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Although no ancient findings are faced within the historical city; ruins found during the excavations performed in the Golden Horn region of city and at Asian side are showing that first settlement in the region is reaching till to third millennium B. C. Acropolis of the city, mentioned as Byzantion was at the area where today's Topkapi Palace is present. Golden Horn, has a port which is still used today.
A stronghold starting from here was surrounding the city and reach to Marmara Sea. Byzantion, while continuing to its life as a port and a trade city during Roman Empire period, it is conquered and demolished by a Roman Emperor, Septimus Severius after a siege exceeding two years which begin on 191 A. D. The city which is fully re - constructed by same Emperor, is widened and re - equipped.
During 4th century A. D., Roman Empire had been expanded too much, and Istanbul is selected as the new capital city instead of Roma by Emperor Great Constantine due to its strategic position. City is re - organized within a period of exceeding 6 years, its ramparts are widened and lots of temples, official buildings, palaces, hamams and Hippodrome is constructed.
With great ceremonies, performed on 330, city's being the capital city of the Roman Empire is officially announced. During the period when Near Age had begun, the city which is also known as Second Rome and New Rome, is then named as "Byzantion" and Constantinople in the late eras. Name of the city is mentioned as "Polis" among the public in the course of time.
It is seen that efforts of making city beautiful of the emperors after Great Constantine is continuing. First churches within the city are constructed after Constantine. Istanbul remain the capital city of Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) for a long period due to the fall down of West Roman Empire on 5th century. The city, which is re - constructed during Byzantium period are re - widened with ramparts.
Today, 6492 m. long magnificent city ramparts are constructed by Emperor II. Theodosius. In the city, whose population is exceeding half million on 6th century, one more golden age is lived under Emperor Justinyen reign. Famous Hagia Sophia, which remained till today, is the piece of art of this Emperor. Byzantium Empire and capital city Istanbul's latter history is full of palace and church intrigues, Iran and Arab attacks and frequently changing emperor families' bloody fights.
Latin reign, which is a dark age between 726 - 842, had begun with the conquer of city by Crusaders on 1204, 4th Crusade, and city is raided for years till to the all churches and monasteries as well as monuments. The city, whose reign is passed to Byzantium again on 1261, did not gain its former richness again. City is conquered by Turks on 1453 after a 53 days siege.
Gargantuan canons, used for the first time in the war history by Fatih Sultan Mehmet, are reasons of surpass of Istanbul ramparts. Capital city of Ottoman Empire had moved to this place, population of the city is increased with the immigrants, imported from various parts of the country, and public improvement studies of the desert and demolished city had been commenced.
Religious freedom and social rights are given to the former residents of the city, and let them to continue their lives. Patriarchate, which is the head of Christian Orthodox Church, remains till today due to the rights given by Fatih. Turkish art stigmatized the city one century after conquer, and domes and minarets have reigned the panorama of the city. Beginning from the 16th century, due to being Ottoman Rulers Caliph at the same time, Istanbul also become the center of Islamic world.
City is fully improved under the reigns of Sultans, and gain a miracle atmosphere. There are frequent fires, which demolishes wide areas within the colorful pages of Istanbul history in this period. Sultan Palace, which is constructed in former acropolis, is reigning the unique panorama of Bosphorus and Golden Horn.
After denser connections with Western world, beginning from 19th century, mosques and palaces begun to be constructed to Bosphorus coasts with European architecture style. Lots of palaces, constructed within a short period of time, are also the symbols of the falling down period. Istanbul, was one of the witnesses of another world empire, conclusion of the I. World War.
While empire is divided, and internal and foreign enemies were fighting for their shares, a noble commander of the Turkish army had entered into a struggle for Turkish nation. This Mustafa Kemal named national hero, after Independence War exceeding 4 years, republic of Turkey is established on 1923 by him. Moving the capital city to Ankara, did not change the importance of Istanbul. This unique city is continuing to its life with its charming appearance. | <urn:uuid:3b812b9e-20e4-4eae-91ab-f25f8ba90184> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.meandertravel.com/istanbultours/istanbul_tours.php?details=historyofistanbul&m=1&md=sc1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.968804 | 1,023 | 2.796875 | 3 |
This technology is to replace the bulky, high maintenance exercise devices (as used currently in the ISS) for long duration missions. A novel exercise and recreation device is proposed that can provide physical and mental health preservation benefits during long duration deep space exploration missions. A prototype based on MR dampers was built to demonstrate the technology. However, this will need to be modified to drive forces through major leg bones and muscles to realize medical benefits and present to NASA exercise scientists for evaluation. Very light weight, compact exercise devices are considered a necessity for long duration space flight missions. Existing ISS countermeasures are not only functional limited, but also bulky, complex and require high maintenance. The proposed MR exoskeleton is light weight, compact sized, and capable of providing concentric and eccentric exercises. With the integration of Microsoft XBox Kinnect, the exoskeleton will have full range of flexibility-personalized exercise profile, data tracking, down-linking, and recreation activities: immersive video games and aquatic exercises.
A magneto-Rheological (MR) fluid based exoskeleton leg demonstrator was developed to help long duration exploration mission crews obtain exercise with entertainment during flight and at their destination.More »
MR exoskeleton can be light weight and occupy little space compared with current ISS countermeasures such as TVIS, ARED, CEVIS, etc. Aquatic and other concentric exercises may easily be performed. Actuators may be integrated for eccentric exercises.More »
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Govt must act with speed, says Health Min Tamura.
New hospital policy draws fears of potential increase in death toll from potential increase.
TokYO, Aug. 4 - Japan's health minister was acting pre-emptively to ensure there are sufficient beds for seriously ill COVID 19 patients, its health minister said on Wednesday warning infections have entered a new phase with a spike in Delta variant cases.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced only COVID - 19 patients who are seriously ill and those at risk of becoming so will be hospitalised, while others isolate at home, a shift in policy some fear may lead to an increase in deaths.
Health Minister Norihisa Tamura defended the policy shift, saying that by asking people with less serious symptoms to isolate at home, Japan can ensure it does not run out of hospital beds for people in need of intensive care.
The pandemic entered a new phase in the pandemic. If there are no beds, people can't bring people into hospitals. Tamura told Parliament that we are acting pre-emptively on this front.
It is important to act with speed, he said, adding that the government was ready to roll back the new policy if it does not help solve a shortage in hospitals. | <urn:uuid:f8d36ba0-d1a4-40f2-bb61-1727486c20e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fa.news/articles/japan_must_act_with_speed_says_health_minister-14149/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.965847 | 258 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Looking over some recent articles on contracts and supply chain, a connection occurred to me. It’s not necessarily a unique observation, but an important one: how many supply chain “risks” can be dealt with via better contract management?
A recent post on the sponsored website www.ebn.com (about supply chain management) featured a short interview on the topic of supply chain risk “resilience.” The short interview was with Gene Long, a supply chain analyst, and he discussed the need for organizations to think beyond disaster recovery in supply chains – or, rather, to think of the real solution behind the problem.
“The problem is they’re still recovering when, in fact, what we want them to do is to avoid and mitigate risk. The market is basically saying and the investors are basically saying: You shouldn’t be recovering. You should not have the problem in the first place (emphasis added).”
On a related note, contract-drafting expert Ken Adams has a pithy, humorous observation on his blog about the connection between the musical The Music Man and drafting contracts.
In the musical, the con man (successfully) sells the naïve small-town residents the equipment and uniforms for a town marching band and promises to teach them how to play. The con man has no intention of teaching them (naturally) and assures them they don’t even need to know how to play music.
Adam draws the connection to writing contracts – that all too often junior legal staff are given only the most superficial of directions on drafting contracts while handed a contract to copy and tweak “as needed” (without having to know “all those notes” or the contract-drafting skills, needed for each contract).
And here’s the connection between these ideas and contract management. How many times could a supply problem be solved “in the first place” by a well-written contract? By one that was tailored specifically to the reality that disaster and supply chain problems happen, so why not draft contracts that eliminate these at the root? That means a well-drafted contract … and one that benefits from an organization’s familiarity with practicing good contract management.
Companies that use contract management solutions have a leg up on this end result. That’s because organizations that have a contract management solution are:
* Accustomed to ensuring contracts are recorded accurately for further administrative “care and feeding.”
* Familiar with easy ways to ensure contract performance is being monitored by using the tools of contract management solutions (such as setting alarms on key dates).
* Perhaps are better at learning from problems that arise mid-term in contracts (due to active monitoring and reporting) and so become more adept at finding solutions.
No doubt, solving supply-chain risks is a hugely tall order. But the point is that organizations that already place a premium on contract management may be better at solving supply chain problems because they’ve already made a commitment that contracts matter.
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On 21 February 2013 we found out that our elephant herd had increased by one.... Some of our guests were lucky enough to experience this awesome moment as the still wobbly calf tried to drink from the safari vehicle!
The gestation period for elephants typically lasts approximately two years and the interbirth intervals usually last four to five years. Births tend to take place during the wet season. Calves usually weigh at least 100 kg when they are born.
Kariega is proud to support the conservation of African elephant. Southern Africa remains a stronghold for African elephant populations, however overall, the species is threatened by illegal hunting for meat and ivory, habitat loss and human-elephant conflict.
A report released at the March 2013 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, estimates that 25,000 elephant were killed for their ivory during 2011. Read more in the report "Elephants in the Dust. The African Elephant Crisis."
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Home Learning is any work completed by a student outside of lessons. It is important in study time students develop, consolidate or extend their learning.
The main purposes of Home learning include:
- encouraging pupils to develop the skills, confidence and motivation needed to study effectively on their own;
- consolidating and reinforcing skills and understanding developed at school;
- extending school learning, for example through additional reading;
- managing particular demands, such as controlled assessment and non-examined assessments.
Students have the largest responsibility for their study tasks. They should make sure they review tasks set via the SIMS app and seek support if they don’t understand. They should form a routine for studying and work independently whenever possible. They should make sure all tasks are completed to their best effort.
Parents and carers should support students in their study time. They should help students to find a suitable place and time to complete their work outside lessons. They should monitor student’s organisation using the SIMS app and communicate with subject staff and the tutor when necessary.
Teachers should be assigning challenging and meaningful study tasks that consolidate, prepare or accelerate students’ learning. They should ensure tasks are set via SIMS and students are aware when homework has been set and is due. They should communicate with tutors and involve parents and carers if a pattern of late or incomplete study tasks develops.
Tutors should monitor students’ recording and completion of the tasks set via SIMS. They should involve parents and contact them if a pattern of late or incomplete tasks develops across more than one subject.
Guidance for Parents/Carers:
Some things you can do:
- Talk to them about their home learning assignments; about what they’re doing, what they find interesting in it, how long it takes them. They don’t always want to talk about it, especially as they get older, but it is the way of discovering what they are doing at school.
- Set times and the place where home learning should be done. Once students have established the habit of home learning they find it much easier to settle.
- Do make the home learning environment quiet and comfortable. Make sure there are no distractions like TV sets / games consoles etc. on in the background.
- Do encourage and praise your child when they are doing their home learning. Point out what they have done well, build on their successes. Success and the feeling of success is the great motivator.
- Do help them with assignments but don’t do it for them. Help them find answers but don’t simply tell them. You might think you are helping them but you are actually putting them at a disadvantage. They will become dependent on you to a large extent. It also doesn’t help teachers gauge what areas the child needs to develop.
- Don’t criticise your child if they make mistakes with their assignments – everyone makes mistakes and trial and error is often the best way to learn.
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By Alice E. Gerard
Early in 2018, shortly after Jenn Baney was inaugurated as a new member of the Grand Island Town Board, she decided to put her efforts into modernizing the security systems in town buildings. That effort would take four years.
“Two months into my first year, I proposed to the board that we really begin to look at our antiquated safety and security systems throughout the town and try to come up to a speed where the school district and private businesses are at,” Baney said.
“I’m happy to report now that, as I am exiting, stage one of the plan is in place, with materials ordered and installation of some new systems going in. I’m also working with (Councilman) Tom Digati to outline multiyear plans so that all town buildings will have the necessary safety and security upgrades so that we can feel that our employees are protected and safe,” Baney said. “Our buildings at different levels will be monitored, more secure. We collaborated closely, forming a committee of both elected officials and town employees, to employ or to add to our current protocols equipment and systems that keep everyone safe and monitored and buildings monitored. For every resident coming in and for every employee working in the town, they can feel safe.”
These safety and security improvements include upgrades to cameras and access to buildings, said Baney, who was honored Monday with a town proclamation at her last meeting as an elected representative.
Town Supervisor John Whitney said the work Baney did during her four years of “leadership and public service” have “materially and spiritually enriched this community. We just want to say thank you.”
During the public comment period at the end of the Town Board meeting, Highway Superintendent Dick Crawford said, “Jenn, I want to thank you for your four years of dedicated service to our community. It really enriched many, many people here. Your willingness to always listen, respond and deliver was spot on.”
Another project Baney said she was proud of participating in was Grand Island’s recent designation by New York as a climate smart community. She said she worked closely with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) “in pursing clean energy initiatives and doing so much as a community to actually receive the designation.”
The climate smart community initiative is a statewide program that helps local communities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address issues involved with climate change. Currently, throughout the state, there are 349 communities registered as climate smart communities. In Erie County, these communities include Buffalo, Amherst, Lancaster, East Aurora and Williamsville, as well as the county as a whole.
Grand Island was the “first small community in Western New York to receive the climate smart community designation,” Baney said. She described it as “a very collaborative project with all of our employees.”
Some of the projects Baney worked on to gain the climate smart community designation included electric vehicle charging stations and the installation of LED street lighting.
Digati said, “Yesterday, when I was headed to work, I went to pull out of my driveway, and there was a bucket truck working on the street light across from my house. The LED lighting project that Jenn was an integral part of is off and running. They did my whole street in a miraculous amount of time.”
Whitney added, “Jenn, it’s been great working with you for the last two years. The projects that you’ve been involved with take so much time and so much effort. You throw in 100% every time. As Tom indicated, our street lights are all being converted to LED streetlights. National Grid got out of the streetlight business and dumped that on Grand Island. Clean energy community designation has been handed to Grand Island. Jenn was very instrumental in that. And there are others that are too numerous to mention. My hat’s off to you. I applaud your efforts. Thank you for your service.”
Baney said that serving as a member of the Town Board has offered her a chance to grow as a person.
“The opportunity to serve as an elected official is an opportunity not afforded to many, and the privilege has not been lost on me,” she said. “My term was unique. Many ask me if I wish that I had been able to serve during easier times. I worked my first two years as a member of a highly contentious board, and my second two years were in the middle of a pandemic. So, the glamour and the fun were simply not there most days. Much of it had no guidebook, as it was new. But I would not trade these four years, as I do not know any other way. The character of finding experiences that come from a term like this are really a gift. And while it may have not been enjoyable to others, service to others is not a mistake. So, to the residents, you have been my singular focus this term, even when things were shaky or challenging. I endeavored to always do what was wise and right. I hope that I represented you very well.”
The challenges have helped Baney grow as a Town Board member and as a human, she said. Baney noted criticism has helped her become stronger as a person: “As humans, we can just dismiss criticism, but we can glean the positive when someone is saying something negative about you and truly listen to what they’re saying and possibly admit to being wrong, but consider their perspective, even if they’re saying it in a really angry way.”
During the time in the Town Board meeting reserved for council members to make comments, Baney observed that, when she leaves office, there will be no women on the five-person board for the first time since 1994, when Mary Cooke joined as a board member and, later, as town supervisor.
Baney said she would encourage women and young people to get involved in the town government, as members of committees and advisory boards, as well as running for public office: “I think that the more diversity you can have, the better in terms of representing Grand Island. It really comes down to women being able to make the sacrifice, which can be harder for them, balancing work and family needs, and also the parties connecting with and having a willingness to endorse women for the positions.”
Councilman Pete Marston acknowledged that difficulty of balancing work and family needs, telling Baney, “I want to thank you for your four years of service. Not just you, but I also know your family. I know the sacrifice that they go through to allow you to do what you do. It’s a lot of work. There’s no way it doesn’t come home with you. I’m sure the boys are excited to see a bit more of mom. Good luck to all of you in your future endeavors.”
Baney said she is looking into a variety of opportunities for the future: “I am fortunate, at 41, to have met my career goals. I was able to spend a decade teaching (in elementary school) before the children were born. I was able to spend a number of years raising them when they were very young. I’ve really been able to serve my community in a very public way and impactfully, in a way that most people never have the chance to. So, in this next season, I’m actually looking to step back a little and possibly work in a field that comes with a little less notoriety. I have a real passion still for the field of education, so one thing that I’m planning on working on part time is in the arena of higher ed; and then I’m currently pursuing a position in an entirely different field, definitely more in a supportive role. I’m past the stage of needing accolades and recognition. I just want to be serving those around me in some way that benefits others, without so much attention.”
Councilman Mike Madigan said, “I can’t say enough about Councilwoman Baney. Jenn, it’s been a huge honor to serve with you. You worked based on a code. It was always doing the next right thing. It had nothing to do with politics. It had nothing to do with whether you win or lose. You always fell on the side of doing the next right thing.”
“I would just say that I am incredibly thankful for the opportunity,” Baney said. “The Islanders took a chance in electing someone who didn’t grow up here. Someone they may not have known. I hope that I didn’t let them down, that them taking a risk on me was one that they feel was worth it. I’m incredibly grateful for this chance to serve them, and I hope that they feel that it was worth the risk of electing me.”
Councilman-elect Christian Bahleda commented to Baney, “I’ll be replacing you, and I want to say thank you very much for taking the time to help get me up to speed. I’ll do my best to follow in your footsteps.”
“You’re going to be great,” Baney told Bahleda.
Grand Island Says, ‘Go Bills’
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Natalie Diaz Becomes First Latina To Win The Pulitzer Prize For Poetry
Natalie Diaz is an Indigenous, Latina poet telling her experience through poems to give the world an intimate look into her world. Diaz’s work has been honored with a recent Pulitzer Prize making her the first Latina to ever win the award for poetry.
Natalie Diaz made history as a poet with her latest book “Postcolonial Love Poem.”
This is the Arizona State University professor’s second book and speaks extensively to the colonial violence against Native Americans. The book of poetry touches on the desires and pleasure from the Native American perspective in the face of the violence that the community has experienced. Diaz was born and raised in the Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is also an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe.
“I was very emotional with this award and I think part of it is because when I set out to put the book together, I knew I wanted to be at stake,” Diaz told The Arizona Republic.
Diaz leans on her identity and experience to tell the stories of her people with an authentic voice.
Her poetry is telling the story of the people who raised her. Her town is clearly proud of her achievement according to a tweet she has deleted. The town has transformed the few stores they have to sell the award-winning poetry book.
“We don’t have bookstores where I come from. We don’t even have a grocery store,” Diaz wrote in a now-deleted tweet. “So my tiny 120 degree desert town is selling my Pulitzer Prize poetry book at our Dollar Stores (we have 3) & Liquor stores (we have several). Maybe this is the most ‘poetry’ poetry can be & where.”
Diaz’s poetry is an intimate portrayal of Native American life.
Diaz’s work has given an entire culture and community representation that reached one of the highest awards available to poetry. Congratulations on this amazing achievement, Natalie!
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Henry J. Austin Health Center (HJAHC) is located in Trenton, New Jersey. Established in 1969 as Trenton’s Neighborhood Health Center, HJAHC was incorporated in 1986 as a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) entity.
Who we are as an organization is steeped in the history of our city and legacy of Dr. Henry J. Austin and we are honored to be named after. Dr. Austin, an African American and Princeton resident, came to Trenton to practice medicine because Jim Crow laws prohibited this in his own hometown. Dr. Austin was born on February 23, 1888, in Tallahassee, Florida and was brought to Princeton as a young boy. He attended Howard University Medical School and graduated in 1918 and completed his internship at Freeman’s Hospital (now Howard University Hospital) in Washington, D.C. Some historians credit Dr. Austin with helping integrate Trenton schools.
Following Dr. Austin’s pledge to provide high quality health care to those that need it most, Henry J. Austin Health Center has been committed to providing the best care possible for the last five decades. We have been Joint Commission accredited since 1999 and we are a National Committee on Quality Assurance certified Patient-Centered Medical Home since 2013. | <urn:uuid:c7c74d47-73b9-4903-80ec-f3ea570bb280> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://henryjaustin.org/history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.971838 | 264 | 1.570313 | 2 |
All Systems Go ...
I am really interested in Systems Art and love Charles Gaines’ work, so was really pleased to be able to see ‘Multiples of Nature, Trees and Faces’ at Hauser & Wirth London recently.
Systems have been described in their broadest sense as “anything that is not chaos” and systems can of course be found everywhere and anywhere in society, when looking closely enough. Boris Groys commented that it was in the 1960s, when art noticeably shifted its focus from “the individual creative act to a description, investigation and development of communication systems and visual codes”. In other words, the emphasis on a single art object as outcome of an artist’s activitywas often replaced with an organisation of information, which I find fascinating.
Systems have been by many respected artists including Haacke, Sol-Lewitt and Bochner, and there are many different ways artists have worked with systems. Sometimes, artists are tinkering with systems, actively interfering, while at other times, systems are being observed, and exposed by the artist. For his ‘Numbers and Trees’ series, Charles Gaines created an idiosyncratic system, in which he applies strict rules/formulas to visually represent objects such as trees.
Gaines is said to do this in order to explore the relationship between the objective and the subjective, as well as to interrogate concepts around creativity and imagination. He reflects on how a system can make decisions, rather than the artist’s imagination, and this may still elicit the same mental and emotional reaction in the viewer.
In an artist talk I watched online, he commented, “the viewer thinks he is interested because this is a playing field of imagination. But I have suspicions, because we attribute to our imagination things that are actually socially and culturally created. To the degree that you can have the same response to an intuitive impulse compared to something driven by a system … You can’t recognise the difference”. He went on to question, “in abstract expressionism a huge amount of importance was given to the gesture, which was very egocentric … Why does that gesture have value and what is the meaning, when your brain can respond in the same way to something created by a system?”
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ERIC Identifier: ED426818
Publication Date: 1999-01-00
Author: Snow, Catherine E. - Burns, M. Susan - Griffin, Peg
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood
Education Champaign IL.
Language and Literacy Environments in Preschools. ERIC Digest.
Children live in homes that support literacy development to differing
degrees. Because of this variation in the home environment, many children need
high-quality preschool and school environments and excellent primary instruction
to be sure of reading success. This Digest discusses the research on preschool
literacy environments and their contributions to reading skills development.
This research has important implications for those who are making instructional,
programmatic, or policy decisions that may affect children's preschool literacy
PROGRAM QUALITY OF PRESCHOOLS
The overall quality of a
child care program has been found to be an important determinant of positive
effects on language and preliteracy skills (see Barnett et al., 1988, for a
review). The evaluation of public preschool programs in North Carolina found
evidence that participation in the programs reduced the degree of delay of
high-risk children in communicative skills (Bryant et al., 1993). Assessments of
several early childhood programs (Roberts et al., 1989; Wasik et al., 1990;
Infant Health and Development Program, 1990; Brooks-Gunn et al., 1994; St.
Pierre & Lopez, 1994; St. Pierre et al., 1993) have documented the enhanced
value of high-quality classroom-based experiences for children in poverty, with
bigger effects from more intensive and higher quality programs, as well as
evidence for positive effects on language development in particular.
STUDIES OF LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENTS IN PRESCHOOLS
of preschools using broad-gauge tools that include language and literacy as only
one small portion of the assessment have found that it is precisely on measures
of the language environment that many preschool programs serving poor children
have scored in the inadequate range. A study of children in North Carolina
public preschools found that they had lower ratings on language and reasoning
measures than on other aspects of the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale
(Bryant et al., 1993). Scores were particularly low for items involving dramatic
play (an important context for rich language use), cultural awareness, and
professional opportunities, suggesting that the children's language development
needs were not being served optimally. A study of 32 Head Start classrooms
similarly found the lowest scores for language and reasoning on the same test
(Bryant et al., 1993). Other studies have also focused on the language
environments in preschool classrooms (Phillips et al., 1987; Dickinson &
Smith, 1994; Dickinson et al., 1993). These studies suggest that the quality of
adult-child discourse is important, as is the amount of such interaction. One
study found that the amount of cognitively challenging talk that children
experience is correlated with the amount of time they talk with adults (Smith
& Dickinson, 1994). Given the importance of adult-child interaction, it is
disturbing that some children may rarely interact with a preschool teacher,
receiving little or no individualized attention (Kontos & Wilcox-Herzog,
1997). Modest enhancements of the quality of classroom experiences show positive
effects on children's language development and preliteracy skills (Whitehurst et
Finally, Neuman (1996) studied the literacy environment in child care
programs. Day care providers were targeted because of their role in providing
care for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; in many situations, the language
and literacy needs of these children are not the caretakers' primary concern.
Traditional caretaking tasks, such as keeping children safe, fed, and clean, are
often the main focus. Yet many of these children are in special need of early
language stimulation and literacy learning.
In one program, caretakers were given
access to books and training on techniques for (1) book selection for children
of different ages, (2) reading aloud, and (3) extending the impact of books. The
program was evaluated with a random sample of 400 3- and 4-year-olds who
received the intervention, as well as 100 children in a comparison group.
Results showed that literacy interaction increased in the intervention
classrooms; literacy interactions averaged five per hour before the intervention
and doubled after the intervention. Before the intervention, classrooms had few
book centers for children; after the intervention, 93% of the classrooms had
such centers. Children with caretakers who received the intervention performed
significantly better on concepts of print (Clay, 1979), narrative competence
(Purcell-Gates & Dahl, 1991), concepts of writing (Purcell-Gates, 1996), and
letter names (Clay, 1979) than did children in the comparison group. At
follow-up in kindergarten, the children were examined on concepts of print
(Clay, 1979), receptive vocabulary (Dunn & Dunn, 1981), concepts of writing
(Purcell-Gates, 1996), letter names (Clay, 1979), and two phonemic awareness
measures based on children's rhyming and alliteration capacity (Maclean et al.,
1987). On these measures, children in the reading-aloud group performed
significantly better on letter names, phonemic awareness, and concepts of
BEYOND LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Given the pervasive evidence
of differences in language and emergent literacy skills associated with class,
culture, and linguistic background, it is heartening that preschool has been
shown to benefit children's performance in school (Haskins, 1989). The number of
months that children spend in preschool has been found to be related to
achievement test scores in second grade, behavior problems in third grade, and
school retention in kindergarten through third grade (Pianta & McCoy, 1997).
A recent comprehensive review of early childhood programs for children from
low-income families concludes that preschool programs can produce large effects
on IQ during the early childhood years and sizable persistent effects on
achievement, grade retention, special education, high school graduation, and
socialization (Barnett, 1995).
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRESCHOOL EDUCATORS
Prevention of later
reading difficulties involves ensuring that families and group care settings for
young children offer experiences and support that make language and literacy
accomplishments possible. Parents and caregivers can:
* spend time in one-on-one conversation with young children;
* read books with children;
* provide writing materials;
* support dramatic play that incorporates literacy activities;
* demonstrate the uses of literacy; and
* maintain a joyful, playful atmosphere around literacy activities.
For most children, these simple primary prevention efforts will ensure that
they are ready for formal reading instruction.
Adapted from Snow, Catherine E.,
Burns, M. Susan, & Griffin, Peg (Eds.). (1998). Preventing reading
difficulties in young children. Washington, DC: National Research Council.
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This complete guide and hands-on will definitely work for you if you are going to set up an AWS Data lake in your organisation. A data lake is a centralized repository that allows you to store all your structured and unstructured data at any scale. You can store your data as-is, without having to first structure the data, and run different types of analytics—from dashboards and visualizations to big data processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning to guide better decisions.
Data in this universe is increasing drastically and it’s estimated that the global datasphere will grow to 175 zettabytes by 2025. Around 90% of the data is mostly unstructured or semi-structured data. There are many solutions to store and process structured data but when it comes to any form of the data be it structured/semi-structured or unstructured, then the data lake comes into the picture.
A data lake maintains data in its native formats and handles the three Vs of big data — volume, velocity, and variety — while providing tools for analyzing, querying, and processing. Data lakes eliminate all the restrictions of a typical data warehouse system by providing unlimited space, unrestricted file size, schema on reading, and various ways to access data (including programming, SQL-like queries, and REST calls).
Need of Data lake
If you are facing the below issues, then definitely you need to create an AWS Data lake.
- Businesses having too many data stores and not having any single source of data. Facing difficulties in fetching data from multiple sources
- Data is increasing day by day, too much spending on data storage.
- The structure of data is varying a lot. For example business having user audit data, IoT devices data, logs data, image gallery.
- Slow data analytics on big data.
By this, it would be clear to you that Data lake is a need for your organisation or not!
Now we have to choose the right Data lake Architecture!
Data Lake Architecture
Many companies use cloud storage services such as Google Cloud Storage and Amazon S3 or a distributed file system such as Apache Hadoop. For this blog, I’m going to use AWS Data lake as an example as it comes under the Free tier plan.
Data Lake Layers
A data lake can have any numbers of layers as it’s not a product or a tool, it’s a process. For our use case, we would be discussing the following layers.
Let’s go through each of them one by one. I know this would be an exciting part as no one really want’s to get the theory
AWS Data lake Hands-on
First, we will ingest our raw data as it is in the data lake, so for this use case, we would be using PostgresSQL table records. We will be ingesting all the records to the Data lake. Let’s create some big data in the Postgres table.
We would be creating a town table with random data like id, code, article and name and with the use of the generate_series function, we would be creating 100k records.
The data is looking something like below
Now our data is ready and all we need to do is to ingest this data in the data lake. So first we need to create a database in AWS Data lake to store all the unstructured and structured data.
Data Source Creation
To create new database follow the below steps:
- Open AWS Glue in AWS by typing AWS Glue in the search bar of AWS Console
- Click on databases on the left side then click on Add Database
- Enter the name of the database, for this use case we will use
AWS Glue Connection
To fetch the data from AWS RDS or any RDBMS we have to create a connection for that. To create a new connection follow the below steps
- Click on connections on the left side then click on Add Connections
- Type the name of the connection and choose the connection type, for this example we are choosing JDBC but you can also choose Amazon RDS
- Enter connection details like JDBC string, username, database_name, password. Amazon VPC, subnet of that database, security group for that Database
AWS Glue Crawler
Create a crawler that will create a data source table schema that will use for fetching the data from the actual DB in regular intervals.
To create a crawler follow the below steps.
- Click on crawler and click Add Crawler
- Enter the name of the crawler and click next
- Choose the default settings only
- Choose JDBC as connection type, choose the JDBC connection previously created and specify the path of the table from where we have to fetch the table schema
- Choose IAM role for Glue(I have used full access of Glue). Set the crawler frequency to Run on Demand as we are going to run whenever we want to create or update the table schema.
- Choose the already created database
- Now just run the crawler that we have just created. It will create a table schema that you can view in the tables section.
AWS Glue Job
Then create a job to fetch data from the JDBC connection at a particular interval and store them in Amazon S3 as the parquet file format.
To do so follow the below steps:
- Click on jobs on the left side of the AWS Glue console then click Add Job
- Enter the name of the job, assign role and just change the bookmark setting from disable to enable so that job will remember the last state of the data fetched so the data duplication will be avoided
- Choose a data source from where we have to fetch the data, we will choose the table schema created in the above steps
- For data target, click on create a table in data target. Then choose Amazon S3 as it’s the cheapest data source available. For format choose parquet format and specify the data target path.
- We can also change the target schema and save the job when finished.
- Now click on the save script dropdown and add a trigger for it.
- For this use case, we will daily fetch the data from the data source and put the data in data target i.e. S3
- Don’t forget to enable the bookmark
- As the trigger is created, now just manually run the job
Now the data is available in Amazon S3 in parquet format and the ingestion process is over. Next, we will start the distillation process
Fetch Data from AWS S3
- Create another crawler to fetch the data from S3 in parquet file format and will create a table out of it in AWS Glue
- Choose the data source as S3 and specify the exact path of the folder that is having all the data in parquet format.
- Once the crawler is created, just run the crawler. It will create a table that is having all the data that is in the parquet files in Amazon S3
- You can also check out the created table from the tables tab
Insights by AWS Athena
Now comes the most exciting part of the whole data lake. Insights are the stage where you have to query the data from the store using some query engine and create some beautiful dashboards on it.
- Open AWS Athena by typing on the search bar on the top
- Provide an output location for the result of the queries that we will be firing. Click on the settings that are on the top right side
- Specify a output S3 bucket path for the output data
You can choose any other data lake to provide like Azure or GCP that will not make any difference. But the only thing matter is what storage engine you are using. In my use case, I used Amazon s3 cause that is a hell of a lot cheaper than other options out there.
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Community leaders throughout the city organized a coordinated response, which the police, military and disconnected elected officials never could. Widespread confusion created by decentralized sources of destruction all around the city required a carefully networked response that was grounded in trusted community relationships.
