). Note that if you ever edit the permissions in Folder3, the new permissions automatically re-flow to the child objects without you having to set them one by one explicitly.
So if inheritance is such a cool thing, why would you ever want to disable inheritance? That’s a good question and it brings us to setting up folder permissions for a large organization. In many organizations which have groups and departments, it is pretty common to organize the folders by groups and then just allow permissions to the folders based on the groups the users belong to.
In most cases, this kind of simple organization works fine, however, in some cases, there will be some folders that belong to a group or department which absolutely need complete security and should only be accessed by a select handful of people. For example: consider SubFolder1 as a highly sensitive folder that should be fully locked down.
In this case this subset of folders should be setup without inheritance.
Disabling Inheritance at Sub Folder 1 helps change a few things. Permission changes happening at parent folders like Folder 3 will never affect Sub Folder 1 under any conditions. It is impossible to give access to Sub Folder1, by someone adding a user or group at Folder 3. This now effectively isolates the SubFolder 1 into its own permission hierarchy disconnected from the rest of the system. So IT admins can setup a small handful of specific permissions for Sub Folder1 that are applicable to all the contents inside it.
Order of Permission Evaluation
Having understood Security Descriptors and Inheritance (as well as when inheritance should be disabled), now it is time to look at how all this comes together. What happens when mutually exclusive permissions are applicable to a file or folder, how does the security permissions remain consistent in that case?
For example, consider an object (File 1) where at a parent level folder (Folder 3), say JOHN is allowed to READ and WRITE a folder and these permissions are inherited to a child object in the hierarchy.
Now, if JOHN is not supposed to WRITE to this child item and you as an IT admin add DENY WRITE to JOHN to the File1 item how does this conflicting permissions make sense and get applied?
The rules are pretty simple in this case, the order of ACE evaluation is
• Direct Deny or Disallowed Permission Entries applied directly on the object
• Direct Allowed Permission Entries applied directly on the object
• Inherited Negative Permission Entries from Parent Objects
• Inherited Parent Permission Entries from Parent Objects
The Windows OS will always evaluate the permissions based on this order, so any overrides placed on that object directly or explicitly will be considered first before any inherited permissions. The first rule that denies permissions for a user under consideration is applied and evaluation is stopped, otherwise evaluation continues till required permissions are allowed and then evaluation is stopped. Note that even with inherited permission entries, the permission entries from the nearest parent are evaluated first before the evaluation continues to the farther parent. ie the distance from the child to the parent matters in the evaluation of the permissions.
Applying Folder Security inside the network
If you thought that setting up permissions on folders is all that you need for a network share you are mistaken, you also need to create a folder share and specify permissions for the share. The final permissions for a user is a combination of the permissions applied in the share as well as the security permissions applied to the folders. The minimum permissions applicable is always applied.
So it is always the best practice to create a share and choose Everyone Full access at the share level and let all the permissions be managed by the Security permissions.
Applying NTFS folder security outside the network
It is simple to provide network folder access over the LAN and apply these folder permissions efficiently, however if you want to allow users to access these files outside the LAN via the web browser, mobile apps etc and still enforce NTFS file and folder permissions, then consider using FileCloud (our Enterprise File Sharing and Sync product) that can effortlessly enforce these permissions and still provide seamless access. | <urn:uuid:dffdd4aa-6804-4487-a4a7-eff91beea519> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.filecloud.com/blog/2017/03/it-admin-guide-to-ntfs-file-and-folder-permissions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.933227 | 1,799 | 2.765625 | 3 |
After a knifing at a church last week, the Associated Press published an “explainer” bearing the headline, “Why France Sparks Such Anger in Muslim World.” The article went on to cite the country’s “brutal colonial past, staunch secular policies, and tough-talking president who is seen as insensitive toward the Muslim faith” as reasons for jihadist violence. But France suffered from radical Islamic terror well before Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. Moreover, write Benjamin Haddad, Macron’s “tough talk” constitutes a mere acknowledgment of reality:
Since 2012, more than 260 people of all backgrounds have died in terrorist attacks: in a Jewish school, at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, in a concert hall, in the streets of Nice, in churches, and in police street patrols.
[There have been] many reports over the years of growing pressure on teachers trying to teach about the Holocaust, sex education, or even basic biology. In 2002, a book written by a collective of high-school teachers, The Lost Territories of the Republic, warned of alarming sexism and anti-Semitism in the French banlieues, [slum-like suburbs that often have large immigrant populations]. Jews, who represent 1 percent of the French population but are disproportionally targeted by hate crimes (about 40 percent of attacks most years), have largely deserted these areas in the last decade.
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Many languages are called dead languages s popular culture does not use them. Latin is one of these although many people speak it as a second language or as a specialty language in their field of science or linguistics. Other languages are artificial such as Esperanto and have followers and speakers in specialized groups. Other dead languages have no speakers in the modern world. many of these are many centuries dead others have recently died out as the remaining speakers were absorbed into other language cultures. However there are more than 200 languages with only 1 or 2 speakers left. An example is Ter Sami, originally spoken in the Kola peninsula of Russia, had only 2 speakers remain in 2011. Native American languages are almost all dying out with only a few exceptions. The languages of Papua, New Guinea are only spoken in Papua, New Guinea, often by only a single village or small collection of villages. Even rarer languages exist in such places as the Smithsonian Institute. There some languages only exist as recorded samples from many years back. These may still be understood by some people who heard their grandparents speak them but they cannot speak them themselves. It would be difficult to be sure of which language is spoken by the least number of people because there are many languages that have a couple hundred or fewer speakers. For more information, you might want to look at a list of endangered languages. Some of these languages are spoken in remote areas, so if several of the remaining elderly speakers have died, we would not necessarily know that the language is down to its last speaker or is now an extinct language. Ter Sami and Kion are each only spoken by a few elderly persons. Njerep is a nearly extinct language, too. The last known native speaker of Eyak died in 2008. Omotik has fewer than 100 speakers. Umutina had one remaining speaker in 1999. Kalapuya is an extinct language, but I met one person in the Willamette Valley of Kalapuya descent who knows a couple words she learned from her grandmother.
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What does a marketing campaign consist of?
What Is a Marketing Campaign? Marketing campaigns promote products through different types of media, such as television, radio, print, and online platforms. Campaigns are not solely reliant on advertising and can include demonstrations, video conferencing, and other interactive techniques.
What is an example of a marketing campaign?
Examples of interactive marketing campaigns include: Contests. Quizzes, polls, and surveys. Events and experiences.
What is a marketing message example?
Example: “Our award-winning product set decreases costs and increases revenue.” Brilliant marketing messages are one-of-a-kind. Example: “You’ll save so much you’ll think you won the lottery.”
What are some examples of great marketing?
Finally, here are some content marketing examples from the business world that are a little bit different.
- Coca-Cola. Coke used personalization to get everybody talking about their brand.
- Grant Thornton.
What are the 4 types of marketing strategies?
4 Types of Marketing Strategies to Spice Up Your Campaigns
- Cause Marketing. Cause marketing, also known as cause-related marketing, links a company and its products and services to a social cause or issue.
- Relationship Marketing.
- Scarcity Marketing.
- Undercover Marketing.
What are the 4 basic marketing strategies?
The four Ps of marketing: product, price, place and promotion.
What is a marketing example?
Marketing is the promotion of business products or services to a target audience. Common examples of marketing at work include television commercials, billboards on the side of the road, and magazine advertisements. But not all businesses approach the need to market their goods and services the same way.
What is a good marketing?
Great marketing is not (just) about fancy creative, or huge budgets – it is about doing something that makes a customer undertake an action that helps fulfil the objectives of your business – this might result in a customer wanting to find out more about your brand or product/service; they might change their behaviour;
What are the 7 marketing strategies?
The 7 P’s of marketing include product, price, promotion, place, people, process, and physical evidence. Moreover, these seven elements comprise the marketing mix.
What are 3 marketing strategies?
Following are the different types of marketing strategies available.
- Paid advertising. This includes multiple approaches for marketing.
- Cause marketing.
- Relationship marketing.
- Undercover marketing.
- Word of mouth.
- Internet marketing.
- Transactional marketing.
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RIT Creates First-of-its-Kind College in Computing and Information Sciences - Golisano Gift of $14 Million Launches College
The B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences will comprehensively address the computing and information technologies of today, and into the future. Named for its founding donor, B. Thomas Golisano, chairman and chief executive officer of Paychex Inc., the college owes its launch to his gift of $14 million. The gift is the largest gift in RIT history from an individual and is believed to be the largest given to any university or college in the Rochester area.
"The digital revolution makes this a very exciting time to be at RIT—this is our time to lead in preparing the world's next generations of IT and computer professionals. Thanks to Tom Golisano, we are able to get our new college off the ground much faster then anyone anticipated. He has helped us take a giant step forward in our work as the university of choice in a technological world," says Albert J. Simone, RIT president.
"As a member of RIT's Board of Trustees, Tom is keenly aware of RIT's role—not only in Rochester but around the world—in preparing students for careers in technology, and the incredible potential of computing and information sciences. Because of his generosity, the College of Computing and Information Sciences is now a reality. His gift is one of the largest gifts ever made to a college or university in the Rochester area. We deeply thank Tom Golisano for his vision and his generosity to this monumental venture."
States Golisano, "I believe what RIT is doing by establishing this college is not only good for RIT, but it will be great for the entire Rochester community and upstate New York because it makes RIT and Rochester a national focal point in this type of education."
Indeed, RIT's College of Computing and Information Sciences will ensure that the programs that are so central to improving life in the 21st century will flourish and grow. Research shows computing as the fastest growing occupational category in the country today with 1.6 million new IT workers needed this year. In the next five years, at least 1.8 million new jobs will be created for computer system analysts, computer support specialists, and computer programmers. In addition, 1.2 million software development positions will be vacant by 2005.
Correspondingly, nationwide demand for computing education continues to escalate. Interest in computing majors by high school graduates has increased by 90 percent in the past five years. RIT expects that the new college will increase in size by 50 percent to 4,500 students in the next five years.
"We have seen applications to our existing computer science and information technology programs increase by 182 percent since 1994," says Simone. The Information Technology program alone has grown from 13 students in 1992 to 1,500 students today. Together, these programs have 3,000 students. "When these programs move to the new College of Computing and Information Sciences, it will immediately be the largest computing college in the country," adds Simone.
Computing has been an integral part of RIT's curriculum since 1972 with the launch of one of the first undergraduate computer science programs in the country. Today, RIT's business partners clamor for the cutting-edge expertise that RIT graduates and faculty can provide.
The new college, which joins RIT's other seven colleges, will launch with bachelor's and master's degree programs in computer science, software engineering and information technology. °Computer science will offer bachelor of science and master of science degrees and focus on software development, communications, operating systems, networks and programming language concepts. °Software engineering will offer a bachelor of science and introduce a new master of science in software engineering. These programs will prepare students to design complex and evolving software. °Information technology will offer a bachelor of science and a master of science in IT, and a master of science in software development and management.
RIT's new Information Technology Lab will serve as an integral part of the college's educational mix. The IT Lab, which owes its start to recent New York state funding through the efforts of Sen. James Alesi and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, already plays a crucial role as a multidisciplinary resource. The year-old lab's initial projects with Sun, Cisco, IBM, Xerox and Microsoft have tapped faculty expertise from the three areas that will exist together in the new college. More than ever, students, faculty, alumni and industry will converge at the IT Lab to explore and develop innovative applications of emerging information technologies.
"RIT is perfectly positioned to blend these programs in high-technology information fields," says Simone. "We see it as a natural evolution of who and what we are at RIT. Our mission, as always, is to offer the very best, most timely and career-focused education possible to our students.
"A new era in computing and information sciences is about to begin at RIT. We are realizing a vision that will lift an RIT education to the highest level, and at the same time, provide a highly trained workforce for the industries of tomorrow," states Simone. ##
Internationally recognized as a leader in imaging, technology, fine and applied arts, and education of the deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology enrolls 15,000 students in more than 250 undergraduate and graduate programs. For the past decade, U.S. News and World Report has ranked RIT as one of the nation's leading comprehensive universities. RIT also is included in Yahoo! Internet Life's Top 100 Wired Universities, Fisk's Guide to America's Best Colleges, as well as Barron's Best Buys in Education. | <urn:uuid:30851c17-271b-4d05-9467-67c832a20e82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rit.edu/news/rit-creates-first-its-kind-college-computing-and-information-sciences-golisano-gift-14-million | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.952345 | 1,164 | 1.554688 | 2 |
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Science Starz has partnered with Storybox to create an amazing herb growing kit!
Grow your own herbs with Storybox!
We have an exciting new collaboration to introduce!
Science Staz has partnered with Storybox NI to create this kit which provides all the essentials for a little one to make their very own herb garden.
Storybox is a community interest initiative started with the objective of trying to support and raise awareness of social enterprises and local businesses within Northern Ireland. Storybox seeks to showcase some of the local and social goods that we have to offer here in Northern Ireland and bring some of them together in a gift box. These gift boxes can be both a thoughtful present and the opportunity to support local!
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DAY 1 : Pick up from your hotel and we will be driving along the mainland coast to Peloponnese, we will have our first stop, 1 hour later, at the Canal of Corinth (6 km length and 80m height). After a while we will reach the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, one of the best Ancient Theatres worldwide with amazing acoustic. We will stop for lunch or a coffee break, at one of the most romantic towns of Greece, the seaside town of Nauplio, first capital city of Modern Greece, and then we will continue to the archaeological site of Mycenae, an ancient town with great power during the ancient years, with the famous "Gate of Lions" and "Atreus King Tomb". We will also visit the nearby town of Nemea and we can taste famous local wines at a winery! Our first overnight will take place at the famous town of Sparta.
DAY 2 : After breakfast, we will be visiting the unique Museum of Olive Oil of Sparta, a great Museum showing the unique history of olive production in Greece. After a short stop at the picturesque small coastal town of Gythio, we will arrive at Areopolis and Diros to visit Diros Caves, the best Eureopean cave with its marvelous subterranean caves as a part of an underground river. About 5,000 meters have been exposed and accessible by small boats and through narrow passageways and one is surrounded by formations of stalagmites and stalactites. Caves have served as places of worship in Paleolithic and Neolithic times and their inhabitant believed that the caves were the entrance to the underworld. We can also visit the local museum and then we continue to some of the most beautiful places of Northern Peloponnese, the coastal villages of Stoupa and Kardamili, for swimming or lunch. We will go through the town of Kalamata and we will arrive at Ancient Olympia for an overnight.
DAY 3 : In the morning we will be visiting the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia, the Museum and the Stadium, where first Olympic Games took place on 776 B.C. We continue and we will cross over the amazing bridge of Rion – Antirion, one of the biggest in Europe and we will stop at the beautiful seaside town of Naupaktos for a coffee break. The second famous sightseeing of the day will be at Delphi, at the ancient stadium, at the oracle and at the museum. Later on we will visit for lunch the most famous winter resort in Greece, Arachova, a traditional and at the same time amazing modern small city in an altitude of 1000 meters. Returning to Athens, we can make a last stop at the beautiful St. Loukas Monastery in Levadia. Late in the afternoon we will arrive back to Athens and at your Hotel.
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Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday directed the state’s workplace safety agency to adopt emergency rules to protect workers from extreme heat.
Her announcement comes after a farmworker died at a Marion County nursery on June 26 as Oregon entered an unprecedented heat wave.
Activists have been pushing the state to adopt rules to protect workers from extreme heat for years and had called on Oregon to enact emergency rules prior to the heat wave. The state is drafting permanent rules to protect workers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, but a deadline to submit a proposal for those rules was pushed back to September due to the pandemic.
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, known as Oregon OSHA, is expected to adopt emergency rules to protect workers from extreme heat by the end of the week at Brown’s direction as the agency continues to work on the permanent rules.
The temporary rules will expand requirements for employers to provide shade, rest time and cool water for workers during extreme heat events, according to the state.
The state did not indicate whether those rules would set temperature thresholds at which employers must suspend operations. Worker advocates have called on the state to require that employers move work to cooler areas or suspend operations once temperatures reach hazardous levels.
Oregon OSHA has not announced whether it will adopt similar emergency rules to protect workers from wildfire smoke.
“All Oregonians should be able to go to work knowing that conditions will be safe and that they will return home to their families at the end of the day,” Brown said in a statement. “While Oregon OSHA has been working to adopt permanent rules related to heat, it became clear that immediate action was necessary in order to protect Oregonians, especially those whose work is critical to keeping Oregon functioning and oftentimes must continue during extreme weather.”
Sebastian Francisco Perez, a Guatemalan immigrant, arrived in the U.S. on May 5 to work at Ernst Nursery and Farms. He had been working on a crew moving irrigations lines before he was found unresponsive in the field at the end of his shift, according to Oregon OSHA. Temperatures in St. Paul reached 104 degrees that day.