Leaders put out calls on social media and through their own networks, and more than 1,000 residents showed up for a public meeting in Powderhorn Park. They created a plan for community defense that got shared on Facebook almost 8,000 times and crashed the website of the organization that hosted it.
Using social media and text chains among many households, neighbors looked after neighbors. They swept their alleyways to find fire accelerants that outsiders had planted, and reported to one another boxes of kindling doused with gasoline. They sat on their porches, asking strangers to account for themselves, and checking on one another. A group of Somali women chased a cluster of suspicious white men out of the Karmel Mall. Local pastors organized people to protect local grocery stores. Some groups organizing to protect local businesses had to arm themselves, but their focus was on defense. Ashley Fairbanks, an Indigenous Anishinaabe activist, helped organize people to create their own fire patrols. | <urn:uuid:47691411-1137-4638-a70c-caa6247ecf24> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hotair.com/headlines/2020/06/10/happened-minneapolis-police-lost-legitimacy-n359968 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.970704 | 246 | 2.765625 | 3 |
This summer, UW ECE labs are hosting five outstanding undergraduate students from across the country who are learning about neurotechnology through immersive research experiences, interactive courses and workshops. The students are part of a larger cohort placed at labs across the UW campus to take part in the Research Experience for Undergraduates through the Center for Neurotechnology. This 10-week summer program is funded by the National Science Foundation and facilitated by the Center, which is co-directed by UW ECE faculty members Rajesh Rao and Chet Moritz.
Julien Bloch, PhD student in the University of Washington Department of Bioengineering who works in the lab of Center for Neurotechnology faculty member Dr. Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad, was named the 2022 recipient of the CNT Best Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement. This award was established by Joseph and Anusha Fernando in 2020 to recognize and promote a technical paper authored by a CNT-affiliated student that makes identifiable contributions in neurotechnology or human-machine interaction.
In autumn quarter 2022, the University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering will offer a new degree program of a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BSECE). Participating students will be able to choose an academic Pathway in Neurotechnology where they will learn to develop devices and algorithms that interact directly with the nervous system.
The Center for Neurotechnology has been awarded a new National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) award. This REU Site award will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks each summer from 2022 to 2024. These undergraduate researchers, recruited from around the country, will work in CNT-associated laboratories to gain valuable experience in the fields of neural engineering and neuroscience.
The Center for Neurotechnology congratulates former CNT student member and recent University of Washington graduate James Rosenthal, who was named as recipient of the 2021 Yang Research Award for his work developing neurotechnology. Rosenthal received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering in 2018 and 2021, respectively. He is currently a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Geneva, Switzerland. | <urn:uuid:41c761bb-789f-418c-aff6-4aa533591aa4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://centerforneurotech.uw.edu/feature-stories | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.942173 | 459 | 2.0625 | 2 |
A United Nations human rights envoy says Burma's transition to democracy cannot begin until the ruling military releases political prisoners.
Speaking in Bangkok, Thailand (today / Monday), Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said Burma's military must release all political prisoners, especially elderly members of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, whose average age is 80.
The Brazilian diplomat said eight members of the NLD executive committee are under house arrest and a ninth, U Tin Oo, is in prison.
Mr. Pinheiro said Burma's military leaders told him during a six-day visit to Rangoon last week that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is not being held under any security law.
The envoy said that when visited the Nobel Peace prize laureate at her home, the pro-democracy leader said she would not accept any liberties for herself, until all her supporters detained five months ago are released.
Mr. Pinheiro said Burma's government told him they have set free eight of 35 senior NLD members detained during a crackdown on the party.
About 150 NLD members were taken into custody after a clash May 30th in northern Burma between NLD supporters and government groups.
The Brazilian diplomat called the incident a significant setback in the efforts to bring democratic reforms to Burma.
Mr. Pinheiro will present a report about Burma to the UN General Assembly later this week.
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A postcard titled “Never Forget the Shameful Peace at Versailles!,” 1930s.
After World War I, the German army felt it had been stabbed in the back by those in power. The Treaty of Versailles exceeded Germany's worst expectations. The bitter resentment which many Germans felt towards the Treaty of Versailles is explicit in this postcard. High above the Rhine, where the German eagle soars, "Germania" broods. Although her sword is at rest, it is ready, and her hand is on the hilt. The text on the bottom of the postcard translates to "Never forget the shameful peace of Versailles!" | <urn:uuid:8c3ad020-1f5e-4261-ad65-8fc7050d20fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/treaty-of-versailles-and-the-end-of-world-war-i/sources/1902?utf8=%E2%9C%93&tags=civil-war-and-reconstruction-1850-1877 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957643 | 139 | 3.609375 | 4 |
the family of the Kora
7-string bow-harp in pentatonic tuning, one plane of strings, played by the Diola people in Senegambia who call it also Furakaf
similar instruments are:
Bolon / Bolonbata
with 3-4 strings, very percussive sound, played mainly in Guinée, used as bass in orchestras
those are all originally hunter's harps of the Mande peoples and their neighbors
Donso Ngoni / Kamale Ngoni (Doussngouni)
|The Donso Ngoni is the instrument of the traditional hunters societies in Mali and Guinee - donso means hunting. Hunters use it at their ceremonies to accompany the long, epic stories about famous hunters and generally hunter's mythology. The Kamale Ngoni is technically just about the same, expect that some players prefer to mount guitar tuning pegs instead of the traditional tuning system where the strings are tied up on moveable rings knotted with shoelaces, similar to the Kora. Kamale means youth, so this is the youth's harp to play modern repertoire rather than the traditional songs. The instrument has 6 strings in two parallel planes with pentatonic tuning: C-D-F-G-Bb-c|
right hand: C-F-Bb, left hand: D-G-c (absolute pitch heights vary of course, right and left hand may be reversed).
The Kamale Ngoni is very popular in the Wassoulou music from South Mali (Oumou Sangare features Kamale Ngoni on her recordings).
The Kamale Ngoni is played with the left thumb and forefinger and the right thumb. The dampening technique of the right thumb used to stop the sound immediately after plucking the string and the syncopated patterns give the music a swinging drive.
(from Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso)
The Goni is played by Dioula people of Burkina Faso. The instrument is very similar to Kamale Ngoni, though somewhat larger.
Ngoni / Konting / Xalam
The Ngoni is not a harp but a lute ! There is much confusion about this name, Ngoni signifies string instrument which can be a harp or a lute but in Mali it is the proper name for this instrument that is found everywhere in the Sahel. Possibly this is the ancestor of the 5-string banjo (as some tunings and playing styles prove). The come in various sizes and pitch heights - Ngoni Ba, the big, deep one and Ngoni Micin, the small, highpitched one. Konting is the name in Mandinka and Xalam in Wolof language, the Tukulor call it Gambare, the Moors play the Tidinit, the Fula play the Molo, even the Gnaoua in Morocco play a bass variant of it called Sentir or Guimbri. The number of strings varies between 1 and 7. The most common type has 4 strings, 2 long ones and 2 short ones. The long ones ore shortened with left hand fingers like a guitar, the short ones are tuned to a certain note of the scale depending on the song being played. The playing technique specially for the right hand is very complicated and uses a lot of ornamentation, sound variations and also percussive knocking. Instruments with more than 4 strings have additional short strings to extend the tonal range. The Ngoni is probably the oldest of the Jaliya instruments, older than the Balafon and the Kora. For every typical song there is a special tuning with separate fingering. The Ngoni has a huge repertoire of songs both pentatonic (i.e. Bambara music in Mali) and heptatonic (Jaliya music compatible to Kora and Balafon). As it is a fretless lute, there are many exotic microtonal modes being used that can be played without retuning the strings for the intervals second, third, sixth, seventh. The fourth is either pure or sharp, the fifth and the octave are always pure. The tonal range depends on the tuning and on the number of additional short strings, normally notes between one octave and one octave plus a fifth can be played. Some players use finger picks for right thumb and forefinger.
A scheme of strings, tunings and fingerings will be given here for Ngoni afficionados:
this is the sight of the player looking on his instrument:
(additional short strings, higher than Dendiourou)
short string Dendiourou, the highest string, away from the player, plucked with right forefinger outward and inward
long string Diali Diourou, one fourth above Badiourou, plucked with right forefinger outward, shortened with left fingers
long string Badiourou, the deepest string, plucked with right thumb or forefinger outward, shortened with left fingers
short string Kodiourou, deeper than Dendiourou, close to the player, plucked with right thumb or forefinger outward
There are 2 playing modes:
Eridne means the octave of the tonal base of the song is on Kodiourou, thus being plucked with the right thumb mostly.
Diefoli means the octave is on Dendiourou, being plucked with the right forefinger.
An example for Diefoli, as used for the song Douga:
Diali Diourou is always one fourth higher than Bajourou, thse two strings are never altered when changing the tuning, only the short strings are affected. The tonal base is D on Badiourou with octave d on Dendiourou. These notes are often sounded together. The seventh c is on Kodiourou, the fourth G on Diali Diourou. The other notes of the scale are found shortening with left forefinger, middle finger and ring finger on Badiourou and Diali Diourou. Except the fifth A, which is always a pure fifth above the tonal base D, the other notes are variable depending on the microtonal mode ("somewhere between major and minor"). The tonal range is one octave.
Diali Diourou: G (A, B flat)
Badiourou: D (E, F)
The same tuning can be used for Eridne playing mode as used in the songs Lambang, Soundiata:
Here the octave is c on Kodiourou but there is no tonal base one octave below. Like in the song Douga there is a constant harmonic movement between C (major) and D (minor), but it depends on the playing mode which note is felt as tonal base. To establish the octave as the tonal base, the c on Kodiourou is often played together with a B on Diali Diourou that is dampened immediately after sounding to add a percussive accent to the c.
Another tuning used for the songs Kaira, Toutou, Bani:
Dendiourou is augmented by one halfnote to e flat. This is a Diefoli tuning, so E flat is the tonal base. This note is found on Badiourou first position ("1st fret") and is played together often with e flat on Dendiourou and with the fifth B flat on Diali Diourou third Position ("3rd fret"). The tonal range is one octave plus the deep seventh D on open Badiourou. There is no high seventh d - left hand fingers do not move to higher positions - so when playing the ascending scale there is an octave jump from the sixth c on Kodiourou down to the seventh D on Badiourou.
Dendiourou: e flat
Diali Diourou: G (A flat, B flat)
Badiourou: D (E flat, F)
Another tuning for pentatonic Bambara songs like Ndiarro, Nganubala:
Kodiourou is tuned to the octave d of open Bajourou D which is the tonal base. Only five notes and the octave are used in the scale. Often D, octave d and fifth A are sounded together.
Diali Diourou: G (A, c)
Badiourou: D (E also F, F sharp)
Another tuning for either pentatonic or heptatonic songs like Ouahadou Nyame:
Kodiourou is tuned to the octave of open Bajourou D which is the low fifth in this tuning. The tonal base is G on open Diali Diourou. Dendiourou is tuned to its octave g. So the long strings have their octaves in the short strings which gives a tonal range of one octave and one fifth.
Diali Diourou: G (A, B flat or B, c)
Badiourou: D (E, F or F sharp)
Well, there is much more to say about the Ngoni, the complicated tunings and the intricate playing techniques and styles of this magic instrument. Eventually this section will be continued ...
(Olivier Sambou, Cap Skirring, Senegal)
3-string bow-harp/lute combination instrument, played by the Diola people in the Casamance
The Electric Kora
Kora Bridge with pickup system and mixer
a prototype based on the 24-string Gravikord by Bob Grawi
I applied several modifications and adaptations to make a Kora out of it
strange feeling to play the Kora on steel strings using guitar effects ...
magnetic pickup system and mixer by Marcus Diess, Wavesound
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Playing with the filters on a telescope can show us amazing things. In a recent case, Japanese astronomers looked at the star Gilese 1214 in blue light and watched its “super-Earth” planet (Gliese 1214 b, or GJ 1214 b) passing across the surface from the viewpoint of Earth. The result — a probable detection of water in the planet’s atmosphere.
Observations with the Subaru Telescope using a blue filter revealed the atmosphere does not preferentially scatter any light. If the Rayleigh scattering had been observed, this would have shown hydrogen in the atmosphere, researchers said. (On Earth, Rayleigh scattering of the atmosphere makes the sky blue.)
“When combined with the findings of previous observations in other colors, this new observational result implies that GJ 1214 b is likely to have a water-rich atmosphere,” stated the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
This finding confirms work performed in 2010 (where scientists concluded the planet was mainly made of water) and adds on to information in 2012, where infrared measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope revealed a possible steamy waterworld under a thick atmosphere.
The planet is an ideal candidate for exoplanet observations because it is relatively close to Earth (40 light years away) and is about 2.7 times the size of our planet, allowing for possible comparisons between the worlds.
There’s still some debate over whether “super-Earths” are closer in nature to Earth or to Uranus or Neptune (each about four times Earth’s diameter), requiring scientists to scrutinize that class of exoplanets to learn more about their properties.
One area under investigation is where the super-Earths form. It is believed that planets arise out of a protoplanetary disk, or cloud of gas, ice and debris that surrounds a young star at the beginning of its life. Hydrogen is a big part of this disk, as well as water ice beyond the “snow line“, or the region in a planetary system where waning heat makes it possible for ice to form.
“Findings about where super-Earths have formed and how they have migrated to their current orbits point to the prediction that hydrogen or water vapor is a major atmospheric component of a super-Earth,” NAOJ stated. “If scientists can determine the major atmospheric component of a super-Earth, they can then infer the planet’s birthplace and formation history.”
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A few words from State Superintendent of Schools Lillian M. Lowery
Summer is in full swing, but Maryland educators are still busy. More than 7,000 teachers and administrators are taking part in Maryland's third and final round of Educator Effectiveness Academies, completing the largest professional development program in State education history. The Academies are preparing educators for full implementation of the Common Core State Standards this fall.
Eleven regional academies funded by Maryland's Race to the Top grant, are being held throughout the State. Some were held last month, three more got underway yesterday, and there are more to come. The academies involve teams of educators from all 1,450 Maryland public schools, as well as representatives from every college in the State. Academies also were held in 2012 and 2011.
This third round of academies is building school system capacity for full implementation of the Common Core State Standards and enhanced STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. Master teachers are focusing on the necessary shifts in instruction for both mathematics and English/language arts, examining resources available from the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), and applying best practices to classroom instruction. Principals will be examining best practices for observing Common Core and STEM-centric classrooms.
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While Maryland teachers aren't the only ones in school this summer. Some of Maryland's top students are taking part in the 2013 Maryland Summer Centers Program, which provide a variety of educational opportunities for the State's gifted and talented students. The program is in its 46th year.
Coordinated through the Maryland State Department of Education, in partnership with public and nonpublic agencies, the program provides the State's diverse gifted and talented student population with advanced, rigorous, experiential learning opportunities that nurture these students' talents and abilities within unique learning environments. Each Center is unique and interesting. For example, programs this week in the performing arts, creative writing, computer science, robotics, and space science.
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One of Maryland's great education resources are the local Judy Centers, which offer more than 12,000 children, ages birth through kindergarten, and their low-income families throughout the State high quality early childhood education programs. The Centers also provide critical services, such as full-day and full-year programs, healthcare, parenting education, early intervention services, and family engagement opportunities.
It is difficult for us to stop bragging about the Judy Centers. Data shows that children served by Judy Centers are more ready for school than their peers who did not benefit from the Judy Center experience. An early start in education, combined with the resources the centers offer, just makes good sense.
The annual Judith P. Hoyer Foundation Awards Celebration and Luncheon was held last week to honor those Judy Centers that have gone above and beyond in improving their partnerships over the past year. The Kent County Judy Center received the Most Improved Partnership Award, while the DRU Judy Center at the Historical Samuel Coleridge Taylor Elementary School in Baltimore received the Innovative Spirit Award. Congratulations to these two centers – and all of our local Judy Centers for the work they do.
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MSDE has released a great new resource on the Common Core State Standards. "The Top 10 Things Parents Need to Know about the Common Core State Standards" provides a snapshot on the important changes taking place in our classrooms. Take a Look! http://www.msde.state.md.us/w/Top10CCSSParents.pdf
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July 12-13 – Maryland PTA Meeting - Towson
July 23 – Maryland State Board of Education Meeting
News From The Board
June 25, 2013
Maryland approves the Next Generation Science Standards. The Board makes final amendments to its School Discipline report, and we get the latest on Race to the Top. All, plus Board Briefs and the Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year.
Judy Center Award - Kent County
July 2, 2013
The Judy Center at H.H. Garnett ES wins the award for Most Improved Partnership. The program grows from nine to 17 partners under the leadership of Coordinator Donna Bedell.
Judy Center Award - Baltimore City
July 2, 2013
The Judy Center at The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ES wins the award for Innovative Spirit. Coordinator Cathy Frazier and others talk about the Backpack program.
In the News
State Superintendent Says Maryland Headed in Right Direction
Learning About 9-11 in Special Summer Course
The Common Core and Data Collection Myths
National Public Radio
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STATE BOARD ADOPTS NEXT
GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS
The Maryland State Board of Education last month adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a new set of voluntary, rigorous, and internationally benchmarked standards for K-12 science education.
With the unanimous vote, Maryland became the fourth state to adopt the NGSS since they were released in April. The standards can be found here: http://www.nextgenscience.org
State Board member James DeGraffenreidt (center), along with member Donna Hill Staton (left) and Board President Charlene Dukes, discuss the Next Generation Science Standards.
The goal of the NGSS is to provide all students with a foundation in science that blends practice and content, allowing high school graduates to construct arguments based on scientific principles.
Planning for the introduction of the NGSS has already begun in Maryland. Full implementation is expected to be complete in time for the 2017-18 school year.
Dr. S. James Gates, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, John S. Toll Professor of Physics, and Director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland—who also serves on the State Board of Education—said the new standards represent a great leap forward.
“Until now, in-depth science education has been for an elite few. These standards will make it an integral part of education for every student,” said Dr. Gates. “These standards provide the foundation for the jobs of tomorrow. They can be the key to unlocking the American dream.”
Maryland is one of 26 states and their broad-based teams that have worked together for nearly two years on the standards, with a 41-member writing team and partners. The goal has been to develop standards identifying science and engineering practices and content that all K-12 students should master in order to be fully prepared for college, careers and citizenship.
The NGSS were built upon a vision for science education established by the Framework for K-12 Science Education, published by the National Academies’ National Research Council in 2011.
“This is science for everybody,” explained Dr. Stephen Pruitt, vice president of Achieve, Inc., who helped coordinate development of the Standards. “The standards will help students prepare for advanced level work.”
The development of the NGSS was entirely state-driven, with no federal funds or incentives to create or adopt the standards. The process was primarily funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a leading philanthropy dedicated to improving science education in the U.S.
The NGSS are grounded in a sound, evidence-based foundation of current scientific research—including research on the ways students learn science effectively—and identify the science all K–12 students should know.
DR. JACK SMITH JOINS MSDE
AS DEPUTY STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Longtime Maryland educator Dr. Jack Smith has been named Chief Academic Officer for the Maryland State Department of Education. The Maryland State Board of Education approved his appointment last month.
Dr. Jack Smith
Dr. Smith will provide leadership, guidance, administration, and supervision to MSDE’s continued efforts to strengthen student academic performance. He comes to MSDE from Calvert County, where he has spent the past seven years as Superintendent of Schools. He is the current Maryland Superintendent of the Year.
“Jack Smith has built his career working to improve learning and increase student achievement,” said State Superintendent of Schools Lillian M. Lowery. “He helped build the outstanding schools of Calvert County, as a superintendent, administrator, and principal. Nobody is more qualified to lead our efforts to strengthen every classroom in Maryland.”
Beginning his career as a teacher and administrator in Washington State, Dr. Smith later spent five years as a principal in Japan. In Calvert County, Smith spent time as a middle school principal, director of curriculum, and deputy superintendent before being named superintendent.
During his tenure in Calvert County, the system dramatically increased the number of students involved in AP and other rigorous academic programs. The system enhanced and modernized many of its Career and Technology Education programs, and led the planning and implementation of significant advances in the system’s middle and high school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs.
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The pressure is on to make the perfect holiday meal, and turkey is often the main feature. Many home cooks don’t prepare turkey on a regular basis, and when the time comes, they aren’t sure how to cook it. Luckily, there are several options for cooking turkey, and you can serve a wonderful bird every time if you remember a few key rules.
Commercially produced turkeys are bred for rapid weight gain, not flavor, so if you go this route, it’s up to you to develop flavor via your cooking method. Farm-raised heritage breeds offer fantastic flavor if you’re willing to spend a little extra money or raise your own.
The focus is usually on cooking the bird without rendering it dry. If overcooked, the white breast meat will dry out first, as it has less fat than dark meat. As long as the breast meat has enough moisture so that it isn’t dry or chewy, it will be fine. And a good rule of thumb for defrosting a frozen turkey is to let it thaw in the refrigerator one day per 5 pounds of bird.
The normal range for roasting a turkey is between 300 and 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Typically, birds are placed in a roasting pan, breast side up, and roasted at a constant temperature. If you have a small trivet you can place in the roasting pan beneath the turkey, use it.
As soon as the internal temperature of the bird reaches 165 degrees, it is safe to eat, but the best flavor develops when you let the internal temperature reach between 175 and 180 degrees. When doing so, you will sacrifice a small amount of moisture for more color, crisper skin, and deeper flavor.
When checking the internal temperature, probe at least two of the thickest parts of the turkey. The thigh and breast are ideal places. Don’t let the thermometer probe touch bone when you do this.
One fairly common variant on basic roasting is to preheat the oven above your target roasting temperature, then allow the bird to cook for 15 to 20 minutes before lowering the temperature to 300 or 350 degrees. The reason for this is to crisp the skin. However, in most cases, you can produce wonderfully crispy skin by roasting at a constant temperature.
You can also roast your bird on a grill or in a smoker at the same temperature, or lower the temperature to about 275 degrees and get a roasted flavor similar to oven roasting. Additionally, the meat and skin will have the flavor of being cooked over fire. Use an oven thermometer to monitor the temperature in your grill or smoker.
Low-temperature cooking and smoking
The flavor of wood smoke and the succulent juiciness of the meat cooked “low and slow” can be delicious. If you have a smoker, or are used to barbecuing on your grill, you can smoke a turkey at lower temperatures between 230 and 250 degrees. Low-temperature cooking takes longer, and the flavor of the turkey is different. A smoked turkey cooked around 230 degrees will have a ring of pink meat around the outside of the bird, and the skin will not have crisped to any appreciable degree. If you like crisp turkey skin, you can always finish the bird off in the oven, at a higher temperature, between 400 and 500 degrees, but be sure to monitor the color and remove the bird as soon as the skin browns and begins to crisp.
Oven-roasted turkeys cooked below 300 degrees have moister white meat, but can lack flavor. Likewise, the skin browns less and may not crisp up properly. If flavor is added with heavy basting, the results can still be good.
If you can cook turkey at lower temperatures for longer amounts of time, is it possible to cook it at higher temperatures (500 degrees) for less time? The answer is yes – if you’re careful. High-temperature roasting produces a very flavorful bird, but there are a couple potential pitfalls.
To roast the bird at 500 degrees, you need a clean oven and a shallow roasting pan that can withstand high temperatures. (If the oven isn’t clean, leftover food will smoke while the bird is roasting.) This method works best on turkeys less than 15 pounds.
In order to roast the bird at high temperatures, it must be thoroughly thawed and warmer than refrigerator temperature (38 degrees Fahrenheit). Let it sit at room temperature for two hours prior to roasting, or place the bird in tepid water and let it sit for 20 to 30 minutes. Do not stuff the turkey.
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Place the bird, breast side up, in your pan, and add a small water pan on the rack below the turkey. Place the turkey in the oven, and let it cook, undisturbed, until it is almost done. If you have a thermometer probe you can leave in the turkey, use that as an indicator. If not, watch the skin of the turkey as it browns. Remove the turkey when it reaches 165 degrees. The temperature will actually continue to rise a bit after you take the bird from the oven.
Wait to season the bird until after it is out of the oven. You can add salt before cooking, but other spices may burn at high temperatures. Let the bird rest for 10 to 20 minutes before carving.
Birds in the 8- to 10-pound range are the best for frying. The most common way to fry a turkey is outside, using a propane burner and large pot. Turkey fryer combos are sold at many sporting goods stores and contain all the hardware you will need: propane burner, pot, and turkey holder or frying basket. Frying a turkey can be fun, but it can also be dangerous.
If a turkey is not completely thawed when placed in hot oil, the ice will quickly turn into steam, and hot oil will spray out of the top of the cooker. This can cause serious injury, and the oil can catch fire when it drips into the propane burner. If you have too much oil in your pot, it will overflow when the turkey is lowered into it and catch fire. Turkey frying accidents are responsible for numerous injuries and home fires every year. However, if you are reasonably safety minded, you can fry a turkey with no problems.
The day before you plan to fry your turkey, place the frozen bird, still in its wrapper, in the pot. Pour water over it until it is fully submerged. This will help you determine how much oil you will need to use. Remove the bird from the pot and return it to the refrigerator, dump the water, and dry the pot thoroughly.
The day you plan to fry the bird, set up your propane cooker a reasonable distance from your house, on a level, fire-resistant surface. Place a large sheet of cardboard under the propane cooker to catch the inevitable oil spatter. Take the turkey out of the refrigerator and let it stand for 30 minutes to 2 hours at room temperature. After the allotted time, make sure the turkey is completely thawed and that there are no ice crystals in the cavity.
Wear heat-resistant gloves and a thick, long-sleeved shirt. Safety goggles are also a good idea. Add your oil to the pot, and heat it to 375 degrees. While the oil is heating, pat the turkey dry inside and out, and then place it in the holder or basket. The holder will have a handle to lower the turkey into the oil.
When the oil reaches the correct temperature, turn off the burner and slowly lower the bird into the pot until submerged. Always have the burner off whenever the bird is being moved. Clean up any spilled oil, and then restart the burner and begin frying.
As with roasting, there are guides that tell you how long to fry birds of various weights – usually 3 to 5 minutes per pound. The temperature of the oil will drop when the bird is first submerged. Bring it back up to 350 degrees and hold it there while frying.
At the end of the allotted time, set out a serving platter, turn off the burner, and slowly lift the bird out of the oil. Place the bird on the platter, and check its internal temperature. It should be between 175 and 180. If it’s not, return the bird to the pot and continue frying until done. It takes a lot of oil to fry a turkey, and peanut oil is a good choice, both for flavor and because it can be reused three or four times.
Whether your preferred method is roasting, smoking or frying, you’re now set to impress family and guests on the big day with a delicious, perfectly cooked turkey.
Many methods for cooking turkey include recipes that go beyond the bird. Here’s a run-down of common cooking techniques and how they affect the final product.
Filling the cavity with bread stuffing used to be de rigueur, or proper etiquette, but today many popular cooking information sources recommend against it. While cooking bread stuffing inside the bird adds extra flavor to the stuffing – and saves space in a crowded oven – it also increases the cooking time and can even be a health hazard if the stuffing does not reach a safe internal temperature of 165 degrees. If you’ve always done it this way and like it, don’t be dissuaded – just be sure that the stuffing gets thoroughly cooked.
Many old-school roasting recipes call for extensive basting. The turkey may be basted with pan drippings, butter, oil, or a combination of these things. Basting can give the skin a shiny glaze and add flavor. However, this comes at the expense of opening the oven door repeatedly. This lets out steam, which partially counteracts one of the reasons for basting – keeping the breast meat moist. It also lets heat escape, requiring a longer roasting time, and as moisture is applied to the skin, it can prevent the skin from reaching a desirable level of crispness.
Unless your basting liquid adds a flavor you particularly enjoy, you can skip this step. Leave the oven door shut, and preserve the steam and heat in the oven. Sometimes simpler is better.
Draping or tenting
Some recipes call for draping the turkey in a butter- or oil-soaked tea towel, which is removed near the end of roasting. Other recipes call for an aluminum foil “tent” to be placed over the breast meat near the end of roasting. In both cases, the intent is to preserve moisture in the breast meat. (In the case of the towel, some flavor is also added.) As with basting, though, opening the oven counteracts the effects of tenting or draping. In both cases, the skin is likely to be less crisp than if you just roast the bird undisturbed.
As the turkey roasts, liquid from the pan creates steam in the oven, grill or smoker. The more steam present, the less moisture the bird loses to evaporation. You can ensure that the level of humidity in your oven is at a favorable level by adding a water pan to your oven. Any oven-safe dish can be filled finger-deep with water and placed anywhere in the oven.
If you roast your bird with a water pan, don’t repeatedly open the oven door during roasting. Set a timer for the appropriate amount of time, and you won’t have to worry about the white meat being too dry. In addition, the level of humidity will not prevent the skin from crisping properly. This simple solution solves most problems turkey cooks worry about.
Brining, or soaking, before cooking is quite popular these days, especially for grilled or smoked turkey. Turkey can be brined in a solution of salt and liquid, usually about 1 cup of coarsely ground salt per gallon of liquid. The liquid can be water, broth, cider, beer or almost any flavored liquid. Some brine recipes contain a lot of ingredients, but keep in mind that a simple water and salt solution will do everything you need the brine to do. Brining does not make the meat overly salty, but allows moisture and flavors to penetrate the meat.
Turkey fryer kits often include large, food-grade syringes that allow you to inject the meat with broths, brines or spice solutions. If this sounds like a good idea to you, give it a try.
You may have heard of grilling beer-can chicken – this is the same exact idea, only with turkey. If you are roasting a turkey in the 9- to 13-pound range, you can roast, grill or smoke the bird upright by setting it on an empty – or even partially filled – aluminum or tin can.
Cooking the bird upright has a couple of great benefits. First, the skin is crisped all around the bird. (If you roast a turkey lying on its back, the back skin will be soggy unless it’s elevated in the roasting pan.) Second, the breast meat is farther away from the heat, so you don’t have to worry about the white meat overcooking before the dark meat is done.
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In this tutorial we are going to lesson about different types of Diodes. Types of diode include Small Signal Diodes, Schottky Diodes, Zener Diodes, Tunnel Diodes, Light Emitting Diodes, Avalanche Diodes, etc. This is a note about different types of diode and basic operation.
The diode is a two terminal electronics device that conduct in only one direction. This means it is a unidirectional component. The basic use of diode is switching and rectifying an electrical signal. The diode is use in also various types of applications like communication, digital electronics and many more. The most of the diode is made of silicon but in other case the Ge (germanium) is also used.
Introduction Types of diode
The diode is two terminal electronics component that rectify the electrical signal. It is a unidirectional component that allows only one direction of flow of current. Most of the diode is made of silicon material but in some case the Germanium and Gallium Arsenide are use.
The terminal name of diode is anode and cathode. The anode terminal is positive and cathode is negative terminal of diode. The diode operation can be classified in two way o ways:
- If anode has higher potential than cathode, then we call the diode is Forward Bias and it allows current to flow in diode.
- If cathode has higher potential than anode, then we call the diode in Reverse Bias and it doesn’t allow current to flow through diode.
The different type of diode has different type of characteristic and that required a different voltage. For example the conventional PN junction silicon type of diode has 0.7V knee voltage and Germanium diode has 0.3V.
The main operation of diode is use in ratification. The rectification is a process in which the alternating current converts in direct current. Since the diode can only allow the positive half of the AC cycle and block the negative half of the AC cycle.
Different Types of Diodes
There are different types of diode. The types of diode is depends upon their construction and uses. The different types of diode are shown below:
Types of diode and symbol
The different type of diode is explained below. Let us now see about few common types of diodes one by one.
Small Signal Diode
This is a small device which is made of silicon or germanium type material but its characteristics are dependent on the doping material. It is use in general purpose diode applications parametric amplifiers, high switching and many more other type of applications. It is a conventional diode.
Peak Reverse Voltage (VPR) – It is the maximum reverse voltage of diode before it breaks down.
Reverse Current (IR) – when the diode is reverse bias a small current flow through it. This current is called reverse current.
Reverse Recovery Time – The time required for reverse current to fall down to IR.
Large Signal Diode
The large signal diode is a large PN region. It is use in reticulation process. In large signal diode the depletion width is increase with increase the reverse voltage. This diode is not suitable for high frequency.
The use of large signal diode is
- Power Supplies
- Rectifiers, converter,
- Battery charging devices,
The performance of this diode is high so it is use in those place where the high voltage and current are required.
It is most use full diode in voltage regulator that provides a stable voltage in circuit. It is operated in reverse direction and break down on the arrival of a certain voltage. When current passing through the resistor is limited, a stable voltage is generated. It is widely using in power supply for stable the voltage. The Zener diode is a passive element and firstly introduce by Clarence Zener in 1934,
Applications of Zener Diode
There are some applications of a Zener diode are given below:
- It is used as a voltage regulate where the constant voltage required.
- over-voltage safeguarding
- It is used in clipping circuits
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
The LED is a light emitting diode is one of most standard types of diode. When the diode is connected in forward direction than the current start flow from the anode terminal to cathode terminal through the junction and generates the light. The LED diode is use to convert electrical energy into light energy. First production started in 1968. It is use in special type of application. Over the years, the cost of the LEDs has fall down. They are extremely power efficient LEDs as the main source of lighting in homes, , streets (for street lighting as well as traffic lights), offices, automobiles car, mobile phones etc.
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Constant Current Diodes
Another name of constant current diode is current regulating diode, current limiting diode or diode connector transistor. The use of constant current diode is to regulate the voltage at a particular current
The Schottky diode is an electronics component. It is a metal semiconductor diode with very small junction. Due to very small junction, it has low forward voltage. Forward voltage drop across junction 0.2v – 0.35v. This low forward voltage drop is the cause of fast switching speed and batter system efficiency. The barrier potential of Schottky diode is 0.4 volt.
The function of Schottky diode BA 157 in SMPS circuit is fast switching rectification of power supply converter inverter and freewheeling diode for diode for consumer.
It is used in various type of application like detector diode, mixer and radio frequency etc. it is useful in power because of low forward voltage drop due to this power losses become low as compare to PN junction diode. Also, it produces less unwanted noise compare to the normal p-n junction diode. Sometime it is also known as Schottky barrier diode or hot carrier diode, majority carrier device, hot-electron diode and barrier diode. it was invented by the German physicist Walter H. Schottky. It is a semiconductor diode not exactly the conventional PN junction diode. The conventional PN junction diode has two type of material but the Schottky diode has diffusion of semiconductor and metal. The metal use in this diode has high conductivity, basically the material use in Schottky diode are gold, chromium, tungsten, molybdenum, platinum, or certain silicates. Semiconductor material is silicon. The symbol of Schottky diode is as shown below.
There is a large Application of in electronics industry, use in various types of electronics products.
- Rectifier-It is use in rectifier circuit for convert alternating current to pulsating direct current.
- Voltage clamping –The forward voltage drop in PN junction diode of above 0.6V (Si) 0.2V (Ge) while the its voltage drop in forward region around 1mA is in the rage of 0.15 V to 0.46V which is good for voltage clamping application and protect the transistor saturation. It has higher current density.
- Reverse current and discharge protection–It has low forward voltage dope and less energy is wasted as heat. Due to this it is more efficient. In photovoltaic system to prevent discharging from battery to solar panel at night, called “blocking diodes”.
- RF mixer and detector diode– It has high switching speeds. Which is suitable for us in radio frequency application like RF mixer and detector
- In Solar cell applications, it is useful component.
- Power rectifier applications.
- Reverse current and discharge protection.
- It is used in Switched-mode power supplies.
The tunnel diode is also called Eaki diode. The semiconductor diode has “negative resistance” characteristics. Property and this effect are called tunneling. The tunnel diode is a heavily doping of normal PN diode that is about 10 nm wide. Heavy doping is cause of broken band space, where the electron of the conduction band is more or less aligned with the valence band holes. The tunnel diode is a negative resistance element. The doping concentrations of P and N region in range of 1024 – 1025 m-3.
The symbol of tunnel diode is as shown below.
The advantages of a tunnel are given below −
- This diode has high switching speeds.
- It is operating high frequencies range..
The disadvantages of a tunnel are given below −
- It is low power semiconductor devices.
- Tunnel diodes are a slightly costly.
Applications of a tunnel diode are given below −
- Tunnel is used in relaxation oscillators.
- It is also used in microwave oscillators.
- It is used as Ultra high speed switching device.
- It is used as logic memory storage device in computer.
7. Varactor Diode
The varactor diode is reverse biased P-N junction whose capacitance is change in accordance with the applied reverse voltage across its terminal. The varactor diode is an electronics small component in which having two terminals one is anode and other is cathode. The diode can only work in one direction so it is called unidirectional component. In this tutorial we will discuss about variant of the diode.
“It is a variable capacitor type diodes whose capacitance value is changes with respect to voltage in a circuit and it is also known as varicap. It is a voltage dependent capacitor.”
SYMBOL OF VARACTOR DIODE
The symbol of varactor diode is shown below. It has two terminals one is anode terminal and other is cathode terminal. In the figure the one end show the diode and other end shows the two parallel lines that means conductive plates of the capacitor and the gap is dielectric material.
ADVANTAGES OF VARACTOR
The advantage of varactor is given below-
- It generates less noise as compared to the other diode.
- It is economical and reliable.
- The varactor is small in size and light in weight.
Varactor is a import in our daily life. Some applications of varactor are given below.
- It is used in RF design arena and provides a method of varying the capacitance.
- It provides them with special capability due to which varactor diodes are used in the RF industry.
- It is possible to tune filters by using varactor diodes. Tracking the frequency of incoming received signals.
- Voltage-controlled oscillators are used for many applications and oscillators within a phase-locked loop are the major region. Voltage-controlled oscillators are present in almost all wireless receivers and radio.
People ask question about Types of diode
Which type of diode used in amplifier?
Small Signal Diodes are used in general purpose diode applications, high speed switching, parametric amplifiers and many other applications.
What is diodes and its types?
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1984 Boston Celtics
The Celtics came up on the right side of their rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers in a hard-fought seven games. Things were close, at first, with the Lakers clinching a 115-109 victory in Game 1. Boston bounced back with a Game 2 victory, 124-121.
The Lakers claimed a 33-point blowout over Boston in Game 3 to send the Celtics into a 1-2 hole heading into the critical Game 4 — which the Celtics won despite a 32-point performance from Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The rivalry between Abdul-Jabbar and Larry Bird provided plenty of entertainment throughout.
A double-double from Bird (34 points, 17 rebounds) gave the Celtics a commanding 121-103 win in Game 5. A game-high 30-point performance from Abdul-Jabbar helped the Lakers to win Game 6.
But the Celtics would have the last word with a 111-102 Game 7 win, for the trophy. Bird was crowned Finals MVP king.
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Since time immemorial, man has been evolving with his eating habits. However, people in olden days were much healthier than what you and I are today. It is because they mostly consumed meats, nuts vegetables and fruits. This diet helped them stay healthy without suffering from lifestyle diseases. Paleo diet works on the same principle and requires one to eat only fruits, vegetables or meat.
Food items such as flour, sugar, oil and dairy are considered to be inflammatory foods. These food items may weaken the immune system of our body, thus causing diseases such as cancer, diabetes or heart ailments. The Paleo diet requires you to stay away from these inflammatory foods.
Common Food You Need To Avoid In The Paleo Diet
- Processed Foods
Processed foods are not fresh food items. For this reason, you cannot term them as real food. They contain very low nutrition and if anything, they can only cause harm to your body in the long run. When kept wrapped in plastic bags for a long time, these foods may turn toxic, thus harming your body.
- Refined Sugar
Refined sugar can cause your blood sugar levels to rise at a rapid rate. As a result, you may show early symptoms of diabetes or obesity. Refined sugar does not consist any sort of vitamins or minerals, hence it should be avoided.
- Dairy Products
Dairy products such as cow, buffalo or goat milk can sometimes trigger allergies and autoimmune conditions in people.
Quinoa, wheat, barley etc. are not exactly healthy for our bodies specially if taken in large amount. Doctors say that these grains could be one of the primary reasons why some people suffer from diabetes and heart diseases. Grains contain a high level of carbohydrates and also an imbalanced proportion of Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids that can cause or aggravate heart ailments. | <urn:uuid:39ecfbdb-8844-4e2c-9ff5-bded8f8247ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://plaintips.com/what-not-to-eat-on-the-paleo-diet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.953844 | 379 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that some baby bottles contain chemicals that can cause health problems for babies? If so, how can I find alternatives that are safer? – Amy Gorman, Berkeley, Calif.
No links connecting specific human illnesses to chemicals oozing out of baby bottles have been proven definitively. Nonetheless, many parents are heeding the call of scientists to switch to products with less risk. A 2008 report by American and Canadian environmental researchers entitled “Baby’s Toxic Bottle” found that plastic polycarbonate baby bottles leach dangerous levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a synthetic chemical that mimics natural hormones and can send bodily processes into disarray, when heated.
All six of the leading brands of baby bottles tested – Avent, Disney/The First Years, Dr. Brown’s, Evenflo, Gerber and Playtex – leaked what researchers considered dangerous amounts of BPA. The report calls on major retailers selling these bottles – including Toys “R” Us, Babies “R” Us, CVS, Target, Walgreens and Wal-Mart – to switch to safer products.
According to the report, BPA is a “developmental, neural and reproductive toxicant that mimics estrogen and can interfere with healthy growth and body function.” Researchers cite numerous animal studies demonstrating that the chemical can damage reproductive, neurological and immune systems during critical stages of development. It has also been linked to breast cancer and to the early onset of puberty.
So what’s a concerned parent to do? Glass bottles are a tried-and-true chemical-free solution, and they are widely available, though very breakable. To the rescue are several companies making BPA-free plastic bottles (out of either PES/polyamide or polypropylene instead of polycarbonate). Some of the leaders are BornFree, thinkbaby, Green to Grow, Nuby, Momo Baby, Mother’s Milkmate and Medela’s. These brands are available at natural foods stores, directly from manufacturers or from online vendors.
Most of the major brands selling BPA-containing bottles are now also offering or planning to offer BPA-free versions of their products. Consumers should read labels and packaging carefully to make sure that any product they are considering buying says unequivocally that it does not contain the chemical.
Unfortunately, switching to a BPA-free bottle is no guarantee the chemical won’t make its way into your baby’s bloodstream anyway. BPA is one of the 50 most-produced chemicals in the world. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), it is used in everything from plastic water jugs labeled #7 to plastic take-out containers, baby bottles and canned food liners. It is so omnipresent that the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has found that 95 percent of Americans have the chemical in their urine.
Also, nursing mothers – especially those who haven’t discarded their old BPA-containing Nalgene water bottles – may be passing the chemical along through their breast milk. And if that weren’t enough, BPA is also used in the lining of many metal liquid baby formula cans. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) has posted email links to the consumer affairs offices of the major formula manufacturers so concerned parents can ask them to remove BPA from their product offerings and packaging.
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It's finally February and you might have seen that this year, instead of it being 28 days long, it's actually 29 as 2016 is a leap year.
But why do we have leap years? Where did they come from? And why is it deemed acceptable for women to propose when we have February 29?
Here is everything you need to know about leap years and the origins explained. Plus what happens if you're born on February 29 and it's not a leap year.
Why do we have leap years?
We have leap years nearly every four years, which means instead of having 365 days of the year we have 366.
The extra day is added to February as it is the shortest month of the year and so the leap day is on February 29.
Leap years are needed to align our modern day Gregorian calendar year with the solar year, or the length of time that it takes the Earth to complete its orbit around the sun. This takes around 365¼ days (officially 356.242).
This means that if we didn’t add an extra day every four years, we would lose around six hours from our calendar each year, and every 100 years, our calendar would be out of line by 24 days.
Where did the idea of leap years come from?
The Gregorian calendar is closely based on the Julian calendar which was introduced by Roman ruler Julius Caesar, but he only had one rule and that was that any year that was evenly divisible by 4 would be a leap year.
As the solar year is only .242 days longer than the calendar year, this led to too many leap days and so instead of the extra day falling on March 11, by the 16th Century it was falling on March 21.
In 1592, Pope Gregory XIII then adjusted the calendar to the Gregorian one that we know and use today. He moved the date of the additional leap day forward by 11 days and introduced the rule that a century year can only be a leap year if it is divisible by 400.
This solved the problem of having too many leap years.
Why do people say women can propose during a leap year?
One story, an old Irish legend, says that the tradition dates back to the 5th century when St Brigid complained that women had to wait a long time for men to ask for their hand in marriage.
She then made a deal with St Patrick that women could propose every four years on the extra leap day.
The first recorded female proposal was in Scotland in the 13th century, where it is said that a law was passed that stated that any man who refused a proposal on leap year must pay a fine or buy the woman 12 pairs of gloves.
This was so that she could wear the gloves to hide the embarrassment of not having an engagement ring.
If someone is born on February 29, what day do they celebrate their birthday on when it is not a leap year?
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Each of your personal OS lab account (with username userXXX) comes with 50MB of disk space only. 50MB is more than enough for CS2106. However, if you (or the student from previous year) played with Linux (e.g., tried launching a media player), files might be generated on the disk and ate up your disk space.
If suddenly things start to act unexpectedly, you should check your disk usage. The command to run is “du -h ~” If you have 50MB of files, it is time to clean up some files.
To find out which directory occupies the most disk space, run “du ~ | sort -n”. This will sort your directories in increasing order of disk usage. You can then remove the culprit if the directory it is not needed by cs2106.
You should “man du” and “man sort” to find out what the options -h and -n means respectively.
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After nearly two years of navigating life during a pandemic, many Texans thought the first holiday season after vaccines became widely available would be relaxing and filled with friends and relatives. But the omicron variant of COVID-19 has upended the holidays for many Texans as they’ve spent the week scrambling for COVID tests, delaying plans and worrying about relatives who have been exposed to the virus — or already tested positive for it.
The rapid rise of the omicron variant has sent Texans clamoring for a quick and easy way to get some peace of mind via a negative test result. But drug stores like CVS and Walgreens report that tests, which cost roughly between $10 and $40 dollars, have been widely out of stock or in short supply nationwide for months.
Meanwhile, demand is soaring for free testing at city- and county-run sites. While many public health officials say they have not reached testing capacity at their free, public sites even as they’ve seen demand jump, at least one local official told The Texas Tribune they had started to experience shortages.
“There’s a lot more demand for testing than there is capacity for testing,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. “We made a request to the state for 5,000 additional tests and I don’t believe at this moment we’ve heard back from them yet.”
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Talent in Year 5
We had a great time today watching our talented youngsters in Year 5. We performed our acts in classes ready for tomorrows Candelby Lane X Factor.
DT in Year 5!
For the past term, year 5 have been working on some amazing jigsaws. At first, we had to make the boxes, which we found a little tricky but soon got the hang of it! We had to have accurate measurements otherwise our box wouldn't stack; that's what made it tricky.
The next week we had all the wood and were raring to go. As we had to do the outlines of our pictures first, so we got our pens and got going. Soon we were done and were all excited about painting.
Our pictures looked great and we were excited but nervous about the cutting - see in our pictures below.
Our ninja moves
Some memories from our inspirational trip to the Space Centre.
Our Year 5 Summer news letter
Our launch into SPACE!! On Monday Year 5 launched into space in our very own rocket! They enjoyed lots of exciting activities including: guess the planet, admire Tim Peak's digital images and walk on the moon! Here are some children experiencing what it was like to walk on the moon!
What a fantastic return year 5 have had! Even though it has been assessment week the children have worked their socks off with a positive, enthusiastic attitude! A massive well done!
Science and problem solving week
The children in Year 5 have been looking at why we have a new £5 note. The reasons being safer, stronger and cleaner!
We have tested a range of plastics and paper to see which is stronger. Some interesting ideas.
We are looking forward to launching our paper aeroplanes
We are checking that we know our word lists from Year 3 and Year 4 . Some children have been given their own list and some children are focusing on the Year 5 kites. They are all in the Link up book or can be seen below.
What a busy half term everyone had. It was great to hear the stories. A busy time is store for your children. Some children are starting their Level 2 cycling on a Thursday morning, 5D are ice skating on a Friday afternoon, It's world book day tomorrow and the year 5 team can't wait to see those costumes. Look out for the world book day voucher coming home tomorrow.
Inspired by the Greeks, our new class text in Year 5 is Percy Jackson.
What a fantastic day we had!
The children made Greek masks and we all got covered in pva glue.
Monday 9th January is our Greek Day.
We are looking forward to lots of fun and excitement, as the children always enjoy our themed days. Look out for the photos.
Happy New Year and welcome back Year 5. The children have been amazing this week and have been so ready to learn about our new topic the Ancient Greeks.
These are some pictures of the drama today, where the children had to identify the Greek myth from the freeze frame.
As part of coding week, Year 5 have been creating their own maps and writing algorithms to create specific instructions. Super coding!
Our amazing confident Year 5 children performing their 'Panto Pandemonium' production. They've worked hard for four weeks, rehearsing and singing. A huge well done to all our FANTASTIC superstars!!!!
Following parents evening, I have added some information about using a maths programme called Mymaths. Homework has been and will be set on this throughout the year.
To log on, you need to load up WWW.mymaths
Year 5 have been reading an amazing book based on a true story . It is about a boy called Jim Jarvis, who got separated from his sisters. Sadly his mum and dad had passed away . Jim was put into a workhouse where he met a boy called Tip . He had a new life and a new start.
Year 5 baking for Friday's Cake and a Smile
Welcome to Year 5.
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Why to study in Hungary?
Why to choose us?- Hungary offers affordable tuition fees and living costs in European Union and Schengen area; - Number of Nobel Prize Winners and scientific inventors got their education here; - We are official recruitment partner of the most Hungarian Universities which offer international programmes to foreigners; - Easier admission procedure and less documents for getting acceptance; - Hungary offers different type of scholarships for foreigners;- Lots of education programmes are offered in English and German languages;- Hungarian embassies issue education visas easier than other European Union and Schengen Member States;
- Residence permit issued in Hungary for foreign students allows them to travel to other Schengen countries without any visa;
- Number of low costs flights connect Hungarian cities to other countries and popular travel destinations;
- Employment opportunities in European Union during education years and after graduation, etc. | <urn:uuid:e45ec1f0-5dbd-407a-ab27-ed63cbe35e36> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.study-hungary.com/why-to-study-in-hungary | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.928207 | 175 | 1.75 | 2 |
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Todor Dimov: "clay vessels and a string made of dentalium - from different tombs of the necropolis at Durankulak - late New Stone - early Stone-Copper Ages (the beginning of the 5th millennium B.C.) - cultures of Hamangia IV - Varna I." -
These strings are elements of a style. They are like a thermometer for taking the temperature of the spiritual fever of an unknown culture.
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Why it is
"Wonderland" | The Bulgarians' Land
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Yes, you heard that right! Evabond aluminium composite panels help reduce the consumption of electricity when you put on your air-conditioners during this blazing summer heat. And how do Evabond panels manage it? Let's understand.
Polyethelene is used in the making of Evabond ACP sheets. What this Ployethelene does is that it does not allow the heat to penetrate through, since it is an insulating material by nature. This characteristic of insulation comes as a great relief during summers, especially in countries like India where mercury usually crosses 40 degrees Celsius. There are many different types of glass available in the market that help keep the interiors cool. But an aluminium composite panel is at a different level altogether. Being one of the best ACP sheets in the market today, Evabond is on a higher pedestal, given the attractive colours and stylish look that it comes with. The air-conditioners will breathe relief as the outside heat will not affect the interiors as much. This results in BIG saving of electricity bills in the summer season. India experiences hot weather during most part of the year. Imagine then the savings that you can make by choosing to install Evabond aluminium sheets.
Adding to that, Evabond is a maintenance-free product. You save on that as well! The coating and its finish, as discussed in earlier articles, retain their sheen for more than 15 years.
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The legal system helps to prevent people from making decisions that would cause a negative impact to themselves or to the rest of society. And as great as it is, sometimes we can find ourselves on the wrong side of things. Here are some of the most used legal terms and why you should know what they mean.
A disposition is a type of statement which can be used in a court of law and it is taken under oath. Depositions are used as evidence in a court of law and are often taken by lawyers and court reporters on behalf of the court to ensure the correct evidence is presented at a trial. They are a form of oral evidence which has been transcribed to written testimony. There are certain things which you can refuse to answer as part of a deposition such as private and privileged information.
This is the person to put the lawsuit in motion. This term does not mean that the plaintiff is the victim, and doesn’t prove that they are right just because they brought a lawsuit to court. A plaintiff is a person who believes that they have been wronged in some way and need to prove it in a court of law in order to receive compensation or charge someone with negligence.
This is the person who the lawsuit is against. A defendant does not have to be one person, it can be a group of people or a company. The job of the defendant is to defend the case against them and try to prove that they are not responsible for the items in the lawsuit. It is up to the prosecutor to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of the accusations that have been presented by the court which is why you may need some relentless criminal defense attorneys on your side.
This is a term that you might know better as “no win, no fee” services. This is the fee that your lawyer receives if your case is successful. It is normally a percentage of the amount that has been recovered for their client. The amount that your lawyer receives and the percentage are normally negotiated at the first consultation when they decide if they can represent your case or not..
In law, discovery is slightly more complicated than learning stuff, but essentially that is what it is. It is the formal process that everyone goes through to exchange information about the case as they prepare for trial. So this can be witness statements, photographic evidence, and witnesses that might be called upon. Dispositions are normally used as part of the discovery in a legal case.
A motion is a term you may have heard but not been sure what it really means. In simple terms, a motion is a request that is made to a judge by an attorney before the trial.Motions are a very important aspect of the legal process as they can affect the outcome of the trial. For example, if you are going through a divorce and need to sort out who has the kids, a custody motion can be put in place for a temporary arrangement until the court case has concluded.
There are four types of negligence which are covered by the law. This includes gross negligence, and this is when someone causes pain or death to a person through reckless behaviour that any reasonable person would dare to commit. This term is used in many personal claim cases when someone has been injured.
This is a term you may have heard before, especially if you watch a lot of lawyer based shows. Medical malpractice is a term that is used to describe the actions of a doctor or medical practitioner which is outside of the norms of the profession and they cause injury or death. This is a very specific type of law that requires experts in medicine to examine the evidence to see if there has been an error.
This is the type of case that nobody wants to have to deal with. A wrongful death suit is when a death is investigated to see if there had been negligence or misconduct. These types of lawsuits are very hard on the plaintiff as it can mean reliving the details of a loved ones demise over and over again. There can be a criminal prosecution and a civil suit that can come from an investigation into a wrongful death.
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Coal has been at the heart of Europe’s economy for over 100 years. It has introduced considerable economic and social prosperity to communities and has enabled the continent to flourish. Today, the picture is different and although coal still account for around 15% of EU power generation, it is one of the leading generators of CO2, being responsible for around 18% of emissions in the EU alone. In addition to this, coal combustion represents as a major threat to public health globally and is responsible for approximately 23,000 premature deaths in the EU every year.
As emphasised in this discussion paper, transitioning from coal dependency and countering the negative consequences brought by the adjustment is an achievable goal. This paper illustrates that the responsibility of ensuring a just transition lies not only with the front-runners, but with all players. The energy transition, as a proven opportunity for cooperation and development, is one that must be seized by all if the objectives of the EU to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and comply with the Paris Agreement are to be achieved, especially in the context of COP24.
This publication showcases a number of carbon intensive regions that have proven successful or are currently undergoing transition. With the right support, it is evident from this discussion paper that carbon intensive regions can successfully transition to a low carbon future and lead the way in showcasing the art of the possible by ensuring workers have the opportunities and skills required to take on new jobs, and innovate to drive sustainable and economic growth for their own future. | <urn:uuid:315d9f69-3760-4690-b2cd-c0284b6f666c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/the-regional-dimension-of-climate-change-making-the-case-for-a-just-and-innovative-transition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959832 | 300 | 2.765625 | 3 |
The new national standard for free range says that hens can be kept at 10,000 birds per hectare — 7 times more than the guidelines published by CSIRO. This is anything but reassuring for people who care about hens.
For the longest time Australia has had no national standard for what classifies a free range egg, which has meant confusion for shoppers and a questionable standard of living for some ‘free range’ hens. But that’s about to change.
State and Federal ministers have for the first time settled on a definition for free range, and a new standard which will be legally enforceable. Sadly, that’s where the ‘good news’ ends.
The bar has been set so low for a free range hen that many shoppers are unlikely to feel reassured by the label.
Based on a voluntary national code (published by CSIRO), which traditional free range egg farmers have chosen to adhere to, consumer group CHOICE and animal advocacy groups called for the maximum stocking density of a free range egg farm to be limited to 1,500 hens per hectare. We were also unanimous in the requirement that hens be able to access the outdoors when they choose.
Despite this, the newly devised national standards state that these free range facilities may have a stocking density of up to 10,000 birds per hectare and that hens should have “regular and meaningful" access to the outdoors, but do not specify what that actually means.
So how did this happen?
As more people have become aware of the horrors of factory farming, there has been a marked growth of people seeking out higher welfare options. But rather than raising standards to meet the demands of caring consumers, factory farmers have lobbied the government to have the standards for free range lowered so that they can market more eggs as free range. And sadly, Ministers have bowed to this pressure — ignoring consumers, science and animals.
Fortunately, ensuring more hens have quality of life and can express their natural desires doesn’t rest solely with government legislation. Rather, it rests with you.
Here’s what you can do:
- Know the truth behind the label. CHOICE has released a great app which instantly tells you whether the eggs you’re scanning come from a genuine free range egg farm or an intensive one.
- Eat fewer eggs. This will help reduce the demand for eggs, which will stop factory farmers cramming more hens into smaller spaces.
- Go egg-free. Keep reading for tips on how to make breakfasts and baked goods without using eggs.
By doing one or more of these things, together we can work towards more freedom for hens without needing any legislative change whatsoever.
There’s more than one good reason to cut back on eggs
Did you know that for every female chick born into the egg industry, there’s a male one whose fate the egg industry doesn’t want you to know about? Since roosters don’t lay eggs, male chicks are gassed to death or thrown into giant metal grinding machines on their first day of life. For the average person it’s hard to fathom tossing a tiny fluffy chirping chick to his death but this is the sad fate for millions of chicks born into the egg industry. (And that’s not all they’re not telling you …)
Re-thinking eggs? The good news is that you can make hearty breakfasts, delicious meringues and cupcakes that are lighter than air all without ever cracking an egg.
Choosing mushrooms or avocado instead of eggs for breakfast, swapping eggs out of your favourite baking recipes, or choosing to go egg-freealtogether are just some of the ways you can choose kindness to hens (and male chicks) every day. | <urn:uuid:27769125-0bd2-4d26-a0c5-177e14f26ac6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://animalsaustralia.org/latest-news/what-does-free-range-really-mean/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949175 | 788 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Birth Name: Oscar Auerbach
Place Of Birth: New York
Date Of Death: January 15, 1997
Cause Of Death: N/A
Nationality: Not available
Oscar Auerbach was born on the 1st of January, 1905. He was known for being a Pathologist. Pathologist who was the first to discover that smoking cigarettes is linked to cancer. He was the first to take the evidence against smoking beyond statistical studies.
Oscar Auerbach was born in New York. He received his MD from New York Medical college in 1929. He conducted research in smoking that appears in the 1964 Surgeon General’s report.
Oscar Auerbach was a Capricorn and was born in the G.I. Generation.
Oscar Auerbach was born in 1900s. Discover what happened on this day.
Oscar Auerbach is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Oscar’s education details are not available at this time. Please check back soon for updates.
Oscar Auerbach’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Oscar Auerbach’s parents.
Like many famous people and celebrities, Oscar Auerbach kept his personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.
Oscar Auerbach was born in the Year of the Serpent.
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Zodiac Sign: Oscar Auerbach was a Capricorn. People of this zodiac sign like family, tradition, and dislike almost everything at some point. The strengths of this sign are being responsible, disciplined, good managers, while weaknesses can be to be the know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending and expecting the worst. The greatest overall compatibility with Capricorn is Taurus and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Oscar Auerbach was born in the Year of the Tiger. People born under this sign are often seen as humorous and gifted in literature and art. However, the snake can be overly suspicious, which makes them a bit paranoid.
Ruling Planet: Oscar Auerbach had a ruling planet of Saturn and has a ruling planet of Saturn and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Saturn. Saturn is a planet of commitment and responsibility, but also restriction and delay. People who are born with Saturn as the ruling planet are disciplined and are hard workers.
Oscar Auerbach’s birth sign is Capricorn and he had a ruling planet of Saturn.
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How does a car electric water pump work?
How does an electric water pump work? An impeller in the pump sends engine coolant on a winding journey through the engine block to absorb heat, then on to the radiator, where the coolant sheds heat and then back through the pump again.
Do modern cars have water pumps?
Your car’s water pump is the key to making the entire system work. It is an impeller pump and is usually buried under the timing belt cover on the side of the engine. … Although the water pumps in most modern cars, trucks, and SUVs will last a long time, they are by no means indestructible.
What does electric coolant pump do?
An electric water pump performs a very important job in your car. It helps move the coolant from the radiator to all the necessary parts in the powertrain. By utilizing a controller, it can determine how much coolant circulates through the engine at given temperature ranges and maintain a target temperature.
How long do electric water pumps last?
Water pumps that are original should have a service life of 100,000 miles or more. Cheap replacement water pumps may not last long before they leak. If a customer’s old water pump has stopped working, you should recommend a top-quality replacement water pump.
Do electric cars have a radiator?
In an electric vehicle, the cooling system is regulating the temperature of the battery pack and some of the electronics. … The coolant is circulated through the batteries and some of the electronics, using an electric pump. This loop contains a radiator to release heat to the outside air.
How much does a water pump for a car cost?
The average water pump replacement cost is $550, with prices ranging from $461 to $638 in the US in 2020. But typically depends on the type of vehicle you drive and the auto repair shop you take it to. Labor costs are between $256 and $324 while parts cost between $205 and $314.
Does a water pump come with a new engine?
The labor to replace the water pump for any reason is not covered by this warranty. When you buy a rebuilt engine, you don’t really get the entire engine. … When you buy a rebuilt water-boxer long block from most other companies, the water pump is not included.
Should I use electric water pump?
An electric water pump is far more in tune with your engine’s specific cooling needs. By utilizing a controller, it can determine how much coolant circulates through the engine at given temperature ranges and maintain a target temperature. This prevents inadequate or excessive cooling.
Is a water pump and a coolant pump the same thing?
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Cancer specialists have long looked at genetic mutations and DNA copy changes to help predict patient survival and drug sensitivity. A study has opened up yet another avenue for understanding the biological reasons why some people live longer or respond better to treatment: RNA editing events.
An assessment of 6,226 samples from patients with 17 different cancer types taken from The Cancer Genome Atlas has revealed new information about RNA editing events in tumors vs. normal tissue, and provided evidence that RNA editing could selectively affect drug sensitivity. RNA editing is the process where genetic information is altered in the RNA molecule. Once thought rare in humans and other vertebrates, RNA editing is now recognized as widespread in the human genome.
Results from the study were published in Cancer Cell (2015; doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2015.08.013).
“These results highlight RNA editing as an exciting theme for investigating cancer mechanisms, biomarkers, and treatments,” said Han Liang, PhD, associate professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
“In this study, we identified an appreciable number of clinically relevant editing events, many of which are in noncoding regions.”
Liang said that specific RNA editing processes, adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I), are plentiful in the human genome but have not been investigated in depth. The study provided new detail on this little understood biological phenomenon that may have significant clinical relevance.
“If a protein is only highly edited in the tumor proteins, but not in normal proteins, then it’s possible that a specific drug could be designed to inhibit the edited mutant protein,” said Liang. “Previous studies have focused on DNA mutations and mainly focused on RNA editing in normal tissues. The role of RNA editing in human cancers is only beginning to emerge from those early studies of individual patient samples in a few cancer types.”
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‘Learning through gamification’ was part of the induction programme for the new batch (2022-24) of management students at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, this year.
The two days session spread over 10 hours was conceptualized, managed and delivered by team campusutra.com.
The Business Gamification bootcamp was an apt initiative to introduce the new batch to business management practices which offered the students of the new batch to know and connect with each other, discuss deliberate on the case study shared with them, alongwith learning opportunities to develop analytical skills, Time-keeping abilities, meeting deadlines, crunching numbers, understanding of basic market dynamics and working as a team.
The programme was designed to give the management students a glimpse of what is expected of them during the MBA and as they step into their professional worlds. With Simulator software tools used to create a virtual industry and a realistic corporate setting, the teams were given virtual organizations to run as business managers and how to be more agile and competitive in the intense competition of today’s dynamic economic conditions.
This specially designed module is meant for management students. It is a lighter version of the professional module – popular in Learning & Development or Executive Development programmes in L&D centers of PSUs and corporate sector.
A case study of Consumer Electronics was shared with participants along with balance sheets, P&L account and other necessary data to run their business. The engagement level of the students was so high in the first day itself that the session had to be extended in Day 1. Participants could see the business impacts of their decisions live.
The new batch for the 2-year Full-time PGDM programme consisted of a diverse batch of 400+ students who had taken admissions in – PGDM or PGDM – International Business / Financial Management / Big Data Analytics. Students belong from 24 different states of India with a representation of 38% female students, 38% from engineering while 62% from non-engineering background with varied academics – 31% from commerce, 13%, 9%, and 8% from management, science, and arts respectively. | <urn:uuid:1265e249-0e9f-4deb-909d-273d03383bd4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://campusutra.com/campusutra-conducts-business-simulation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.959325 | 426 | 1.859375 | 2 |
While WordPress is a powerful and user-friendly CMS, it can also be plagued with errors from user meddling.The platform is used by developers, content writers and other types of users of various knowledge levels regarding the platform. The admin page can change almost anything in WordPress which is great for a developer but frightening of a normal user. This is because normal users are not be able to determine what certain settings can be changed.