Oregon OSHA attributed Perez’ death to heat in their preliminary incident description. In the wake of Perez’ death, the agency has opened an investigation into Ernst Nursery and Farms and Brother Farm Labor Contractor, which provided workers to the farm. The investigation could take three to four months to complete.
Ernst Nursery and Farms was previously cited in 2014 for failing to provide water to its workers.
At least 107 people died during the state’s unprecedented heat wave at the end of June, according to the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office. Perez was the only person that died on the job during the heat wave, according to Oregon OSHA, but the agency was unable to immediately provide The Oregonian/OregonLive with information on whether it had received other complaints or opened any other investigations related to worker safety during the heat wave.
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Grant Helps Female Refugees Build A Life in New Surroundings
Nieda Abbas, head chef at Havenly Treats, is proud to teach immigrant women how to work in a commercial kitchen, to learn workplace expectations, and to develop life skills from the Havenly kitchen space in New Haven, Connecticut.
An immigrant herself, Nieda is passionate about helping other immigrants successfully grow roots in the region. At Havenly Treats Nieda says “everyone is like family. We all collaborate and provide support to each other. This creates a good work environment, but we are more than just a place of working and learning. We open up families, providing financial, spiritual, and social relief.”
A strong leadership and socialization component to the program is designed to empower refugees, says Caterina Passoni, executive director at Havenly. “Many of the women in the program have been traumatized and isolated. If you are not working the situation is very bad. There is a high number of unemployed among refugee women. This program gives women a chance to learn skills to get a job to support their children. By the end of the program the women are talking, laughing, and believing in themselves.”
Havenly Treats received $6,000 in 2021 from the Community Fund for Women & Girls (the Fund), thanks to Fund donor Cynthia Parker’s gift of stock. Given the Fund’s mission to promote the social and economic advancement of women and girls, the grant aligned with advancing women, especially women of color, who have been particularly impacted by the pandemic and need avenues to access well-paying jobs. Havenly Treats also received an additional $60,600 from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven through its responsive grants process.
In the 2021 session, Nieda and Caterina selected nine refugees from Sudan, Syria, and Guatemala to participate in Havenly Treats’ 6 month, paid training program. Previously only six had been selected. By 2022 they intend to expand the number of participants to 15. The most popular way potential applicants learn about the program is word of mouth. The women share their experiences with friends and family, who then share the information with others. Information is also shared on social media. Havenly Treats also has partnerships with IRIS, Junta, and other organizations that serve refugees and immigrants in the region.
“Without the grant our class size would have remained at six,” said Caterina. The need is great with 50 women applying for the program this session. For the selection process, “we look for the needs of the women and the fit with the program. Those women not chosen this time are hoping to be selected for the next cohort,” said Caterina.
The program gives the women 15 hours a week in the kitchen with Nieda where they learn how a commercial kitchen works and workplace expectations. They spend one hour a day learning a variety of life skills including English, finance, computer skills, tax prep, training in CPR and First Aid, getting certified in Food Safety, and job readiness training.
The program has 12 graduates who have been successful in finding good entry-level jobs after completing the program. “One of our first graduates works as a baker for the University of New Haven. Not everyone remains in the food service industry. One works in pharmacy, and another started a Dental Assistance program. This program supports them in a variety of careers,” said Caterina.
Nieda’s dreams for Havenly Treats do not end here. Nieda says, “I hope the organization grows to 4 times the size it is now becoming a large organization with more menu items and workers to increase opportunity. Also, to be a place students from other countries can feel at home with authentic, home-style food.”
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Slănic (Romanian pronunciation: [sləˈnik]) is one of the 14 towns of Prahova County, Romania, historically and currently known as a salt extraction center, as well as a spa town, with salt lakes. Two villages, Groșani and Prăjani, are administered by the town.
Source: Census data
As its name (salt in Slavonic) suggests, most of Slănic's history and economy are directly related to the presence of relatively large quantities of salt underground, and even in open air.
Slănic is also the name of the creek flowing through the town, tributary of Vărbilău River, which in turn is a tributary of Teleajen River.
Although technically incorrect, the compounded name Slănic Prahova is also being used, especially in other parts of Romania. This alternative name was probably generated to help discern between Slănic and another Romanian town, Slănic-Moldova.
The town is famous for its salt lakes (or Băi): The Shepherd’s (Baia Baciului), The Green (Baia Verde) and The Red (Baia Roșie) Lakes, as well as for the Old (Salina Veche) and New (Salina Nouă) Salt Mines. While salt is still being extracted from the New Salt Mine, the Old Mine is open to the public now, being used as a spa, amusement center and museum of the salt mining industry. International contests of Indoor Model Aircraft Flying (Modellism) take place annually in the upper level (Mina Mihai) of the Old Mine.
Other worthwhile tourist objectives, all within easy reach for any untrained hiker, are a local water spring named The Cold Fountain (Fântâna Rece), the TV Relay Tower (Releu) beyond The Fir Forest (Pădurea de Brazi), Beacon's Hill (Dealul cu Semn), The Salt Mountain (Muntele de Sare) with the legendary Bride's Cave (Grota Miresei), now partially collapsed due to rain erosion, as well as The Green Rock (Piatra Verde) and The Colt's Small Hill (Delușorul Mânzului). | <urn:uuid:73cbc09a-e602-467d-81fe-d65de0d21a55> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Sl%C4%83nic | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.924951 | 626 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Like other scientific fields, the science of weight loss is continually evolving. What’s true is that no single diet approach, whether low-carb, low-fat, paleo or vegan, with no or varying amounts of physical activity, will work for every individual. It’s also true that within each approach, there are people who will lose weight, as well as people who will gain weight. Even more confounding is the fact that those who successfully lose weight have an extremely high failure rate when it comes to maintaining that weight loss. This dichotomy leaves scientists baffled, as the search for the ideal diet and weight loss maintenance strategies continues. One commonality that most can agree on is that everyone who loses weight and maintains weight loss has had to make changes in their everyday behaviors. In addition to dietary changes, this could mean watching less television, eating breakfast every day, not eating after dinner or exercising daily.
The “eat less, move more” strategy makes weight loss sound simple and stress free. Losing weight and keeping it off is never easy, but it is possible. One great motivator for weight loss and maintenance is a significant health scare or the diagnosis of a chronic disease. For some, it’s the realization that maintaining a healthy weight can add healthy years to a life, and precious time to spend with loved ones, friends and pets. Highly motivated people who start again each time they fail are the most likely to be successful at finding a diet and exercise plan that works for them. A holistic approach to weight loss, accounting for biology, behavior, psychology and budget, may help reveal the specific impediment to an individual’s achieving and sustaining a healthy weight. Some experts argue that pigeonholing people into one type of diet, or pushing people toward a number on a scale, rather than focusing on health goals, may set people up for failure.
-Unrealistic expectations of ideal weights are often enough to keep people from losing any weight at all. A healthy sustainable weight is often a higher number on the scale than one would tend to think. Accepting that a 10% weight loss can improve blood pressure and blood sugar and reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes may help overweight people to take small steps towards that goal.
-Unfortunately, many view weight loss as a quick fix as opposed to a long-term solution for improved health. Clearly, a change of mindset is necessary not only for weight loss but for long-term weight maintenance, especially in an environment where unhealthy food is plentiful.
-Diets that are too calorie restrictive are destined to fail. In addition to increased hunger, your body works against you, which makes losing weight even harder. To save energy, any weight loss stimulates hormones that slow the basal metabolic rate, reducing daily calorie expenditure, increasing appetite and encouraging overconsumption along with fat storage.
-There are different philosophies regarding weight loss and exercise. Whether or not experts agree on exercise as a weight loss method, exercise is necessary for overall health and disease prevention or management. Thirty to sixty minutes of daily exercise not only burns calories, it helps to speed up the metabolic rate, encouraging higher calorie burn while at rest.
-Biology, genetics and hormones are all players in the weight loss and maintenance game. A person who weighs 200 pounds and was never overweight will have an easier time maintaining weight than a person who was once 300 pounds but has lost 100 pounds. Though the body subverts weight loss maintenance, one should know that although vigilance is necessary, the body will reset to a new normal weight and the resting metabolic rate will stabilize. Building muscle mass through aerobic exercise and weight training will help to determine your resting energy expenditure.
-Continued use of behavioral strategies and a “no surrender” attitude is necessary to maintain weight once a desired weight is reached. Gradually adding small amounts of healthy nutritious calories can help determine the right balance of daily caloric intake and exercise needed to maintain a healthy weight and avoid regain.
Whatever your diet choice, recognizing that we often eat in response to stress, boredom or emotions may help to avoid setbacks. Sustainable lifestyle changes are actually easier to follow than unrealistic caloric intake or deprivation. If you are serious and determined to lose weight and keep it off, take a slow but steady pace. Avoid “cheat” days and stick to healthy eating habits all the time including weekends. Studies have shown that inadequate sleep can significantly affect weight control, so put some of your efforts into improving your sleep habits. Tracking your food intake helps to monitor calories, and more importantly, nutrition. Be sure you are hydrating sufficiently and feeding your body the nutrients necessary for energy production and the maintenance of overall good health.
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Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Maintain Weight Loss. http://www.livescience.com/53942-weight-loss-biology.html
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Slipping the first stitch of a row expands the edge stitch vertically, making it two rows tall. This means that you don’t get that weird uneven and twisted stitch that comes from working the edge stitch twice in succession. It makes the edges of a piece tidy and clean.
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been widely explored as potential technologies for information systems and medical applications. The impact of SWCNTs on human health is of prime concern, if SWCNTs have a future in the manufacturing industry. This study proposes a novel, inflammation-independent paradigm of toxicity for SWCNTs, identifying the protein citrullination process as early-stage indicator of inflammatory responses of macrophages (THP-1) and of subtle phenotypic damages of lung epithelial (A549) cells following exposure to chemically-treated SWCNTs. Our results showed that, while most of the cellular responses of A549 cells exposed to SWCNTs are different to those of similarly treated THP-1 cells, the protein citrullination process is triggered in a dose- and time-dependent manner in both cell lines, with thresholds comparable between inflammatory (THP-1) and non-inflammatory (A549) cell types. The cellular mechanism proposed herein could have a high impact in predicting the current risk associated with environmental exposure to SWCNTs.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) represent a relatively newly discovered allotrope of carbon1 having a wide range of potential applications in the information and communications technology (ICT)2,3 and medicine4,5,6,7 fields.
As for many other nanomaterials, several aspects of the effects of SWCNTs to human health are poorly defined8. From 2006 onwards, the number of reports investigating in vitro9,10 and in vivo11,12,13 the lung toxicity of SWCNTs has increased exponentially but the current knowledge of SWCNTs' adverse effects in the lungs is still fragmentary and sometimes contradictory8,14,15. This fragmentation originates from three main aspects16. Firstly, the studies exploring SWCNTs' toxicity are not standardised for SWCNTs produced by different methods and do not employ equivalent testing models. Secondly, in many cases such experiments do not accurately reflect actual exposure conditions. This originates ultimately from the absence of environmental exposure data on SWCNTs and of specific information regarding the end-of-life/disposal of SWCNTs-based devices from ICT and medical applications. Thirdly, specific cellular mechanisms through which SWCNTs may exert their adverse toxic effects in vivo are still under debate.
By looking at the emerging picture, the most widely accepted paradigms14 for SWCNTs' toxicity are (a) the oxidative stress13,17,18 (due to redox features of this nanomaterial19 or of transition metals and other environmental contaminants present in SWCNTs18,20) and (b) inflammation (associated with inflammatory and fibrogenic responses in the lungs21 and ineffective recognition of SWCNTs by macrophages22). This study proposes a potential novel paradigm according to which SWCNTs triggered a toxic response by activating an inflammation-independent cellular mechanism. Citrullination (i.e., the enzymatic conversion of protein-contained arginine to citrulline carried out by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD)) was identified as an early-stage indicator of such inflammation-independent mechanism. Macrophages (THP-1 cells) and lung epithelial (A549) cells were exposed to chemically-treated SWCNTs and the protein citrullination levels were quantified. Cellular protein modification levels were then correlated to cytotoxic cellular responses and to the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Citrullination is known as an inflammation associated process23 characteristic of extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)24,25,26, such as interstitial pneumonia and rheumatoid nodules. Our group has recently demonstrated that exposure to various nanomaterials does induce citrullination27, which might ultimately trigger autoimmune diseases. Protein citrullination, as well as Ca2+-mediated PAD activation, was in fact detected in cultured human cells (A549 and THP-1 cells) and in mouse lung tissue after exposure to nanosized amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2), ultra-fine carbon black (ufCB) and SWCNTs27.
Here, we present for the first time evidence that SWCNTs are able to induce protein citrullination in a lung epithelial cell line prior to any detectable onset of inflammatory responses. SWCNTs were tested following chemical treatment, since chemical modifications are known to reduce the amount of toxic metal impurities (used in the production of the carbon nanomaterials and present in the as-produced, pristine SWCNTs) that can ultimately induce oxidative stress and cytokine secretion in cells exposed to SWCNTs. Furthermore, chemical modifications are fundamental to increasing the manufacturability and biocompatibility of SWCNTs for ICT and medical applications, thus making our testing model relevant when compared to realistic exposure scenarios of the manufacturing industry. Our results clearly indicated that exposure to SWCNTs induced citrullination in THP-1 and A549 cells after 6 h. In particular, high citrullination levels were detected in lung epithelial cells, which are not responsible for inflammation responses, thus ultimately advocating citrullination as an inflammation-independent process and highlighting the potential use of citrullination as early-stage indicator of an emerging inflammation-independent paradigm of SWCNTs' toxicity.
High content screening and analysis (HCSA)
Human lung epithelial (A549) cells and phagocytic (THP-1) cells were exposed to various SWCNTs concentrations (1, 5, 10 μg/ml) for 6 h and 24 h and HCSA was carried out to quantify the induction of protein citrullination. The data (Figure 1A) indicated a significant increase in protein citrullination in both cell lines in a time- and dose-dependent manner, with maximum effects seen at 24 h and at the highest dose (10 μg/ml) tested. Immunofluorescent images of cells exposed to chemically-treated SWCNTs (Figure 1B) showed citrullinated proteins in the cytoplasm and around the nucleus after 24 exposure, thus validating that citrullinated proteins were expressed.
By increasing the complexity of the SWCNT's functionalization (p-SWCNTs < p SWCNTs/BSA < f-SWCNTs < f-SWCNTs/BSA), the induction of citrullinated proteins decreased. High citrullination levels were found in fact when cells were treated with p-SWCNTs, while cells exposed to f-SWCNTs/BSA showed low citrullination levels. However, high levels of citrullination were detected after exposure to Mal-SWCNTs/BSA. This could be associated with the presence of cytotoxic maleic moieties on the nanotubes surface.
Interestingly, significantly high citrullination was observed in A549 cells (which are cells not directly involved in inflammation responses) treated with SWCNTs. In detail, citrullination was detectable in SWCNTs-treated A549 cells even after 6 h exposure (Figure 1A). This suggested that the induction of protein citrullination could be considered as a sign of early cellular damage in an in vitro, non-inflammatory model such as A549 cells.
Three different concentrations (1, 5, 10 μg/ml) of SWCNTs were tested on THP-1 and A549 cell populations at three time points (3, 6, 24 h). Cell count reduction, cell membrane permeability, lysosomal mass/pH and nuclear morphology changes were the cell parameters monitored by HCSA (Figure 2).
Cell count reduction
A dose- and time- dependent reduction of cell viability was detected when THP-1 cells were exposed to SWCNTs (Figure 2). In detail, significant reduction in cell count was seen after 3 h exposure to p-SWCNTS/BSA and f-SWCNTS/BSA and after 6 h exposure to p-SWCNTs, f-SWCNTs and Mal-SWCNTs/BSA. In contrast, A549 cells showed a decreased cell count only when exposed to the highest concentration (10 μg/ml) of p-SWCNTs and f-SWCNTs for 24 h.
Cell membrane permeability
It has been shown that alterations of the cellular membrane permeability are often associated with an on-going toxic or apoptotic cell responses (21). A clear dose-dependent increase in cell membrane permeability was observed in both THP-1 and A549 cells when exposed to p-SWCNTs, f-SWCNTs and f-SWCNTs/BSA (Figure 2), whereas p-SWCNTs/BSA and Mal-SWCNTs/BSA caused significant cell membrane permeability changes only at the highest concentration (10 μg/ml) in both cell lines.