These changes in settings affect the theme that is being used. There are settings that are not meant to be changed as a result of the theme developer’s specifications. Unknowingly, there are users who forcefully change the settings of the theme causing it to break and cause errors.
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MIT410/TC3 Megger Insulation Tester
- 50 V, 100 V, 250 V, 500 V and 1000 V + 600 V CAT IV + Bed of Nails lead set with Language Group LG2 - English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian
- Language group 2 - English - Spanish - Italian - Portuguese
- Designed for Electrical and Industrial testing
- Insulation testing up to 1000 V and 200 GΩ range
- Stabilized insulation test voltage
- Single range, faster continuity testing from 0.01 Ω to 1 MΩ
- Adjustable insulation test voltage from 10 V to 1000 V
- 600 V Trms AC and DC voltage measurement
- Test result storage and Bluetooth® downloading
- Live circuit detection and protection
- Rechargeable options for mains and car charging
- CAT IV 600 V and IP54
- Weatherproof - Every tester is sealed to IP54, providing a weatherproof case to reduce the chances of water ingress, including the battery and fuse compartment.
- Tough housing - Rubber over moulding combines the tough shock absorbing outer protection with excellent grip, on a strong modified ABS housing, providing an almost indestructible case.
- Batteries - Battery requirements are 6 AA batteries of either standard Alkaline or Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable type, providing a minimum of 3000 insulation tests at 1000 V.
- Red/Black Silicone test leads with Probes + Clips
- SP5 remote switch probe (not MIT400/2)
- Owners information CD
- Batteries 6 x AA Alkaline
- Hard carry case
Typical Applications Include:
- Commercial Avionics
- Military Land, Marine and Air communications
- Manufacturing/production line goods
- Electrostatic measurement
- Component testing
- Battery powered traction and lifting equipment
The MIT400 mk2 series insulation and continuity testers are designed not just for Electrical and Industrial, but with an exceptionally wide range of applications from electrical installations, cable testing, motor testing, automotive, ESD, panel building, avionics, maintenance etc.
Insulation testing has been enhanced with feedback controlled test voltages to limit over-voltage to 2%, rather than the industry standard 10-20%.
A variable range has been added to allow any intermediate voltage from 10 V to 1000 V in 1 V steps, where application specific test voltages are required that do not appear in the standard ranges (Dependent on model).
Continuity testing is now significantly faster, and a single auto-ranging 0.01 Ω to 1.0 MΩ function replaces the “ohms” and “kOhms” ranges. Retained are the 200 mA and 20 mA test options.
Replacing the original MIT400 instruments the new units feature a redesigned case, back-stand, and 6 cell battery compartment with separate fuse access.
All instruments are over-moulded for increased protection and achieve an IP54 weatherproof rating.
Insulation Resistance Testing:
The stabilized insulation test voltage is now accurate to +2% -0%. This compares to the industry standard +20%, providing a more accurate test voltage without the risk of over-voltage damage to circuits or components. The output voltage is maintained between 0 and 2% throughout the test range.
Where a non-standard test voltage is required, a variable range allows the exact test voltage to be selected from 10 V up to 1000 V. and is subject to the same stabilized output control (Dependent on model).
- True RMS voltage measurement to 600 V ac or dc with resolution from 0.1 mV.
- Digital voltage measurement up to 600 V ac/dc
- Analogue arc measurement to 600 V ac/dc
- Automatic display of frequency during voltage measurement
The display offers a combination of Analogue arc and a dual digital readout:
- Full display width analogue arc.
- Analogue arc display shows essential charge and discharge characteristics not visible on a digital display.
- Single pointer “needle” response is similar to a moving coil meter.
- Setup functions allow control of Buzzer limit alarms, Continuity test currents (New)
Dual Digital Display
- Large main digital readout for good visibility of all main measurement results
- Second digital display for additional data such as:
- Insulation test voltage.
- Insulation leakage current.
- Supply frequency (when measuring volts).
- Test mode eg. PI, DAR or t (t = Timer mode).
Storage and Downloading Results
Smooth Bluetooth® and pairing procedures make the MIT430/2 easy to pair and download data. The test results are downloaded to a CSV file which can then be opened as an Excel® spreadsheet
Designed to be exceptionally safe to use, fast detecting circuitry prevents damage to the instruments if accidentally connected to live circuits or across phases.
Specifically, all instruments:
- Meet the international requirements of IEC61010 and EN61557.
- Live circuit detection inhibits insulation testing on circuits above 25 V, 30 V, 50 V, 75 V or 100 V (default 50 V).
- Live circuit detection and test inhibit on continuity measurements.
- Default display of live circuit voltage on all ranges.
- Detection and inhibit functions even if the protection fuse has failed.
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If you have been using a natural skincare recipe for a cosmetic product for a while and you like it, you might want to turn it into a cosmetic formula. Professional cosmetic formulas are written in percentages.
Before we look at a cosmetic formula, let us look at a recipe.
You’re probably familiar with following recipes either for cooking or for cosmetics. Recipes tend to be written in a mixture of measurements. They might include grams, ounces, cups, milliliters, teaspoons, even something like a dash or a pinch. Here is an example of how a food recipe might be written:
Pancake recipe 1
135g/4¾oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp caster sugar
130ml/4½fl oz milk
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp melted butter
This recipe uses completely mixed measurements; ounces, teaspoons, tablespoons and fluid ounces. There is no consistency with the measurements that are being used.
This can be acceptable for cooking, but we do not want to do this when we are making natural skincare cosmetics. You will find a lot of natural cosmetic ‘recipes’ online, for example in blogs, and they will be written in a similar way to food recipes, and using mixed measurements. Here is an example:
2 tbsp beeswax pastilles
2 tbsp shea butter
2 tbsp coconut oil
30 drops of peppermint essential oil
As you can see, there is no consistency in the way they are measuring their ingredients. Plus they are not very precise or accurate.
For professional natural skincare product creators and formulators, this is not an acceptable way to record your product formula. Professional formulators will record natural cosmetic formulas very differently and we are going to show you how to do that next.
Why is it important to use a cosmetic formula and not a skincare recipe?
There are quite a few reasons why it is important to use a skincare formula and not a skincare recipe!
Firstly, a skincare formula is universal – this means that your natural skincare formulation can be understood and used anywhere in the world. It is the most accurate way of recording the details about your natural skincare product.
You can see, at a glance, if the ingredients are being used in safe levels. So, for example, if you know that you can only use 1% essential oil, but your natural skincare product is written as a cosmetic recipe, not a formulation, and it is written in drops and the formulation does not add up to 100%, then you have no idea how much essential oil is being included in percentages.
Whereas if everything is written in percentages in the first place, you can see at a glance if your ingredients are being used in safe levels.
Secondly, a skincare formula ensures consistency and eliminates mistakes.
It means you can easily make different batch sizes. So whether you want to make a small number of products, or a large number, it is very easy to use your formula to scale up or down and make different batch sizes.
Thirdly, you can also easily adapt, vary, or perfect your skincare formula. So you can see, for example, in the lip balm formulation, if you wanted it to be a bit firmer and to achieve this you wanted to increase the amount of beeswax, it is very easy to add on a couple of percentage points to that ingredient and then take away a couple of percentage points from the carrier oil.
It is very simple in a natural skincare formulation to play around, adapt and vary some of the ingredient amounts.
Lastly, formulas form part of the documentation you need if you are making a natural skincare product with the intention of selling it.
If you are selling your natural skincare product, you will be required to keep a file about each of your products and the natural skincare formulation will be one part of the documentation you need to keep. It is also what you would give to a safety assessor – if you’re having your natural skincare product tested, they would want to see the formula.
Skincare formulas would also be needed if you planned to outsource the manufacturing of your natural skincare product either to another small-scale individual perhaps, or to a larger manufacturing firm. They could precisely and confidently replicate your product to your exact specifications.
How to write a cosmetic formula
A formula is the proper or professional way to create and write what is essentially a skincare recipe, and you will notice straight away that the biggest difference is that in a formula the amount of each ingredient is written as a percentage. Your natural skincare formula should also include some key information about your natural skincare product.
For every ingredient, include:
- The INCI name. (This stands for the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients.)
- The trade name.
- The function.
- The supplier.
- The percentage of that ingredient in your product (w/w%).
- You also might like to include a phase.
Your natural skincare formula must always equal 100%. So whenever you have created a formula, you must always add up all the percentages and make sure it comes to 100%.
If it does not, then you need to adjust it until it does.
Also, the order in which you write your natural skincare ingredients is important. They need to be listed in decreasing order of concentration. This means you start with the highest amount (the first ingredient you list will be the one that is present in the highest amount in your product), down to the last ingredients (which will be those used in the lowest amounts). Fragrance and colorants are always listed at the end.
Turning a natural skincare recipe into a cosmetic formula
Now that you know what a formula is and why it is important, let’s have a look at how to actually turn a natural skincare recipe into a formula. This part will require some math skills – we will be calculating percentages, along with using a precision scale.
Step 1. Convert all the ingredients in a recipe into weight units, ideally grams.
If your natural skincare recipe calls for mixed measurements like tablespoons, cups, drops or any kind of volume units (milliliters, fluid ounces, etc), you will need to weigh each of those amounts and make a note of how many grams it weighs. It is really important to measure ALL of the ingredients, including liquid ones, in grams.
Example: We will use the lip balm natural skincare recipe from above.
We will use a precision scale so we can measure how many grams each of these ingredients’ quantities weighs, and we will make a note of the weight in the table below.
|Ingredient||Amount in common units||Weight (in grams)|
|Peppermint essential oil||30drops||1g|
If your natural skincare recipe is already in grams, you can skip step 1.
Step 2. Convert grams into percentages
Now we are going to do some math!
In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. One percent (1%) means 1 per 100.
For example, a half can be written in percentages as 50%, in fractions as ½ and in decimals as 0.5. 50% actually means 50/100. So if we want to calculate the ratio each of the ingredients represent in a natural skincare recipe, we first need to calculate the sum of all ingredients.
If we use the same example as before, this would mean:
18 g + 28 g + 27 g + 1 g = 74 g
|Ingredient||Weight (in grams)|
|Peppermint essential oil||1g|
Now we have to calculate the percentage of each ingredient. We do this by dividing the weight of one ingredient with the total weight of the natural skincare recipe and then multiplying this result with 100.
For beeswax, the calculation would go:
18g / 74g = 0.243
0.243 x 100 = 24.3
Our formulation table now looks like this:
|Ingredient||Weight (in grams)||w/w%|
|Peppermint essential oil||1g||1.4|
We are rounding the number of percentages to one decimal point. If all the calculations are done correctly, the sum of all percentages will equate to 100%.
In formulation tables, the percentages of ingredients are labelled as w/w%. This is the percentage, by weight, of the ingredients, of the total weight of the mixture. What this means is the number of grams of that ingredient in 100 grams of mixture.
You always weigh your natural skincare ingredients for accuracy and consistency, even if you are using a mixture of liquids and solids. (Weight is used rather than volume, even for liquids, because volume changes according to temperature.)
Step 3. Add additional information into the formulation
The formulations usually include INCI names of the ingredients, trade names of ingredients, their functions and sometimes the supplier of an ingredient too. You can also include information about phases in your natural skincare formula.
What is INCI?
INCI stands for the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients. This is essentially a universal, worldwide system of proper names for cosmetic ingredients and it is based on the Latin or scientific name.
This is why, in many countries, regulations will require you to use the INCI name on the natural skincare product label.
Another important reason for using this INCI name is there may be several different common names used for an ingredient, so by using the INCI name, you can be 100% sure of the actual ingredient that you are supposed to be including.
An example in our natural skincare formula above is cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is its trade name or common name, but the INCI for cocoa butter is Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter. So that is the term that you would include in your natural skincare formula under the INCI column, with each word starting with a capital letter.
What is the trade name and why include it?
The trade name is essentially the name under which the ingredient is sold. It is good to include the trade name as well as the INCI name as natural skincare ingredients with the same INCI name can sometimes have several trade names, and by recording the one which you have used in your natural skincare formulation, you can ensure you use the same ingredients every time.
Also, when you are making up the formula, it prevents any mix-ups occurring because you yourself are probably most familiar with the trade name.
What is the function and why include it?
Function is another detail which you could include in your natural skincare formula, so that you have a record of how the ingredient will function in your formula – what role it has or what it will do in your natural skincare product.
This is really helpful if you want to adjust your formula later.
So, for example, in the natural skincare formula above for a lip balm, you may create this formula and then go back and adjust it. You may want to, for example, make it firmer or softer. Beeswax is an ingredient here that adds the body and firmness to a product, so by listing the function as you are creating your formula, it is very easy to go back later and identify which ingredients you’ll need to vary.
What is the phase in a cosmetic formula?
This information helps you to produce the natural skincare product correctly because some products are made in different phases.
You may have a natural skincare product that is really easy to make and it only has one phase, which means all the ingredients are simply mixed together and that is it – the product is finished. But other natural skincare products might be made by more than one phase.
A cream or lotion would usually include three phases.
In our example of a lip balm, we have two phases: Phase A and Phase B. Phase A is the phase that is heated, so all those ingredients are heated. In the next phase, B, are the ingredients included when the mixture has been removed from the heat.
So by listing the phase in your formula, it is then really easy when you are making your natural skincare product to assemble all the ingredients you need for different phases and to know which ingredient goes in which phase. This will also help you make your natural skincare product in the same way every time, to help you achieve the same result every time.
Now we will add all the key information and turn the lip balm natural skincare recipe into a professional looking natural skincare formulation.
|Phase||INCI name||Trade name||Function||w/w%|
|A||Cera Alba||Beeswax||Thickener, occlusive||24.3|
|A||Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter||Shea butter||Emollient||37.8|
|A||Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil||Coconut oil||Emollient||36.5|
|B||Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil||Peppermint essential oil||Fragrance||1.4|
How do you begin formulating your own natural skincare products?
If you are interested in learning more about formulating your own natural skincare products rather than following other people’s recipes – whether you want to make them for yourself or to sell – our Diploma in Natural Skincare Formulation is a 14-module online course dedicated to this topic.
You will learn the practice, art and science of natural skincare formulation in an accredited, multimedia course.
It is fully online, allowing you to study at your own pace, in your own time, from wherever you are in the world.
Plus, when you join you can get started straight away and you will be invited to join our vibrant and collaborative online student and graduate community with passionate natural beauty lovers from all around the world following the same path as you.
If you are not quite ready for that yet, why not take a look at our Beginner’s guide to formulating natural skincare products and learn a little more about formulating your own natural skincare products.
Finally, if you have found this article useful, you will probably also want to read the article we wrote about how to do it the other way around. Here we learned how to turn a natural skincare recipe into a natural cosmetic formula, but in this article we wrote about How to turn a cosmetic formula into a recipe!
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For our new photo series, reader Marco Pallotti happened to send a view captured on my 29th birthday—May 3, 2011—on a flight from Newark to Los Angeles:
In the foreground is snow-capped San Gorgonio Mountain, in the San Bernardino National Forest, with Mt. San Jacinto in the distance. In the valley between the two peaks is the town of Cabazon, and on the far left is the western edge of the Coachella Valley.
Fun facts about that forest: It was the filming location for Daniel Boone (1936) and Paint Your Wagon (1969). That area of Southern California also features prominently in Jim’s new cover story, specifically the nearby cities of San Bernardino and Redlands, his hometown:
When I was growing up [in Redlands], in the Baby Boom era, its economy rested on the orange-growing business, the neighboring Norton Air Force Base, and a medical community serving the nearby desert area. Now the orange groves are nearly gone, the Air Force base is closed, and the desert communities have their own doctors—but the city has been transformed by the presence of a tech firm that by all rights should be in some bigger, fancier place. This company, Esri, is a world leader in geographic information systems, or GIS. These are essentially the industrial-strength counterparts to Google Earth, which governments and companies around the world use for everything from tracking pothole repairs to monitoring climate change. | <urn:uuid:479d3102-aa72-43b7-9f1b-bc0499a48f12> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2016/02/america-from-the-air-san-bernardino-national-forest/625001/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.951425 | 305 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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Students on the Fast TrackVicki Nelson
The 2020–21 school year has asked all of us, students and families alike, to take on new challenges and find peace and self-care amidst the chaos.
As we move into a new season (and it is new, even if we’re still dealing with many of the same challenges), we are stronger, more creative — and maybe more present and grateful for life’s little moments.
Here are six lessons we’ve learned and thoughts on how to continue to support your student’s growth.
In a typical year, student success is measured by grades on a report card or transcript. This year is anything but typical, and success for many students has looked (and will continue to look) very different.
Success for your student in 2020–21 may have looked like waking up every day and attending class on their computer in their bedroom. Success may have been your student finding a place in your house or apartment where they could listen to a professor’s lecture without the dog barking or a parent’s work conference call in the background.
Success might have meant that your student followed campus rules to quarantine for two weeks in their dorm room, only seeing friends on FaceTime. Success might have meant resisting pressure to attend a party because they knew the health risks.
Some days success (for both students and us, too!) meant just going to sleep and waking up the next day to try again.
Making it through this year together is reason enough to celebrate. Surviving college during the pandemic is proof that your student is resilient and capable — and they will bring these newly honed skills with them in whatever they attempt next.
The variety of instructional methods offered by colleges and universities over the past year (online, in person, hybrid) required students to use self-awareness and critical thinking skills as they figured out how they learn best and decided whether or not to enroll in courses that were offered remotely.
Some incoming freshmen chose to stay home for a semester or a year, knowing that when in-person learning resumes it will give them the best chance for success. Students further along in their journeys realized they could alter their trajectory (take time off, take fewer or different classes, maybe even transfer) without losing sight of the ultimate goal of college graduation.
The ability to self-advocate will serve them well going forward.
As face-to-face opportunities decreased, colleges developed innovative and efficient ways of nurturing connection. Campuses developed virtual town halls, used technology to stream concerts and performances, and harnessed the power of video to support student clubs and activities. Virtual office hours in some cases made it easier for students to connect with their professors.
The older generation got more tech savvy, too. Of course it wasn’t always optimal — I learned from personal experience it’s almost impossible to help a teenager clean and pack their dorm room for holiday break over text and FaceTime instead of being there in person. (Not being able to see the garbage under the bunk bed put me at a real disadvantage.)
This year has taught our students that they will face challenges in life and must learn to adapt and be flexible in order to achieve success. In her 2020 virtual graduation address at North Carolina State University, NC State alumna and NASA astronaut Christina Koch told graduates, “resilience is your trajectory.”
Disappointment and unpredictability were constants this school year and have tested students’ resolve. But all of us — students, friends and family members — have made it past the obstacles, and best of all, we’ve helped each other along the way.
According to national data, the number of college students with mental health concerns has risen in recent years. Students are under increasingly more pressure as they attempt to balance academics, social relationships, rising tuition costs, financial debt and family responsibilities.
Stress in college is not new; however this year more than ever students learned the importance of coping with stress in healthy and positive ways. Many colleges created innovative, campus-wide mental health support programs such as online meditation groups and virtual wellness coaching.
The pandemic forced parents and guardians to take a look at our own self-care strategies and model these for our kids. Going forward, campuses and families will continue to play a pivotal role in eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health.
The pathways for students after high school have always been varied: technical degree certificate programs, joining the workforce, volunteering, taking a gap year, enrolling in a 2-year or 4-year college, joining the military, etc.
There has never been just one way to “do college” and in 2020–21 more than ever, students chose next steps that were right for them based on their learning needs and goals, family financial situation, the health and age of family members and more.
Though our circumstances and choices are different, we have shared an experience like none other in our memories. So congratulations, students and families, as you prepare to finish this school year strong. You are ready to create new successes in 2021–22!
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(Reuters) - The United States lost more than 17,000 people to COVID-19 last week, the largest number since the beginning of the global pandemic, with North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa reporting the most deaths per capita in the past seven days.
Even as the first Americans were given the newly approved Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, health officials warned that infections will continue to rise in the coming weeks as families gather for the holiday season.
Deaths increased 12% in the week ended Dec. 13 to a total of about 300,000 since the start of the outbreak, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.
(For a state-by-state interactive, open tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR in an external browser)
More than half of U.S. states have enacted new lockdown restrictions as many hospital intensive care units are nearly full. The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has projected that COVID-19 deaths will exceed 500,000 by April 1.
The number of new COVID-19 cases rose 15% to almost 1.6 million last week, including a backlog of almost 65,000 cases cases reported by Texas. Even excluding the backlog, the number of new infections last week hit a record high.
Rhode Island, Tennessee and Ohio had the highest new cases per capita in the country last week, according to the Reuters analysis.
Across the United States, 12% of tests came back positive for the virus, up from 10.5% the prior week, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the outbreak. Out of 50 states, 32 had a positive test rate of 10% or higher. The highest rates were in Iowa and Alabama at 50%.
The World Health Organization considers positive test rates above 5% concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered.
Graphic by Chris Canipe, writing by Lisa Shumaker, editing by Tiffany Wu
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A new venture from the world’s largest DNA sequencing company aims to detect cancer via blood tests before symptoms arise.
Over the weekend, the San Diego-based Illumina announced that its blood tests should reach the market by 2019, and cost around $1,000 or less.
Illumina, for the venture, has created a new company called Grail. Thus far, the new company has raised over $100 million, which includes funding not only from Illumina, but from venture capital firm Arch Venture Partners, Microsoft’s co-found Bill Gates, and Amazon founder and CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos.
According to MIT Technology Review, the new testing concept is referred to as “liquid biopsy.” The technique uses “high-speed DNA sequencing machines to scour a person’s blood for fragments of DNA released by cancer cells,” MIT Technology Review reports. “If DNA with cancer-causing mutations is present, it often indicates a tumor is already forming, even if it’s too small to cause symptoms or be seen on an imaging machine.”
Liquid biopsies for cancer detection and monitoring are becoming a big area of interest. Guardant Health announced on Jan. 7 that it raised $100 million for a similar liquid biopsy test. On the same day, Exosome Diagnostics announced it raised $60 million for their liquid biopsy platform.
Currently, liquid biopsies are used on patients with confirmed cancer. Tests reveal the tumor’s mutations, allowing doctors to select the best drugs for treatment, The New York Times reports.Liquid biopsies are also used to determine whether a specific treatment is effective.
The new tests will need to differentiate between mutated cells in the bloodstream caused by cancer, and mutations caused by polyps or moles, which can resemble tumors.
Additionally, at such an early stage, it is difficult to determine whether a cancer will eventually cause enough harm to warrant treatment.
“The hardest part is not only demonstrating the ability to detect cancer early, but being able to say this knowledge is in fact meaningful in terms of patient outcomes,” American Cancer Society’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer J. Leonard Lichtenfield said to MIT Technology Review.
Last year, Pathway Genomics started offering a liquid biopsy test for early cancer detection. The test cost $699. But the test prompted a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which informed the company the test needed proper regulatory approval. “We…have not found any published evidence that this test or any similar test has been clinically validated as a screening tool for early detection of cancer,” the letter reads.
Grail plans on conducting intensive DNA sequencing on 30,000 to 50,000 people to figure out what mutations are indicative of cancer.
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In 2019, Donley County, TX had a population of 3.34k people with a median age of 41.4 and a median household income of $42,961. Between 2018 and 2019 the population of Donley County, TX declined from 3,387 to 3,342, a −1.33% decrease and its median household income declined from $43,224 to $42,961, a −0.608% decrease.
The 5 largest ethnic groups in Donley County, TX are White (Non-Hispanic) (80.8%), White (Hispanic) (8.98%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (5.48%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.89%), and Other (Hispanic) (1.77%). 0% of the households in Donley County, TX speak a non-English language at home as their primary language.
98.4% of the residents in Donley County, TX are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Donley County, TX are Clarendon College (336 degrees awarded in 2020).
In 2019, the median property value in Donley County, TX was $68,700, and the homeownership rate was 70.3%. Most people in Donley County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Donley County, TX was 2 cars per household. | <urn:uuid:383e8e79-5a12-49c3-8473-de7240f92431> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://halite.datausa.io/profile/geo/donley-county-tx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.962157 | 298 | 1.851563 | 2 |
With record deficits at both the Federal and State level, the burden for repayment is being pushed to our children in more ways than one. Texas is a prime example of a state that is setting its children up for failure. Economics professor Mark Thoma looks at a recent article by Paul Krugman on the topic in his blog post below.
Budget hawks are confused by the meaning of "putting children first":
Leaving Children Behind, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Will 2011 be the year of fiscal austerity? At the federal level, it’s still not clear: Republicans are demanding draconian spending cuts, but we don’t yet know how far they’re willing to go in a showdown with President Obama. At the state and local level, however, there’s no doubt about it: big spending cuts are coming.
And who will bear the brunt of these cuts? America’s children. ... Consider, as a case in point, what’s happening in Texas, which more and more seems to be where America’s political future happens first.
Texas likes to portray itself as a model of small government, and indeed it is. Taxes are low, at least if you’re in the upper part of the income distribution (taxes on the bottom 40 percent ... are actually above the national average). Government spending is also low. ...
But here’s the thing: While low spending may sound good in the abstract, what it amounts to in practice is low spending on children, who account directly or indirectly for a large part of government outlays at the state and local level.
And in low-tax, low-spending Texas, the kids are not all right. The high school graduation rate, at just 61.3 percent, puts Texas 43rd out of 50 in state rankings. Nationally, the state ranks fifth in child poverty; it leads in the percentage of children without health insurance. And only 78 percent of Texas children are in excellent or very good health, significantly below the national average. ...
It’s not a pretty picture; compassion aside,... how the state can prosper in the long run with a future work force blighted by childhood poverty, poor health and lack of education.
But things are about to get much worse. ... For months, Gov. Rick Perry had boasted that his “tough conservative decisions” had kept the budget in surplus while allowing the state to weather the recession unscathed. But after Mr. Perry’s re-election, reality intruded — funny how that happens — and the state is now scrambling to close a huge budget gap. (...achieved with an overwhelmingly nonunion work force.)
So how will that gap be closed? Given the already dire condition of Texas children, you might have expected ... high-income Texans, who pay much less in state and local taxes than the national average, to be asked to bear at least some of the burden.
But you’d be wrong. Tax increases have been ruled out...; the gap will be closed solely through spending cuts. Medicaid, a program that is crucial to many of the state’s children, will take the biggest hit, with the Legislature proposing a funding cut of no less than 29 percent... And education will also face steep cuts, with school administrators talking about as many as 100,000 layoffs.
The really striking thing about all this isn’t the cruelty — at this point you expect that — but the shortsightedness. What’s supposed to happen when today’s neglected children become tomorrow’s work force?
Anyway, the next time some self-proclaimed deficit hawk tells you how much he worries about the debt we’re leaving our children, remember what’s happening in Texas, a state whose slogan right now might as well be “Lose the future.”
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Installing some fun games at your backyard parties is a fun way to get the things spiced up. Boost your kid’s entertainment with these 8 easy to build DIY Plinko board plans that are never-ending fun. You will love the way the DIY Plinko game will make the kids and adults busy. These DIY Plinko board projects involve building all sorts of Plinko boards at home without causing any load on your wallet. Grab recycled MDF board or plywood to make a Plinko board as they are evenly flat always, an important requirement for a Plinko board game to work well. So, building a Plinko board will be a big fun way to keep using your leftover supplies of MDF or plywood boards. For different design inspirations, open this collection of 8 DIY Plinko Boards having all the sizes from miniature to medium to extra large.
Most of the constructions are all about accurate wood cuttings and precise hole drilling. With the provided step-by-step instructions and visual tutorials, it will be easier for a beginner to build a Plinko board like a pro.
There are so many different homemade Plinko board options for the hooks, using wooden pegs, or grab the offset nails to add the boards’ hurdles. Cut your MDF or plywood board to size, mark the lines for holes, and start drilling the holes. Add accent side trimming and adorn your boards more with a plexiglass front. For more creative info, check out all these DIY Plinko Board Projects contain self-standing designs too.
1. DIY Backyard Plinko Party Game
Increase the backyard fun of your kids to peak level by making this plinko party game! Create it using 3 foam boards having size 30″ x 20″! Next, you need glue, duct tape, and toothpicks to get this party game made! It will create too much fun for the kids in-home or at the party! happinessishome
2. How to Make a Plinko Board
Make a Plinko board quickly using a pegboard, MDF board, and wood dowels! This DIY Plinko board is large in size and is quite something quick to build! Use a Kreg Jig system to hold the glued parts firmly in place! 100things2do
3. Make Your Own Plinko Board
Make this Plinko board using MDF boards and hinges of choices. The constructions are all about to hinge together the MDF board panels to build a Plinko board in which you can drill parallel lines of holes to gain a pegboard. Add the wooden pegs and let the game pieces drop-down, hitting the hurdles. littlethings
4. How to Build a Plinko Board
Spice up your backyard parties by adding some fun games that a whole family will love to play. Make this Plinko board that can stand alone in a stand and set to any particular angle. Grab the custom wood pieces, MDF or plywood, and a drill to make this black Plinko board. It will work up super quickly. carefullyclever
5. DIY Plinko Board Game from Cardboard
Building Plinko boards out of wooden boards is excellent, but this is not the only medium. Make best-looking Plinko boards in paper or cardboard medium too. Have great fun by making this miniature Plinko board using cardboard. A tremendous recycled project that results in a fun kids’ game. instructables
6. DIY Plinko-inspired Game for Yard Party
Are you addicted to backyard parties that involve great family gatherings? Then time to spice up the things by adding some fun games. This time do this by adding this plinko inspired game. It would be best to have plywood, Plexiglas, and custom wood slats for building frame while building this game board. Details here diynetwork
7. DIY Plinko – Great for Carnivals, Birthday
Turn plywood into a big kids’ fun by making this Plinko game board. A smart project to do with the leftover plywood. Install wooden boundary to all-around a plywood panel, drill holes, add wooden pegs, and finally set the game board to a custom angle to let the fun start. How-to details here renaissance
8. DIY Plinko Board Bottle Opener Game
Time to double up the fun of your backyard parties by adding a gaming bottle opener. How to Make a Plinko board GAME? Build this Plinko board using leftover plywood, nails, or wooden pegs. Install the wooden boundary and strengthen them in place using metal plates. Finish with a plexiglass front, or keep it open. How-to guides here hertoolbelt | <urn:uuid:afad7906-0ec6-4194-89ba-d10a24f687a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.diycraftsy.com/diy-plinko-board-plans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.889117 | 999 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Complaints that on BlueStacks is down are fairly rare. But still, such a problem sometimes occurs for users, even though the connection occurs in the browser and other programs. As a rule, it is solved by simply restarting the emulator. But what if it didn’t help? This is the question our article is intended to answer.
The problem is solved quite simply through the Android settings in Bluestack. But here’s the problem: there is no universal way to get into them, because not all people have the same version of the emulator. But in our case, everything is performed in approximately the same way. To get started, open the system settings through the additional menu or from the System Applications directory.Then go to Apps.Click on the Menu icon located under the time indicator at the top of the window. Here select Reset Settings.Then confirm the procedure.
If the option we proposed did not work, and there is still no Internet connection in BlueStacks, then it means that something blocks it. Most likely, the problem is related to the antivirus programs installed on the computer or laptop. In this case, it is worth adding the emulator to the exclusion list. But there are two alternatives that will be relevant if you cannot download the application via Google Play Market . First, you can reset the store cache using our instruction. And secondly, any applications will be installed through the apk file. Read more about this procedure here. | <urn:uuid:ac085950-1cd9-48ab-9666-df2ea705c42e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blue-stacks.ru/en/faq/chto-delat-esli-v-bluestacks-ne-rabotaet-internet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.939263 | 305 | 1.515625 | 2 |
The Gist of It
- Antibiotics are useless against viral infections like colds, most sore throats, flu, etc, and will not help you get better.
- Taking antibiotics needlessly or incorrectly is not harmless, and could lead to reinfection and more serious drug-resistant illnesses.
- Take care of your health by eating nutritious food, drinking water, exercising often and sleeping adequately instead of banking on antibiotics.
Superbugs, otherwise known as antibiotic-resistant bacteria, are becoming more and more common in today’s society. This happens because of our lackadaisical attitude towards antiobiotics.
Have the sniffles? Antibiotics. Got a sinus infection? Antibiotics. Terrible sore throat that feel like a thousand saws hacking away at your throat? Antibiotics.
Because of our misconception that antibiotics can cure everything, over-prescription of the drug is now becoming a huge concern.