Lysosomal mass/pH changes were significant when THP-1 cells were exposed to p-SWCNTs, f-SWCNTs and f-SWCNTs/BSA, while subtle lysosomal mass/pH changes were detected in THP-1 cells exposed to p-SWCNTs/BSA and Mal-SWCNTs/BSA (Figure 2). Lysosomal mass/pH was also markedly altered in A549 cells, with the lowest response associated with the exposure to Mal-SWCNTs/BSA.
Nuclear area and nuclear intensity
Since changes in the nuclear morphology can be an additional sign of cell stress and apoptotic/toxic stimuli, the nuclear size and intensity of THP-1 and A549 cells were monitored after exposure to SWCNTs for extended exposure intervals (24 h). We observed significant nuclear morphological changes in SWCNTs-treated THP-1 cells, while the nuclear morphology was only marginally altered in A549 cells exposed to SWCNTs (Figure 2).
To further explore the possible interdependence between the citrullination process and the inflammatory changes in cells of different origin as triggered by exposure to chemically-treated SWCNTs, the secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokines Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was quantified after treatment of inflammatory (THP-1 cells) and non-inflammatory (A549) cells with such nanomaterials.
TNF-α and IL-6 are known to be among the most important cell-signalling protein molecules secreted by activated macrophages (such as PMA-activated THP-1 cells) during inflammation28. Figure 3 and Figure 4 display the amount of TNF-α and IL-6 secreted by THP-1 and A549 cells exposed for 6 and 24 h to increasing concentrations (1, 5 and 10 μg/ml) of p-SWCNTs, p-SWCNTs/BSA, f-SWCNTs, f-SWCNTs/BSA, Mal-SWCNTs/BSA. For THP-1 cells, we observed that the secretion resulted to be time- and dose-dependent. Interestingly, a higher secretion of TNF-α and IL-6 was detected when SWCNTs were conjugated with BSA (p-SWCNTs/BSA, f-SWCNTs/BSA and Mal-SWCNTs/BSA), while lower levels of TNF-α and IL-6 were detected after exposure to unconjugated SWCNTs (p-SWCNTs and f-SWCNTs). This phenomenon could be associated with the higher de-bundling of BSA-conjugated SWCNTs, which might have triggered the onset of acute phase reaction.
In contrast, exposure of A549 cells to SWCNTs did not significantly trigger the secretion of TNF-α (Figure 4A) or IL-6 (Figure 4B) over 6 and 24 h exposure, leaving the levels of the secreted proteins comparable to those of the untreated cell culture (N/T).
Citrullination has been reported to be a process present in a wide range of inflammatory tissues, suggesting that this is an inflammation-dependent rather than disease-dependent process23. Our group has previously demonstrated that nanomaterials of different origin are capable of promoting specific transformation of the amino acid arginine into the molecule called citrulline27, which can lead ultimately to the development of autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA)14. Here, we showed for the first time that exposure to differently processed SWCNTs (in terms of the chemical treatment applied and functionalities/chemical compounds decorating their surface) significantly influenced the protein citrullination levels in cultured THP-1 cells as well as in non-inflammatory lung epithelial cells (Figure 1), thus suggesting citrullination as an early-stage marker of a novel inflammation-independent paradigm for SWCNTs toxicity.
THP-1 and A549 cells were selected as the most relevant in vitro models for our study. THP-1 cells were employed to represent the resident phagocytic cells that have the main function of removing pathogens, senescent cells and external particles from the lungs29,30, while A549 cells represented an in vitro model for lung alveoli cells, which are not associated with inflammatory responses. A549 cells have been extensively used for assessing pulmonary cytotoxicity, including nanomaterials-induced cytotoxicity10,31,32.
Our results showed that, following exposure to SWCNTs, high levels of citrullination were found in cultured A549 cells, as well as in THP-1 cells, independently of the chemical treatment applied to SWCNTs (Figure 1). Furthermore, we found that, even if protein citrullination occurred, the cytotoxic (Figure 2) and inflammatory (Figure 4) cellular responses were significantly lower in SWCNTs-treated A549 cells than in similarly treated THP-1 cells (Figure 2 and Figure 3, respectively). Similarly to a previous study published by Hu et al.33, showing that lymphocytes were more sensitive to SWCNTs as compared to human lung cells, our data proved that phagocytic THP-1 cells were highly sensitive to all SWCNTs samples (Figure 2), responding to the SWCNTs exposure with high levels of secreted pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) (Figure 3A and Figure 3B, respectively). In contrast, A549 cells were only marginally affected by the exposure to the chemically-treated SWCNTs (Figure 2). Additional analysis of the inflammatory mediators did not show in fact any significance secretion of TNF-α and IL-6 from A549 cells exposed to SWCNTs (Figure 4). These results, together with literature data showing that SWCNTs can lead to the suppression of a variety of inflammatory mediators (including IL-6) in in vitro lung epithelial cell models34, provide evidence that SWCNTs could be possibly cytotoxic to lung epithelial cells by activating an inflammation-independent cellular mechanism. Keeping in mind that citrullination of proteins is a process distinct from the formation of the free amino acid citrulline as by-product of oxidative stress enzymes, our results suggest citrullination as a potential early-stage marker for a novel paradigm of SWCNTs' toxicity.
In conclusion, our study showed for the first time that increased increased protein citrullination can be a potential robust indicator for a novel inflammation-independent paradigm defining the SWCNTs lung toxicity. Given that exposure to SWCNTs triggered an inflammatory response of THP-1 cells, including markedly increased levels of secreted pro-inflammatory cytokines, one could assume that citrullination occurred as a down-stream process of the inflammatory response to SWCNTs. However, our results in a non-inflammatory, in vitro cell model (such as A549 cells) showed that protein citrullination was not necessarily an inflammation-dependent process. In detail, small changes in cytotoxic cellular responses and low levels of cytokines secretion were associated with relatively high levels of protein citrullination in A549 cells exposed to five different types of SWCNTs.
Our results strongly advocate for a novel inflammation-independent paradigm of SWCNTs toxicity and the use of citrullination levels as an early-stage indicator for the hazard ranking of SWCNTs and potentially of nanomaterials, more in general. Further studies are required to fully explore the mechanism(s) involved in the citrullination induced by exposure to SWCNTs in vitro and in in vivo correlation studies.
Chemicals and solvents were purchased from commercial sources (Sigma-Aldrich, Fisher Scientific, Invitrogen and Calbiochem). Pristine SWCNTs prepared by laser ablation were purified and functionalized following the procedure reported in a previous study35 (Figure 5). Briefly, pristine SWCNTs were first purified (p-SWCNTs) and then functionalized by adding 4-(2-aminoethyl)benzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate, thus obtaining covalently functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (f-SWCNTs). The f-SWCNTs nanotubes were then treated with 4-maleimidobutyric acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, obtaining Mal-SWCNTs. The resulting p-SWCNTs, f-SWCNTs and Mal-SWCNTs derivatives were exposed to a solution of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), thus yielding p-SWCNTs/BSA, f-SWCNTs/BSA and Mal-SWCNTs/BSA, respectively. Table S23 in the Supporting Information reports a summary of the characterization of the SWCNTs samples (average atomic force microscopy height measurements, O2 atomic percentage and zeta potential of SWCNT dispersions in water at pH 7).
Human lung epithelial (A549) and phagocytic (THP-1) cell lines (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA) were cultured in DMEM and RPMI 1640 medium, respectively. Both the media were supplemented with 10% (v/v) foetal bovine serum (FBS) and 1% (v/v) L-glutamine/penicillin/streptomycin. Cells were grown in a humidified incubator at 37°C in 5% CO2.
Cell plating and exposure
For experimentation, A549 and THP-1 cells were seeded in 96-well plates at a concentration of 5,000 and 15,000 cells/well, respectively (Nunc Inc., USA). THP-1 cells were stimulated with 25 ng/ml of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 72 h before exposure to SWCNTs. THP-1 and A549 cells were exposed to five different samples of chemically-treated SWCNTs, namely p-SWCNTs, p-SWCNTs/BSA, f-SWCNTs, f-SWCNTs/BSA and Mal-SWCNTs/BSA. Exposure concentrations ranged from 1 μg/ml to 10 μg/ml (1, 5 and 10 μg/ml).
High content screening and analysis (HCSA)
HCSA combines high-resolution digital imaging with powerful software algorithms to enhance the quantitative data processing. HCSA is currently recognised as the industry standard for drug screening. Recently, HCSA has also been implemented for the analysis of cell changes induced by nanomaterials27,36,37,38,39 since this is the only contemporary technique which enables to handle large experimental data sets correlating cell responses to multiple nanomaterials, reagents, concentrations and data points. HCSA was used to quantify citrullination process and cytotoxic responses following exposure to SWCNTs.
Protein citrullination: Cells were exposed to SWCNTs for 6 h and 24 h and then fixed using 3% paraformaldehyde (PFA), as previously described27. After gentle washing with phosphate buffer solution (PBS), cells were incubated with anti-citrulline antibody (Cat. No: ab6464, 1:200 dilution) for 1 h at room temperature. Cells were washed three times with PBS and then incubated with FITC-linked goat anti-rabbit antibody for 1 h and stained for nuclei with Hoechst 33342. Plates were scanned using IN Cell Analyzer 1000 automated microscope (GE Healthcare, Buckinghamshire, UK). Images were acquired in a stereology configuration of five randomly selected fields per well at 10× magnification using two detection channels. Protein citrullination was quantified using the dual area object analysis module of the IN Cell Investigator software (GE Healthcare, Buckinghamshire, UK). The module allows for simultaneous quantification of subcellular inclusions that are marked by different fluorescent labels and measures fluorescence intensity associated with predefined nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments. Cells exposed to peptidylarginine diminase (PAD) were used as positive control (P/T).
Cytotoxicity assay: Following exposure to SWCNTs for 3, 6 and 24 h, a multiparametric cytotoxicity assay was performed using HCS reagent HitKit™ as per manufacturer's instructions (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA). Briefly, this kit enable to measure cell viability, cell membrane permeability and lysosomal mass/pH, which are toxicity-linked cellular markers. The experimental layout for the automated microscopic analysis, based on the In Cell Analyzer 1000, was composed of untreated cells (negative control or N/T), cells treated with chemically-modified SWCNTs and cells exposed to cisplatin (positive control or P/T), which is a platinum-based cytostatic drug used to treat various types of cancers40. Images were acquired in a stereology configuration of five randomly selected fields at 10× magnification using three detection channels with different excitation filters. The rate of cell viability and proliferation were assessed by the automated analysis of the nuclear count and morphology (DAPI filter); in parallel the fluorescent staining intensities reflecting cell permeability (FITC filter) and lysosomal mass/pH changes (TRITC filter) were also quantified for each individual cell present in the examined microscopic fields (IN Cell Investigator, GE Healthcare, UK).
The expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6)) expressed by THP-1 and A549 cells exposed to chemically-treated SWCNTs was quantified by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) (Human TNF-α/TNFSF1A and Human IL-6 DuoSet ELISA kit, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, USA), according to the manufacturer's manual. The assays were carried out in duplicates. The optical density of each well at 450 nm was determined by means of an Epoch microplate reader (Biotek, USA), calibrated against standards and corrected by subtracting the optical aberration of the 96-well plastic plate at 540 nm. Cells were counted using HCSA and Trypan Blue exclusion assay in order to quantify the cytokine production as picograms per cell (pg/cell) at the different exposure concentrations and time points. Cell exposed to LPS were used as positive control (P/T).
A two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a Bonferroni post-test analysis was carried out for all HCSA and ELISA assays (Prism; Graph-Pad Software Inc., USA). p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The entire list of p values can be found as Supplementary Tables S1–S22 online. HCSA and ELISA data, as well as the protein citrullination results, are presented as mean values (ntest = 2) ± standard error of the mean and normalized to the negative control. Due to the large amount of information acquired by HCSA, a data mining and exploration platform was used (KNIME (http://KNIME.org, 2.0.3) in combination with a HiTS screening module (http://code.google.com/p/hits 0.3.0) in order to screen and normalize all parameters under investigation as previously reported27,36,37,38. All measured parameters were normalized using the percentages of the positive controls. Z-score was used for scoring the normalized values. These scores were summarized using the mean function as follows: Z-score = (x-mean)/SD. Heatmaps (i.e., graphical illustration in a colorimetric gradient table format) were adopted as the most suitable schematic representation to report on any statistical significance and variation from normalized controls based on their Z-score value. Heatmap tables illustrate the range of variation of each quantified parameter from the minimum (green), through the mean (yellow), to the maximum (red) value.
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This work was supported by the EU FP7 NAMDIATREAM project (NMP-2009-LARGE-3-246479) and CRANN (CRANN Pathfinder to D.M.), A.K. for the financial support under EU FP7 NANOINTERACT project (NMP4-CT-2006-033231), HEA PRTLI cycles III-IV. B.M.M. for the financial support under MULTIFUN (NMP-2010-LARGE-4-246979) and INTERREG CAN project (INTERREG 4A IRELAND-WALES)
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As one scholar states, "the Buddhist theory of action and result (karmaphala) is fundamental to much of Buddhist doctrine, because it provides a coherent model of the functioning of the world and its beings, which in turn forms the doctrinal basis for the Buddhist explanations of the path of liberation from the world and its result, nirvāṇa."
The results can sometimes be seen, yet we are often unaware of them.
Buddhism places specific emphasis on karma because every action, conscious or unconscious, and its result leaves an imprint on the mind - a sort of forward momentum that influences all successive life events.
Etymology & terms in translation
In the Devanagari script karma is rendered कर्मन्; the Pāli variant is kamma. The terms in translation are as follows: Traditional Chinese: 業, yè, Burmese: ကမၼ, Standard Tibetan: ལས། las (pronounced ley), Thai: กรรม gam, Sinhalese: කර්ම karma, Japanese: 業 or ごう, gou.
In the early sutras, as found in the Pali Canon and the Agamas preserved in Chinese translation, "there is no single major systematic exposition" on the subject of karma and "an account has to be put together from the dozens of places where karma is mentioned in the texts."
Nevertheless, the Buddha emphasized his doctrine of karma to the extent that he was sometimes referred to as kammavada (the [[holder of the view of [karma]]) or kiriyavada (the promulgator of the consequence of karma).
- "I am the owner of my karma. I inherit my karma. I am born of my karma. I am related to my karma. I live supported by my karma. Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit."
Intention and the moral quality of actions
According to Buddhist theory, every time a person acts there is some quality of intention at the base of the mind and it is that quality rather than the outward appearance of the action that determines the effect.
If one appears to be benevolent but acts with greed, anger or hatred, then the fruit of those actions will bear testimony to the fundamental intention that lay behind them and will be a cause for future unhappiness.
However, although a good deed may produce merit which ripens into wealth, if that deed was done too casually or the intention behind it was not quite pure, that wealth so obtained sometimes cannot be enjoyed (AN.4.392-393).
There are two classes of determined deeds which always produce good or bad results (fixed results, P. niyato-rasi) respectively, and a class of deeds which may produce either good or bad results (non-fixed results, P. aniyato-rasi) presumably depending on the context, although the Buddha does not elaborate (DN 3.217).
- See also: Anatta.
The Cūlakammavibhanga Sutta ("The Shorter Exposition of Action," Majjhima Nikaya 3.203) is devoted to describing the various rebirths that various kinds of actions produce; negative actions such as killing lead to rebirths in the lower realms such as hell, and virtuous action such as gracious behavior under duress leads to rebirth in the human or other higher realms.
Further, within human rebirths in particular, virtuous actions produce desirable qualities and good fortune such as physical beauty, influence, and so forth, whereas nonvirtuous actions lead to ugliness, poverty, and other misfortunes.
The Mahākammavibhanga Sutta ("The Greater Exposition of Action," MN.3.208) is a similar exposition, with the additional stipulation that other rebirths may intervene between the time of the virtuous or nonvirtuous actions and the rebirth that they impel.
The former may involve a readily observable connection between action and karmic consequence, as when a thief is captured and tortured by the authorities, but the connection need not necessarily be that obvious and in fact usually is not observable.
(P. ànantarika-kamma) provoke a rebirth in hell immediately subsequent to death,
according to the Vinaya:
killing an arhat,
intentional shedding of a Buddha's blood, and
causing a schism in the sangha (Vinaya 5.128).
Karmic action & karmic results vs. general causes & general results
Any given action may cause all sorts of results, but the karmic results are only that subset of results which impinges upon the doer of the action as a consequence of both the moral quality of the action and the intention behind the action.
In the Abhidharma they are referred to by specific names for the sake of clarity, karmic causes being the "cause of results" (S. vipāka-hetu) and the karmic results being the "resultant fruit" (S. vipāka-phala).
As one scholar outlines, "the consequences envisioned by the law of karma encompass more (as well as less) than the observed natural or physical results which follow upon the performance of an action."
The law of karma also applies "specifically to the moral sphere . . not concerned with the general relation between actions and their consequences, but rather with the moral quality of actions and their consequences, such as the pain and pleasure and good or bad experiences for the doer of the act."
In the Buddhist theory of karma, the karmic effect of a deed is not determined solely by the deed itself, but also by the nature of the person who commits the deed and by the circumstances in which it is committed.
- A certain person has not properly cultivated his body, behavior, thought and intelligence, is inferior and insignificant and his life is short and miserable; of such a person ... even a trifling evil action done leads him to hell. In the case of a person who has proper culture of the body, behavior, thought and intelligence, who is superior and not insignificant, and who is endowed with long life, the consequences of a similar evil action are to be experienced in this very life, and sometimes may not appear at all.
Contemporary scholar Bruce Matthews asserts that the Cūlakammavibhanga Sutta (M.3.203) indicates that karma provokes "tendencies or conditions rather than consequences as such;" presumably he counts the rebirths resulting from karma described in the sutta as "tendencies or conditions" rather than "consequences," although he does not elaborate the point.
Nonetheless, the Buddha advocated the practice of wholesome actions: "
Refrain from unwholesome actions/
Perform only wholesome ones/
Purify the mind/
This is the teaching of the Enlightened Ones" (Dhp v.183).
These ideas undermine the important concept that a human being can change for the better no matter what his or her past was, and they are designated as "wrong views" in Buddhism. The Buddha identified three:
Pubbekatahetuvada: The belief that all happiness and suffering, including all future happiness and suffering, arise from previous karma, and human beings can exercise no [[volition to affect future results (Past-action determinism).
Karma is continually ripening, but it is also continually being generated by present actions, therefore it is possible to exercise free will to shape future karma. P.A. Payutto writes, "the Buddha asserts effort and motivation as the crucial factors in deciding the ethical value of these various teachings on kamma."
All were confronted with a central issue, as one scholar summarizes:
- When [the Buddhist understanding of karma is correlated to the Buddhist doctrine of universal impermanence and No-Self, a serious problem arises as to where this trace is stored and what the trace left is.
The crucial problem presented to all schools of Buddhist philosophy was where the trace is stored and how it can remain in the ever-changing stream of phenomena which build up the individual and what the nature of this trace is.
In other cases it is safer to say that the concern for an intelligible karma vocabulary was one among many complex factors that helped give decisive shape and substance to already distinct or emerging sectarian positions."
One scholar summarizes the various orientations as follows:
- Different sects gave different names to their theoretical candidates for the "carrier of the Karma" . .
Again, the central question that these entities seem to have been constructed to answer is that of how the karmic force inheres in the psychophysical stream without thereby coloring or pervading each discrete moment of that stream.
The Theravāda maintained that they are not—not, apparently because there is no causal relation between the two, but because they wished to reserve the term vipāka strictly for mental results-- " subjective phenomena arising through the effects of kamma."
As scholar Peter Harvey notes, "one curious feature of the Abhidamma view of the perceptual process is that the discernments related to the five physical sense organs are always said to be fruitions of karma."
However, in agreement with scholar L.S. Cousins he agrees that the most "plausible" explanation "is that karma affects discernment by determining which of the many phenomena in a person's sensory range are actually noticed . . in the same room, for example, one person naturally tends to notice certain things which give rise to pleasure, while another tends to notice things which give rise to some displeasure."
- Kamma Niyama — Consequences of one's actions
- Utu Niyama — Seasonal changes and climate
- Biija Niyama — Laws of heredity
- Citta Niyama — Will of mind
- Dhamma Niyama — Nature's tendency to produce a perfect type
With regard to function
- Reproductive karma (janaka-kamma) - karma which produces the mental and material aggregates at the moment of conception, conditioning the rebirth-consciousness (patisandhi vinnana).
- Supportive karma (upatthambhaka kamma) - karma ripening in one's lifetime which is of the same favorable or unfavorable quality as the reproductive karma which impelled the rebirth in question.
That is to say, in the case of an animal with an unpleasant life, the karma creating unpleasant conditions would be considered supportive of the reproductive karma which impelled what is considered an unfavorable rebirth.
- Destructive karma (upaghātaka kamma) - karma powerful enough to conteract the reproductive karma entirely, by ending the life in question.
With regard to potency
- Weighty kamma (garuka kamma) — that which produces its results in this life or in the next for certain, namely, the five heinous crimes (ānantarika-kamma)
- Proximate kamma (āsanna kamma) — that which one does or remembers immediately before the dying moment
- Habitual kamma (āciṇṇa kamma) — that which one habitually performs and recollects and for which one has a great liking
With regard to temporal precedence
- Immediately effective kamma - (diţţhadhammavedaniya kamma) - in the present lifetime
- Subsequently effective kamma - (upapajjavedaniya kamma) - in the immediately following lifetime
- Indefinitely effective kamma - (aṗarāpariyavedaniya kamma) - in lifetimes two or more in the future
- Defunct kamma (ahosi kamma) - (kamma whose effects have ripened already
With regard to the realm-setting of the effect
- Unwholesome (akusala) kamma pertaining to the desire realm (kamavacara)
- Wholesome (kusala) kamma pertaining to the desire realm (kamavacara)
- Wholesome kamma pertaining to the form realm (rupavacara)
- Wholesome kamma pertaining to the formless realm (arupavacara)
The Milindapañha and Petavatthu
In particular, Nāgasena allows for the possibility of the transfer of merit to humans and one of the four classes of petas, perhaps in deference to folk belief (see below, The transfer or dedication of merit).
One scholar asserts that the sharing of merit "can be linked to the Vedic śrāddha, for it was Buddhist practice not to upset existing traditions when well-established custom was not antithetic to Buddhist teaching."
The Vaibhāṣika-Sarvāstivādin school and the Abhidharma-kośa
The Vaibhāśika-Sarvāstivāda, which had by far the most "comprehensive edifice of doctrinal systematics" of the nikaya schools, was widely influential in India and beyond--"the understanding of karma in the Sarvāstivāda in turn became normative not only for Buddhism in India but also for it in other countries."
The 4th century philosopher Vasubandhu compiled the Abhidharma-kośa, an extensive compendium which elaborated the positions of the Vaibhāṣika-Sarvāstivādin school on a wide range of issues raised by the early sutras.
Vasubhandu elaborates on the causes (S. hetu, Tib. rgyu) and conditions (S. pratyaya, Tib. rkyen, Pāli: paccaya) involved in the production of results (S. vipākaphalam, Tib. rnam-smin-gyi 'bras-bu), karma being one source of causes and results, the "ripening cause" and "ripened result."}
- Acting causes (S. kāraṇahetu, T. byed-rgyu) – all phenomena, other than the result itself, which do not impede the production of the result.
- Simultaneously arising causes (S. sahabhuhetu, T. lhan-cig 'byung-ba'i rgyu) – causes that arise simultaneously with their results. This would include, for instance, characteristics together with whatever it is that possesses the characteristics.
- Congruent causes ( Skt. saṃmprayuktahetu, T. mtshungs-ldan-gyi rgyu) – a subcategory of simultaneously arising causes, it includes causes share the same focal object, mental aspect, cognitive sensor, time, and slant with their causes—primarily referring to the primary consciousness and its congruent mental factors.
- Equal status cause (S. sabhagahetu, T. skal-mnyam-gyi rgyu ) – causes for which the results are later moments in the same category of phenomena. For example, one moment of patience can be considered the cause of the next moment of patience.
- Driving causes (S. sarvatragohetu, T. kun groi rgyu) – disturbing emotions and attitudes that generate other subsequent disturbing emotions and attitudes in the same plane of existence, though the two need not be of the same ethical status.
- Causal conditions (S. hetupratyaya, T. rgyu-rkyen) - corresponds to five of the six causes, excepting the kāraṇahetu, which corresponds to the three conditions below
- Immediately preceding conditions (S. samanantarapratyaya, T. dema thag rkyen) - a consciousness which precedes a sense or mental consciousness without any intervening consciousness and which produces the subsequent consciousness into an experience-ready entity
- Focal condition (S. alambanapratyaya, T. dmigs-rkyen) - or "object condition" - an object which directly generates the consciousness apprehending it into having its aspect, e.g. the object blue causes an eye consciousness to be generated into having the aspect of blue
Five Types of Results:
- Ripened results (S. vipakaphalam, T. rnam smin gyi 'bras-bu) - karmic results.
- Results that correspond to their cause (S. niṣyandaphalam, T. rgyu-mthun gyi 'bras-bu) - causally concordant effects
- Dominating results (S. adhipatiphalam, bdag poi bras bu) - the result of predominance. All conditioned dharmas are the adhipatiphala of other conditioned dharmas.
- Man-made results (S. puruṣakāraphalam, T. skyes bu byed-pa'i 'bras-bu) - a result due to the activity of another dharma
- Results that are states of being parted (S. visamyogaphalam, T. bral 'bras) - not actually a result at all, but refers to the cessation that arises from insight.
The Pudgalavāda view
Although the views of the Pudgalavāda were considered somewhat heretical by other Indian Buddhist schools, they were in all likelihood the most populous non-Mahayanist sect in India, estimated at between a quarter of all non-Mahayana monks up to double the number of the next largest sect. According to scholar Joseph Walser,
- The Pudgalavādins argued that karma was a composite entity consisting of several temporal components and one atemporal one. Following the Buddhists sūtras, they claimed that mental saṃskāras (mental formations corresponding to karma) were of the nature of volition. Vocal and bodily karma, however, consisted only of the motion (gati) that could be observed. The motion itself is conditioned and therefore impermanent. The Pudgalavādins were, however, aware that the Buddha also taught the persistence of karma. In this the Pudgalavādins appealed to a text that was also considered authoritative by the Sarvāstivādins:
“Karma does not perish, even after hundreds of millions of cosmic eras. When the complex [of conditions and (favorable) times come together, they ripen for their author.” One particular subsect of Pudgalavādins—-the Saṃitīyas—-took the imperishability of karma to be one thing and the causes and conditions of karma to be another. They posited the existence of an entity called, appropriately enough, the “indestructible” (avipraṇāśa), separate from the karma itself. This “indestructible” acts like a blank sheet of paper on which the actions (karma) are written.
- . . .The Pudgalavādin Abhidharma puts a definite spin on the sūtra tradition in their claims that karma persisted because of avipraṇāśa (in the case of the Saṃitīyas) and in claiming that pudgala was neither saṃsṛkta nor asaṃsṛkta (in the case of all Pudgalavādins). Yet the payoff for these maneuvers was sufficient to warrant such a move.. . in positing an avipraṇāśa, the Saṃitīyas could appeal to the words of the Buddha saying that karma was indestructible. By claiming that the pudgala was existent, they could meaningfully talk about the owner of karma while at the same time be able to explain how this owner could move from saṃsāra to nirvaṇā."
Transfer or dedication of merit
Initially in the western study of Buddhism, some scholars believed that the transfer of merit was at first a uniquely Mahāyāna practice and that it was developed only at a late period, perceiving that it was somewhat discordant with early Buddhist understandings of karma theory. Scholar Heinz Bechert dates the Buddhist doctrine of transfer of merit (Sanskrit: puṇyapariṇāmanā) in its fully developed form to the period between the 5th and 7th centuries CE. However, Sree Padma and Anthony Barber note that merit transfer was well established and a very integral part of Buddhist practice in the Andhra region of southern India. In addition, inscriptions at numerous sites across South Asia provide definitive evidence that the transfer of merit was widely practiced in the first few centuries CE.
- An idea that has posed a number of thorny questions and conceptual difficulties for Buddhist thought and the history of the Mahāyāna is that often referred to as 'transfer of merit' (puṇyapariṇāmanā). The process of pariṇāmanā (Tib. yons su bsno ba) in fact constitutes a most important feature in Mahāyāna, where it denotes what might perhaps best be termed the dedication of good (puṇya, śubha, kuśala(mula); Tib. bsod nams, dge ba'i rtsa ba) by an exercitant in view of the attainment by another karmically related person (such as a deceased parent or teacher) of a higher end. Yet such dedication appears, prima facie, to run counter to the karmic principle of the fruition or retribution of deeds (karmavipāka).
Generally accepted in Buddhism, both Mahāyānist and non-Mahāyānist, this principle stipulates that a karmic fruit or result (karmaphala) is 'reaped', i.e. experienced, solely by the person - or more precisely by the conscious series (saṃtāna) - that has sown the seed of future karmic fruition when deliberately (cetayitva) accomplishing an action (karman).
- The related idea of acquisition/possession (of 'merit', Pali patti, Skt. prāpti), of assenting to and rejoicing in it (pattānumodanā), and even of its gift (pattidāna) are known to sections of the Theravāda tradition; and this concept - absent in the oldest canonical texts in Pali, but found in later Pali tradition (Petavatthu, Buddhāpadāna) - has been explained by some writers as being due to Mahāyānist influence, and by reference to Nalinaksha Dutt's category of 'semi-Mahāyāna.'
Scholar Tommi Lehtonen notes that (fellow scholar) "Wolfgang Schumann says that that "the Mahāyāna teaching of the transfer of merit `breaks the strict causality of the Hinayānic law of karman (P. kamma) according to which everybody wanting better rebirth can reach it solely by his own efforts’ . Yet, Schumann claims that on this point Mahāyāna and Hinayāna differ only in the texts, for the religious practice in South East Asia acknowledges the transference of karmic merit (P. pattidāna) in Theravāda as well."
In the Yogācāra philosophical tradition, one of the two principal Mahāyāna schools, the principle of karma was extended considerably. In the Yogācāra formulation, all experience without exception is said to result from the ripening of karma. Karmic seeds (S. bija) are said to be stored in the "storehouse consciousness" (S. ālayavijñāna) until such time as they ripen into experience. The term vāsāna ("perfuming") is also used, and Yogācārins debated whether vāsāna and bija were essentially the same, the seeds were the effect of the perfuming, or whether the perfuming simply affected the seeds. The seemingly external world is merely a "by-product" (adhipati-phala) of karma. The conditioning of the mind resulting from karma is called saṃskāra.
The Treatise on Action (Karmasiddhiprakaraṇa), also by Vasubandhu, treats the subject of karma in detail from the Yogācāra perspective. According to scholar Dan Lusthaus, "Vasubandhu's Viṃśatikā (Twenty Verses) repeatedly emphasizes in a variety of ways that karma is intersubjective and that the course of each and every stream of consciousness (vijñāna-santāna, i.e., the changing individual) is profoundly influenced by its relations with other consciousness streams."
As one scholar argues, whereas in earlier systems it "was not clear how a series of completely mental events (the deed and its traces) could give rise to non-mental, material effects," with the (purported) idealism of the Yogācāra system this is not an issue.
- The happiness and suffering of all beings,
- are due to karma, the Sage taught;
- Karma arises from diverse acts,
- which in turn create the diverse classes of beings
In Mahāyāna traditions, karma is not the sole basis of rebirth. The rebirths of bodhisattvas after the seventh stage (S. bhūmi) are said to be consciously directed for the benefit of others still trapped in saṃsāra. Thus, theirs are not uncontrolled rebirths.
Karma theory in Indo-Tibetan Mādhyamaka philosophy
Nāgārjuna articulated the difficulty in forming a karma theory in his most prominent work, the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way): If (the act) lasted till the time of ripening, (the act) would be eternal. If (the act) were terminated, how could the terminated produce a fruit? The Mūlamadhyamakavṛtty-Akutobhayā, also generally attributed to Nāgārjuna, concludes that it is impossible both for the act to persist somehow and also for it to perish immediately and still have efficacy at a later time.
Mādhyamaka schools deriving from Nāgārjuna subsequently took one of two approaches to the problem. The Svātantrika-Mādhyamaka generally borrowed the philosophy of karma from the Yogācāra. The Prāsaṅgika-Mādhyamaka refuted every concept of a support for ongoing karmic efficacy, while nevertheless postulating that a potential (T. nus pa) is formed which substantiates whenever the situation is ripe. Candrakīrti, the definitive exponent of Prāsaṅgika, argued that because this potential is not a thing, that is, not an "inherently real phenomenon," it does not need to be supported in any way. One scholar argues that "in India, the Prāsaṅgikas' various viewpoints of karma were never organized into a coherent and convincing system."
Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, argued that the Prāsaṅgika position allowed for the postulation of something called an "act's cessation" (las zhig pal) which persists and is in fact a substance (rdzas or dngos po, S. vastu), and which explains the connection between cause and result. Gorampa, an important philosopher of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, accused Tsongkhapa of a doctrinal innovation not legitimately grounded in Candrakīrti's work, and one which amounted to little more than a (non-Buddhist) Vaiśeṣika concept. Gelugpa scholars offered defenses of the idea.