Not only are antibiotics useless against viral infections, they are contributing to our bodies becoming antibiotic resistant. When that happens, the antibiotics will lose the power to fight off bad bacteria in our body.
Taking Antibiotics Just in Case
Researchers from George Washington, Cornell, and Johns Hopkins university published a study in December last year which revealed how little patients understand about the effects of antibiotics.
While most of them seem to know that antibiotics can’t fight against viral infections, they don’t see the harm in taking it anyway.
“More than half of the patients we surveyed already knew that antibiotics don’t work against viruses, but they still agreed with taking antibiotics just in case,” said lead researcher Dr. David A. Broniatowski, assistant professor in George Washington’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
“Patients figure that taking antibiotics can’t hurt, and just might make them improve. When they come in for treatment, they are usually feeling pretty bad and looking for anything that will make them feel better. These patients know that there is, in theory, a risk of side effects when taking antibiotics, but they interpret that risk as essentially nil,” said Broniatowski.
The Effects of Antibiotics Misuse Aren’t Nil
Taking antibiotics when you don’t really need them isn’t harmless. And to understand why you first need to understand how antibiotics work.
How Antibiotics Work
Antibiotics are basically drugs that fight infections caused by bacteria.
When you take an antibiotic, it kills the bacteria in your body. There are good bacteria and bad bacteria, but antibiotics don’t discriminate and will also kill off your resident good bacteria.
A course of antibiotics which kills off the good bacteria keeping you healthy could pave the way for other bacteria to multiple, leading to other infections and sicknesses.
However, short, infrequent courses of antibiotics wouldn’t damage an otherwise healthy person. The keywords being short and infrequent.
If you’re constantly overdosing on antibiotics, you’re essentially upsetting the environment which your good bacteria lives, and increasing your risk of other infections.
Every time you take a course of antibiotics, you kill off some of the bacteria, but there will be some resistant ones left which will grow and multiply. If you repeatedly use antibiotics to treat illnesses that antibiotics have no effect on, you’re just giving room for these mutated bacteria to grow and transfer their antibiotic-resistant properties to other bacteria.
Antibiotic-resistant microbes make it really difficult to treat what should’ve been a simple infection, because simple drugs don’t work anymore.
This means more serious illnesses, prolonged recovery time, more expensive treatments, and even more deaths from previously treatable illnesses.
What You Can Do to Prevent Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
The first thing is to realise that antibiotics aren’t a cure-all. Antibiotics can only kill off bacteria, so treating infections caused by viruses with antibiotics isn’t a smart idea.
Antibiotics are useless on viral infections, which includes:
- Most coughs
- Most sore throats
- Some ear infections
- Some sinus infections
- Stomach flu
The next time you’re feeling horrid and want a quick fix at the doctor’s office, remember that antibiotics aren’t always the solution. Do these instead:
- Do not pester your doctor for antibiotics unless he / she has identified that your infection is caused by bacteria.
- Finish the full cycle of antibiotics if you’ve been prescribed. Don’t skip doses or leave your cycle incomplete or you’ll be helping some of the bad bacteria survive which could lead to reinfection.
- Don’t take old, leftover antibiotics.
- Do not self-prescribe antibiotics.
- Don’t take someone else’s antibiotics.
Instead of relying on medication to make you feel better, the best way is to lead a healthy lifestyle filled with nutritious food, regular exercise and adequate sleep to prevent infections. Also, remember to wash your hands!
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The relevant statute regarding the money exchanges is the Act No. 277/2013 Coll., on money exchanges, as amended.
The exchange transaction is a transaction consisting of the exchange of banknotes, coins or cheques denominated in certain currency for banknotes, coins or cheques denominated in another currency, or scriptural money or electronic money denominated in certain currency for banknotes, coins or cheques denominated in another currency, provided that a payer has given a payment order to transfer the scriptural money or the electronic money through a payee providing currency exchange.
The exchange rates applied by exchange offices are not subject to government regulation in the Czech Republic. The exchange rates are subject of agreement of the parties to the contract (liberty of contract). It is due diligence and caution of the reasonably well-informed, reasonably observant and circumspect average consumer to ascertain and evaluate the conditions of the offered money exchange.
The Money Exchange Act focuses on the information duties of the money exchange providers making sure that a customer has all the information needed to conclude a contract. The money exchange provider shall publish the exchange rates list in the business place. The exchange rates list shall include, inter alia, a designation showing that an exchange rates list is concerned, names or other designations of the currencies between which the money exchange shall take place and information on the money exchange rates to be used for calculation of the money exchange which are the least advantageous for the person interested in the money exchange. Such information shall be provided in advance in textual form, in an exact and comprehensible manner, at least in Czech and English.
According to the Money Exchange Act a customer is entitled to withdraw from the money exchange. The exchange rates list shall include information on the right to withdraw from the money exchange and under its conditions. A customer is entitled to withdraw from the money exchange up to 1,000 euros (or to the amount of 1,000 euros when higher) within 3 hours in the business place where the money exchange has been provided or under specific conditions within 6 months in whichever business place of the money exchange provider (if there was an obstacle on the side of the money exchange provider or if there was no information on the right to withdraw from the money exchange on the exchange rates list).
The Financial Arbitrator is authorized to decide disputes arising in connection with money exchange regarding:
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Tragic images showing coffins containing bodies of those who drowned in the Mediterranean assembled in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax. Several hundred perished according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) field offices, those migrants known in the local popular language as Haraga (Burners), referring to their desperate move to arrive alive on European countries’ shores looking for a better life, fleeing al-Hogra (injustice).
Yet these deadly, repetitive moves of the Sahelian and North African migrants have become a banal story-line in the southern affluent Mediterranean countries’ press, worse, an empty electoral selling-point for the developing populist political parties.
In Italy the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League comprise the country’s new populist government. Speaking last Sunday in the Sicilian port of Catania, the new Deputy Premier and Interior Minister, Mr. Matteo Salvini said: “Enough of Sicily being the refugee camp of Europe, I will not stand by and do nothing while there are landings after landings. We need deportation centers.”
According to MSF (Doctors Without Borders), Italy is going through a legislative process of making migrants reception centers a concession more than a right. According to the Italian media, about a thousand people are forced to live in ghettos and degraded areas “with limited or no access to essential services and medical care.”
Tunisia like Libya have become the new and deadly silk road for migrants trying to make the crossing to Europe. Each passenger on the fishing boat paid between €600 and €1,000 ($700-$1,170), an IOM spokesman told the AFP news agency. More than 32,000 people have reached Europe by sea so far this year, the IOM says, and 660 people have died attempting the crossing.
French police cleared an illegal refugee camp in Paris on Wednesday, in the French government’s latest attempt to deal with a migrant influx the country has been facing for the past three years. At the Millénaire camp northeast of Paris, riot police bound migrants as they boarded buses to temporary housing around the city. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said: “some 1,000 migrants out of the 1,600 counted on-site had been evacuated.”
The evacuation was the 34th to take place since June 2015, she said. Europe has faced migrants crisis since 2015, after years of conflict in the MENA. More than one million people from Africa and the MENA have flooded the continent.
In France, much of the migrant influx ended up in the northern port of Calais, where a giant slum was cleared by the authorities in late 2016. Most of the rest have gathered in Paris and the southeast near the French-Italian border.
Under European law, asylum seekers must remain in the first European country they enter. They often have to register with their fingerprints when they enter to the country. Lately, President Macron’s government wants to be both firm and fair on immigration, but it has taken a tougher stance, with parliament approving a bill that tightens asylum rules.
To the point where these democratic countries are incapable of dealing with the 21st century geopolitical phenomena, undoubtedly is a national security challenge for their governments, and are legislating migrants” and immigrants” laws undemocratic to the point one could qualify them dictatorial.
Voters are electing racist and anti-immigrants politicians in order to stop migrants from entering to their countries and are increasingly xenophobic with the ones who are legally sojourned and becoming citizens, making their daily life a hell through socioeconomic deprivation and harassment, portraying them as the source of the country’s malaise.
Turkey, on the other hand, whose President Erdoğan is portrayed as a dictator in the European media, leads a government that’s doing a heck of job; as George W. Bush would have complimented him: “Erdo, you’re doing a heck of job.” Turkey has become the country hosting the largest number of refugees in the world, according to U.N. General Secretary, then-High Commissioner, Mr. António Guterres, in a meeting of NGOs and INGOs in Istanbul in June, 2015.
Since April, 2011, Turkey has allowed Syrian refugees to enter the country based on the government’s “Open Door” policy. The Turkish government’s initial response was based on short-term emergency planning with the goal of providing shelter and meals for the refugees/Guests.
The changing dynamic and imperatives of the conflict required revisiting Turkey’s migrants and immigration policy, in 2014 when the parliament passed an asylum and refugee bill.
Today in Turkey, the majority of the Syrian refugees currently have temporary protection status according to Geneva 1951 Refugees Convention. Turkey practices a ‘non-refoulement’ policy and admits refugees fleeing the conflicts from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Disaster Response Management Agency (AFAD) has been the leading agency coordinating the government’s efforts to respond to the refugee influx, although it was originally established in order to deal with natural disasters, such as earthquakes and flooding. Such an agency doesn’t exist in Italy or in France, despite all the humanitarian difficulties these countries’ governments are facing.
Why don’t the French and the Italian governments follow Turkey’s example and cooperate with Ankara? France, however is focusing on the Jihadists dossier with the Turkish authorities, and less on the humanitarian model established by Ankara towards its own national security dilemma, i.e., the Kurdish question on one front and the million refugees on the other.
The Syrian refugees in camps are under AFAD’s direct authority; it runs 25 camps in 10 cities with a total capacity of 330,000, housing approximately 272,000 refugees out of the 1,650,000 refugees that the agency has registered. The camps provide the refugees with accommodation, health, education (pre-school, school, and adult), religious, and social services. There are more than 150 different kinds of adult education programs (including training for how to become better community leaders).
International humanitarian assistance in total reached $27.3 billion last year from $25.7 billion in 2015. Turkey’s humanitarian assistance makes up 22 percent of the total aid, according to AFAD website.
Thus most of the non-camp refugees or urban refugees are already working in a variety of industries, such as textiles in Istanbul, for instance. Syrian manpower has surpassed the Afghanis, and efforts in agriculture in the Provinces of Mardin and Şanliurfa. However, the legal framework is needed and a “must” to issue work permits to the refugees for fiscal accounting and protection. It would also help to prevent the growth of an underground economy and exploitation of the refugee population.
Consequently, a variety of reports have urged the government of Turkey to begin thinking about long-term integration policies to avoid the pitfalls of social, economic, and security implications of hosting close to four million refugees. The government, for its part, has started to consider legislation that would facilitate successful integration. The Labor Ministry, for instance, has already announced that the Syrian refugees would be permitted to work in certain jobs.
The goal is to ensure that Syrian refugees as well as authorities are fully aware of their rights and duties to avoid misperceptions and violation of refugee rights (protection programs for women and children) from early and abuse marriage to child labor, through enrollment of the majority of school-age children to prevent social problems, including exploitation and abuse
INGOs and local ONGs are encouraging more CIPs (Community Initiative Project) in order to ease the tension between guest and host communities, through mutual respect of social comportment and tradition understanding.
Meanwhile French and Italian governments continue to regard the migrants question as one of national identity and a security issue, not purely humanitarian like the Turkish government, simply because the demon of intolerance is haunting their racist voters and politicians. Unlike the Turkish government is letting the increasing level of humanitarian expertise and financial support from UNHCR and ECHO’s appeal to identify the areas where protection and aid are needed the most and provide support in the most urgent areas, such as health, food and decent housing.
Migrants are not looking for “five-star” lodging, once accosted safely they need protection and aid in norms with these countries’ human, egalitarian and fraternal values. Weeks ago, French President Macron granted an illegal Malian migrant French citizenship and a firefighter job for his heroic act in saving a four-year-old baby falling from a four story-building in Paris’ 18ème arrondissement.
There are million of migrants who are brave just like Mamoudou asking for a piece of paper that allows them to earn a salary to live with dignity, and not deportation centers to die — migrants have been denied their dignity, a virtuous human characteristic, because of corrupt leaders’ injustice who are pushing them to flee al-Hogra, and sadly die in Lampedusa. | <urn:uuid:c766a7fd-8a93-4f72-bffb-ad3774b99ea0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.straturka.com/migrants-asking-for-protection-aid-not-five-star-lodging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957473 | 1,899 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Types of hosting solutions
A hosting solution is related to hoarding and/or sharing given web content on a server hosted by a web hosting vendor. There are various classes of hosting services used for various goals, so let's take a gaze at these. In that way, you can pick what you need, depending on whether you wish to build a weblog, mailbox accounts, or to share files with buddies and associates.
- File hosting: a solution made available by some providers, which permits you to share huge files. These could be disk images, movies, audio files, archived files, and so on. This service is also known as file storage, and its single function is to share files, since it does not support web page uploading. As soon as the files are uploaded, you will either get a randomly generated download link for each of them, or you will be able to explore a register of all the files in a directory, but you will not be able to see .html or .php web files in your browser. Free-of-cost file storage packages frequently include ads beside the download links, while a timer obliges you to await a particular span of time to perceive them. A single file can be downloaded with restricted speed. If you buy a paid file hosting package, there are no limits as to how many files you can upload/download straight away, and also there is no limitation in regard to the download speed or the file size.
At present, with the help of the cPanel hosting corporations, "file hosting" is being renamed to the more voguish "cloud hosting". This is an entirely wrong interpretation of the actual connotation of "cloud hosting". An actual cloud website hosting platform would distribute the load between autonomous hosts of web servers in a cluster, which are devoted to attending different website hosting services (mail, data storage, statistics, DNS, databases, CP, and so on.) So, the file hosting solution is simply a kind of a disk space hosting solution, not a cloud hosting one. It's not even close.
- Image hosting: akin to file hosting; some companies offer a hosting service for pictures only. This hosting kind is appropriate if you wish to share a large amount of pictures with pals or acquaintances since the solution is typically free of cost. You will receive a random link for every picture or album and you can then share this link. As with the file hosting service, .html and .php files are not compatible, so the solution cannot be used for sites.
- Email hosting: a solution committed to handling your electronic mail accounts. Some providers provide web hosting solutions for web sites, but do not provide an email hosting solution. If you desire to get an email address with your domain name but do not desire to run a web site, then the email hosting service is what you require. You can set up e-mail address accounts and administer them, but there will be no hosting solution for the domains. The email hosting solution involves incoming POP/IMAP and outgoing SMTP email servers.
- Video hosting: this service allows you to upload and share video files. You can either share a link to some video file, or you can embed the video in your site that is hosted elsewhere. The advantage of using this method instead of uploading the video in a hosting account is that the video clip creates a particular amount of CPU load, so with several videos and a few hundred web site viewers, you may have trouble with your website hosting reserves. Embedding the video file will enable you to utilize as many video clips as you desire without bothering about system supplies.
- Web page hosting: this is the service that you require if you wish to possess a website. To a certain degree, it encompasses all of the abovementioned hosting types since, along with your web sites, you can also host pictures and files, you can create databases and mail accounts, upload video clips, and so on. At ticopaginas, for instance, you can take a glance at web hosting and dedicated web server hosting accounts that permit you to have all of the aforesaid solutions in a single place. There may be limitations based on the kind of hosting service that you've picked - a free hosting plan, a paid shared hosting plan, a VPS or a dedicated server. Depending on that, your web hosting package may be better or worse juxtaposed to the normal email/file/video/image hosting plans that are purposed for specific content solely. | <urn:uuid:0408b6d1-9e41-4b4d-a965-da92ac5ac2dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://49ersodds.com/five-star-hosting-service/cloud-web-hosting-services/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.935167 | 911 | 2.015625 | 2 |
1. unhurried – relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; people strolling about in an unhurried way; an unhurried walk; spoke in a calm and unhurried voice
Is unhurried a real word?
not hurried; leisurely; deliberate: an unhurried day; an unhurried decision.
What does it mean to venturesome?
1 : inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring a venturesome investor. 2 : involving risk : hazardous a venturesome journey.
Is inhuman a real word?
lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
What is unhurried look?
: not happening or done quickly or too quickly : relaxed and calm. See the full definition for unhurried in the English Language Learners Dictionary. unhurried. adjective. unhurried n-hr-d
What is a resolute person?
Use the adjective resolute to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something very much, and won’t let anything get in the way.
What is a firm person?
adjective. If you describe someone as firm, you mean they behave in a way that shows that they are not going to change their mind, or that they are the person who is in control. She had to be firm with him. I don’t want to see you again. Synonyms: strict, unwavering, unswerving, unshakeable More Synonyms of firm.
What is the meaning of unruffled in English?
1 : poised and serene especially in the face of setbacks or confusion. 2 : not ruffled : smooth unruffled water.
What does it mean to be unemotional?
: not emotional: such as. a : not easily aroused or excited : cold. b : involving a minimum of emotion : intellectual an unemotional assessment. Other Words from unemotional Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More About unemotional.
What is steadfast behavior?
Someone can be steadfast in a belief, an effort, a plan, or even a refusal. Whatever it is, it means that the person will calmly hold firm to the chosen position and follow through with determination.
What is another word for venturesome?
Some common synonyms of venturesome are adventurous, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, and reckless.
Does keen mean smart?
Keen commonly means eager, interested, or enthusiastic. This sense of the word is often followed by about or on and the particular interest, as in He’s very keen on music. More generally, keen means sharp, intense, or strong. … A keen intellect is one that’s sharp in the sense of being mentally strong.
Is inhuman inhumane?
Definitions. The word inhumanlike inhumanemeans pitiless or lacking in compassion, but inhuman, which also means cruel, monstrous, and barbaric, has a harsher sense than inhumane. The Oxford English Dictionary defines inhumane as destitute of compassion for misery or suffering in men or animals.
Who is inhuman person?
When people talk about inhuman things, they’re usually not talking about dogs or Martians beings that are literally not human. Rather, this word involves humans who show no regard for their fellow humans. Murdering another person is an inhuman act; slavery is an inhuman institution.
Is inhuman a prefix?
ANSWER: The correct prefix that must be added to the given word ‘human’ is option (a) in. So the word that is formed is ‘Inhuman’.
What is the meaning of unhurried activity?
relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste. people strolling about in an unhurried way an unhurried walk
What is it called when you react quickly?
If someone is impulsive, it means that they act on instinct, without thinking decisions through. … Impulses are short, quick feelings, and if someone is in the habit of acting on them, they’re impulsive.
What do you call someone who is easily pleased?
Accommodating in one’s approach, not expressing criticism. uncritical. accommodating. lenient. forgiving.
What does word resolutely mean?
1 : marked by firm determination : resolved a resolute character. 2 : bold, steady a resolute gaze. resolute.
Is being resolute a good thing?
The strength that gets you through adversity is developed over time and is a kind of maturity factor of your leadership. As a leader who is resolute, you will not back down in adversity but will see it as just another milestone in your growth as a leader.
What is a hangdog?
hangdog. noun. Definition of hangdog (Entry 2 of 2) : a despicable or miserable person.
What is a firm person like?
If you describe someone as firm, you mean they behave in a way that shows that they are not going to change their mind, or that they are the person who is in control. Perhaps they need the guiding hand of a firm father figure. ‘A good night’s sleep is what you want,’ he said firmly.
What is a reserved person?
A reserved person. … The definition of reserved is saved for someone or some purpose, or is a person who doesn’t share his feelings, thoughts or emotions.
What is a strong willed person?
: very determined to do something even if other people say it should not be done.
Does unruffled mean calm?
calm; not emotionally upset or agitated; steady; unflustered: He became all excited, but she remained unruffled.
What do you mean by equable?
1 : marked by lack of variation or change : uniform an equable distance apart. 2 : marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme variation or inequality an equable temperament.
What is the synonym of unruffled?
Some common synonyms of unruffled are collected, composed, cool, imperturbable, and nonchalant.
What is another word for non emotional?
In this page you can discover 45 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for unemotional, like: apathetic, phlegmatic, heartless, reticent, quiet, detached, responsive, coldhearted, emotional, excite and stoic.
Is emotionless bad?
Emotions are essential to making connections and healthy, successful social interactions. Being emotionless can harm your ability to engage with others and can lead to social isolation and loneliness.
What do you call a person with no emotion?
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College and school students have celebrated diversity and thrown themselves into the local community by completing an eight mile scenic walk around Pendle for charity.
The Pendle Education Trust event saw Nelson and Colne College students joined by Colne Primet Academy and Pendle Primary Academy students at various stages of their trek as they raised money for Petal Childhood Cancer Research.
The fund-raiser was a way of helping students put into practice skills they had learnt during an engaging Citizenship Programme hosted by inter-faith community project Building Bridges Pendle.
Students were accompanied on the walk by staff members, Building Bridges’ community development officer Afzaal Mahmood and Petal representatives – all of whom congratulated the efforts of Pendle’s young people in coming together to make a difference to their community. The route was planned by NCC Public Services lecturer Richie Watts.
Nelson and Colne College Assistant Principal Paul Britton said: “This was the first event of this nature for Pendle Education Trust, and it has been great.
“We have celebrated the diversity of Pendle, seen areas we haven’t seen before and met new people, while doing something good for a local cause.”
NCC student Jack Wellings (17), from Colne, added: “It has been a really good idea to bring everybody together and it has been a great experience.”
And Pendle Education Trust chief executive Anita Ghidotti said: “The Trust’s Academies encourage all their children to engage with their local communities by participating in volunteering, project work or local clubs and societies, and I am delighted to have seen students put such effort and enthusiasm into this inspirational event.”
Petal Childhood Cancer Research raises funds specifically for research into childhood cancers for Cancer Research UK. The total raised from the Pendle Education Walk is still being finalised.
Karen Mendoros, from the charity, said: “We are absolutely overjoyed by the efforts of Pendle Education Trust – to see young people raising money and awareness for peers who are less fortunate than themselves is so heart-warming.”
For more on Pendle Education Trust visit www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk
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Mumbai Police has registered a case where a student was duped of Rs 1 lakh when he tried to illegally sell his cat on an e-commerce website. Police said the student wanted to sell his cat on OLX and had put up an advertisement for the same.
The student was then contacted by a person who posed as an interested customer. On August 22, the student reportedly received a call where the person said he would like to make an advance payment.
In a report on the case, Hindustan Times said the fraudster, who was posing as an interested customer, sent a link and asked the student to download an app saying it was an e-wallet. The gullible student followed his instructions but later found that instead of receiving advance payments from the person, money was instead being deducted from his own account.
"In five transactions, a total of Rs 1 lakh was withdrawn from his bank account, following which the complainant realised he had been duped," Hindustan Times said in its report. The student then approached the police and an FIR was lodged with charges of impersonation, cheating, among others.
The case has been registered at the DN Nagar police station.
Meanwhile, the report said the police are also considering registering a case against the student for trying to sell his cat online. Sale of animals in this manner is prohibited under Indian laws.
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The drought is real. Do you think watering your lawn and landscape is the cause? Think again.
Residential watering accounts for only 9% of the state’s water use. Watering your landscape is not the cause nor is cutting back the solution.
Not watering your landscape will have ill effects for decades. Neglecting to water your lawn, means your trees are not receiving the constant water supply they once received. What this means is that the roots are drying up and dying off, slowly weakening your trees. Take a look around and count how many trees have dying or dead branches near the top or do not look as full as they normally would this time of year. Although most trees have an extensive roots system, most urban trees are dependent on the water YOU give them when you water your lawn and shrubs. The trees send out little roots to look for water and these roots or soft and require a moist environment. Suddenly shutting off your irrigation system causes these roots to dry up and die, which can be detrimental to the health of the tree. With these roots drying up the tree slowly become weak as the one healthy roots die off. This makes the tree less stable. Wait until we have the Santa Ana winds after a good rain storm, there will be many trees that will be uprooted and gone forever due to lack of water.
If you have cut back your watering schedule, think about the trees. At the very least water your trees twice a week by providing a slow drip for an hour or more around the drip line (drip line is the outer perimeter of the trees branches) of the tree.
Watering your landscape now, while you still have a landscape to water is important to the health of the micro-environment which lives in your established landscape. Watering your landscape will help keep the plants healthy and prevent run off and possible mini mudslides with the predicted upcoming El Niño rainy season.
You can let your grass die off, but do what you can to save the shrubs and trees. Trees and shrubs take many years to mature and cannot easily be replaced.
Adding just 3″ inches of mulch around your plants can cut down your watering needs by 30%. THIRTY PERCENT!!! That’s 100’s of gallons of water you can save by simply adding and maintaining several inches of mulch or compost.
Ill talk more about the mulch and compost soon.
If you have any questions, please comment below and I will answer then as soon as I can.
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(RNS) — If you are like me, you like to see good people getting their just rewards.
That was how I felt the other day upon hearing President Biden had nominated Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University Holocaust historian, to be the State Department’s special envoy to combat antisemitism.
A special shout out as well to my colleague, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, who has been chosen to serve as commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent body that evaluates the state of religious freedom around the world. I have known and respected Rabbi Kleinbaum for decades; she will do a great job.
Deborah Lipstadt is an American Jewish heroine. Fate catapulted her to international fame when Holocaust denier David Irving sued her in a British court for libel. Watch the movie based on the case — Denial.
Deborah won. So did the survivors. So did truth.
Professor Lipstadt is a traditional Jew. She is affiliated with the Orthodox community in Atlanta. Over the years, I have personally experienced her warmth and graciousness to all Jews and to all Jewish movements.
Her way of doing Judaism demonstrates two things.
First, you can be a proud, affirming, observant Jew and maintain, affirm and sanctify a klal Yisrael approach. We are all Jews here; we are all responsible for each other.
Second, you can be a proud, affirming, observant Jew and live in the fullness of American culture and its politics.
So, yes — I am a total fan boy.
Read or re-read her book, “Antisemitism Here and Now.” Read the messages she brings to the world.
First, antisemitism is different from other hatreds.
All hatred is, in some sense, irrational. What makes antisemitism particularly irrational is that it bases itself on imagining that the Jews conspire to influence and run the world. It is “punching up,” singling out the Jews for special opprobrium because of their perceived strength.
Consider the anti-Jewish paranoia of Louis Farrakhan: “It is now becoming apparent that there were many Israeli and Zionist Jews in key roles in the 9/11 attack.”
Or, for that matter, these words from the Hamas charter:
The enemies have been scheming for a long time … and have accumulated huge and influential material wealth. With their money, they took control of the world media … With their money they stirred revolutions in various parts of the globe … They stood behind the French Revolution, the Communist Revolution and most of the revolutions we hear about … With their money they formed secret organizations — such as the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs and the Lions — which are spreading around the world, in order to destroy societies and carry out Zionist interests … They stood behind World War I … and formed the League of Nations through which they could rule the world. They were behind World War II, through which they made huge financial gains … There is no war going on anywhere without them having their finger in it. (Article 22)
Or, for that matter, the incoherent blather of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, with her fantasies about Jewish lasers from space.
When it comes to antisemitism, we are living in the midst of one of those medieval theme parks. History has not moved forward one inch.
Second, antisemitism occurs across the political spectrum.
Professor Lipstadt names the twin ideologies: Trumpism and Corbynism. Neither of their namesakes are in political power at the moment, but both ideologies are alive and well.
Trumpism is the antisemitism of the right. It is the antisemitism of the marchers in Charlottesville, who chanted “The Jews will not replace us!”
Corbynism, named for British Labor Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, is the antisemitism of the radical left.
As Prof. Lipstadt writes:
Fundamental to Corbyn’s political weltanschaung (world view) is an automatic — critics might call it knee-jerk — sympathy for anyone who is or appears to be oppressed or an underdog. Those who fight with rocks are always preferred to those who use tanks … anyone white, wealthy, or associated with a group that seems to be privileged cannot be a victim. Anyone who is or claims to be victimized by those who are white, wealthy, and/or privileged deserves unequivocal support. It is doubtful that Corbyn deliberately seeks out antisemites to associate with and to support. But it seems that when he encounters them, their Jew-hatred is irrelevant as long as their other positions — on class, race, capitalism, the role of the state, and Israel/Palestine — are to his liking.
Corbynism is now the dominant ideology of the British Labor Party.
It is also becoming the dominant ideology of the radical left in the United States.
Third, if you only see the antisemitism on the other side of the political divide, you are deliberately choosing to be blind in one political eye.
Consider the anti-Jewish violence that has emanated from the right: Pittsburgh and Poway, for example.
Those acts of violence shocked, but did not surprise, American Jews. That is our default narrative: Such violence will come from the right.
In the wake of Israel’s response to the Hamas rockets this spring, American Jews have been living through a pandemic of anti-Israelism and antisemitism — most of it coming from the radical left or from those groups with whom the radical left has sympathy, i.e., Palestinian activists.
(I stammer here. It is not entirely accurate to say Palestinian activists represent the left. Certainly not the way the left has imagined itself. Suffice it to say the neat left/right liberal/conservative models do not accurately fit here. I need to think much more about this.)
Leftist violence and rhetoric shocks American Jews. The people on the left, especially intellectuals and academics, are supposed to be our friends and our allies.
Our disappointment crushes us. It causes many American Jews to deny and/or rationalize and/or excuse that Jew hatred. It is criticism of Israel, we will say, often not fully aware when legitimate critiques of Israeli policies morph into calls for the dismantling of Israel as a Jewish state.
But, here is the larger issue. Conservatives are quick to point out the anti-Israelism on the left. They scream almost gleefully about Rep. Ilhan Omar.
They are less quick to scream about the wackiness of Rep. Greene.
And, vice versa.
We would have a far healthier political culture if we started critiquing those people who are our political allies and calling them to account.
Finally: yes, worry about antisemitism. But, it is not the reason why you are Jewish.
Deborah Lipstadt has always reminded her students and audiences not to make antisemitism the cornerstone of their Jewish identity.
Or, to put it another way: Judaism is not about how “they” hate us.
It is about how God loves us.
We could not ask for a better ambassador for Jewish and human interests — a woman who has already proven herself to be one of the great moral leaders of our time.
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They’re cute when they’re small, but fully-grown domestic chairs soon lose their kittenish charm and are all too often the hapless victims of cruel bushland abandonments. Unable to fend for themselves in the wild, their unsightly corpses litter the landscape, confuse less sedentary native animals, and spoil an otherwise picturesque hike.
With their last strength, these individuals huddled together for warmth, perhaps dreaming of a cosy waiting room or community club hall they would never see again.
Chairs are notoriously poor swimmers. The lifeless limbs of the unwary protrude stiffly from the water.
Please be sure to spay or neuter your furniture, and remember that spare chairs are for life, and not just for Thanksgiving.
Cliff Griffin found these chairs, dumped illegally at the turnoff to the North Thompson River, some in the river, some strewn around in the bush.
“That is where I taught the boys (his son and nephew) how to trap beaver,” says Griffin. “I was leaving them there in case the cops want to see, but I’d like to go clean them up before snow hits.” | <urn:uuid:8f7bc43b-882e-4d54-99b0-91f1f59648ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.therockymountaingoat.com/2014/10/fully-grown-domestic-chairs-soon-lose-their-kittenish-charm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.954139 | 249 | 1.851563 | 2 |
In 1905 amid the elegance of diplomacy and art, President Theodore Roosevelt and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens began a political-creative collaboration that was to change the face of American coinage. This is the beginning of our nation’s Golden Age of numismatic art – a Renaissance of American
Coinage design that would last until 1921.
In nearly 400 pages of carefully researched text and images – including more than one hundred never before published letters and designs – author Roger W. Burdette brings to life the complete story of America’s most beautiful coins.
Renaissance of American Coinage 1905-1908 explores this singular artistic partnership through extensive research and integration with contemporary historical events. Among many revelations are: the artist’s original coin designs, how and when the stunning Extremely High Relief patterns were made and who owned them, two new Saint-Gaudens $10 patterns, how and when the high relief $20 coins were struck and much more. Extensive information is provided on initial production (including identity the of person who actually cut the first hubs), origin of the low relief double eagle design, abandoned one-cent designs, and include a list of more than one hundred original purchasers of the special collector’s coins. The book also describes the design and production of Bela Pratt’s innovative $5 and $2.50 gold coins in 1908, his struggles with Presidential-friend William Sturgis Bigelow, and two missing Indian head patterns.
Authoritative text, extensive illustrations and thorough referencing make Renaissance of American Coinage 1905-1908 the only comprehensive source for this important, but poorly understood aspect of American art and numismatics. This book will be of special interest to historians of the early 20th century, coin collectors and fine art sculptors. It is intended to become a standard reference for libraries and historical research facilities.
Renaissance of American Coinage 1905-1908 is the second of three books exploring the coinage redesign of 1907-1921. A companion volume covering the 1916-1921 period (ISBN 0-9768986-0-8, available from the publisher.) was released in October 2005, and a third volume covering 1909-1915 is planned for release in 2007.
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It is a very challenging time for all of us right now, especially when, all day long, everywhere we look, we are bombarded with news about the Corona virus and the more we hear, the more difficult it is to get to sleep at night.
But corona virus is not the only thing keeping us up at night, we are experiencing more of an imbalance between work and our personal lives. When we don’t get a break from work — when we’re “always on” — it takes a toll on our mental and physical health. Anxiety can increase when we’re over-committed or just over-worked.
As sleep expert Mathew Walker says in his book ‘Why we sleep’
“The insidious impact of sleep loss on health runs much deeper. Every major system, tissue and organ of your body suffers when sleep becomes short. No aspect of your health can retreat at the sign of sleep loss and escape unharmed.’
We know for a fact that sleep deprivation is harmful to all the major physiological systems of the human body and when it comes to fighting this insidious virus, we need every bit of strength to fight back, but it is really hard to relax and switch off when our minds are filled with worry and anxiety and it is having those tools to hand at night before bed that will help every night to calm both mind and body and become a moment to enjoy and relax into rather than dread and fear.
In our opinion, there has never been a more important time to start to teach yourself a great bedtime routine if you are struggling, as sleep is known as the best healer and if you have lost control of your sleep rhythm there is nothing like tonight to make a few adjustments to your night time routine that could not only help you nod off and stay that way through the night, but good bedtime habits may also help you minimise your anxiety and stress.
So here are our tips for anxiety free sleep:
- Come in and change clothes into something soft and inviting (homebody ideally!) ( a good idea anyway bearing in mind we want to leave the world outside, outside!)
- Not too heavy an evening meal and try not to eat too late.
- Drink only a small cup of camomile tea after 7pm.
- Clear the bedroom of phones and ipads and computers.
- Have a warm soapy bath or a warm soapy shower.
- Apply lovely oils, moisturiser après bath and ideally try to squeeze in a mask while you are relaxing.
- If you get hungry after dinner stay away from fruit – it makes you uncomfortable and is no good for our teeth!
- Take yourself off to a quiet space with your phone and go for a guided meditation - We like Headspace or Eat Breathe, think and the beauty is you can just do as little as a few minutes but as long as your mind doesn’t wander it is time well spent and will clear your thoughts as you head towards the bedroom.
We also suggest a notepad or diary by the bed to use as a gratitude notepad: We love the idea of making a list of all the things in life we are grateful for. It could be anything, but positivity breeds positivity – give it a go!
Have a bedside light that can be made very dim, and unoffensive, but will allow you to read and every night read a book that captures your mind. We personally prefer a physical book, but if not, a kindle with backlight will work. There will be a point, maybe after one or two pages, when the eyelids start to feel heavy – drop the book and turn over and go to sleep – tada!!
Ahh but we could never forgot the key ingredient to this amazing routine and that is stepping into your Homebody pyjamas.
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One side of the argument says that if the government can grant patents, surely it should be able to review its work to see if it made a mistake in doing so.
The other side says that once a patent is granted, only a court should be able to take away the right that an inventor has come to rely upon.
Both perspectives were vigorously represented by Supreme Court justices Monday, and that made it difficult to predict the outcome of a constitutional challenge to a process set up by Congress in 2011 to review the validity of some patents.
The case involves the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which Congress established to respond to complaints about patent “trolls.” Those are patent owners who don’t use their patents to make products so much as to sue companies that infringe upon their rights.
But other patent holders, such as drug companies, say the process, which is overseen by administrative law judges, is not as rigorous as that supervised by courts and thus falls short of what the Constitution demands. The companies say the process makes it harder to protect their work.
“For 400 years, courts have adjudicated disputes between private parties about the validity of patents,” said Allyson N. Ho, a Dallas lawyer representing patent holder Oil States Energy Services. “Six years ago, Congress transferred this judicial power to an executive branch tribunal.”
Oil States owns a patent related to protecting equipment used in fracking. Oil States sued Greene’s Energy Group for infringing the patent. Greene’s Energy Group, in turn, petitioned the PTAB to review the patent. The board concluded that the challenged claims were unpatentable.
Oil States said that such reviews — called “inter partes” because of the expanded role of a third party in the challenges — intrude on a power reserved for the judiciary.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seemed convinced that Congress could set up such a review system.
“There must be some means by which the patent office can correct the errors that it’s made,’’ she said.
Justice Elena Kagan pushed back on Ho’s contention that the dispute must be determined by a court rather than an executive tribunal because it is a dispute between two private parties. A private party complains, Kagan said, but the government is the relevant player.
“It’s the government trying to figure out whether it made a mistake by granting the patent, which the government sometimes does and knows it sometimes does,” she said.
And Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that decisions of the PTAB can be appealed in federal courts.
“What saves this [is] even a patent invalidity finding can be appealed to a court,” she said.
Some of the conservative justices, suspicious of government bureaucracy, indicated that once any right, such as a patent, is granted, it can be canceled only after a judicial process.
“This is not a new idea, that once it’s granted, it’s a private right belonging to the inventor,” said Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. disputed the notion that because a patent is granted by the government, government has more leeway in removing it.
“Haven’t our cases rejected” the proposition that one has to “take the bitter with the sweet?” Roberts asked Christopher M. Kise, an attorney for Greene’s Energy Group.
Other justices indicated they could see merit on both sides of the issue.
“I thought it’s the most common thing in the world that agencies decide all kinds of matters through adjudicatory-type procedures often involving private parties,” said Justice Stephen G. Breyer. “So what’s special about this one?”
But later, he worried: “Suppose that the patent has been in existence without anybody reexamining it for 10 years and, moreover, the company’s invested $40 billion in developing it. And then suddenly somebody comes in and says: ‘Oh, oh, we — we want it reexamined, not in court but by the Patent Office.’ ”
Likewise, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy got Ho to agree that the government could reduce the lengths of patents by 10 years. “Doesn’t that show that the patent owner has limited expectations as to the scope and the validity of the property right that he holds?” he asked.
But Kennedy also seemed to agree with Gorsuch’s analysis that the patent was a private right to which the owner was entitled protection.
The case is Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group.
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Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is a microscopic roundworm that parasitizes soybean roots. Different types of nematodes can commonly be found in Manitoba, but not all are harmful to crops. SCN is a harmful type of nematode and one of the most damaging pests to soybean crops in North America. Preventative action, early detection and timely management are key in avoiding significant yield loss from SCN.
Infection of SCN can impact growth and yield by removing plant nutrients, disrupting nutrient and water uptake and impeding root growth. It can also reduce the number of root nodules and therefore inhibit nitrogen fixation. SCN-infected plants may also be more susceptible to the development of root rot and seedling diseases, due to openings in the root created by cysts. Once above-ground symptoms are noticed, up to 30% yield loss can already be expected.
Status in Manitoba
The presence of SCN was confirmed for the first time in Manitoba in 2019. This confirmation was made possible due to survey efforts led by Dr. Mario Tenuta and his laboratory (University of Manitoba) that have taken place from 2012 to 2019. SCN was identified by visual and molecular DNA methods in four out of 106 fields and four out of 18 municipalities sampled across all surveys. In July of 2021, another case of SCN was confirmed. The arrival and spread of SCN in Manitoba is not surprising given the northward movement and distribution throughout North America.
This makes a total of five rural municipalities with a confirmed presence of SCN (one field within each R.M.), including Thompson, Norfolk-Treherne, Rhineland, Emerson-Franklin and Montcalm. Given the large gap between regions with positive identification, it is possible that SCN may be present in fields not included in the survey. It is also possible that SCN may have established itself in surveyed fields since the sampling has taken place.
Cyst populations found within the four fields identified in 2019 are extremely low and consistent with recent establishment of this pest (1-14 cysts/5 lbs of soil across the four locations). However, in the most recently identified case, the SCN population was greater than previous discoveries, at 32 cysts or 1350 eggs/100 mL soil. As a point of reference, a field infested with 10,000 SCN eggs/100 cc of soil could experience 50% or more yield loss. Note: 100 mL is the same as 100 cc or 100 g.
More on the 2021 Discovery
An area with poor soybean growth and above-ground yellowing along a field edge was investigated by a local agronomist who found several tiny, lemon-shaped cysts on the roots. Dr. Mario Tenuta’s lab at the University of Manitoba later confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that it is SCN.
In the case of this field, symptoms were also found at a relatively higher point of elevation within the field, suggesting it is not exclusive to low spots. Cysts were also found on nearby plants that appeared completely healthy above-ground. SCN is also most easily detected during dry years and in lighter soils (a characteristic of this field).
Prevention and Management
Once SCN has arrived, it cannot be completely eradicated and can spread rapidly. Anything that moves soil can contribute to the spread of SCN. Since the pest has only recently established itself in the province, cleaning the soil off of equipment, vehicles, soil sampling equipment and clothing will reduce the risk of introduction or spread.
Eggs can survive for several years in the absence of a soybean crop. However, SCN requires a host plant to reproduce. Management options to minimize the population of SCN include rotating to non-host crops, growing SCN-resistant varieties, reducing tillage and controlling host weed species.
Scouting and Identification
Scout for SCN from late July through September, during the reproductive stages until maturity, by gently digging up roots and examining them for cysts. Roots should be soaked in water to avoid breaking off any potential cysts. Late-season scouting should be done prior to any tillage operations. Assess the most high-risk areas of a field, including:
- Any generally low-yielding areas
- Approaches and field edges
- Low spots
- Shelter belts
- High pH areas
Unfortunately there are no distinct, above-ground symptoms specific to SCN. So it is possible that we may already be seeing it in other fields, but have not identified it. At low levels of infection, plants may still appear healthy. At high levels of infection, plants may appear stunted and chlorotic or necrotic. Symptoms may resemble nutrient deficiencies, drought stress or other abiotic factors. Therefore, digging up the roots is the best way to identify this pest.
Below-ground symptoms are more unique due to the presence of white, lemon-shaped cysts on the roots. These cysts are much smaller than root nodules and may require the use of a magnifying lens. When scouting, it is recommended to carefully dig out the entire root system and soak in water to remove the soil without breaking off any cysts.
Soil Testing for SCN
- Target soil collection from suspect areas.
- Sample after harvest and prior to soil freeze-up. If sampling after soybean harvest, sample directly within harvested rows prior to tillage. Following other crop harvest, sample after fall tillage if this is your common practice.
- Collect 15 cores from every 20 acres. Sample the top 8 inches using a push probe or small diameter soil auger.
- Mix soil cores in a pail and place in a zip-lock bag. Label, refrigerate and submit to Agvise as you would with other samples.
- If results come back positive, contact Dr. Mario Tenuta (Soil Ecology Lab UManitoba).
- Cysts were recovered from 12/30 fields in 2017. Most of these cysts were broken and not filled with eggs, preventing accurate identification. Intact cysts were recovered from 7/12 fields. Only 4/7 fields had cysts in good enough condition for molecular testing.
- Molecular DNA analysis of eggs in cysts was conducted using multiple methods. This included two diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and sequencing of multiple DNA gene targets.
- Cyst populations from the four fields were extremely low and consistent with recent establishment of the nematode. Populations were 2, 1, 14, and 14 cysts per 5 lbs soil in each of the fields. This is compared to 3,000-4,000 cysts per 5 lbs soil in areas of Ontario and the U.S. Midwest, where the nematode has been present for many decades.
- The four fields with positive cyst identification were revisited and sampled again in May 2019. These four fields again had cysts similar to soybean cyst nematode in appearance. Two of the four fields had cysts in good enough shape to examine their molecular DNA, which matched the DNA of soybean cyst nematode.
- One field with a relatively higher cyst population was revisited and sampled again in August 2019. Roots were randomly examined for cysts and some plants had a few white to yellow lemon-shaped cyst nematodes on their roots. There were no visible above-ground symptoms (e.g., stunting, poor canopy closure, chlorosis).
This research is conducted by Ph.D. student Nazanin Ghavami at the University of Manitoba and is a collaborative effort between the University, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers and Manitoba Agriculture. Funding was provided by Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, Manitoba Agriculture and the Western Grains Research Foundation. Albert Tenuta of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is a project collaborator.
Soybean Cyst Nematode – Presentation by Dr. Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba, at MPSG’s 2019 Getting It Right Crop Production Meeting
Manitoba Agriculture Bulletin and Soybean Cyst Nematode Survey Background – Manitoba Agriculture and Dr. Mario Tenuta
Soybean Cyst Nematode – North Dakota State University Extension Service Plant Disease Management Publication
SCN Management Guide Fifth Edition – North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP) Publication
Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) – University of Minnesota Extension Web Page
Soybean Cyst Nematode of Soybean – Crop Protection Network Web Page
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Confidence Through Power Posing
3 years ago- a Ted talk given by Amy Cuddy on body language went viral and became one of the most watched and influential Ted Talks EVER. Power posing being an interesting phenomenon similar to when you force yourself to smile to feel happy- here you would take on a strong- dominant pose that would lead you to feel powerful.
Here is a link to the video in question:
Many interesting topics are covered; from power posing in the animal kingdom to the university classroom and to how our body language influences the perception others have of us- and self perception. Many interesting poses were discovered and actually appear to be universally- cross culturally and biologically ingrained.
Knowing this information is all well and good- but how can it help a candidate in their job search or a manager command authority in their next staff meeting? Should we be encouraging people to engage in Power Posing prior to important interviews and meetings to ensure they feel more confident?
The answer is …YES. This “Fake it ‘til you make it strategy has been proven to work numerous times- but the reasons behind it remain slightly obscure. The simplest conclusion scientist have agreed upon is that- the way our mind affects our body- our body also affects our mind and we can use these uplifting poses to feel stronger- more confident- and better prepared. Here are some examples of great power poses to get Interview ready (do each one for about 2 minutes) !
This pose- often seen at the end of a major race or competition is called the victory pose. This is similar to what is done in the animal kingdom when expressing dominance- expansion of the body. It is suggested to do this pose- in front of the mirror for a few minutes- right before that important interview!
2. The wonder woman – The alpha
This pose takes up a lot of room and asserts whomever does it as leader of the wolf pack. This is a great pose to do as a manager before an important or disciplinary meeting. It will show whoever is in the room that you are tall- proud and must be taken seriously.
3. The President
This pose- while probably not the best to be doing at your boss’s desk – could work just fine in the morning- before heading into work to ask for that big promotion. This pose has been said to make you more inclined to express your opinions and new ideas.
4. The Take it or Leave it (the loomer)
Ah! What a strong pose! This is perfect for closing a sale or a negotiation. Also very useful when leaning in to listen to a colleague- while still standing your ground. This pose tends to make the person you are speaking with feel smaller- so more intimidated and open to listening to your ideas.
There are many other power poses out there (other examples showcased below) but they all seem to have similarities, the main one being taking up physical space- expanding to showcase your presence. This may be difficult to do for people who are naturally timid or more “closed” than “open” in their stance- but scientific results have shown that doing these power poses DO increase our self and perceived confidence.
Go ahead and try them!
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...The part of sweating that’s less cherished, of course, is the ensuing scent. Pure perspiration, when it’s first released from your pores, is sterile and odorless; it’s the reaction of sweat mixing with the bacteria on your skin that can cause a pungent aroma, says the New York dermatologist Dr. Rachel Nazarian. Antiperspirants can minimize the issue by blocking the pores with aluminum salts. But concerns about the safety of these formulas have inspired some to seek out alternatives, including natural, aluminum-free versions that neutralize smells rather than inhibiting sweat.
The latest plant-based options are both more soothing and stylish than the crumbly, messy natural solids of the past, which often absorbed moisture using baking soda — an alkaline ingredient that tends to dry out and irritate delicate underarm skin, says Dr. Nazarian...
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Bargeboard, Fascia and Soffit. Confusing huh? Read on.
Verge – The sloping edge of the roof
Eaves – Bottom of roof slope, bottom of lowest row of tiles
Fascia – Board that guttering is fitted to, sits below the eaves
You may decide to work on your upvc fascias only, plastic soffits only, cladding only, bargeboards only or any combination of these. Kents Direct can supply the right combination of products you’ll need.
UPVC FASCIA BOARDS
To Cap or Replace?
If the current timber is sound, it is perfectly acceptable to use capping boards. Small areas of isolated rot can be cut out completely back to sound timber and the sawn ends treated with timber preservative prior to capping. However, if rot is present it is better to remove the timber and use a replacement fascia board.
Capping Board Types
Our capping boards are 10mm thick. They should have a timber behind them to fix the gutters through and to support the roof tiles. Our replacement fascia boards are 18mm thick and do not require the timber backing as they will support the gutter screws.
Fascia Board Style & Finish
You will need to measure the lengths and depth of each run of fascia and note how they end – e.g. butt to a wall; turn a 90′ angle
Bargeboards are essentially the same as Fascia boards, most houses will use exactly the same boards for both areas. However, they can sometimes be more decorative than Fascias.
These are supplied in 5 metre lengths.
Unlike fascia boards which have a L shaped profile these boards are flat and approx 18mm thick. This means that they are a direct replacement piece, rather than a capping over product. These are designed to be fixed directly into the ends of the rafters.
GABLE END BOXES
Where bargeboards end in a gable end box, measure the maximum depth and length of each box.
Depending on the pitch of the roof these will likely need a 400mm board or similar to cover. We sell these boards in 2.5m lengths to minimise wastage.
LUXURY BARGEBOARD MOULDINGS
On older properties, the bargeboards were ofter carved to give a quality look. We are now able to offer a moulding that fits to our capping or replacement boards to give that traditional bargeboard look. An accurate measurement of the length of each bargeboard will be required if you plan to use these mouldings
*TIP On most properties bargeboards are between 4.2m and 4.9m long.
Our range of moulding can be found here|KentsBuilding
Cover or Replace?
Existing soffits that have a grey finish are probably a cement based board and are maintenance free unless you paint them. As soffits are always in shadow, it is not unusual to leave these boards as they are. If you decide to fit a new soffit, it is not necessary to remove the old unless there is any rot. An existing soffit is normally a good surface to fix to.
Soffits can be fixed in a few different ways.
Polytop pins/nails can be used for both solid and hollow soffits. These are colour matched plastic headed pins/nails which blend in to the board.
Hollow soffit boards can also be attached by using 30mm cladding pins, which have no bulky head on them and can be fixed through the back of the groove providing a complete hidden fixing.
SOFFIT STYLE & FINISH
We offer a choice of soffit styles as shown below.
Hollow tongue and groove soffit on the left and Solid board on the right.
VENTILATION TO PREVENT CONDENSATION
Houses are now well insulated and must have ventilation to the roof space to stop condensation.
We supply a few different solutions for ventilation.
Often in older properties the roofing felt has worn along the top of the fascia board and no longer hangs 50mm into the gutter.
Left damaged this can cause major issues in the future. The rain can enter the roofspace and cause rot in the roof timbers. This can also find its way inside the house and can show up on ceilings as damp patch. It can also cause the front of a building to get wetter than it should in concentrated spots, which can lead to penetrating damp issues, and can also show up failings in rendered buildings by travelling through cracks at an alarming rate.
At the first sign of damage being caused by rain you should seek to rectify the problem asap.
As a simple fix we have replacement eaves trays which slide up under the first row of tiles and divert rain down into the gutter.
This involves pushing the first 2 rows of tiles up the roof to gain access to the damaged felt. From here the new trays can be fitted under the remaining felt to help support the felt from sagging between rafters and also now provides a very long lasting protrusion into the gutter allowing any water that has found its way under the tiles to be drained safely into the gutter where it belongs.
We can also supply replacement breathable roofing underlay for new builds.
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Physicians—along with every other healthcare professional—must constantly bolster their existing medical knowledge with Continuing Medical Education (CME), which encompasses the breakthroughs and technological updates that happen every single day within the healthcare world. Choosing the best CME activity for their licensure renewal requirements is pivotal to the continuation of their careers.
As a CME provider, it is essential to know what types of activities physicians generally prefer and why. While a variety of elements come into play, and many of which are specific to the individual physician, the most important overarching factors have to do with topic relevance, time allowance to complete the activity, and content quality.
If you have struck all of those notes yet still notice undesirable registration numbers, then consider these nine criteria and adjust your CME content accordingly.
1. In-Person vs. Online
Whether your activity is live or virtual, physicians need flexibility when it comes to structure and scheduling. From there, however, each method has different requirements that make them more desirable to those looking to earn credits.
- Times & days – Consider the days of the week when planning your event and select convenient times that are not overtly intrusive to either the physician’s practice or their daily schedules.
- Flexibility – It is unlikely that any one physician will be present for the full duration of your event due to their pre-existing obligations. Therefore, you will want to offer flexibility in terms of the dates your event will take place.
- Length – Many physicians will be traveling to your event; bear in mind that they will want to enjoy the location while they are there, and schedule the lengths of your conferences appropriately.
- Adaptability – Because online activities are not locked into a set schedule like in-person events, CME providers have the luxury of being able to offer the most up-to-date information available. Remain adaptive and ensure your content has taken into account all current knowledge on the topic.
- Time allowance – Allocate your physicians enough time to fully understand the material and allow them the ability to go back and review anything they may have misunderstood during their first watch.
- Availability – It is impossible to cater to every single physician’s busy schedule; by making your online content available 24/7 during its lifespan, that is not something you need to worry about. This will also allow physicians to complete your content at their own pace.
For in-person events, physicians will check to see if your chosen venue is local or in a desirable location that they consider worth the trip. However, there are a wide range of preferences to try to manage when selecting your location. Some healthcare professionals enjoy having CME events in multiple cities around the country, in venues that are close to airports. Others prefer a variety of specialty-specific conferences in a single, desirable destination with a schedule that allows for free time.
3. Activity Details
Marketing must be taken into consideration when it comes to advertising the details of your activity to your target healthcare professionals. For in-person events, physicians prefer to know important information well in advance, such as dates, times, and location. For both in-person and online activities, it is crucial to make your topic known, along with what aspects of that topic your content will cover in-depth.
Potential registrants must prioritize the welfare of their careers first; in the interest of that, they will look at CME providers’ credentials as well as the credentials of their speakers. Freely listing your credentials goes hand-in-hand with providing details regarding your activity’s learning objectives and teaching methods.
Furthermore, you must include information on certification and the credits physicians will earn by completing your activity.
5. Alumni Opinion
Word of mouth is a potent tool that can either hurt or help your marketing endeavors. Never outrule the possibility that potential registrants will ask former attendees their opinions on your content. After ensuring the best experience possible during your actual event, it will prove beneficial to reach out to attendees after the fact for detailed feedback, which can help highlight areas of improvement for next time.
It is important to avoid pigeonholing yourself when it comes to your CME content. To optimize your chances of success, offer a range of educational materials for different topics within your chosen specialties or professions. Not only will this provide new registrants an ample opportunity to find something that suits their specific needs, it also increases the chances of drawing former attendees back for more—especially if their previous experience had been a satisfying one.
7. Career Advancement Opportunities
Many physicians seek to advance and optimize their practices, and this reflects in their choice of CME content. Oftentimes, they will opt for activities that they believe will facilitate career advancement opportunities by furnishing them with skills and knowledge that are currently in demand within their respective fields.
Budget constraints must always be taken into consideration when promoting a CME activity. Content with a high price tag must always offer enough value to compensate; this value can come in the form of robust learning objectives, a satisfactory number of credits earned, or other perks such as a discount on hotel bookings.
9. Accreditation Requirements
CME accreditation requirements vary for each organizer, but these requirements determine the manner of content each organizer can provide, such as seminars, tutorials, or web-based assessments. Similarly, physicians are beholden to the licensure requirements of their state medical board, which may dictate the activities they must complete for renewal. For example, a physician may need to complete an activity that follows the Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) format, which will not be available from every CME provider.
CME serves a dual purpose for most physicians: they are satisfying a career requirement while also developing new knowledge and skills to enhance their level of patient care. However, these are not the only outcomes that can be obtained through CME, with many physicians choosing to pursue a path to lower healthcare costs for themselves and their patients through the new methods and technologies offered by CME.
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Under the “special period” of up to two years, consumers around the world re-examine the health of their lifestyles and focus on health topics again.
A few days ago, ADM, a global agricultural product processing and trade, and food nutrition company, released a forecast report on future dietary supplements, pointing out that functionality, fun, and convenience will become future trends. Improve overall health within 12 months and actively seek functional solutions to incorporate dietary supplements into their daily regimen.
01 Personalized solutions are favored
According to the report, consumers are actively seeking solutions that meet their specific health needs. Because each consumer’s health foundation and life experience are different, their definition of health is also different. But what they have in common is that they both place a greater emphasis on the idea of overall health.
The fastest-growing segments of the dietary supplement market include stress, mood, and sleep support products, all of which are key components of emotional well-being and are related to overall well-being. In fact, 76% of consumers worldwide say they have learned about the link between cognitive health and overall health, and 51% of consumers globally plan to improve their cognitive or mental health status in the next 12 months. Therefore, dietary supplements that help restore sleep, stabilize mood, regulate immune function, weight management, and skin health will be increasingly favored by consumers.
Data shows that global dietary supplement users are looking to address health issues including immunity, energy, cognitive and mental health, heart health and digestive health.
02 Products must be functional, delicious and fun
Just like the daily consumption of food and beverages, dietary supplements are expected to provide the same wonderful experience. In addition to functional nutritional benefits, consumers expect dietary supplements to be convenient and tasty.
In many cases, consumers opt for products that are both delicious and nutritious for added enjoyment. This concept of “enjoyed with purpose” makes the dietary supplement market promising, as 58% of global consumers say dietary supplements also need to be “tasty”.
Given the dual needs of consumers for taste and nutritional function, dietary supplements and functional foods have begun to further integrate, and formulators can attract consumers by creating products that combine function, taste and fun.
In addition to gummies, which have long been the main product format, brands are also exploring other confectionary formats, such as chocolate and chewing gum. Confer additional functional benefits to products by incorporating scientifically proven functional ingredients such as prebiotics, probiotics and botanical extracts.
In addition, supplementing these nutritious functional ingredients with attractive colors and flavors can enhance the consumer’s eating experience, no longer a daily routine, but a pleasure. The data shows that 63% of dietary supplement users believe that the taste of products can be improved; 41% of existing dietary supplement users are exploring new flavors of different types of products.
03 Dosage forms tend to be portable and easy to take
Consumer experience is a key factor affecting consumer buying behavior and brand loyalty. Health Products Target consumers want a variety of dosage forms that fit their lifestyles and that are portable, easy to take, and delicious. To this end, manufacturers are actively introducing rich and diverse product forms to suit different age groups, from children to the elderly.
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04 Product safety and efficacy become concerns
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The media seems incapable, or unwilling, to provide real insight for citizens into the Administration?s policies in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq. We don?t have a staff of foreign policy experts – yet – but we?re willing to offer what we believe to be some honest insights into U.S. policy because we think citizens should begin to understand the difference between the two current political parties and what the American Party may seek to do.
In our last post we lamented the fact that the Bush Administration did not obtain a permanent security alliance with Iraq such as we have with South Korea. Nor did it get concessions on Iraqi oil which could have eventually repaid some of the $1.9 trillion spent. The Bush Administration should have worked with the U.N. from the earliest days of the Coalition Provisional Government to make this happen.
In Afghanistan we are in the 11th year of what was originally expected to be a 20 year campaign. The monthly cost exceeds $6 billion, and we have over 17,000 U.S. KIA or wounded. This is now the longest war in U.S. history, and it is far from clear that the Afghan National Army will be able to prevent terrorism and the Taliban from returning once international forces pull out for good in 2014. If not, our sacrifices will have been largely wasted. This war was initiated on October 7, 2001 by the Bush Administration in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Progress towards an Israeli-Palestinian agreement is non-existent. As we see it, President Obama has been adeptly boxed in by Israel. PM Netanyahu said this week that Israel will, at its sole discretion, retain the option to attack Iran?s nuclear facilities and may not inform the U.S. before it does so. President Obama?s response: ?I have Israel?s back?. This sounds like an open-ended commitment in which the U.S. may have to finish whatever Israel starts while taking casualties in the process. If so, we could also say goodbye to any hope of an Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution in the foreseeable future. It is not the American way and is indicative of a not-very-savvy Administration. The notion that Israel, a nation of only 8 million people, should feel that it has no option but to initiate an illegal, unsanctioned war with Iran is absurd. The very fact that it is being discussed indicates weak U.S. policy. Ultimately U.S. national security is at stake here along with the national security of many other countries. If Iran builds the bomb we all understand that it won?t be too long before a few ICBMs are aimed at the Great Satan, to use Iran?s term for the U.S. Then we will have to live under constant threats from the ayatollahs.
There are no good options. The fanatical regime in Iran has said time and time again that it will not yield to the world community. Iranian government advisor Ahmad Bakhshayesh recently said, ?The U.S. has no other option than to compromise on our stances and accept our nuclear program.?
This is a problem for the big ?5+1? countries to handle, not Israel. We think the U.S. should lead by immediately starting to work within the U.N. to form a consensus that Iran?s nuclear facilities must be taken out unless Iran complies fully with the IAEA, now and in the future. The U.N. could set a deadline date in 2012 for full Iranian compliance with the IAEA. That should be the policy ? work within a U.N. framework and make sure Israel stays on the sidelines. We should permanently end the possibility of an Iranian threat and avoid any further proliferation of nuclear weapons. The 21st century must be spent reducing worldwide stockpiles of nuclear weapons, not adding to them. | <urn:uuid:6e35a197-3d10-430f-a6d5-55c44603897d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://americanparty.mobi/2012/03/u-s-floundering-in-the-mideast/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.963005 | 796 | 1.75 | 2 |
Since July 2013, Egyptian authorities have undertaken a campaign of repression against dissidents. Over the past two years, the scope and severity of this campaign has surpassed any that Egypt saw under Hosni Mubarak. Most notably, security forces attacked mostly peaceful Muslim Brotherhood protesters in Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque and al-Nahda Square in 2013, killing at least 817 people; initiated a campaign of mass arrests of over 40,000 political prisoners (compared to 5,000-10,000 political prisoners near the end of Mubarak’s rule); and issued 509 mass execution sentences in 2014, an increase of 400 sentences compared to 2013. In addition, the nature of repression shifted from a measured, calculated approach under Mubarak to an unrestricted and systematic campaign under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The authorities have killed unarmed civilians; used sexual violence against women, men, and children with greater impunity; and conducted forced disappearances at unprecedented levels.
Although repression was widespread during Mubarak’s tenure, it was more subtle and was used relatively sparingly as a politically expedient tool to stabilize the regime. The Mubarak regime was careful to maintain a liberal veneer through the National Democratic Party (NDP), which Mubarak and his allies used to project a democratic image to domestic and international audiences. For example, in 2005 the NDP presided over constitutional amendments that allowed for the first multi-candidate presidential elections in the country’s history. But further amendments in 2007, which seemed to strengthen the power of the elected parliament, offered little substantive reform. By contrast, after more than four years of upheaval, the Sisi regime seems far less able or willing to curtail its repression and violent tactics. A few exceptions include President Sisi’s June 2015 apology for police brutality—which could be interpreted as a rare display of disunity with the security forces—and Al-Ahram newspaper’s April 2015 report, also condemning ongoing police brutality.
The shift toward more repression is likely a result of the change in the composition of the ruling elite, particularly the dominance of the military over the NDP-backed business elite that had been their partner during the Mubarak era. The regime’s ideological base has changed from liberalization and economic progress to political stability, containing the Muslim Brotherhood, and fighting terrorism.
Unlike the Sisi regime, the ruling NDP had formally condemned torture, limited the use of state violence, and sought to maintain a semblance of judicial independence. But the Sisi regime has crossed a number of previous red lines, offending the sensibilities of some of the urban middle classes. For example, the use of sexual violence, although present during Mubarak’s rule, has taken new, more severe and systematic forms, and the rape of men in police custody has become a widespread and an ongoing tactic. The regime also crossed a line in killing poet Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, who was shot while laying flowers in Tahrir square on the fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution. Finally, the regime continues to detain Mahmoud Mohamed Hussein, a 19-year-old arrested on the third anniversary of the revolution for wearing an anti-torture t-shirt.
Some argue that Sisi’s tactics simply reflect the reality of Egyptian politics after four years of upheaval, but this ignores other alternatives to the current campaign of repression. For instance, directly after the coup, the Muslim Brotherhood had expressed the desire—whether genuine or not—to find a peaceful solution before negotiations ended and the military moved to disperse the sit-ins. But the military elites chose to eliminate the Brotherhood as a possible contender, thereby allowing the officer corps to consolidate its control over the political scene.
While the Sisi regime has used physical repression as its primary tactic to deal with both secular activists and Brotherhood members, as attested by the draconian sentences against members of both groups, it has primarily used economic and political marginalization to deal with the business elite. In the aftermath of the 2011 uprisings, business tycoons were imprisoned on corruption charges. Ahmed Ezz, a steel tycoon and the right hand man of Gamal Mubarak, although eventually released from prison in August 2014, was barred from running for parliament in 2015. On the macro level, the military has asserted its dominance by aggressively expanding its economic empire at the expense of the business elite, awarding large government contracts to military-controlled businesses rather than the private sector. The key role that the military played in the new Suez Canal project attests to this increased influence.