Dōgen Kigen argued in his Shobogenzo that karmic latencies are emphatically not empty, going so far as to claim that belief in the emptiness of karma should be characterized as "non-Buddhist," although he also states that the “law of karman has no concrete existence.”
In the Vajrayana tradition, it is believed that the effects of negative past karma can be "purified" through such practices as meditation on Vajrasattva. The performer of the action, after having purified the karma, does not experience the negative results he or she otherwise would have.
The Karma Buddha family in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
The dhyani Buddhas, also called Five Wisdom Buddhas, are built on five Buddha families (Kullas, Buddhakula). One of them is named the Karma family presided by Buddha Amoghasiddhi. The symbol/emblem of that family is the double vajra.
Modern interpretations and controversies
Since the exposure of the West to Buddhism, some western commentators and Buddhists have taken exception to aspects of karma theory, and have proposed revisions of various kinds. These proposals fall under the rubric of Buddhist modernism. As one scholar writes, "Some modern Buddhist thinkers appear largely to have abandoned traditional views of karma and rebirth in light of the contemporary transformation of the conception of interdependence," preferring instead to align karma purely with contemporary ideas of causality. One scholar writes, "it is perhaps possible to say that both Buddhism and Buddhist ethics may be better off without the karmic-rebirth factor to deal with." Often these critical writers have backgrounds in Zen and/or Engaged Buddhism.
The "primary critique" of the Buddhist doctrine of karma is that some feel "karma may be socially and politically disempowering in its cultural effect, that without intending to do this, karma may in fact support social passivity or acquiescence in the face of oppression of various kinds." Dale S. Wright, a scholar specializing in Zen Buddhism, has proposed that the doctrine be reformulated for modern people, "separated from elements of supernatural thinking," so that karma is asserted to condition only personal qualities and dispositions rather than rebirth and external occurrences.
One scholar and Zen practitioner, David Loy, echoes these remarks. He writes, "what are we going to do about karma? There's no point in pretending that karma hasn't become a problem for contemporary Buddhism . .Buddhism can fit quite nicely into modern ways of understanding. But not traditional views of karma." Loy argues that the traditional view of karma is "fundamentalism" which Buddhism must "outgrow."
- Karma has been used to rationalize racism, caste, economic oppression, birth handicaps and everything else. Taken literally, karma justifies the authority of political elites, who therefore must deserve their wealth and power, and the subordination of those who have neither. It provides the perfect theodicy: if there is an infallible cause-and-effect relationship between one's actions and one's fate, there is no need to work toward social justice, because it's already built into the moral fabric of the universe. In fact, if there is no undeserved suffering, there is really no evil that we need to struggle against. It will all balance out in the end.
Loy goes on to argue that the view that suffering such as that undergone by Holocaust victims could be attributed in part to the karmic ripenings of those victims is "fundamentalism, which blames the victims and rationalizes their horrific fate," and that this is "something no longer to be tolerated quietly. It is time for modern Buddhists and modern Buddhism to outgrow it" by revising or discarding the teachings on karma. Other scholars have argued, however, that the teachings on karma do not encourage judgment and blame, given that the victims were not the same people who committed the acts, but rather were just part of the same mindstream-continuum with the past actors, and that the teachings on karma instead provide "a thoroughly satisfying explanation for suffering and loss" in which believers take comfort.
The question of the Holocaust also occurs in the Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Re-Discovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India, which describes a group of Jewish religious leaders who meet with the Dalai Lama. They ask one of the Dalai Lama's party, a Buddhist scholar named Geshe Sonam Rinchen, if the Holocaust would be attributed to past karma in the traditional Buddhist view, and he affirms that it would. The author is "shocked and a little outraged," because, like Loy, he felt it "sounded like blaming the victim."
Many modern Buddhists such as Thich Nhat Hanh prefer to suggest the "dispersion of karmic responsibility into the social system," such that "moral responsibility is decentered from the solitary individual and spread throughout the entire social system," reflecting the left-wing politics of Engaged Buddhism.
Is there collective or national karma?
Other modern Buddhists have sought to formulate theories of group, collective and national karma which are not found in traditional Buddhist thinking. The earliest recorded instance of this occurred in 1925, when a member of the Maha Bodhi named Sheo Narain published an article entitled "Karmic Law" in which he invited Buddhist scholars to explore the question of whether an individual is "responsible not only for his individual actions in his past life but also for past communal deeds."
As one scholar writes, "a systematic concept of group karma was in no sense operative in early Theravada" or other schools based on the early sutras. "Instead," he writes, "the repeated emphasis in the canonical discussions of karma is on the individual as heir to his own deeds. It is only in this century, then, that one finds a conscious effort to split with this tradition."
Buddhism does not deny that the actions taken by one generation of the citizens of a given country will have effects on later generations, for example. However, as noted above, all effects of actions are not karmic effects. Karmic effects impinge only on the mindstreams of those sentient beings who perform the actions. As Nyanatiloka Mahathera writes, individuals
- should be responsible for the deeds formerly done by this so-called 'same' people. In reality, however, this present people may not consist at all of the karmic heirs of the same individuals who did these bad deeds. According to Buddhism it is of course quite true that anybody who suffers bodily, suffers for his past or present bad deeds. Thus also each of those individuals born within that suffering nation, must, if actually suffering bodily, have done evil somewhere, here or in one of the innumerable spheres of existence; but he may not have had anything to do with the bad deeds of the so-called nation. We might say that through his evil Karma he was attracted to the miserable condition befitting to him. In short, the term Karma applies, in each instance, only to wholesome and unwholesome volitional activity of the single individual.
Thus, in the traditional view the effects of the actions of other beings—such as the leader of one's country, or prior generations of its citizens—might well serve as causes of suffering for an individual on one level, but not they would not be the karmic causes of the suffering of that individual—those causes would function in congruence with the karmic causes. There is, therefore, no "national karma" in traditional Buddhism. One "scholar of engaged Buddhism" wrote an article asserting that the "collective karma" of the United States deriving from the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse would potentially "play out for generations," a view that is not supported by traditional Buddhist views of karma. The effects may well be felt by Americans for generations, but they would not constitute "collective karma."
"Collective karma" could be spoken of only in certain limited senses in the canonical tradition. In Vasubandu's Karmasiddhiprakarana, among other places, it is asserted that a group of individuals who collaborate and share the same intention for a planned action will all incur karmic merit or demerit based on that action, regardless of which individual actually carries out the action. The fruition of their merit or demerit, however, will not necessarily be experienced by each of the individuals together, and/or at the same time.
Likewise, "family karma" is possible only when it refers to karmic dispositions which are similar in each individual family member. One scholar points out, "statements concerning group karma . . .are subject to conceptual confusion. It is important to distinguish group karma from what might be termed conjunctive karma, that is, the karmic residues which we experience as a result of the actions of everyone or everything operating casually in the situation, but which are justified by our own accumulated karma. . . the actions of many persons . . .mediate our karma to us. But this is not group karma, for the effect which we experience is justified by our own particular acts or pool of karma, and not by the karmic acts or pool of the group, even though it is mediated by the actions of others."
Buddhist modernists also often prefer to equate karma with social conditioning, in contradistinction with, as one scholar puts it, "early texts [which] give us little reason to interpret 'conditioning' as the infusion into the psyche of external social norms, or of awakening as simply transcending all psychological conditioning and social roles. Karmic conditioning drifts semantically toward 'cultural conditioning' under the influence of western discourses that elevate the individual over the social, cultural, and institutional. The traditional import of the karmic conditioning process, however, is primarily ethical and soteriological—actions condition circumstances in this and future lives."
Essentially, this understanding limits the scope of the traditional understanding of karmic effects so that it encompasses only saṃskāras—habits, dispositions and tendencies—and not external effects, while at the same time expanding the scope to include social conditioning that does not particularly involve volitional action.
When people are happy and contented, they tend to take life for granted. It is when they suffer, when they find life difficulty, that they begin to search for a reason and a way out of their difficulty. They may ask why some are born in poverty and suffering, while others are born in fortunate circumstances. Some people believe that it is due to fate, chance, or an invisible power beyond their control. They feel that they are unable to live the life they desire so as to experience happiness always. Consequently , they become confused and desperate. However, the Buddha was able to explain why people differ in their circumstances and why some are more fortunate in life than others. The Buddha taught that one’s present condition, whether of happiness or suffering, is the result of the accumulated force of all past actions or karma.
Definition of Karma
Karma is intentional action, that is, a deed done deliberately through body, speech or mind. Karma means good and bad volition (kusala Akusala Centana). Every volitional action (except that of a Buddha or of an Arahant) is called Karma. The Buddhas and Arahants do not accumulate fresh Karma as they have destroy all their passions.
In other words, Karma is the law of moral causation. It is action and reaction in the ethical realm. It is natural law that every action produces a certain effect. So if one performs wholesome actions such as donating money to charitable organisations, one will experience happiness. On the other hand, if one perform unwholesome actions, such ass killing a living being, one will experience suffering. This is the law of cause and effect at work. In this way, the effect of one’s past karma determine the nature of one’s present situation in life.
The Buddha said,
"According to the seed that is sown,
So is the fruit you reap
The door of good will gather good result
The door of evil reaps evil result.
If you plant a good seed well,
Then you will enjoyed the good fruits."
Karma is a law itself. But it does not follow that there should be a law-giver. The law of Karma, too, demands no law giver. It operates in its own field without the intervention of an external, independent agency.
Here's a verse.
If you want to know the causes in your past life,
The way you live at present is the effect of your past life.
If you want to know what your future life will be,
What you do at present is the cause of your future life.
There are two kinds of Karma:
- 1. persistent, repeated action
- 2. action done with great intention and determination
- 3. action done without regret
- 4. action done towards those who possess extraordinary qualities
- 5. action done towards those who have benefited one in the past.
- 1. evil retribution has little chance to come to an effect
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I’ve written about Lenore Skenazy before. She is one of my mom’s favorite writers and so she likes to share the articles with me. Skenazy has a another piece about her usual topic, helicopter parents and their captive children. Today’s column, in the local newspaper (The Gazette), has the title “The irony of overprotection” (you can find it on the Creators website or from the GazetteXtra). She begins with a metaphor. In studying how leukemia is contracted, scientist Mel Greaves found that two conditions were required. The first is a genetic susceptibility, which exists only in a certain number of kids, although far from uncommon. But that alone isn’t sufficient without the second factor.
There has to be an underdeveloped or compromised immune system. And sadly this also has become far from uncommon. Further evidence of the hygiene hypothesis keeps accumulating (should be called the hygiene theory at this point). Basically, it is only by being exposed to germs that a child’s immune system experiences healthy stress that activates the immune system into normal development. Without this, many are left plagued by ongoing sickness, allergies, and autoimmune conditions for the rest of their lives.
Parents have not only protected their children from the larger dangers and infinite risks of normal childhood: skinned knees from roughhousing, broken limbs from falling from trees, hurt feelings from bullies, trauma from child molesters, murder from the roving bands of psychotic kidnappers who will sell your children on the black market, etc. Beyond such everyday fears, parents have also protected their kids from minor infections, with endless application of anti-bacterial products and cocooning them in sterile spaces that have been liberally doused with chemicals that kill all known microbial life forms. That is not a good thing for the consequences are dire.
This is where the metaphor kicks in. Skenazy writes:
The long-term effects? Regarding leukemia, “when such a baby is eventually exposed to common infections, his or her unprimed immune system reacts in a grossly abnormal way,” says Greaves. “It overreacts and triggers chronic inflammation.”
Regarding plain old emotional resilience, what we might call “psychological inflammation” occurs when kids overreact to an unfamiliar or uncomfortable situation because they have been so sheltered from these. They feel unsafe, when actually they are only unprepared, because they haven’t been allowed the chance to develop a tolerance for some fears and frustrations. That means a minor issue can be enough to set a kid off — something we are seeing at college, where young people are at last on their own. There has been a surge in mental health issues on campuses.
It’s no surprise that anxiety would be spiking in an era when kids have had less chance to deal with minor risks from childhood on up.
There is only a minor detail of disagreement I’d throw out. There is nothing metaphorical about this. Because of an antiseptic world and other causes (leaky gut, high-carb diet, sugar addiction, food additives, chemical exposure, etc), the immune systems of so many modern Americans are so dysfunctional and overreactive that it wreaks havoc on the body. Chronic inflammation has been directly linked to or otherwise associated with about every major health issue you can think of.
This includes, by the way, neurocognitive conditions such as depression and anxiety, but much worse as well. Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, etc also often involve inflammation. When inflammation gets into the brain, gut-brain axis, and/or nervous system, major problems follow with a diversity of symptoms that can be severe and life threatening, but they can also be problematic on a social and psychological level as well. This new generation of children are literally being brain damaged, psychologically maimed, and left in a fragile state. For many of them, their bodies and minds are not fully prepared to deal with the real world with normal healthy responses. It is hard to manage the stresses of life when one is in a constant state of low-grade sickness that permanently sets the immune system on high, when even the most minor risks could endanger one’s well being.
The least of our worries is the fact that diseases like type 2 diabetes, what used to be called adult onset diabetes because it was unknown among children, is now increasing among children. Sure, adult illnesses will find their way earlier and earlier into young adulthood and childhood and the diseases of the elderly will hit people in middle age or younger. This will be a health crisis that could bankrupt and cripple our society. But worse than that is the human cost of sickness and pain, struggle and suffering. We are forcing this fate onto the young generations. That is cruel beyond comprehension. We can barely imagine what this will mean across the entire society when it finally erupts as a crisis.
We’ve done this out of ignorant good intentions of wanting to protect our children from anything that could touch them. It makes us feel better that we have created a bubble world of innocence where children won’t have to learn from the mistakes and failures, harms and difficulties we experienced in growing up. So instead, we’ve created something far worse for them. | <urn:uuid:3b25276c-c2c4-459b-815b-0f560e63f622> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/tag/lenore-skenazy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959541 | 1,089 | 1.929688 | 2 |
July 18, 2016
Inequality has been center stage at the United Nations headquarters in recent days, as government officials, development experts and civil society representatives gathered for the first meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed.
The HLPF is the main platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The theme of this year’s HLPF – and one of the most potentially transformative elements of the Agenda – is the critical commitment to “leave no one behind.”
Leaving no-one behind: a human rights approach
On the occasion of the HLPF and the President of the General Assembly’s High Level Thematic Debate on Human Rights, CESR co-organized a panel event at the UN on July 12 entitled, "Leaving No-One Behind, A Human Rights Approach to Ending Inequality and Discrimination". Hosted by the Missions of Chile and Finland to the UN, and organized by CESR, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), International Disability Alliance (IDA), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the event explored the role human rights can play in ensuring that the SDG commitments to address inequalities of all kinds are honored in practice.
Introducing the discussion, CESR’s Executive Director Ignacio Saiz outlined how human rights standards on equality, non-discrimination, participation and accountability provide a normative framework for making these commitments a reality, while human rights mechanisms offer avenues for holding governments to account for them. Finnish Ambassador for Human Rights, Rauno Merisaari and Counsellor at the Chilean Mission, René Ruidíaz, spoke of their countries’ commitment to a human rights approach to leaving no one behind, and outlined measures already being undertaken domestically to implement this commitment under the SDGs.
Craig Mokhiber, Chief of Development at OHCHR, stressed the significance of the SDGs as an agenda for equality adopted in a context of rising economic and social disparities, and pointed to the critical role of civil society in ensuring that inequality was included in Agenda 2030. Yetnerbesh Nigussie, Senior Inclusion Advisor at the International Disability Alliance, spoke of the widespread and systemic discrimination faced by people with disabilities, particularly women who experienced multiple forms of discrimination, and highlighted the importance of inclusion in SDG decision-making: “nothing about us without us”.
CRR’s Vice-President Lilian Sepúlveda also spoke, illustrating how human rights mechanisms at the national, regional and global levels can play a role in challenging inequalities in women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, while Sherine Tadros, Head of Amnesty International’s UN Office, spoke of the role these mechanisms can play in bolstering accountability to the 2030 Agenda. Iain Levine, Deputy Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, gave examples from the organization’s work on inequalities fuelled by unjust development policies, including the impact of climate change on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Discussion focused on how to strengthen accountability to the SDG commitments on inequality, and opportunities and threats to civil society participation in the follow up and review process. In closing, Ignacio cited the Spotlight on Sustainable Development Report as a groundbreaking example of a global civil society initiative to ensure accountability and inequality are not left behind in the 2030 Agenda.