As its economic influence grows, and with the NDP and the Muslim Brotherhood eliminated, most checks on the army’s power have been removed. The judiciary in particular has fallen in line with the military’s politics and no longer exhibits the independence that it had during the Mubarak era, when reformist judges participated in opposing the regime during the 2005 elections. Similarly, the verdicts meted out against Brotherhood members for “insulting the court” show a high level of animosity toward the Brotherhood within the judiciary itself. As part of this vendetta, they also infamously sentenced fourteen peacefully protesting teenage girls to eleven years in jail—later commuted to a one-year suspended sentence after domestic pressure.
Repression in Egypt is likely to remain the preferred tactic of Egyptian authorities. There are signs of this already becoming the norm. The new terrorism law approved by the cabinet in June 2015 contains many draconian articles, including ones that criminalize news reporting that contradicts the government’s official accounts. In addition, a proposed amendment to the judicial law could open up a legal path to carry out the hundreds of mass execution sentences. But unlike during the Mubarak era, repression is no longer centrally directed or easily controlled. The military might be attempting to centralize power in its own hands, but competition persists among different security agencies to maintain their institutional autonomy and privileges. The military’s efforts to consolidate power in its own hands—without the use of a civilian facade like the NDP—will subject it to greater public scrutiny and criticism, jeopardizing its long-term stability. The military’s accumulation of wealth and contradictions within the system can provide a powerful rallying cry against it, opening up the way for another uprising.
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Existing materials are being deployed in new environments and exotic new materials are being developed to meet ever higher engineering demands.
Advanced materials such as carbon fibre and graphene are becoming materials of choice for high-end applications such as bike frames, cars, surgical implants and aircraft wings. New materials are being developed to replace or support human body parts such as artificial hips and corneas. While these new materials have many unique and exciting properties, allowing engineers to design and make things that were just not possible previously, it is still vital that the physical properties of these materials are characterised, and any failure modes well understood.
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Experiments administered by Stanford University biostatistician Maya Mathur and the University of California, San Francisco's David Reichling sought to determine the scope of the uncanny valley--the point at which a lifelike robot stops attracting people and instead repels them--so designers have tools to make machines that humans are more comfortable around.
The researchers surveyed 66 workers on Amazon Mechanical Turk to score a series of 80 robot faces on a scale of 1 to 100 in terms of how mechanical and how human they appeared. The participants also had to rate how enjoyable they would find interacting with such robots on a daily basis.
Mathur and Reichling determined the robots' perceived friendliness closely corresponded with the uncanny valley curve.
Follow-up experiments asked 92 workers how much money they would give a robot to invest, which the robot would then triple and decide whether and how much to give back to them. The researchers found the sum of money that participants opted to give to the robot also followed the uncanny valley pattern.
"I think, ultimately, these data suggest that the uncanny valley is a real and tangible problem," Mathur says.
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Looking for an easy way to improve your health this new year?
Start with hydration. Water is an essential ingredient of life and too many of us take this for granted. Some studies estimate that as much as 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. Every system in the body relies on H2O to function smoothly. It’s really time to ask: by foregoing hydration, what are you really doing to your body?
How much water have you had today?
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This graduation stole features the seed of the national tree of the Philippines, the Narra (Pterocarpus indicus). As a floral language and nature metaphor to the graduation ceremony, it represents the ritual of transition, in this case marking the move from student to worker. The scientific name is Latinized Ancient Greek and means "wing fruit", referring to the unusual shape of the seed pods in this genus. When a seed falls from its mother tree, it flies and goes a long way to plant its roots.
The Baybayin script written on the front translates to Dangal, which means Honor, and Husay, which means excellence. When facing the wearer of the stole, Honor comes before Excellence (left to right). For without honor, excellence can be useless, if not misused. On the back, the Baybayin spells out Malasakit, which translates to compassion or empathy. When empathy is cultivated, we become better humans. Having a sense of radical empathy and a culture of care is often overlooked in the neoliberal education system. We assert that empathy is the highest form of intelligence.
In the centre of the Philippine sun in the Baybayin script for ka. Ka, in Tagalog, can be word on its own, meaning you. As a pre-fix to a word, adding ka- creates a relationship. Like kababayan (people who are from the same homeland, hometown, etc), kapantay (equal), kalaro (playmate), kamaganak (blood relative). In highlighting Ka, we want to uplift our new graduates to always be community-facing in all that they do.
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Typographic styling helps define a UI’s information hierarchy and function. Typography choices can also greatly affect legibility, which is an important consideration for driving.
Guidance at a glance (TL:DR):
- Use display, body, and subtext from the Android Automotive OS typographic scale
- Minimum body text size is 24dp – reserve subtext sizes for non-crucial information
- Use a 4-dp grid for alignment
- Apply style attributes to create effects (support hierarchy, focus attention)
- Use medium font weights sparingly – and avoid bold
Scale and grid references
Use the Android Automotive OS typographic scale and typesetting grid to ensure a consistent look and glanceable text at a range of levels for display text, body text, and subtext.
Android Automotive OS typographic scale
This scale shows the fonts, font sizes, and line heights used for the nine default levels of display text, body text, and subtext used in Android Automotive OS. The minimum type size for Android Automotive OS is 24dp. Sizes below 24dp are not easily glanceable and should be used sparingly in the auto context. Subtext sizes are best reserved for non-crucial or tertiary information such as status bar content.
Typesetting grid and baseline reference
Maintaining the scale and vertical rhythm based on a 4dp grid helps with consistency and visual hierarchy.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Looking at the changed orders of measurable science Legal science gives a type of applied science contextualized with the law, à ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢ ¦inextricably in the administration of the public.1 However, expanding exposure through visual media that praises and misleadingly depicts the field as idiot proof, is having negative effects in courts around the world. These effects are to a great extent because of mistaken convention and exaggerating of results past what the jury can appreciate. Puzzle and wonderment has encircled legal science, spellbinding crowds with projects, for example, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The arrangement of scientific related film has empowered the field to become known broadly, anyway understanding the complexities is being demonstrated to be a genuine limitation. The favorable circumstances have seen the business get huge awards and financing in certain territories, anyway most of juries confuse the quality of proof, effectively overestimating the weight it offers the court. This is huge as the jury is ordi narily comprised of ordinary individuals, instead of researchers. Along these lines, further straightforwardness is required for the jury to decipher the weight to apply to different sorts of proof. It is evident that the multidisciplinary study of crime scene investigation is comes up short on the suitable solidarity to administer the whole system under a typical model; measurable science. While there have been tremendous measures of examination into the compound , organic and physical sciences, a considerable lot of the confirmations, for example, apparatus imprint and unique mark proof, that are depended on to give individualisation and uniqueness need satisfactory financing and exploration to build up their legitimacy, unwavering quality and factual hugeness. It is a defect in the framework that we are required to contain the whole assortment of controls that decipher measurable proof under one umbrella-like idea. Enveloping the legal trains under the one term is the aftereffect of quick extension in the field. It is suitable to value that a few fields, especially zones of DNA research, have gotten critical consideration, where others have been disregarded. Maybe measurable science and its locale are at a phase where orders can be appropriated between what is scientific proof and what is criminological insight. Or on the other hand maybe it is increasingly appropriate to separate based on logical/investigative based or master deciphered. Measurable science in general should be completely assessed to decide a successful differentiation for the lawful framework it is intended to profit, where the outright science can be given exclusively relying on the prerequisite that there is unwavering quality, legitimacy, and known vulnerabilities, while the interpretational proof that can't be validated with measurements and databases, yet can conceivably be approved with further examination to help singul ar experience of purported criminological specialists. The National Research Council of the National Academies has recognized in the United States the centrality of the overestimation and confusion with respect to the criminological proof that is being delivered for the courts.2 Their report analyzes the significant orders, setting up suggestions for fortifying measurable science, including yet not restricted to building up tough conventions, better meaning of master observer expressions and execute and uphold better practices and guidelines for scientific science experts and laboratories.2 This report won't look at in detail each control of criminological science. Be that as it may, it is the poor endeavor of order of every single measurable practice into the one structure of legal science that will be the core interest. Crime scene investigation and the CSI impact Scientific science advanced from the need to indict hoodlums all the more adequately. Crime happens in numerous aspects, and can happen at any time.3 Illegal movement can likewise be advanced by drugs which is both hazardous for the lawbreaker and individuals around them.3 Crime scenes, regardless of whether physical mischief have happened, or basically robbery, are normally wealthy in natural and physical data which, if deciphered accurately, can insinuate the occasions that occurred.3 The procedures and individuals whom this data was taken care of between, from the assortment to examination, to the utilization in court as proof, is known as the chain of care. On the off chance that this chain of authority isn't kept up with the most elevated uprightness, the data assembled has no utilization in court. Frequently lack of regard and poor choices from handlers lead to potential proof being reproved. Each time crime scene investigation bombs in court, it adds to the weight of doubters who scrutinize the whole field as a result of the incorporating of every single legal science under one area. It is the Hollywood fabulousness that has given TV programs related with criminological science a built up energy among watchers for their hour long features. The scenes cause scientific science to show up misleadingly basic which welcomes illusionary desires for examination and incentive at preliminary. The CSI impact doesn't imitate the genuine complexities of genuine crime scene investigation. While the digitized world is a genuine article, it is incredibly exaggerated the force and graphical interfaces of the PC frameworks utilized, taking advantage of databases that are just imagined about by confirmed measurable specialists. It is then a bogus suspicion that ordinary scientific experts are helped with these abilities. It is models in these shows, for example, unique mark correlations that search through PC databases in minutes, and DNA tests that are broke down for STRs and explicit loci when they show up once more from the wrongdoing scene. Actually, DNA examinations are multiplied much of the time in view of the time it takes to investigate. As a general rule, basic PCR intensification can take the time that one scene of CSI sets up, creates and illuminates a whole case. The impact broadcasting has had in depicting the emotional advancement of criminal cases likewise has befuddled the job individual legal specialists have, that is, to help law requirement in setting up a case, and afterward to help the court to comprehend and decipher the proof and their discoveries. The CSI impact has persuaded they likewise take on the job police examiners, and even attorneys and instructors in certain occasions. This CSI impact has reached out into the court where the jury are possibly confronted with this desire the proof that will be clarified is definitive. Except if the master makes it completely clear with the hugeness of the proof, the jury can add significant load to the case, on certain events be the principal premise of their choice. It is dependent upon the safeguard to interview master observers and source potential misusing that can scrutinize the proof. Once addressed, the respectability of the case is in danger because of offense. Many wrong feelings have been made on proof that has been mistakenly analyzed and weighted. Each time criminological science bombs in court, the weight is put back on the whole field to contend reality behind the science. The issue broadens from poor master observer declaration abilities, however a deficient structure with which the framework is clarified. Quality of Forensic Science Incorporating the numerous orders that right now make up the crime scene investigation structure inside one title comes up short on the essential quality that is expected to keep up the honesty of applied science to support general society. A model ought to basically give the essential hypothesis to all controls it oversees. This isn't the situation as we analyze this idea. The main premise of which the current system of criminological science doesn't satisfactorily recognize the controls is the misperception of varying zones of science, being unadulterated and applied. Science can be depicted as an assemblage of à ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢ ¦knowledge or an arrangement of information covering general truths㠢â⠬â ¦concerned with the physical world and its phenonomen.4 With this understanding, plainly when joined with the setting of crime scene investigation, the general idea of science ought to be contextualized with the legitimate system.1 The assortment of regular sciences, for example, science, science, and material science have be around for quite a long time and their speculations, strategies and methods have been unequivocally evolved. The orders have advanced due to legitimate need for law implementations prerequisite for additional proof, for example, fingerprinting, apparatus mark impression and archive assessment, which don't have the built up writin g and research.8 James and Nordby (2003) think about this, calling attention to that regular sciences depend on hypothesis and are controlled and certain, while criminological sciences are commonsense, applied, dubious, and traded off. This view doesn't consider the human interface that science is constrained by, and that the imperfections of science are commonly the blemishes in the technique and convention utilized. While as a rule what James and Nordby (2003) watch is valid, the polished methodology goes with the procedure which decides if the trustworthiness is kept up. James and Nordby (2003) negate themselves to concur with the abovementioned, noticing that Good science, and great legal science, produces contemplated feelings. This fact of this announcement is gotten from the systems utilized by singular researchers to infer their suppositions. The nature of the researchers examination guarantees the legitimacy of their feeling, representing both regular and criminological sci ences. A second fancy of the current structure has caused non-logical proof being cleverly utilized as craftiness in the court. It is perilous that the courts, since conceding confirmations, for example, CCTV film, are leaving the protection to ruin the conclusion proof that has outrightly no logical hypothesis behind it. This report won't be utilized to contend the reasons other than that orders, for example, archive assessment, fingerprinting, profiling, and facial mapping a
Saturday, August 22, 2020
The Difference Between A Club And A Gang Essays - Free Essays The Difference Between a Club and a Gang The contrasts between a club and a pack, are very unmistakable, yet it is the connotational contrasts between these two words which recognizes one from the other. The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language characterizes a club as; ...an relationship of individuals with some basic intrigue who meet periodically... It characterizes a group as ...a number of men or young men banding together, esp. lawlessly... This definition is customarily inclined toward applying to male youth, and cliché hoodlums, from the Mafia to road crooks. People who regularly have a pessimistic disposition toward youth see posses. Frequently people structure packs out of dread and for the insurance of their individuals whether they are the Bloods and Crips of Los Angeles or the Sharks and the Jets of West Side Story. Gangs may not have a lot of formal composed guidelines, yet every one of them have their own arrangements of customs or conditions. Packs might possibly be encouraged in a part o f higher and lower individuals, copying a military model. Groups frequently have an inexactly characterized define of objectives, and are regularly engaged with reprobate exercises. A socially affirmed type of a posse is a club. Americans by and large view clubs as character building initiative chances; while, people pigeonhole into posses are aggrieved as lawbreakers. Clubs are shaped in light of useful objectives, for example, making it simpler for its individuals to discover parts for a specific brand of vehicle. Financial class, scholarly accomplishment, or saw jobs in the public arena for its individuals all have an impact in the special treatment given to a gathering which a general public regards a club as opposed to a group. For example, portions of the open foreseen that bike riders would cause an enormous ascent in wrongdoing inside the Hollister zone during the bike rally. This prompted a reactionary reaction from neighborhood law specialists. The occasion, in contrast to past events, finished without significant episode. Maybe now individuals are increasingly adept to see motorcyclists as a club rather than a group. Also, regular workers individuals are bound to be captured, and in this way, in gatherings and when pigeonholed into groups might be required to perpetrate more violations or be criminal; the unavoidable cycle proceeds. Morgan Glines October 3, 1996 English AP
Friday, August 14, 2020
Current State of Mind Itll happen. Yesterday, (or was it a few days ago?) I reached into a pocket in my backpack several times before finally realizing that my hand was now covered in ink, and that my ID was ruined(or splattered-decorated with ink, if you want to look at it that way.) I was in line at LaVerdes, looking for my debit card with which to pay for my peanut-butter cup cookie that I NEEDED to basically inhale at that point in time when I dropped my ink-covered pens and people who were nice unfortunately picked them up and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! . For the sake of all that is metaphorical, its safe to say that Ive updated you on my life. Ive wanted to post about so many thingsTerrascope, my trip to Costa Rica over spring break, amazing upperclassmen that Ive had the opportunity to talk to, greek life (including greek week), burrito obsessions and Annas taqueria, more people, more terrascope radio things 3, how Im going to China for a week over the summer, how sometimes I feel AWESOME to be here, and sometimes Im just plain confused about what to do with life, how in less than a month I will once again be reunited with Chicago (!), my 16.00 class in which were building a lighter-than-air vehicle, more terrascope radio stuff Itll happen. But for right now, all I feel like doing is sitting back for a bit and letting it soak in. Ive let only a month of my life go by without writing anything about this place and I feel overwhelmed and all shivery-like when I think of things to write about. So to those of you who may feel nervous, anxious, super-excited about coming to MIT, its for a reason. Theres seriously an explosion of things to do here (which I will go into more detail in later posts, I promise!!). Just keep an eye out for all the opportunities. Youll make your experience what it is. Also, I just discovered this, which I like: And THIS!!! (which is AWESOME made by Danny Ben-David 15 wooh, way to go man!) Hes still working on it, fyi. https://courseroad.mit.edu/ If you have a certificate you could save your 4-year plan for classes. Its awesome. If youll be entering in the fall, you should play around with it and check out all the classes. If you dont feel like it, dont worry youll have time in the fall (your first week here) to register for classes. Also, this is cool!!! :D OMG and Rebecca Kekelishvili 15 JUST BROUGHT ME ORANGE JUICE because we have a lot of Terrascope work to do!!! THANK YOU!!! :) Also^ a reflection on my current state of life. Less (or possibly more) random posts on the way. Peace.
Sunday, May 24, 2020
While in Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King wrote a letter in response to some fellow priests who felt that his actions were ââ¬Å"unwise and untimelyâ⬠(King). Throughout this letter his long road of struggle to racial freedom and the actions and words that are fueling the fight are outlined. In his letter, Martin Luther King claimed, ââ¬Å"the goal of America is freedomâ⬠. Written into the Declaration of Independence is the idea that all men are created equal, but many feel robbed of their freedom. Movements such as Martin Luther Kingââ¬â¢s fight for civil rights and the recent Black Lives Matter campaign show us that America does not treat everyone freely. Martin Luther King and Black Lives Matter take different approaches towards the sameâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦the focus of Black Lives Matter is being articulated less as a demand for specific civil or political rights, and more as a broader claim for ââ¬Å"black humanity.â⬠Martin Luther King al so used the language of human rights to internationalize the issue of racial inequality in the United States. BLM movement is following in kingââ¬â¢s footsteps, taking a stance and demanding action. Both movements fight for freedom but in ways that seem to be opposite of the other, one in love, and one in hate. King uses a ââ¬Å"peace and loveâ⬠style of protest. The letter which king wrote (King) defends his strategy to a nonviolent resistance to racism. He answers the forces of hatred with nonviolent resistance in the pursuit of what he called the beloved community. (Kasson). He also insisted that nonviolent direct resistance was not a surrender but a ââ¬Å"spiritually strenuous confrontation of injustice and oppressionâ⬠. In this process, however, protesters aimed not to defeat or humiliate their opponents, but to win their friendship and understanding. As King tirelessly insisted, The end is redemption and reconciliation. The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, while the aftermath of violence is tragic bitternessâ⬠. ââ¬Å"I want you to love our enemies. Be good to them. Love them and let them know you love them. For what we are doing is right. What we are doing is just. And God is with us (Kasson). By using an approach ofShow MoreRelated The Civil Rights Movement : Martin Luther King Jr. Essay1690 Words à |à 7 PagesA civil rights leader by the name of Reverend (PBS, 2016) Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world he occupied and changed the future course of the United States of America by advocating for desegregation. 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In Kingââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"I Have a Dreamâ⬠he motivated and touched not only African Americans but white folks as well inRead MoreRhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther Kings I Have A Dream1140 Words à |à 5 PagesBrito ââ¬Å"I Have a Dreamâ⬠Rhetorical Analysis African American Baptist minister and activist, Martin Luther King, Jr., in his ââ¬Å"I Have a Dreamâ⬠speech, addresses racism against Negros and demands equal rights and freedoms. Kingââ¬â¢s purpose is to motivate his audience to join him in fighting for what they deserve. He shifts from an urgent, demanding tone at the beginning of the speech to a more hopeful and patriotic tone towards the end. Throughout the speech, Dr. King appeals to the audienceââ¬â¢s desire toRead MoreThe Right Side Of History : The Civil Rights Movement1228 Words à |à 5 Pageshelped prolong the oppression of Americaââ¬â¢s black community past slavery which transformed into segregation. 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FromRead MoreDr. Martin Luther King1246 Words à |à 5 Pagesfrom their place in history. Martin Luther brought important philosophical and moral concerns into the public arena. King belongs to a special of classes of activist philosophical whose philosophical and lives are inseparable because his chief concerns were social progress and improvement, Dr. King s powerful speaking skills combined with his courageous actions on behalf of racial justice, makes him a compelling exemplar of philosophical advocacy in action. Dr. King is widely regarded as AmericaRead MoreA Rhetorical Analysis: of I Have a Dream Essay1484 Words à |à 6 PagesIn Martin Luther Kingââ¬â¢s I Have a Dream speech, King makes use of an innumerable amount of rhetorical devices that augment the overall understanding and flow of the speech. King makes the audience feel an immense amount of emotion due to the outstanding use of pathos in his speech. 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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
The world of medicine in Ancient Egypt is a cloud of mystery and very little is known other than what has been salvaged from surviving papyri. What the papyri can tell one who examines them is that the Egyptians had some knowledge of the anatomy and had constructed their own approaches to medical issues. Compared to other civilizations such as the Babylonians and the Greeks, who used more rational and logical approaches, Egyptian medicine might seem less sophisticated. In earlier clinical writings there has been less magic mentioned than in later times, which could be due to the endurance of the Old Kingdom boosting their confidence in the power of mankind and their king. So knowing that the Egyptians relied very much on magic and the supernatural to provide them knowledge of the ailments of the body, some of it was also the root of reason and plain common sense. With the passage of time, new archaeological discoveries, increased knowledge of Egyptian language and writing, and the ap pearance of more sophisticated medical techniques, new life was given to the study of disease and health in the ancient Nile Valley. It was this period that saw the academic study of Egyptian disease divided into three categories: Most of what the world knows today about medicine in Ancient Egypt comes from the papyri that have survived all these years; second is the study of the artistic representation of disease in the Nile Valley; third, and perhaps most obvious, is the study of humanShow MoreRelatedMedicine in Ancient Egypt vs Ancient Greece Essay753 Words à |à 4 PagesAncient civilizations played a massive role in how physicians today practice medicine. Without the ideas of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece, modern medicine may have been different. I feel that these two civilizations are responsible for many diagnostic tools we use today. I will be comparing and contrasting the medicinal practices of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. By reading various papyri we are able to dive into the Egyptian practice of medicine. These papyri explore various illnesses andRead MoreAncient Egyptian Medicine1152 Words à |à 5 PagesMedical practices in Ancient Egypt had a great impact on the medical practices that are used today, in fact, they were predestinates of those that we have today. This paper will give an extensive background into the details of medicine and medical practices of physicians and healers in Ancient Egypt, as well as compare some of those same practices with modern practices that we use in medicine during this time period. 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The Egyptians were responsible forRead MoreAncient Egypt And Ancient Egyptian Civilization1495 Words à |à 6 Pagesââ¬Å"Egypt treated its women better than any of the other major civilizations of the ancient worldâ⬠(Thompson). Over 6,000 years ago, the powerful civilization of Ancient Egypt began, lasting for almost 30 centuries. Ancient Egyptians treated their cats like royalty, used spells and animal flesh to heal almost anything (Napoli Balit). Most Importantly, the people of Ancient Egypt valued their polytheistic religion above everything, they worked hard in order to get into the paradise of the afterlifeRead MoreCompare and Contrast Essay: Ancient Egypt and Greece812 Words à |à 4 Pages806 Compare and Contrast Essay: Ancient Egypt and Greece There are many mysteries to life, ancient civilizations created religion to explain these mysteries. Many ancient civilizations believed in religions that worshiped more than one god or goddess, this is called polytheism. Both the Ancient Egyptians and the Ancient Greeks practiced polytheism. For both ancient civilizations religion was an important part of daily life. Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Greeks had similar creation stories
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Dear Sir/Madam, I found my credit rating to be really poor because of a few late payments and collections that happened on my accounts. Even though there were a few mistakes and over sights from my side, most of the recent late payments were due to technical difficulties faced by the concerned banks. I made payment arrangements for $3869 to clear the account with Citi Financial retail. We will write a custom essay sample on Late payment/collections or any similar topic only for you Order Now But the payment was delayed since the concerned department could not locate my account in their system. I faced problems with payments to WEB Bank and Qwest, since I was out of town. However I had an arrangement to pay $100 per month to WEB Bank and settle the remaining amount by January 2011. I was never intimated by Qwest regarding any outstanding amount whatsoever despite updating them about the change of address. I am ready to settle with Telenational Communications, although I never maintained an account with them. I had rented out my house after clearing all the bills with Colorado Springs Utilities till July 2010. The outstanding amount of $55 was supposed to be settled by the tenant. I have missed few payment deadlines due to oversight. The PAID accounts to THD/CBSD, Colorado Springs Utilities and the credit card accounts with Chase and Service credit Union have been cleared and the recent late payment was in September 2008. The accounts with Service Credit Union, ENT Federal CU, USAA, Military star, Chase Mortgage and Capital One Note Loan have been settled completely and in many cases the payment was late by a couple of days. But the numbers of such instances are few and most of them have occurred during my re-deployment. Since all the above mentioned outstanding has been cleared and considering the circumstances under which many of the incidents happened, I request you to kindly re-evaluate my credit score and update my credit report with the relevant details. How to cite Late payment/collections, Papers
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Question: Discuss about the Developing Structure of Temperament and Personality. Answer: Introduction: The process of personality development in the humans depend on a vast array of factors, and each and every factor plays an instrumental role in shaping the personality traits of these humans. Now these factors are intricately linked with each other, and each of these variables have the potential to influence others in turn contorting the personality of the individual. Now there are various models and frameworks attempting to categorize the affects of these factors, the five factor model of personality traits is one such model or framework that can be helpful in explaining the personality development procedure (Judge et al., 2013). This assignment will compare and contrast the five factor model with the more recent and contemporary hexaco model, evaluating the inclusion of the sixth factor to the framework and justifying whether the inclusion of a sixth factor is beneficial or detrimental to the purpose of exploring and understanding human behavior and personality development. The five factor model of personality is also known as the big five personality traits which attempts to explore the personality traits and its development in humans. The variables chosen for the Five Factor Model of personality is based on common easy to use language so that the difference between the variables can be easily interpreted and correlated with the behavioral personality changes with humans. There are 5 interlinked variables with this factorial model; the very first is openness to different experiences (Heine, 2015). This variable can be considered as the measure for individual inclination towards appreciation of anything creative, like art, emotion, adventure, curiosity, surprise. It represents the image intellectual curiosity with an individual, which allows an individual to perceive the creativity and novelty within any unusual situation.The second variable to this model is conscientiousness, human attribute characterized by the tendency observed in individual to be bo th organized and dependable. It allows one person to engage in self discipline and order, helping him or her to generate a sense of hi beautiful nurse and, changing Lifestyle pattern from spontaneous and random to bepreplanned and orderly (Hilbig et al., 2013). The next factor in this model is extraversion, associated with positive energy, optimism, considerable assertiveness and sociability. It can be considered that this factor represents the charming and ambitious social personality in an individual. The next factor is agreeableness, which represents the personality trait that tends tobe compassionate and cooperative rather than being doubtful and antagonistic. (Hilbig et al., 2013). The last factor to this model is the neuroticism which represents the emotionality of a person, which propels the person to be able to feel extreme emotions like anger anxiety depression and vulnerability. The term neuroticism can be defined as the emotional stability that a person may have and how vulnerable is his power of impulse control. This model is one of the pioneer models of personality development in the field of psychology and has been the most preferred framework for evaluation of human behavior and personality traits until very recently (Heine, 2015). HEXACO model of personality development and Sixth factor: A very recent addition to the personality development frameworks is the HEXACO model of personality development. It is very similar to the big five factors framework and can be considered as the improvisation of the former model and the HEXACO model, along with the five known elements of personality development includes a sixth additional element. Along with the common five elements of the framework, like openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotionality and extraversion, the sixth elements is honest-humility (Halverson, Kohnstamm Martin, 2014). This model of personality development is a derivation from the original basic theories of lexical hypothesis, explains different elements of human personality in the simple language that is easily interpretable. Now comparing this framework with the pioneer big five personality development factors, three very important factors, extraversion, openness to experiences and conscientiousness in present in both the models, whereas two of the remaining factors agreeableness and neuroticism of five factor model is equivalent to the agreeableness and emotionality of the HEXACO model. The only novel element in the HEXACO model is the honest humility factor; this factor refers to the presence of attributes like honesty, loyalty, modesty, sincereness, and faithfulness in an individual. The presence of honest humility in an individual helps an individual to avoid negative personality traits like deceitfulness, greed, pretence, boastfulness and many more (Gurven et al., 2013). As mentioned above, this model is developed on the lines of previous lexical studies and incorporates language based taxonomies in categorizing personality traits. Now considering the sixth factor honest humility added, various extensive researches suggest that the lack of honest humility is associated largely with the dark triad of personality. Lack of ethics and dominance of deviance has been linked to lack of this factor in the work of many eminent authors. According to the view point of a group of authors, absence of honest humility can be the contributing factor to endorsement of hatred and revenge as well (Aghababaei Arji, 2014). From the literature, the need for this factor in the models that evaluate human personality traits and especially the abnormalities in them evident. Furthermore it has to be mentioned that the addition of the sixth factor into the mix serves many purposes; the research authors belonging to the field of psychology have discussed the honest humility factor to be essential for personality development and its categorization for a long time now. According to relevant journal articles published by accomplished psychology researchers that attributes like materialism, psychopathy and narcissism is highly associated with the lack of honest humility. Hence in order to understand the prevalence of dark traits within a human, a factor dependent model that includes honest humility will be extremely beneficial (Aghababaei, Wasserman Nannini, 2014). Conclusion: The HEXACO model of personality development was established in the early 2000s and the additional sixth element has helped the investigations belonging to a diverse range of subfields within psychology. Hence it can be said that this addition into the conventional five factor model has only made the framework more precise and efficient in understanding human psychology and the individual flaws in it. Honest humility, coupled with agreeableness is considered to be the most important duo to shape decent personality within a human, hence it can be concluded that the addition of the sixth factor has been only improvised the model further and has incrsaed the usability of it. References: Aghababaei, N., Arji, A. (2014). Well-being and the HEXACO model of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 56, 139-142. Aghababaei, N., Wasserman, J. A., Nannini, D. (2014). The religious person revisited: Cross-cultural evidence from the HEXACO model of personality structure. Mental Health, Religion Culture, 17(1), 24-29. Gurven, M., Von Rueden, C., Massenkoff, M., Kaplan, H., Lero Vie, M. (2013). How universal is the Big Five? Testing the five-factor model of personality variation among foragerfarmers in the Bolivian Amazon. Journal of personality and social psychology, 104(2), 354. Halverson, C. F., Kohnstamm, G. A., Martin, R. P. (Eds.). (2014). The developing structure of temperament and personality from infancy to adulthood. Psychology Press. Heine, S. J. (2015). Cultural Psychology: Third International Student Edition. WW Norton Company. Hilbig, B. E., Zettler, I., Leist, F., Heydasch, T. (2013). It takes two: HonestyHumility and Agreeableness differentially predict active versus reactive cooperation. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(5), 598-603. Jonason, P. K., McCain, J. (2012). Using the HEXACO model to test the validity of the Dirty Dozen measure of the Dark Triad. Personality and Individual Differences, 53(7), 935-938. Judge, T. A., Rodell, J. B., Klinger, R. L., Simon, L. S., Crawford, E. R. (2013). 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Look for non-slip or non-stick nose pads and temple grips to keep your glasses in place.
A non-slip grip is essential to prevent beauty mishaps, and certain models offer ergonomic grips to prevent cramps or hand discomfort.
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Salem, OR – On Monday, March 16, 2020, the Marion County Board of Commissioners declared an emergency in response to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. There are currently 39 presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in Oregon and two in Marion County.
The emergency declaration allows the county to seek resources from the state and federal government and implements the county’s Emergency Operations Plan. It provides for emergency purchasing procedures and more flexibility for personnel utilization.
In part, the emergency declaration reads:
“COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) is an emerging disease and its progress is rapidly evolving. Keeping the public informed and as safe as possible has demanded a great deal of local resources. Resources related to contact tracing, disease investigation, community information, funding, and other resources related to the health and safety of the community are expected to be exhausted.”
Commissioner Colm Willis, chair, said, “We appreciate the hard work of our public health professionals and health care providers in our communities who have been working tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of Marion County’s residents. This emergency declaration helps us ensure we have the tools needed to respond to our community during this evolving situation.”
In keeping with Oregon and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to reduce opportunities for disease transmission, Marion County is canceling gatherings of more than 50 people and taking into account social distancing measures as we review county operations, events, and activities.
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Peeling skin on the penis often occurs as a result of friction, chafing, or an allergic reaction, but other possible causes include infections and skin conditions.
Skin peeling may be the only symptom that a person experiences, or they may also have itching, burning, or redness.
Most cases of penis skin peeling are not serious and respond well to home remedies. However, in some cases, a person may need topical or oral medications to treat the underlying issue.