Inequality in the 'Spotlight'
Launched last week at the HLPF, the Spotlight Report is a new annual report being produced by the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda, with contributions from a broad coalition of civil society organizations, to monitor progress and structural obstacles to implementation of Agenda 2030. CESR contributed to this inaugural edition with a chapter on the issue of socioeconomic inequality, authored by Kate Donald, Director of CESR’s Human Rights and Development program.
Building on CESR’s work on the human rights issues at stake in addressing inequalities, the chapter explains why robust measures at both the national and international levels are needed to tackle the soaring levels of socioeconomic disparity that have come to characterize our times, and that are perhaps the most damning indictment of the Millennium Development Goals which preceded the SDGs.
Given that extreme inequality hampers progress in everything from economic growth and poverty reduction to social cohesion and political stability, the objectives set out in SDG10 – which promises to confront inequality both within and among countries – will also be crucial to the achievement of many of the other goals. Its targets pledge action on income inequality and various forms of exclusion and discrimination, along with the key policy determinants of inequality (such as fiscal policy) and reform of global governance.
SDG10 remains particularly vulnerable to strategic neglect or even political backlash, however. As explained in the Spotlight report, success will require not only a reversal of the ongoing austerity trend, which is fuelling inequality worldwide, but a significant redistribution of wealth, resources and power, which in turn means addressing the financial and political privileges of wealthy elites and transnational corporations.
There are also serious concerns over the targets and indicators chosen for this goal, as they are not conducive to a strong and specific action agenda for reducing inequality. The target on income inequality, for example, focuses solely on the bottom 40 percent of national populations, thereby neglecting one of the key drivers of inequality – runaway accumulation at the top.
In the months and years ahead, concerted efforts will be required in order to bring about a profound paradigm shift in the way the urgent problem of economic inequality, and the human rights crisis it represents, is addressed at both the national and international levels. SDG10 has the potential to help bring about that shift, but it will be down to civil society to ensure inequality is kept under the spotlight of accountability.
- Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016 (Report of the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development)
- Will inequality get left behind in the 2030 Agenda? (chapter by CESR’s Kate Donald in Spotlight report)
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Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Discover these picture-perfect Belgian cities with the most incisive and entertaining travel guide on the market. You can take this handy, pocket-sized book out with you anywhere, any time. Whether you plan to admire medieval Flemish art and modern masterpieces, explore on foot, by bike or canal boat, or simply track down the best beer and chocolate, Pocket Rough Guide Bruges and Ghent will show you the ideal places to sleep, eat, drink, shop and visit along the way. - Perfect for short trips - compact and concise, with all the practical info you'll need for a few days' stay. - Free pull-out map, as well as full-colour maps throughout - navigate Ghent's bustling centre or criss-cross Bruges' canals without needing to get online. - Things not to miss - Rough Guides' rundown of Bruges and Ghent's unmissable sights and experiences. - Independent, trusted reviews written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and insight, with options to suit every budget. - Stunning images - a rich collection of inspiring colour photography. - Detailed island coverage - whether visiting the big sights or venturing off the tourist trail, this travel guide has in-depth practical advice for every step of the way. Chapters cover each neighbourhood in depth, with all the sights and the best of the nearby shops, cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs. - Areas covered include: Bruges; Damme and Ghent. Attractions include: Bruges: The Belfort, Groeninge Museum, Begijnhof. Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Sint Janshospitaal, Heilig Bloed Basiliek, Minnewater; Ghent: St Niklaaskerk, Design Museum, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (on display in Sint-Baafskathedraal), SMAK (Museum of Contemporary Art), and many more. - Day-trips - venture away from the towns to the village of Damme or the World War I battlefields of Flanders. - Essentials - crucial pre-departure practical information including getting there, local transport, health, tourist information, festivals and events, and more. - Background information - an easy-to-use chronology, plus a handy language section and glossary.
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Author: Not For Tourists
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The Not For Tourists Guide to Chicago divides Chi-Town into sixty mapped neighborhoods. Every map is dotted with user-friendly NFT icons that plot the nearest essential services and entertainment locations, while providing important information on things like kid-friendly activities, public transportation, restaurants, bars, and Chicago’s art scene. The book also includes: · A foldout highway map · Sections on the North Side, Near North Side, Near West Side, the Greater Loop, the South Side, and Greater Chicago · More than 150 neighborhood and city maps · Details on bookstores and landmarks It’s the only key to the Windy City that Rahm Emanuel can’t give you. | <urn:uuid:df447fc0-4ec1-4224-a8c7-9018e4c93646> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.usakochan.net/download/guide-to-educational-toys/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.88367 | 1,614 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Deemed all cultivars as prospective pollen donors, and because of this, young leaves were collected for genotyping all fourteen cultivars in the starting in the experimentation.Figure 1. Orchard design and style displaying the position of potential pollen donor cultivars and selected mother trees (indicated as O1 six; O2/1 is mother tree 2 chosen in 2017 and O2/2 is mother tree two selected in 2018).For paternity analyses, six (in 2017) and five (in 2018) trees of cultivar `Oblica’ had been selected for their high level of fruit load and denoted as mother trees. At the very least sixty fruits per mother tree have been collected. Fruits had been harvested across the canopy segments facing every single direction (north, south, east, and west), generating in total 622 fruits (embryos) examined over the two years of the trial. The flowering Goralatide In Vitro periods in the cultivars were assessed twice per week by following the phenology in the trees present within the orchard based on Barranco et al. , in each years. The climate conditions, every day mean temperatures and wind speed and path, during the experiment have been registered at meteorological Cholesteryl sulfate Epigenetic Reader Domain station near the orchard. The orchard was managed following normal commercial practices. 2.two. Extraction of High-Quality DNA Working with Modified Protocols Freshly collected leaves from representative trees on the various genotypes present in the orchard and acting as potential pollen donors, together with leaves from selectedPlants 2021, 10,four ofmother trees (`Oblica’), were transferred to the laboratory and stored at 4 C until DNA extraction was carried out the subsequent day. Total DNA from leaf material was extracted utilizing the slightly modified Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide olyVinylPyrrolidone (CTABPVP) protocol developed by Japelaghi et al. , with some modifications reported by Miklav i Visnjevec et al. . cc To obtain the embryo for DNA extraction, the exocarp and mesocarp have been removed as well as the endocarp cracked (Figure 2). The diploid embryo was separated in the endosperm employing a scalpel.Figure 2. Olive fruit before and right after removal of exocarp and mesocarp (A). Broken endocarp, endosperm, and embryo visible following dissection of endosperm (B).The DNA extraction from the embryos was performed based on the modified strategy developed by Guerin and Sedgley . Each single embryo was immersed in 500 of grinding buffer (one hundred mM Tris, pH eight.0, 20 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, with four mg/mL diethyl dithiocarbamic acid sodium salt added just ahead of use) inside a two mL microcentrifuge tube. The embryo was ground using the buffer and kept on ice till all the samples had been prepared. The samples were incubated for 10 min at 65 C, followed by the addition of 500 of lysis buffer (100 mM Tris, pH 8.0, 20 mM EDTA, pH eight.0, 1 M NaCl, 2 (w/v) SDS, and 1 (w/v) sodium metabisulphite added just just before use) and additional incubated for 30 min at 65 C. Samples have been cooled on ice and an equal volume (1 mL) of cold phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1) was added and mixed. The samples have been centrifuged for 20 min at 14,000g rpm and also the supernatant was removed to 1.5 mL centrifuge tube. The DNA was precipitated working with 500 of ice-cold isopropanol. The samples have been kept within a freezer for 1.5 h then centrifuged for 15 min at 14,000g rpm. The supernatant was removed. The pellets had been washed in 1 mL of 75 ethanol. The supernatant was decanted plus the DNA pellets dried at space temperature. Pellets had been then dissolved in 50 of TE buffer (ten mM Tris Cl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0). In orde. | <urn:uuid:174ccb6e-ca2d-464c-a6f0-bb831cfd3d31> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ns4binhibitor.com/2022/07/18/14798/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.956478 | 905 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Edited and integrally published in Missionalia Hispanica, 1955, Num. 35, pp. 327-40,
it is part of the documentary appendix to the study "Mártires Franciscanos de Georgia," by
Ignacio Omaechevarría, O.F.M., which appeared in the preceding number of the same review,
Num. 34, pp. 5-93.
The same proceso or información de oficio – with a number of variations, some
significant but most merely orthographic – is also found in Vol. II of Óre's Relación Historica
de La Florida, pp. 13-23, edited by Atanasio López, O.F.M. (Madrid, 1933). In that edition
the depository of the document is indicated as AIS, Patronato, 1-1-1/19.
Written probably between 1606 and 1609, this extended poem exists in a manuscript
(MS 187) preserved in the rare-book section of the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid, Spain. The
manuscript is a bound volume, the folios of which measure 18 x 11 ems. Catalogued as
composed of 449 folios, there are in fact some significant misnumberings of the folios: there are
no folios corresponding to the numbers 165 to 176, 261, and 292 to 303, for a total of
twenty-five numbers which are missing, making a true total of 424 folios. In our citations, we
shall however use the folio-number that appears on the respective page. The section dealing
with the Revolt of 1597 and the slaying of the friars extends from folio 149r to 161v. Though
never published in its entirety, considerable excerpts of the work may be found in various
publications, of which the following are especially to be noted:
a) the re-edition of Óre's Relación, published under the title Relación Historica de La
Florida Escrita en el Siglo XVII, by Atanasio López, O.F.M. (Madrid, Vol. I, I 931, pp. 26-35).
b) "Estado de la Orden Franciscana y sus Misiones," by José Pou y Martí, O.F.M. (AIA,
tomo 27 (1927), pp. 38-92, passim).
c) Experiencia Misionera en La Florida, by Gregory Joseph Keegan, M.M., and
Leandro Torma Sanz (Madrid, 1957), passim throughout the volume.
d) Sangre Vizcaína en los Pantanos de La Florida, by Ignacio Omaechevarría, O.F.M.
(Vitoria, Spain, 1948), passim throughout the volume.
A partial prose-translation of this work into English was published under the title:
Pirates, Indians and Spaniards: Father Escobedo's La Florida, by James W. Covington and
A F. Falcones (St. Petersburg, Fl., 1963). The section treating the martyrdom is to be found
on pages 27 to 34.
This work was published in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, the date of the
original edition assigned by authorities varying from 1604 to 1620. No copies of the first edition
are known to exist. A modern re-edition, with an extensive prologue and notes was published
by Atanasio López, O.F.M., under the title Relación Histórica de La Florida escrita en el Siglo
XVII por el P. Fr. Jerónimo de Óre (Madrid, Vol. I, 1931; Vol. II, 1933).
The Relación treats of the period from the discovery of La Florida in 1513 by Ponce de
Leon and extends to the first canonical chapter of the Franciscan Province of Santa Elena
celebrated on Zapata (Sapelo) Island in mid-December, 1616. In the López edition (that used
as the basis for the present study) the account of the martyrdom of the five friars is found on
pages 86 to 93 and page 103 of Vol. I, with one document illustrating the event in Vol. II, pp.
13-23. A partial translation into English, embodying only the section relating to the Revolt and
Martyrdom, with extensive notes, a biographical study of the author and bibliographical
comments referring to the work itself, was edited by Maynard Geiger, O.F.M., and published
as No. 18 of the "Franciscan Studies" series under the title The Martyrs of Florida (New York:
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The first time Izabela O’Brien heard the word “autism” applied to her oldest daughter, Alina, she dropped to her knees and wasn’t sure she’d get back up.
Alina was diagnosed in 2007 with Pervasive Developmental Disorder — Not Otherwise Specified, or PDD-NOS on the spectrum. It’s the kind of general diagnosis that children under age 3 might receive when they don’t hit all their biomedical markers, O’Brien says. She knew, however, where she and her family were headed. Two years later, Alina was diagnosed as autistic.
“I was overwhelmed,” O’Brien says. “It was a dark period in my life. …But my priest said, ‘Izabela, you are a warrior mother.’” So this warrior mom, sucker-punched by life, got up to fight not only for Alina but for children like her as well.
O’Brien is the founding director of The Fearless Angel Project, a 5-year-old Greenwich-based nonprofit that offers scholarships to underserved families with autistic children for intensive therapy and treatments. To mark its fifth anniversary, Fearless Angel will hold a particularly stylish fundraising dinner Sept. 28 at Greenwich Country Club. Guests are requested to dress in blue, silver and/or white to help create a “heavenly atmosphere” for a night of performances, a live auction and special appearances. Since its inception, Fearless Angel has funded 40 scholarships.
“For us, our unrelenting attitude to give Alina the best possible therapy has made all the difference,” O’Brien says. “We realize how fortunate we are to be able to afford this. Most families are not as fortunate.”
Most insurance does not cover swim, music and equine therapies as well as more extensive blood testing for allergies and applied behavior analysis, which O’Brien calls the “gold standard” in helping autistic youngsters develop life skills.
But Fearless Angel goes where others fear to tread. It provides scholarships for speech and music therapies as well as to Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship in Mount Kisco; the Center for Integrative Health in Wilton, where Dr. Nancy O’Hara cares for children with neurodevelopmental needs and chronic illnesses; and Stamford-based Swim Angelfish, which offers swimming therapy and lessons to children of all abilities, including those with special needs. (Autism greatly increases the risk of drowning.)
Largely as a result of intensive therapy and the discovery of her sensitivity to gluten and dairy, Alina, now 14, is a verbal, functioning teenager who has earned two gold medals in 100- and 200-meter speed skating and a gold medal in the swimming freestyle relay, all at the Special Olympics.
Her life, however, is no walk in the park. “She’s not always social,” O’Brien says. “She’s not always able to engage in reciprocal conversations. And she gets off topic.”
A year ago, Alina had her first epileptic seizure, which she now takes medication to prevent. Such challenges, however, have made their family stronger, O’Brien says. While 80 percent of marriages involving special needs children end in divorce, she says Alina’s autism has brought her and her husband — Dan, president of a global manufacturing corporation based in Illinois — closer together. It’s also made their younger daughters — Yvette, 13, and Ireland, 11 — more compassionate. Even their friends are helping out with fundraising lemonade stands and birthday parties.
As for the warrior mom, she has spread her angel wings as well. Born in Krakow and raised in Chicago with dual citizenship, O’Brien has been Mrs. Connecticut America twice (2015 and 17) and Mrs. Poland World 2018. The 43-year-old Mrs. America pageant, for married women ages 18 and up, has a new venture, Miss for America, for single, divorced and widowed women, O’Brien says.
She herself is now the owner and director of the Mrs. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Vermont pageants. And while there are swimsuit and evening gown competitions, these are not your grandma’s beauty contests. The contestant’s platform is important, and O’Brien has used Mrs. America and Mrs. World to create a global audience for autism awareness and Fearless Angel. And that, she says, translates into good news for autistic children in need.
Or as O’Brien puts it: “We’re helping families in Westchester and Fairfield sleep a little better at night.”
When she calls with the good news that Fearless Angel has awarded them a scholarship, the recipients are often speechless.
“I cry every time I talk about it,” she says, her voice breaking but only for a moment.
“You have to have hope. There may never be a cure. But I’m going to do everything in my power to give Alina the best possible life.”
The “Dancing With the Angels” gala will be held from 6 to 11pm Sept. 28 at Greenwich Country Club. Izabela O’Brien’s co-chairwomen are Dianna Smith and Jennifer Seidel, also mothers with children on the autism spectrum. Single tickets are $395 and sponsorships are available. For more, email email@example.com or call 203-970-2552. | <urn:uuid:961ca4e7-1ceb-4424-8ca1-7fcbace3a787> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wagmag.com/warrior-angel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957601 | 1,185 | 1.835938 | 2 |
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Like He Did – Matthew 5:17
Welcome to Scriptures for Life with TorahFamily.org. Taking time to focus on the Father’s way.
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
This is a verse that many use to say that Yeshua came to do away with the law. They will try to say that He didn’t abolish the law but that He lived it out perfectly in order to “do away” with it. If you ever come across someone who believes this, ask them the following question.
“Where in the Old Testament scriptures does YHWH say that if anyone lives out the law perfectly that He would suspend the need of having it?” The point is, He never said that. Never. YHWH gave the law to His people to be followed forever.
Since that is not prophesied anywhere in the scriptures, how can we say that is what He did? Doesn’t it make more sense that He came to show us how to live out the law perfectly? To be the example for us to see in action? Don’t try to abolish the Law. Fulfill it like He did.
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‘”At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking up a pen, “it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.” “Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge.”Plenty of prisons,” said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.”And the Union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” “They are. Still,” returned the gentleman, “I wish I could say they were not.” “The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?” said Scrooge. “Both very busy, sir.” “Oh! I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course,” said Scrooge. “I’m very glad to hear it.”‘
This passage from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was first published in 1843. It comes from the First Stave in which the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is at his misanthropic worst, as he is being importuned by two collectors for the poor at the season of goodwill. He asks whether the institutions of what masqueraded as common welfare for dealing with the poor and destitute were still up and running. When informed by the misconstruing worthies that they are, sadly, still functioning and busy, he says let those in need should go and avail themselves of such services. He is informed that many would rather die than go to there. Let them do it then he says ‘and decrease the surplus population.’
My Mother was born in 1930, she lived through the depression and the Second World War, she witnessed the founding of the Welfare State. It was established on principles set down in the Beveridge report, produced by a Liberal peer, who conjured five giant evils that threatened our society and were to be fought with the same verve and courage with which we had defeated fascism. He identified them as squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease. The very causes of poverty and destitution that had stalked the land in Dickens’s time. This was to be a Bunyanesque crusade to eradicate those scourges of the poor and excluded. In Ken Loach’s documentary film The Spirit of ’45 he outlines what the country was like before the Welfare State and just what a change it made in ordinary people’s lives. Such as access to social housing, healthcare and prescriptions, education for all, the ideal of full employment in good and secure work. My Mother remembered, as do many in the film, the visits of debt collectors or rent men and being assessed for parish relief; so scared was my Grandmother that when she thought the knock on the door was an assessor she threw a packet of chestnuts on the fire in case he perceived that she was being extravagant.
I volunteer each Thursday at a Foodbank in Sheffield. We have around 80 people through our doors each week. They receive a rudimentary food bag, a meal, we offer a clothing bank, hair cutting, Citizens Advice and English classes. It is one of numerous Foodbanks across the city. We have recently been approached by ITV as they want to cover the effects of the recently introduced Universal Credit on our users. There was a recent article on the BBC news about the effects on the people of Hartlepool, it was heart rending. We have people with complex problems. Mental health issues are prevalent along with loneliness, poor housing, unemployment or what seems even harder – people with jobs that don’t pay enough to keep the wolf from the door. We have all nationalities, indigenous white people, asylum seekers from Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Syria, people of Pakistani, Roma, Bangladeshi, Somali origin, men and women, young to very old.
It is an area that has always received a high level of immigration but in 2010 this was reported in the Guardian.
‘A £50m fund to ease the pressure of immigration on public services has been scrapped by the government without any publicity. The migration impacts fund was set up by Gordon Brown in response to local government claims that they needed central help to deal with unexpected pressure on housing, schools and hospitals.’
An area like the one I work in received this kind of support. Patrick Wintour in the article quoted above made the point that this was done by stealth under the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles a member of David Cameron’s coalition. It may not have been intended to fuel both poverty and prejudice but it certainly has and one might wonder what impetus these decisions had on the vote to leave the EU, with the Leave Campaign’s heavy emphasis on stopping immigration.
What concerns me in this piece, however, is the underlying spirit of our society and what it says about the character of our country. The post war generation, if my Mother and the rest of her family are anything to go on, had a sense of egalitarianism; that the war had been a leveller and we were all up against it and needed to pull together. Though, having just watched Andrea Levy’s Small Island that spirit may not have extended to everyone, even though members of the commonwealth were invited here! But we managed to build the NHS, good municipal housing, strong industries that provided decent jobs, an education service that provided my generation with a chance of a debt free degree, or a worthwhile apprenticeship, and for those unable to work the rudiments of a safety net of provision that offered dignity and support. It was a vision worthy of the Blake’s great hymn Jerusalem.
I remember singing that hymn in assembly at junior school and wondering about the bow of burning gold, and those satanic mills, but I felt stirred to not to let my sword sleep in my hand till we built Jerusalem in this green and pleasant land, whatever that meant. In my life I have watched as people of different colours, cultures and sexualities emerged from the dark days of the 70’s when I was at secondary school and help build up our common life. My second GP was Doctor Mukherjee, one of my first bosses was called Nissar Ahmed, my first real kiss at a school Christmas party was with a Caribbean girl called Melrose, and one of my oldest and best friends is gay and he heads up a project in the area where the Foodbank is. But now it seems like the great momentum from the the battle with the five giant evils is finally falling foul of all the many assaults that I have also witnessed in my 57 years.
It feels to me like we are succumbing to the kind of attitude that the unreconstructed Scrooge was only an extreme example of. Here is a tweet I read today :
‘On an average day in the UK: 3,700 are forced to visit a food bank. 5,400 suffer domestic violence. 4,750 sleep rough on the streets. 4 migrants arrive in boats across the Channel. Guess which one the government is calling a “crisis”?’ Thanks to Andrew Graystone for this.
I often look on the BBC website at the front pages of the Newspapers for the day, it is disheartening to see how many times immigrants are mentioned in a disparaging fashion. I know that in my middle class life I may not be adversely affected by immigration, in fact as I mentioned earlier I have benefited from it in numerous ways. I do see how challenging the situation is in the parts of Sheffield where the Foodbank is. How scarce the resources are, how a policy of creating a hostile environment has damaged the very fabric of communal life in that area. In fact the policy of creating a hostile environment is not reserved solely to immigrants it seems to me. The implementation of Universal Credit and the whole austerity crusade following the financial crash has hollowed out any notion of fighting the five giant evils and pretty much made moribund Beveridge’s Bunyanesque national endeavour. To be in need, whether as an immigrant or indigenous person is seen as a failing, a flaw and worse a result of your own fecklessness.
I remember a young Somali man, when I worked in Bethnal Green telling me that the difference between poverty as he experienced it in his homeland and in the UK was that it was viewed in Somalia as an evil to be overcome by the community and in the UK as your own stupid fault and something to be blamed for.
‘Why should I pay for other people’s kids to go to University?’ This is something I have heard over and over again in the whole student loans debate. Another example for me of the hollowing out of our sense of communal responsibility. When watching University Challenge this Christmas when older alumni of our third level institutions reappear for fun to compete instead of the usual run of clever youths I am struck forcibly by the predominance of Oxbridge colleges. They studied law and become BBC executives, or Classics and end up running banks. In fact it always seems somewhat unfair that Sheffield University get to enter one team in the normal version of the quiz and Oxford and Cambridge any number of colleges. I actually love visiting both cities and am proud of the fantastic opportunities and education afforded by attending these places but I don’t understand why we are not more dedicated to making every university as wonderful as they are? As Harry Perkins the socialist Prime Minister from Sheffield in Chris Mullins A Very British Coup says when asked if he will abolish first class travel, ‘no we will abolish second class, I think everyone is first class’. Where is our ambition or are we becoming so atomised that caring for me and mine is all that counts. Sheffield University was set up by penny donations of steel workers to offer a chance to any worker’s child. But of course this comes from an instinct not in the Scroogian lexicon of gut reactions.
When I first left University and decided not to be ordained for the Catholic Priesthood I fell into community work in the East End of London. I was on the management committee of the Tower Hamlets Federation of Tennant’s Associations, I helped to form group called SPLASH (South Poplar and Limehouse Action for Secure Hosing and the Environment), I lived in a council flat in Bromley by Bow and I watched as Canary Wharf dwarfed the council estates of the Isle of Dogs. There are so many things that can said about housing but I want to just quote a real example of the effects of housing policy in that time, especially the policy of Right to Buy. My daughters both decided to move back to London from Sheffield and go to Goldsmith’s University. They always struggled to find decent accommodation they could afford. At one point they told me they had secured a flat in Bethnal Green near the Tube Station. I helped them move in and was astonished to find it was an ex council flat, four bedroomed, unrenovated, the only additions were a Lino floor and new white goods. This block, when I was working in the area was considered hard to let. Obviously purchased under the Right to Buy Scheme it was now being rented out for the princely sum of £2500 a month! The only way they could afford it was to turn the living room into a bedroom and have five of them in it. When they moved out they discovered the rent would be going up to £3000 a month. This was five years ago now, how much is the rent today I wonder. Someone was getting very rich out of this previously affordable if hard to let property. This pattern is being repeated across the country, the great second home owning democracy. As a person who had a second home for a while I can see the financial sense for the middle classes but it is not working, The need for affordable housing is at crisis level, it has even been a subject tackled by the Archers!
A couple of years ago I made a little film for Sheffield University based on a poem I wrote about the famous hole in the road, a land mark of 70’s Sheffield. It was a roundabout with a hole in the middle that formed an underpass to separate traffic from pedestrians. It had a fish-tank and became a trysting place for locals. It is filled in now and been returned to its former name of Castle Square, On the day after the Brexit vote in which Sheffield was divided 50-50 I walked through town from the middle class South West to the working class North East. The square provides an amazing dividing line, between shops like M&S, Next, River Island and all the phone shops to Poundland, at that time Primark, B&M and Wilko. The people change in a block, their gait, their pallor, and their outlook. It is no surprise to me that we were so divided over Brexit. We are a divided city. Here is a quote from a local magazine NowThen:
‘During 2013, an independent report about fairness and inequality in Sheffield found that average life expectancy falls by 7.5 years for men and almost 10 years for women across the length of the 83 bus route, which links Millhouses in the south with Ecclesfield in the north.’ http://www.nowthenmagazine.com/fairnessonthe83/
Interestingly the route goes past our Foodbank and it contains some of the most derived people in the city. In the years since this report I suspect it has not changed and in fact may well be worse, if my own experience is anything to go by. Yet the opinions of people in many parts of the city have hardened. I sometimes fill my car at a Tesco service station in one of the richest part of the city, Fulwood. I wanted to buy a Guardian newspaper being a wooly minded liberal. ‘Sold out’ the lady at the check out said, ‘in fact we only get one or two’. ‘What do you sell then?’ I asked, ‘The Daily Mail’ she replied nonchalantly, ‘Hundreds of them’.
To return to poor old Ebenezer. He worried that the institutions of his time, the Victorian hostile environment were not functioning. I worry that we are having to reinvent them. The Foodbank is great in its own way, but surely we could imagine and provide a better social fabric than this one, voluntary collections and people trying to feed and care for there fellow citizens in their spare time! Libraries in Sheffield are more and more run by voluntary groups. My clergy friends from Doncaster tell me that there are no local authority run schools in the town, all academies, increasingly run by large trusts with little accountability to anyone local. I could go on with a litany of areas of public life that have been privatised and chart the return of the Hostile Environment and its attendant giant evils. But I would rather end with a note of hope.
Scrooge spent a night being haunted by his past, his present and his potential future. The last year feels like that to me. The news is like one gigantic visitation of the Christmas ghosts. But as the ghosts had a purpose in creating a change of heart in Scrooge then I hope it is the case with us. The awakening in Ebenezer was one of compassion. To learn to emotionally connect to other humans and sense their plight, their story and their nobility. I pray we can make known the stories of compassion and change, and do away for ever with the hostile environment and its giant evils. | <urn:uuid:808014f3-c499-4bb2-bc89-cdfb6b2e46f3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://adriangrscott.me/2018/12/30/christmas-ghosts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.979775 | 3,286 | 2.578125 | 3 |
A new look at the Oil & Gas Industry in Europe
The European Union has signaled its intention to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent.
The European Oil & Gas industry supports the EU’s objective of climate neutrality by 2050.
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
Reducing the GHG footprint of oil & gas products starts at the well. By minimising production, processing and transport emissions, we can play an active role in reducing energy sector emissions.
To do so, we use a mix of solutions including the electrification of platforms, use of renewables, and by further reducing methane emissions and flaring.
Supplying Cleaner Energy
To accompany Europe’s energy transition, our portfolios supply an increasing share of natural gas, a cleaner alternative to coal and an enabler of renewable energy Integration.
Our member companies also invest in low-carbon and renewable energies and services which include wind, solar, batteries and biofuels.
Developing Long-Term Solutions
We have the resources and skills to develop long-term, large-scale carbon Management solutions. We deploy Carbon Capture Use & Storage to help decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors and safeguard their competitiveness.
With CCS, we work to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas. We also invest in carbon offsets through afforestation and forest conservation projects.
REPowerEU Plan: domestic gas production deserves stronger role alongside imports and renewables in enhancing EU energy resilience
First aid shipment of critical specialized energy equipment coordinated by the Energy Community Secretariat arrives in Ukraine
Oil & Gas Industry Solutions Towards 2030 and 2050
OUR JOURNEY TO 2050
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The Paloma Cardigan Tutorial shows off all the stitches, tips, and tricks that make this free crochet sweater – in right and left-handed video tutorials!
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Paloma Cardigan Tutorial:
How to Crochet the Paloma Cardigan – Right Handed
How to Crochet the Paloma Cardigan – Left Handed
As Seen in This Video (click each for more info!):
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And that’s how to crochet the Paloma Cardigan! I hope you enjoy this tutorial – and that it helps you make your own custom crochet cardi!
If this video doesn’t answer all your questions about this pattern, please ask in the comments below – I’m always happy to help! And if you make this free crochet sweater (or any Moogly pattern), be sure to tag me in your photos so I can see them too, @mooglyblog or #mooglyblog – I can’t wait to see your fab projects! Thanks so much for reading and watching!
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It's bad enough to realize you are thinking inside the box, even worse to know that you're not in the loop. Fifty years ago those phrases would have been unintelligible to anyone in the English-speaking world.
Dictionaries are rather stodgy, fat books; before the Internet, that is. Now we have on-line compendiums adding and subtracting words and phrases faster than you can say, No Problem. The old OED or unabridged Merriam-Webster are useful doorstops but are as obsolete as ink eradicator and White-Out.
Am I out of the box and into the loop yet? I doubt it particularly after hearing some of the new language in the Urban Dictionary. There are now about 5.5 million entrees, at the rate of 20,000 submissions per day. Where does an alien go to register?
Some of the recent phrases now in circulation are: That's what B.P. said as in we'll fix it (and bungle the job). Or: Protohype meaning generating buzz about a new product.
Of course we have the option to ignore all this until we suddenly realize we're speaking a different language than our children and need a translator for movies. I’m sure I was a few years late learning what a wuss was or the word bling.
I suppose words must shrivel and wither away to make room for new ones. We can handle only so many. Then again we are a population of many we's. There are those fluent in Trash or Nerd or Highfalutin Academia...and sub-sets for each.
As a living organism Language requires the oxygen of usage. Some words stick and get absorbed while others have a short season. Most new ones enter from the street or ground level; others from cyberspace and a few from the sciences.
Final thought: Our body of language is no more fixed and sacred than our Constitution. The current Conservative stunt to revere the document of our founding fathers is an attempt to make it immutable rather than a living set of precepts subject to interpretation. They would like us to believe the text was divinely inspired and handed down in some Cecil B. DeMille epic.
Language changes because society evolves with new institutions and relationships calling for decision-making unimaginable to those squabbling statesmen of the Enlightenment. Consider how unrecognizable the hummingbird would be to a dinosaur. | <urn:uuid:67db38ed-16cc-4ad6-895a-d4fccb6305a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://normsnorms.blogspot.com/2011/01/language-that-squishy-thing.html?showComment=1294589232836 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.945418 | 502 | 1.78125 | 2 |
“The continued presence of Eritrean forces in Tigray further undermines Ethiopia’s stability and national unity. We again call upon the Government of Eritrea to remove its forces from Tigray,” Blinken added.
In the investigation published Wednesday, a CNN team witnessed soldiers from neighboring Eritrea, some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military uniforms, manning checkpoints in Tigray, obstructing and occupying critical aid routes, and roaming the halls of one of the region’s few operating hospitals and threatening medical staff.
Following the publication of CNN’s investigation, the United Nations confirmed Wednesday that the “blockades by military forces” had severely impeded the ability for assistance to reach rural areas where the humanitarian crisis is worst.
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul told CNN on Thursday that “there have been ample, credible reports from human rights groups and journalists on the continuing presence of Eritrean troops, and reports that have implicated them, and other armed actors, in human rights abuses, rape and other atrocities.”
“It is clear that the Government of Ethiopia and the Government of Eritrea have not upheld their public commitment to withdraw Eritrean forces out of Tigray. Now we have this on-camera evidence from CNN.”
McCaul and Rep. Gregory Meeks, the New York Democrat who’s chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have been leading a continued push for the Biden administration to “urgently use all available tools, including sanctions and other restrictive measures, to hold all perpetrators accountable and bring an end to this conflict.”
He has spoken several times with Abiy about the crisis, most recently last month to press Ethiopia and Eritrea to make good on commitments to withdraw Eritrean troops “immediately, in full and in a verifiable manner.”
Amid the humanitarian crisis, the State Department dispatched its special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeff Feltman, to the region this month. Feltman traveled to Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan in early May, meeting with government officials, the UN and the African Union. He is scheduled to brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee behind closed doors next week.
The US has sent millions in additional funds to Tigray to assist in responding to the humanitarian crisis and has deployed a US Agency for International Development disaster assistance response team to the region.
CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Veronica Stracqualursi, Barbara Arvanitidis, Eliza Mackintosh and Rachel Janfaza contributed to this report. | <urn:uuid:350aa8c1-17fc-4c4a-beec-6c331cee4719> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sandiegolocaldirectory.org/world/us-condemns-atrocities-in-tigray-and-call-for-those-responsible-to-be-held-to-account-after-cnn-investigation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.933715 | 529 | 1.59375 | 2 |
One Voice is a dynamic platform used in real life scenarios that empowers individuals’ opinions using the power of communities. Users ‘wear’ their own and others’ opinions, but can retain individuality through filtering content.
One Voice focuses on how relationships between individuals and communities can be balanced to enhance activism.
Activism is affected by issues such as slacktivism, echo chambers, low real life commitment, and internationalisation of movements. In view of this, One Voice mediates the misalignment of interactions between individuals and communities, to both strengthen the impact and extend the timescale of activist involvement.
To strengthen activism’s impact, One Voice provides an accessible public platform paired with a physical device that displays your or others’ opinions from social media. This bridges communication gaps between online and real life activists, and between individuals and communities. The physical device display can be filtered according to the real life circumstances of the user.
One Voice also extends the activism’s timescale. Use of the physical device further embeds engagement in activist movements, augmenting individuals’ involvement in specific issues from singular actions into daily statements.
BRidGE is a proposal for a unified, user-centred digital identity platform for a world in which the way we live and the how we define who we are is becoming increasingly complex.
As we enter an era of mass migration, oscillating national affiliations and hyperconnected digital immersion, the way we form our personal and collective identities is fundamentally being reshaped. Political systems are being challenged to re-evaluate the contextual dynamic between the individual and their collectives. BRidGE gives citizens agency over identification for this multi-layered, decentralised future.
BRidGE is a proposal is for a digital identity platform that encompasses mechanisms for storing, verifying and displaying identification. Individuals can enter valued attributes in a distributed and fragmented data system. Palm devices recognise vein patterns of unique users, allowing institutional verification or a social agreement to be recorded for chosen fragments of information. An identity mixing desk allows a user to selectively disclose data and create formal or playful representations tailored to a specific context.
BRidGE was built on a dynamic working model of the layered & contextual nature of identity, in collaboration with Andrew Slack, Bentley Farrington and Reto Togni.
School of Design
MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2017
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Ivy is a multidisciplinary designer and artist interested in the relationships and interactions between humans, technology and society. She has worked as a product designer, visual designer, photographer and UI/UX designer since 2012 after graduating from Industrial Design, Shih-Chien University, Taipei.
Ivy is never satisfied with the political and social status quo. She is more into making trouble than solving problems. She considers design as a media to bring the audience into an alternative world so that they can experience the 'what-ifs' and introspect their behaviours in the present reality.
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Carnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900 (Updated) (Paperback)
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One July week in 1900 an obscure black laborer named Robert Charles drew national headlines when he shot twenty-seven whites--including seven policemen--in a series of encounters with the New Orleans police. An avid supporter of black emigration, Charles believed it foolish to rely on southern whites to uphold the law or to acknowledge even minimal human rights for blacks. He therefore systematically armed himself, manufacturing round after round of his own ammunition before undertaking his intentionally symbolic act of violent resistance. After the shootings, Charles became an instant hero among some blacks, but to most people he remained a mysterious and sinister figure who had promoted a "back-to-Africa" movement. Few knew anything about his early life. This biography of Charles follows him from childhood in a Mississippi sharecropper's cabin to his violent death on New Orleans's Saratoga Street. With the few clues available, William Ivy Hair has pieced together the story of a man whose life spanned the thirty-four years from emancipation to 1900--a man who tried to achieve dignity and self-respect in a time when people of his race could not exhibit such characteristics without fear of reprisal. Hair skillfully penetrates the world of Robert Charles, the communities in which he lived, and the daily lives of dozens of people, white and black, who were involved in his experience. A new foreword by W. Fitzhugh Brundage sets this unique and innovative biography in the context of its time and demonstrates its relevance today.
About the Author
William Ivy Hair (1930-1992) was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Southern History at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. He is the author of several books, including The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long and Bourbonism and Agrarian Protest: Louisiana Politics, 1877-1900. W. Fitzhugh Brundage is a William B. Umstead Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He is the author of A Socialist Utopia in the New South: The Ruskin Colonies in Tennessee and Georgia, 1894-1901 and Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930. | <urn:uuid:13ecd9cd-5903-4d54-bbca-3727ae0e036f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.page158books.com/book/9780807133347 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.951935 | 498 | 2.3125 | 2 |
In two specially-selected retreat talks, Adyashanti explores the kind of aloneness and openness that is inherent in the journey of true spiritual autonomy. In the first talk, he reveals how a truly autonomous being is rooted in a deep state of aloneness, which so many human beings protect against through various forms of identification -- including joining spiritual communities. Paradoxically, it is only when we are completely at home within the deep well of aloneness that we actually encounter our absolute connection with all of existence.
In the second talk, Adyashanti provides his insights on Walt Whitman’s poem, “Song of the Open Road.” He emphasizes that it is only when we actively rebel -- without violence -- against our patterns, and question all of our assumptions about ourselves and the world, that we can truly step onto the open road of the unknown and discover the great freedom in life’s unfolding.
Topics from Talk #1: Aloneness vs. Loneliness / Defending Against Aloneness / The Disappearance of Self in Meditation / Essential Connectedness / When Life Is Not a Threat / The Gift of Giving Freedom to Others / Functioning from Spiritual Autonomy / Aloneness Beyond Thought / The True Freedom of Autonomy
Topics from Talk #2: Commentary on Walt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road” / Divesting Yourself of What Holds You / A Different View of Being in the Moment / The Unknown Ground of Support Awaits / Stepping Outside Familiar Patterns / Loving Rebellion Against Our Confines / Stepping Into New Vistas / What Clouds Your Embodiment Process? / Trusting Life / How Awakening Gets Stagnant / Receiving with an Empty Mind
Quotes from this Download Set: “The open road is often the road less traveled. The road that everybody is on is the road of sleepwalking.” • “Only in absolute aloneness do we find absolute connectedness.” • “Spiritual autonomy is someone who feels absolutely at home in their aloneness.” • “If there's nobody in the fortress, there's not a self in there to be wounded by the arrows of disapproval, dislike, or disagreement.” • “Spiritual inquiry is to rebel, to rebel against our current perspective.” • “It takes trust to allow the universe to right itself within you.”
Please Note: The recordings in this CD album were originally published in the two download sets of the February 2014 Mt. Madonna retreat titled, Silent Retreat Vol. 37.
Recorded live on retreat at Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, California on February 17 and 19, 2014.
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The coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a worldwide pandemic. The 3C-like protease (3CLpro ), which cleaves 11 sites including its own N- and C-termini on the viral polyproteins, is essential for SARS-CoV-2 replication. In this study, we constructed the full-length inactive 3CLpro with N- and C-terminal extensions as substrates for monitoring self-cleavage by wild-type 3CLpro . We found that the rate-limiting C-terminal self-cleavage rate of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro was 35-fold faster than that of SARS-CoV 3CLpro using the Trx/GST-tagged C145A 3CLpro substrates. Since self-cleavage of 3CLpro is the initial step for maturation of other viral proteins, our study suggests more facile SARS-CoV-2 replication than that of SARS-CoV. | <urn:uuid:31a396d5-c855-411e-9af7-e649d033529e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ibc.sinica.edu.tw/zh/2022/05/sars-cov-2-3clpro-displays-faster-self-maturation-in%E2%80%89vitro-than-sars-cov-3clpro-due-to-faster-c-terminal-cleavage-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.918504 | 246 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Create and Share Toolboxes
You can package MATLAB® files to create a toolbox to share with others. These files can include
MATLAB code, data, apps, examples, and documentation. When you create a toolbox,
MATLAB generates a single installation file (
enables you or others to install your toolbox.
To create a toolbox installation file:
In the Environment section of the Home tab, select Package Toolbox from the Add-Ons menu.
In the Package a Toolbox dialog box, click the button and select your toolbox folder. It is good practice to create the toolbox package from the folder level above your toolbox folder. The
.mltbxtoolbox file contains information about the path settings for your toolbox files and folders. By default, any of the included folders and files that are on your path when you create the toolbox appear on their paths after the end users install the toolbox.
In the dialog box, add the following information about your toolbox.
Toolbox Information Field Description Toolbox Name
Enter the toolbox name, if necessary. By default, the toolbox name is the name of the toolbox folder. The Toolbox Name becomes the
Enter the toolbox version number in the
Author Name, Email, and Company
Enter contact information for the toolbox author. To save the contact information, click Set as default contact.
To select an image that represents your toolbox, click Select toolbox image.
Summary and Description
Enter the toolbox summary and description. It is good practice to keep the Summary text brief and to add detail to the Description text.
To ensure MATLAB detects the expected components, review the toolbox contents. The following sections of the Package a Toolbox dialog box appear after you select a toolbox folder.
Package a Toolbox Dialog Box Section Description Toolbox Files and Folders
List of the folders and files contained in your toolbox. The listed files and folders are only those files that are located in the top level of the toolbox folder. You cannot navigate through the folders in the Toolbox Packaging dialog box.
By default, if your toolbox contains a P-code file and a MATLAB code file (
.m) with the same name in the same folder, MATLAB excludes the
.mfile from the toolbox. To include both the
.mfiles, clear the Exclude MATLAB script or function files with matching P-files option.
To exclude other files or folders from the toolbox, register them in the text file that is displayed when you click Exclude files and folders. It is good practice to exclude any source control files related to your toolbox.
Add-ons — List of add-ons required for your toolbox. Selected add-ons are downloaded and installed when the toolbox is installed. MATLAB auto-populates this list with the add-ons it thinks the toolbox requires and selects them all by default. You can choose to omit any add-ons you do not want to install with your toolbox.
If MATLAB is unable to find the installation information for an add-on in the list, you must enter a download URL. The download URL is the location where MATLAB can download and install the add-on. When the toolbox is installed, MATLAB installs the add-on using the specified URL.
External Files — List of the files required for your toolbox that are located outside the toolbox folder. MATLAB auto-populates this list with the files it thinks the toolbox requires and selects them all by default. You can choose to omit any files you do not want in your toolbox.
MATLAB Path — List of folders that are added to the user’s MATLAB path when they install a toolbox. By default, the list includes any of the toolbox folders that are on your path when you create the toolbox. You can exclude folders from being added to the user’s path by clearing them from the list. To manage the path for when a toolbox is installed, click Manage the current MATLAB path. To reset the list to the default list, click Reset to the current MATLAB path.
Java Class Path — List of Java® files that are added to the user’s Java class path when they install a toolbox. Upon toolbox installation, the JAR files are added to the dynamic path for the duration of the MATLAB session. When the toolbox user restarts MATLAB, the JAR files are added to the static path.
Installation of Additional Software — List of additional software ZIP files that are installed on the user's system when they install a toolbox.
Specify these fields:
Display Name — The name to display to the user when they install a toolbox.
License URL — The URL of the additional software license agreement to display to the user when they install a toolbox. The user is prompted to review and agree to the license agreement during installation. You must specify a valid URL to the license agreement.
Download URL — The URL to the ZIP file that contains the additional software. To specify different download URLs for different platforms, select a platform name from the drop-down menu to the left of the download URL. Then, click Add Platform to add a download URL for additional platforms.
When the user installs a toolbox, MATLAB installs all additional software in the
addonsis the add-ons default installation folder. For more information about the location of the add-ons default installation folder, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.
If your toolbox contains code that refers to the installation folder of the specified additional software, make these references portable to other computers. Replace the references with calls to the generated function
toolboxnameis the name of your toolbox. For example, if you are creating a toolbox called
mytoolboxand want to reference the install location for additional software called
mysoftware, replace this codewith this code:
mysoftwarelocation = 'C:\InstalledSoftware\mysoftware\'To enable testing of the toolbox on your computer before packaging the toolbox, click the
mysoftwarelocation = mytoolbox.getInstallationLocation('mysoftware')
link at the bottom of the Installation of Additional Software section and enter the installed location of each additional piece of software on your computer.
MATLAB uses the information in the Toolbox Portability section when the user installs the toolbox. If the compatibility check fails because the user has an unsupported platform or MATLAB version, MATLAB displays a warning. However, the user still can install the toolbox.
Platform Compatibility—List of platforms that support the toolbox. Consider if your toolbox has third-party software or hardware requirements that are platform specific. MATLAB Online™ cannot interact with hardware, including devices used for image acquisition and instrument control.
Release Compatibility—List of MATLAB releases that support the toolbox.
Products—List of MathWorks® products required by your toolbox. Create this list manually.
Examples, Apps, and Documentation
Examples—Published MATLAB examples associated with your toolbox. To include
.mlxfiles as examples, click the Add examples button, select your code file, and click Publish HTML. MATLAB publishes the code to HTML and places the output files in the
Alternatively, you can manually publish code files to HTML in MATLAB and then include the code files and the HTML files in your toolbox folder.
For a live script (
.mlx) example, export it to HTML. On the Live Editor tab, select Save > Export to HTML and save it in a folder named
For a script (
.m) example, publish it to HTML with the
publishfunction. Do not specify an output folder when publishing your examples. For the Package a Toolbox tool to recognize the examples, the output folder must be the default folder (
To create different categories for your examples, place the examples in different subfolders within your toolbox folder. When you add your toolbox folder to the Package a Toolbox dialog box, MATLAB creates a
demos.xmlfile to describe your examples, and takes the example subfolder name as the example category name. Alternatively, you can create your own
demos.xmlfile allows recipients to access your examples through the Supplemental Software link at the bottom of the Help browser home page. For more information, see Display Custom Examples.
Apps—Published MATLAB installable apps associated with your toolbox. The Package a Toolbox tool recognizes apps (
.mlappfiles) and app installer files (
.mlappinstallfiles) and includes them in your toolbox.
To specify which apps (
.mlappfiles) are also installed and registered in the user's MATLAB Apps Gallery, select the apps.
.mlappinstallfiles in your toolbox folder are installed and registered in the user's MATLAB Apps Gallery.
Getting Started Guide—Quick start guide for your toolbox. For the Package a Toolbox tool to recognize a Getting Started Guide, include the guide as a live script named
docsubfolder within your toolbox folder.
Alternatively, you can generate and edit
GettingStarted.mlxfrom the Package a Toolbox dialog box.
Users of your toolbox can view the Getting Started Guide through the Options menu for the toolbox in the Add-On Manager. For more information, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.
Help Browser Integration—Custom documentation associated with your toolbox. For the Package a Toolbox tool to recognize custom documentation, include an
info.xmlfile to identify your documentation files. If you use the
builddocsearchdbfunction to build the documentation database before packaging your toolbox, you can include the generated
helpsearchsubfolder in your toolbox. The
info.xmlfile and the
helpsearchfolder allow recipients to access your documentation through the Supplemental Software link at the bottom of the Help browser home page. For more information, see Display Custom Documentation.
Alternatively, you can generate
helptoc.xmltemplate files from the Package a Toolbox dialog box. To access your documentation through the Help browser, complete the documentation templates and include
info.xmlon the MATLAB path.
Package your toolbox.
To save your toolbox, click Package at the top of the Package a Toolbox dialog box. Packaging your toolbox generates a
.mltbxfile in your current MATLAB folder.
To save your toolbox and share it on MATLAB Central File Exchange, select Package and Share from the Package menu at the top of the Package a Toolbox dialog box. This option generates a
.mltbxfile in your current MATLAB folder and opens a web page for your toolbox submission to File Exchange. MATLAB populates the File Exchange submission form with information about the toolbox. Review and submit the form to share your toolbox on File Exchange.
When you create a toolbox, MATLAB generates a
.prjfile that contains information about the toolbox and saves it frequently. It is good practice to save this associated
.prjfile so that you can quickly create future revisions of your toolbox.
To share your toolbox with others, give them the
All files you added when you packaged the toolbox are included in the
.mltbx file. When the end users install your toolbox, they do
not need to be concerned with the MATLAB path or other installation details. The
manages these details for end users.
For information on installing, uninstalling, and viewing information about toolboxes, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.
You can share your toolbox with others by attaching the
file to an email message, or using any other method you typically use to share
files—such as uploading to MATLAB Central File
Exchange. If you upload your toolbox to File Exchange, your users can
download the toolbox from within MATLAB. For more information, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.
Alternatively, you can upload your toolbox to File Exchange when you package it. Select Package and Share from the Package menu at the top of the Package a Toolbox dialog box.
.mltbx files can contain any files you specify,
MATLAB Central File Exchange places additional limitations on
submissions. If your toolbox contains any of the following, it cannot be
submitted to File Exchange:
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