In this article, we discuss the leading causes of penis skin peeling and list possible treatments and home remedies.
Irritation from repeated rubbing may cause peeling, flaking skin, along with pain and sensitivity.
Common causes of friction in the genital area include:
- chafing from tight clothing or underwear
- masturbation without lubrication
- sex without lubrication
Using a lubricant during intercourse and masturbation can reduce friction and the likelihood of penis skin peeling. Choosing loose, cotton clothing to wear around the genital region will also reduce the occurrence of chafing.
Contact dermatitis is a skin reaction to an allergen or irritant. It can affect any area of the body, including the penis.
The symptoms of contact dermatitis include:
- peeling or cracked skin
- pain and irritation
Common causes of contact dermatitis on the penis include:
- latex condoms, in the case of a latex allergy
- ingredients in soaps and shower gels
- laundry detergents
A Candida infection, also known as genital thrush, is a common yeast infection that occurs in both women and men.
In men, thrush affects the head of the penis and the foreskin.
As well as peeling skin, symptoms include:
- a lumpy discharge under the foreskin
- pain when urinating
- painful intercourse
People are more likely to develop a Candida infection after using antibiotics or steroid medications. People who have a suppressed immune system (immunosuppression) or diabetes that they are not managing also have a higher risk.
Although a yeast infection is not technically a sexually transmitted infection (STI), it can pass from one person to another during sexual activity.
Atopic dermatitis is most common on the hands, face, and elbow creases, but it can affect any part of the body, including the penis.
Symptoms of atopic dermatitis include:
- dry, cracked, peeling, or flaking skin
- red or brown patches on the skin
- small bumps on the skin that leak and become crusty
The symptoms of atopic dermatitis can come and go, and people with the condition may also experience asthma and seasonal allergies.
The majority of these people are unaware that they have the infection because their symptoms are so mild. When herpes symptoms do appear, they include sores on the penis, scrotum, anus, and buttocks. Other symptoms include:
- peeling skin after the sores burst
- flu-like symptoms
The condition begins as a painless sore called a chancre on the part of the body where the infection first entered. If the chancre occurs on the penis, it may cause skin peeling in this area.
The chancre typically heals within
It is important to seek treatment for syphilis as soon as possible. In the early stages, medications can cure the disease. Without treatment, it can cause severe organ damage.
- ulcerated or scaly sores
- peeling skin on the head of the penis
- an unpleasant odor from the penis
- painful urination
- a buildup of fluid around the affected area
Several conditions and factors can contribute to the development of balanitis, including:
Psoriasis is a lifelong autoimmune disorder that causes scaly, red, and peeling skin that is itchy and painful. It can affect the skin on any area of the body. When it affects the genital region, it is called genital psoriasis.
The National Psoriasis Foundation estimate that between one-third and two-thirds of people with psoriasis experience genital psoriasis at some point.
Other psoriasis symptoms include:
- dry, cracked skin
- joint swelling and stiffness
- thick, ridged nails
Sometimes, home treatments can successfully resolve skin peeling or help manage the symptoms of chronic conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema. These treatments include:
- Practicing good hygiene and keeping the penis clean and dry.
- Switching to natural, hypoallergenic soaps and laundry detergents.
- Using personal lubricants during sex and masturbation.
- Using polyurethane condoms instead of latex ones, if the person has a latex allergy.
- Avoiding skin irritants, such as perfumed products.
- Applying emollient creams or natural oils, such as coconut, to lubricate and moisturize dry skin.
- Wearing loose, cotton underwear and clothing.
- Avoiding sharing towels or underwear as this can increase the risk of fungal infections.
- Practicing safe sex to prevent the transmission of STIs and fungal infections.
- Considering circumcision in cases of chronic or recurrent balanitis.
The medical treatment options for dry or peeling skin on the penis will depend on its underlying cause.
Sometimes, fungal infections will clear up with home treatment, but at other times, medication will be necessary. Both over-the-counter and prescription antifungals are available to treat yeast infections and some types of balanitis.
People who suspect that they have an STI should always seek medical attention to prevent complications and avoid passing the infection to others. The type of treatment that they receive will depend on the stage and severity of the infection.
If peeling skin on the penis persists for more than a few days or does not respond to home remedies, it is important to see a doctor for assessment and treatment.
Penis skin peeling requires prompt medical attention if it occurs alongside:
- penile discharge
- painful urination
- severe or worsening pain
A person should see a doctor if they think that they have an STI, even if the symptoms seem to disappear, as they could still pass the infection on to other people, and it may cause complications in the future.
Peeling skin on the penis does not usually indicate a serious medical condition. Often, it is a sign of an allergy, a fungal infection, or a skin condition, such as eczema.
Occasionally, however, it may indicate the presence of an STI that requires treatment.
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06 Nov New research – breathe your way to happiness
Achieving happiness is not always complex; sometimes it might just involve a few deep breaths and some relaxing thoughts…
A study investigated whether a 15 minute focused breathing exercise would decrease the intensity and negativity of emotional responses to pictures and increase willingness to remain in contact with aversive pictures. The effects of the focused breathing induction were contrasted with the effects of 15 minutes of unfocused attention and worrying.
The focused breathing group reported more positive responses to the neutral slides whereas the unfocused attention and worry groups responded significantly more negatively to the neutral slides.
The focused breathing group also reported lower negative mood and emotional volatility in response to the negative slides than the worry group, and greater willingness to view highly negative slides than the unfocused attention group.
The lower-reported negative and overall affect in response to the final slide blocks, and greater willingness to view optional negative slides by the focused breathing group are consistent with emotional regulatory properties of mindfulness.
Behaviour Research and Therapy 44 (2006) 1849_ã_1858
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Double empathy, defined | Spectrum
Difficulty navigating social interactions permeates even the earliest accounts of autism. This defining characteristic of the disease has influenced the prevailing theories about its roots as well as the design of many autism treatments.
But a new work area supports a more nuanced view of the social skills of autistic people. Proponents of an idea called the “double empathy problem” believe that communication disorders between autistic and non-autistic people are a two-way problem caused by mutual understanding difficulties on both sides. This “double problem” challenges long-held theories about autism, which point to the social inadequacies of people with autism as the cause of the flop in interactions. It also reflects the principles of neurodiversity in its assumption that autistic people simply have a different way of communicating than a poor one. “As a theory, it corresponds to the autistic phenomenology that comes from inside reports,” says Damian Milton, an autism researcher who teaches developmental and intellectual disabilities at the University of Kent in the UK.
While scientific support for the theory is growing, it is not yet rock solid. And not all researchers are set for this new direction, says Matthew Lerner, associate professor of psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics at Stony Brook University in New York. “The problem of double empathy is empirically a more recent theory,” he says.
What is the problem of double empathy?
The basis of the theory is that a mismatch between two people can lead to faulty communication. This separation can occur on many levels, from conversation styles to the way people see the world. The greater the separation, the more difficult it becomes for the two people to interact with each other.
In the case of autism, a communication gap between people with and without the disorder can occur not only because autistic people have difficulty understanding non-autistic people, but also because non-autistic people have difficulty understanding them. The problem, so the theory goes, is mutual. For example, difficulty reading the other person’s expression can hinder conversations between autistic and non-autistic people.
What are the origins of the theory?
This perception of social problems in autism as a one-way street is decades old. Autistic activists like Jim Sinclair have argued since the 1990s that autistic forms of communication conflict with neurotypical ones.
Milton first coined the term “double empathy problem” in 2012. For him, the idea offered a way to reformulate the long-held notion that individuals on the spectrum have an impaired theory of mind – the ability to infer the intentions or feelings of others – to include potential misunderstandings by non-autistic people.
What evidence supports this?
Rather than focusing on how people with autism behave in social situations, new studies are examining how non-autistic people behave when interacting with autistic people. The results suggest that the blind spots of non-autistic people contribute to the communication gap. For example, in one study, non-autistic people struggled to decipher the mental states that autistic people portrayed through animation. Other work shows that non-autistic people have difficulty interpreting the facial expressions of autistic people accurately.
Non-autistic people can also make quick judgments about autistic people that prevent, limit, or sour interactions between the two. For example, non-autistic people may have a tendency to have negative first impressions of people with autism without knowing their diagnosis – they rate them as less approachable and more uncomfortable than neurotypical people – or to see them as misleading.
But aren’t social difficulties a core characteristic of autism?
Yes, there is ample evidence that people with autism differ in several social areas from those without the condition, such as: B. Facial expressions, language patterns, and moment (although the last performance may be shaky).
However, a number of studies also show that the social and communicative problems of autistic people are not apparent when interacting with other people with autism. For example, in the “phone” game, where a message is passed from one person to the next in a whisper, chains of eight autistic people keep the message as good as groups of eight non-autistic people. Only in mixed groups of autistic and non-autistic people does the message quickly subside.
There are other signs that people on the spectrum connect well with one another. Autistic people report that they feel more comfortable with other autistic people than with non-autistic people. Many teens with autism prefer interacting with autistic peers over non-autistic ones. And people with autism often develop a greater sense of connectedness and share more about themselves when talking to others on the spectrum. One reason for this pattern could be that autistic people are less concerned with typical social norms such as reciprocity in conversation and therefore do not mind as much if these rules are not followed.
The principle of social acceptability can be extended beyond diagnoses of autism to include characteristics of autism. For example, the more similar two non-autistic people rate each other in an autism characteristic assessment, the more likely they are to rate their friendship.
So how does this theory fit into current thinking about autism?
The problem of double empathy contradicts several popular ideas about people with autism, namely that their social difficulties are inherent, says Milton. For example, one of the most important diagnostic criteria for autism, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, is “persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction in multiple contexts”. Similarly, the social motivation theory of autism assumes that people with autism have a decreased drive to social interaction.
But the new theory isn’t necessarily inconsistent with these ideas, says Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge in the UK about the way autistic people deviate from the norm.
Are autism researchers changing their approach to the problem of double empathy?
Some are. For example, scientists are rethinking how they examine social skills and are calling for a revision of autism studies to assess the strengths, not the limits, of autistic communication. Researchers are also finding ways to study the dynamics of social interactions rather than the isolated behavior of people lying in a brain scanner or sitting at a computer, says Noah Sasson, associate professor of behavioral and brain sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas . “I was a little jaded doing the same face processing and eye tracking studies that really didn’t tell us much,” he says.
Additionally, researchers studying predictive coding – the way people build internal models of the outside world – are studying how a discrepancy in people’s predictions could hinder their interactions. For example, if an autistic person’s expectations about the course of a conversation differ from those of a non-autistic person, their interaction can stall.
However, not everyone is convinced or even aware of the theory, says Lerner. Some questions at the core of the theory remain unanswered, he says. For example, researchers are still discovering why communication goes more smoothly when people with autism interact with each other than when they interact with non-autistic people. And much of the evidence that exists for the theory is based on anecdotal reports and small studies.
If the theory works, what are its implications?
Not only can the double empathy problem open up new prospects for research, but it can also explain why some autism assessments and treatments are inadequate, Sasson says. For example, standard measures of social skills do not seem to predict how autistic people will fare in actual social interactions.
And therapies designed to teach autistic people normative social skills aren’t all that effective at helping them navigate real-world situations like forging friendships, studies suggest. “The emphasis is often only on changing the autistic person,” says Milton. Assessing the social situations around autistic people and finding ways to facilitate their unique communication style could be a more useful approach, he says.
Similarly, the double empathy problem underscores the importance of training programs – for doctors or law enforcement, for example – that help non-autistic people interact appropriately with autistic people.
The theory also points to possible causes of mental health problems in autistic people, suggested a team of researchers in an article published in January. Regular misperception can lead to loneliness and isolation. And trying to conform to social norms by suppressing who you are can be exhausting, say many experts.
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We have been experiencing some beautiful fall weather lately, but by now I think most of us have also had a good frost or two (you know, the kind that kicks us into high gear scrambling to get all of the things we need to get done before winter, done?). Of course, the shorter days add to the pressure of making sure we get the most of our daylight hours.
As we prepare for the impending cold, here are a few things to keep in mind.
Veterinary product storage
You may be able to get away with storing certain animal health products in the barn or the shop during the summer, but take a good look at your inventory before it gets too cold — many products need to be kept from freezing! If animal health products freeze, it can affect their chemical composition, which can lead to altered withdrawal times and reduced efficacy.
Storing products according to label directions ensures that the products will work effectively when we need them, benefitting both your livestock and your pocketbook.
Agricultural chemicals should be stored in a way that does not pose a risk to people, animals or the environment. If you have chemicals or fertilizer on-farm, ensure products are labeled clearly and stored according to directions, and specifically somewhere cattle or other livestock cannot access them. This includes crop protection products, but also products used for fly control and general weed and pest control around the farm. Potentially poisonous, corrosive, volatile, flammable or dangerous materials must be stored somewhere that is designed to prevent leaks and spills.
If you have any unwanted pesticides or expired livestock medications and are wondering what to do with them, the Cleanfarms program organizes free collection days each fall. They are focusing on central Alberta locations from October 25-29, 2021.
More information about collection sites and products accepted can be found on their website. Alternatively, talk to your chemical sales company about options they may have for chemical and container disposal.
Some of us will be placing calves on feed, which can involve bringing medicated feed products on site. If you are feeding a medicated feed product, ensure that you are storing it and feeding it in a way that only the intended animals will have access to the feed.
VBP+ certified producers must be able to demonstrate that they have feeding procedures defined and documented which prevent inadvertent feeding to non-designated animals. A current veterinary script for medicated feed products should also be kept if purchasing and feeding medicated feed products.
(NOTE: for VBP+ purposes, the term “medicated feed” refers to feed products with a designated withdrawal period and does not apply to products with a zero-day withdrawal, including ionphores such as monensin).
Plastic in various forms has become an economical way of optimizing feed storage and quality, including grain bags, bale wrap, twine and net wrap, silage tarp, etc. But what do we do with the used products?
Some options have evolved related to recycling agricultural plastics such as twine and grain bags, making it much easier and more environmentally friendly for producers to responsibly dispose of these products. There are many collection sites across the province, so make your way over to www.cleanfarms.ca to find the one closest to you and get details on what items they accept! They also have options for recycling rinsed plastic chemical jugs and totes.
Preparing for winter can be a big chore but it can pay off dividends if done correctly. In addition to the economic benefits of maintaining product efficacy, the proper storage of feed, chemicals and veterinary products can also improve on-farm food safety, animal care and environmental stewardship – three of the pillars of the VBP+ program.
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Basing Hill Park is a small public park in Childs Hill, Barnet. The area was previously overgrown with thick brambles, stinging nettles, old tree stubs and was often water logged during the rainy season. The park’s rundown state attracted high levels of anti-social activities, which meant residents could not enjoy the area of the park.
The Hope of Childs Hill (THOCH) received funding from the Our Space Award to reimagine a section of the park and transform it into a relaxing area for public users. In order to create a high level of community ownership, the group were very active in spreading the word about the project. In doing so THOCH engaged 45 volunteers to take part in the development of the project.
When asking Anthony Dawodu, Project Lead, what the most rewarding moment within the project was, he said:
Seeing very isolated and lonely senior citizens getting involved was refreshing, but one of the most rewarding moments was when a handful of youths (16-18) unknown to us, stopped to assist us lay out and pin the weed suppression membrane. They mentioned they had watched us clear the area over the last couple of weeks and were impressed with the transformation.
Anthony went on to say that if he were to offer advice to any future Our Space Award applicants, he would say: “Ensure you go back over your initial plan. If you find that change is needed, ensure you have support and all hands on deck to assist in implementing them.”
Although the project was a great success, THOCH found that they had to overcome a few challenges along the way. For instance, the long summer heat wave and encountering 6ft+ stinging nettles and deep root stubs meant that the project was significantly delayed. THOCH adapted by liaising with Barnet Greenspaces Team, Groundwork, and the volunteers to revisit their ideas and change them according to general consensus. Despite the challenges, the group managed to clear an area 50 meter by 12 meters and transform it into a usable space for all to enjoy. | <urn:uuid:169ef78b-f09e-491d-97db-7ce82bec254a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.groundwork.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/london-grants/our-space-award/the-hope-of-childs-hill/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.975328 | 430 | 2.015625 | 2 |
North Korea's Mass Games return but Kim unhappy
Seoul (AFP) –
Tens of thousands of performers in Pyongyang took part in the first of North Korea's spectacular "Mass Games" propaganda displays for 2019, but the show left leader Kim Jong Un unimpressed.
The "Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance" features enormous numbers of people -- mostly students and children -- performing synchronised moves.
Behind them, thousands of turn the coloured pages of books in sequence to create an ever-changing backdrop of giant images rippling across one side of the stadium.
Participants leapt through flaming hoops and bounced on trampolines as fireworks soared into the night sky.
But Kim was underwhelmed by the production, titled "The Land of the People".
After the show "he called creators of the performance and seriously criticised them for their wrong spirit of creation and irresponsible work attitude", the North's official KCNA news agency reported Tuesday.
Noting that artists "have a very important duty in socialist cultural construction", Kim "set forth important tasks for correctly implementing the revolutionary policy of our Party on literature and art", KCNA added.
It was not clear what had infuriated the leader.
But reports said that as well as portraits of the North's founder Kim Il Sung and successor Kim Jong Il -- the current leader's grandfather and father respectively -- the backdrop images also featured one of Kim Jong Un himself.
The third generation of the family to rule the country, unlike his predecessors he is rarely depicted in portraits and no statues of him are known to exist.
When the North's state broadcaster reported on the show Tuesday it did not carry any footage of his portrait.
The North Korean leader was accompanied to the performance by his wife Ri Sol Ju and his sister and close aide Kim Yo Jong, KCNA said.
It was the first time it had mentioned Kim Yo Jong for nearly two months, since the Hanoi summit between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump broke up in February without reaching agreement over sanctions relief and the North's nuclear programme.
Among the senior government officials present was Kim Yong Chol, KCNA said.
He is the North's counterpart to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the nuclear talks, and South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper last week reported that he had been sent to a labour camp after the no-deal in Hanoi.
KCNA made no mention of Kim Hyok Chol, North Korea's special envoy to the United States who the Chosun Ilbo said had been executed by firing squad for "betraying the supreme leader" after he was "won over to the US" during pre-summit negotiations.
- Moon out -
Participants in the Mass Games rehearse for months ahead of the performances and according to travel companies "The Land of the People" was expected to run for five months, into October. But Kim's verdict on the show may see it reworked.
KCNA only released one still image of the performance itself at the cavernous May Day Stadium, showing thousands of flag-waving performers packed around giant flowers on the arena floor.
"Long live Korea forever!" the backdrop spelled out over a bed of flowers.
A section that appeared in last year's display on the Panmunjom summit and showing Kim with South Korean President Moon Jae-in was cut, according to reports.
Moon was instrumental in brokering the first US-North Korean summit in Singapore in June 2018 and attended a Mass Games show in September during his third summit with Kim, when he addressed the crowd.
But negotiations have stalled since the breakdown in Hanoi.
North Korean artistic performances portray moments from Korean history and modern life, but are closely watched by observers for clues as to the authorities' priorities, such as whether they are highlighting economic achievements or military progress.
The 2018 show was the first time Pyongyang had staged the Mass Games in five years, a period in which it conducted four nuclear tests along with multiple long-range missile launches.
The impoverished North is under several sets of sanctions imposed over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes but does generate tourism revenue from the displays.
This year tickets for foreign tourists cost from 100 euros to 800 euros ($110 to $900), according to Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based agency that organises trips to the North.
Guinness World Records lists a 2007 performance of a previous version of the Mass Games, known as Arirang, as the world's largest gymnastic display, with 100,090 participants.
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One of Europe's largest youth festivals is under threat next year due to coronavirus, its chief executive has said.
The Urdd Eisteddfod event was postponed this summer due to the pandemic.
Sian Lewis was giving evidence to a Senedd committee on the impact of the virus on the Welsh language.
"We may not be in a position to hold a traditional eisteddfod," she told members of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee.
She said Urdd Gobaith Cymru as a whole had already announced the pandemic would cost the youth movement £14m in lost revenue.
"All of the national sports competitions of the Urdd will have to be suspended too," she told Senedd members.
Ms Lewis said the organisation estimated it would be pushed into a debt of £3.5m over the next two years, if current circumstances continue.
The annual eisteddfod moves from location to location every year, attracting about 90,000 visitors and competitors over the week-long festival.
It had been due to be held in Denbighshire in 2020, until lockdown forced it to be postponed for 12 months.
Ms Lewis said the Urdd had also been forced to cut half of its 320 posts, many of which run activities at centres such as Glan-llyn, near Bala in Gwynedd, and at Llangrannog in Ceredigion.
The Urdd chief executive said she did not envisage young people being able to return to those camps before September next year at the earliest.
She also warned the Senedd committee the restrictions on holding Urdd events, both cultural and sporting, would have an impact on young Welsh speakers.
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Are glaucoma and yoga a good mix? In spite of Yoga’s many benefits, not every pose is good for every person. In the case of glaucoma, an eye condition that causes increased pressure in the eyeball and can lead to gradual loss of vision, danger is greatest for untreated glaucoma; risk may be minimal when it is properly treated. The final word for what is safe, and what is not, rests with the physicians of our students. Teachers have no place in giving medical advice, unless the teacher is also a qualified physician. That said, medical advice is based upon data supplied to the physician and knowledge of a particular case. Therefore, Yoga teachers who are not doctors, should advise students to see a medical professional for a qualified opinion.
What We Need to Know about Yoga and Glaucoma
Yoga teachers need to be familiar with glaucoma, but it is up to students to discuss their conditions with their doctors and share relevant information with instructors. Is the glaucoma under control? Has there been a recent surgical procedure? Are there other risks, such as high blood pressure, neck problems, heart problems, or stroke, that also make inverted yoga poses risky? These are all factors that should be addressed, when a student is applying to participate in classes. Students should be made aware of benefits, safety procedures, modifications, and that there is risk involved in any physical activity.
In fact, there is also a health risk for those who choose to live a lifestyle with no physical activity. Life doesn’t come with a guarantee and it’s not risk free. If a student arrives late, doesn’t fill out an application, and could care less about communicating with you, who is at risk? You both are. The student is putting his/her health on the line, while testing the extreme limits of your teaching position. If the student is harmed, second guessing comes into play, and the law might have something to say to you and the facility that hosts classes. Did I mention, there is a good chance you might be fired? Please communicate, this will prevent a lot of unnecessary pain and agony.
Informational handouts should be presented to students before they attend classes. Students should not have to know about eye conditions at the last second. Glaucoma refers to a group of eye conditions that cause progressive damage to the optic nerve and often goes unnoticed in its early stages. There is no cure, but prompt treatment helps to prevent loss of sight. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends thorough exams for anyone over 40 with follow-ups at various intervals, depending on factors like genetic predisposition and age. Doctors also suggest that African Americans get an eye exam between the ages of 20 and 39. That said, an annual eye exam helps monitor subtle changes that the average person might not notice.
Students with glaucoma – depending on medical advice, severity, successful treatment, etc. – Should use caution when practicing any inverted yoga poses. According to glaucoma consultants.org, the safest rule is this: Avoid any pose that puts pressure on the neck veins. This can include both mild inversions and full inversions, but may not apply to every student with a glaucoma diagnosis.
According to the same site, postures like Forward Fold and Downward Facing Dog are usually safe as long as they are part of a sequence and are held for less than one minute. If held for extended periods of time, it’s usually safe to substitute modified poses or stop after one minute.
Students can be easily distracted during a practice with intricate body movements. Remind students to breathe! Proper breathing, especially during inversions, reduces pressure on the veins. Students often forget about breathing when practicing yoga poses. As guides of this practice, teachers need to steer students away from anything that puts them at risk.
• Alternative Poses
In “Yoga Journal,” Iyengar instructor Dean Lerner suggests these poses as alternatives to inversions (with modifications, as necessary): Reclining Bound Angle; Reclining Hero; Bridge; Standing Forward Bend; Intense Spread Leg Stretch; twists and forward bends. This is only the tip of the iceberg, because to completely address this subject requires deep research.
Food for Thought
Anyone who suffers from glaucoma can benefit from Yoga; each person, however, requires individual consideration. Assuming yoga instructors are already familiar with the condition, they can only rely on the information that students give them. In the end, sharing knowledge and practicing good judgment are essential for both teachers and students.
Ultimately, the mix of glaucoma and yoga can only be safe when students are informed of the risks. As teachers, we should make students aware of the risks of inversions. There are many more contraindications for inversion, which makes it important to inform students during practice. Modifications are not a problem. We can encourage our students to modify by demonstrating the use of blocks, chairs, or walls during asana practice.
(Yoga teachers may provide an additional service by reminding students, especially older ones, to get their eyes checked on a regular basis.)
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Google will now become a subsidiary of Alphabet and will have a new CEO.
So why did Google founder, Larry Page, decide to set up the new parent company?
There are some obvious benefits.
Google can be even more focused
For years Google has been investing in and acquiring businesses. Some of these have been closely related to its core search and data activities but many have not.
Inevitably some of these have worked but a few have not. This latest move allows Google’s core businesses to focus on what they do well.
The businesses that will stay a part of Google are Search, Advertising, Maps, YouTube, Android, and Apps.
Allow the other businesses to run in the way that suits them best
There are several businesses that will no longer be part of Google but become separate subsidiaries of Alphabet. This will give them the flexibility to create their own culture and be run in the way that suits them best.
Those business are Calico, research into extending human life expectancy; Fiber, internet service provider; Nest, home automation products; Ventures and Capital, investing in startups and growth companies; X lab, research incubator, includes projects such as self-driving cars.
A better vehicle for acquisitions
Alphabet is going to become a much better vehicle for acquiring major companies. Many possible acquisition targets have become nervous about dealing with Google.
The company has a well documented history of killing off products that it deems ‘non-core’. Alphabet now has the ability to promise nervous CEOs of a potential acquisition that he or she can remain at the helm of the company, making it more likely that the acquisition will succeed.
This is also a great way of retaining top talent who are motivated by the status that comes from being a tech company CEO.
Google has about $8 billion in debt and a low gearing level. It’s likely that it will be issuing more debt at some time in the future. By splitting the company it can quarantine and separate the risks, contingent liabilities and losses that are part of the big experiments like self-driving cars.
This will result in Google getting better terms from its lenders. The new Google will now be able to borrow more effectively than the old Google could have.
Larry and Sergei have more money than God. They don’t really need to focus on the corporate machine that Google has become. What they want to do is focus on the new, entrepreneurial stuff. You know, the sexy stuff.
What does this all mean for the Google brand?
The Google brand will evolve. It will still be a mega company but expect it to develop a more mature and corporate image. All the headline grabbing moves are going to come out of Alphabet now.
The bigger plan will start to become clear over the following year or two. But already we can say that the Google of old has changed and the founders of the company have created a fun new sandpit to play in.
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Planning end of life care in advance
It can be hard to think about what you would choose if you were ever in the situation of requiring long-term or end of life care, especially if you are fit and well. Most people assume there is plenty of time to think about these things, for example, if they were to receive a troubling diagnosis. However, incapacitating illness can happen very suddenly (for example, as a result of a stroke or road traffic incident) and then it helps your family to know what your wishes would be in that circumstance and may make things easier for your children.
It is helpful to work out if you know what you would like your care to be, or if you would if you would rather leave the decisions about your care to your next of kin. Even if this is the case, we are told that most people would feel inadequately prepared to carry out someone else’s wishes, however close, without a previous conversation. So, part of this task is talking to the person or people you would want to carry out your wishes.
You can read good advice on the legal framework for setting out your preferences in advance, and guidance on setting out wishes for your general care, from the National Council for Palliative Care and from Age UK.
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Nuts have been used for centuries for many different purposes. People have been using Nuts to add flavor and texture to their food, and some even use them to garnish their sweet dishes. Whether you are a professional chef or just amateur cooking from your home kitchen, there is a strong possibility that you have handled Nuts before. In addition to their culinary use, Nuts are also eaten as snacks; in fact, many dieticians recommend eating Nuts as snacks to control hunger and provide nutrition to the body.
Nuts come in many different shapes and sizes, but not all are the same. And even the ones that are similar also have many differences that set them apart. But many people don’t know these differences except the ones they can physically see; things like their nutritional value, history, and uses go unnoticed.
Two such popular Nuts are Pistachio and Almonds. In this article, we will talk about their differences, so you can have a better understanding of what separates them. In this way, you will have the knowledge to make an informed decision about which type of Nut you should use as a snack or in your next recipe.
Almonds grow on trees in South Asia and the Middle East. These trees give a beautiful appearance once they are fully grown and can reach a height of around 35 feet. But you can also find Almonds being grown in California, but they usually differ in taste and quality because of differences in soil and atmosphere.
If you think that we eat almonds as they are harvested, you are wrong. Because we only eat the internal kernel, which rests inside a protective hull. Almonds can only be planted in a hot and humid environment, and their requirements are quite similar to Pistachio. Almonds are grown exclusively in the regions we mentioned above because they need Mediterranean climates, and this climate is only found in these regions and some others.
The time needed for an almond tree to grow is a little less than a Pistachio tree; It usually takes about three years for it to grow fully. But things are not as simple as they look. This is because the Almond produces its best fruit after six years of growth, and then it continues producing good quality Almonds after that. But we have to keep in mind that Almond trees only live for 2o – 25 years, whereas Pistachio trees can have a lifespan of more than 100 years.
So, If you are planning to plant Almond trees, then ensure that you plan accordingly. This will ensure that you get a continuous supply of almonds, and you can establish a good crop rotation. Almond trees usually have an inconsistent yield, which means that they may produce excellent output one year, while the next year, they can produce significantly less yield. This yield is dependent on the conditions supplied to the tree.
Almonds are slightly higher in fats and lower in carbohydrates than Pistachios. Specifically, Almonds have around 24% fewer carbs in comparison to Pistachios. But Almonds have 21% more fibers in them. Fiber is an essential nutrient that we must obtain from our Diets.
It helps our bodies in regulating their digestive processes. Furthermore, Fiber is important to prevent health problems like constipation and diarrhea. The Vitamin E in Pistachios is an excellent anti-oxidant, preventing cancer, acne, and heart diseases.
Like most other nuts, Pistachio grows on trees as well. Pistachio trees are grown in a wide variety of regions, including Central Asia, the Middle East, the United States, China, and India. As Pistachio trees need a warm climate to grow, you can often see Pistachio trees growing in Arizona, New Mexico and California. But Pistachio trees are not that straightforward, and they also need cold temperatures during their dormant state.
The cold temperature helps in pollination, but the regions mentioned above are the best to grow Pistachios, as they have the ideal climate and soil conditions. The initial time required for the Pistachio tree to reach maturation is about five years, but after this maturation process, Pistachio trees bear fruit for their whole life, which is usually more than a hundred years! Pistachios are typically harvested when their Hulls (the outer protective covering) start changing color from greenish to reddish.
This change usually occurs during August and continues till September. Unlike Almonds, Pistachios are sold as they are harvested, along with their hulls. Unless you buy dehulled Pistachios. Harvesting Pistachios require attention to detail and extreme care because if you are reckless, you can easily taint the exposed part of the seed through the split in the outer covering. Some manufacturers like to dehull and process the Pistachios before packaging and shipping them.
Pistachios have a lot of healthy fats, which means they are good at decreasing the risk of heart diseases and stroke; This is because Pistachio can lower LDL levels while increasing HDL levels in our blood, and High HDL level is associated with decreased free cholesterol in our bloodstream. This is the same cholesterol that forms plaques in our coronary arteries and leads to a heart attack.
The Vitamin E and A present in Pistachio can help reduce inflammation in our bodies, which can be helpful for people who have arthritis and joint inflammation. The phosphorous in Almonds are particularly good for diabetic and hypertension patients, as it can help control these chronic diseases. You can also use Pistachios as a source of vitamin B6, which is essential for ensuring a consistent and adequate blood supply throughout the body.
So What’s the Difference Between Pistachio and Almonds?
- Pistachio Tress usually live more than 100 years and take about five years to mature, while Almond trees have a lifespan of 20 – 25 years and take three years to mature.
- Almondshave higher amounts of fats, Vitamin E, and fiber, while Pistachios have higher carbs and proteins.
- Pistachios have a more buttery, creamy, and earthy flavor as compared with Almonds.
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5 Bad Food Habits You Should Avoid to Maintain a Healthy Weight
We all love food, but we have to be smart about what we eat if we want to stay healthy and maintain an ideal weight. Many of us fall into certain eating habits that are bad for our health or can make it hard to lose weight or maintain our weight loss once we’ve reached our goal. Here are five bad food habits you should avoid to facilitate weight loss in Orange County CA and maintain a healthy weight.
When you wake up in the morning, your body has already been fasting for eight or more hours overnight. Because breakfast is usually our first substantial meal of the day, your body uses it as an opportunity to refill its energy stores (or glycogen) before we begin burning fat again at mid-morning.
If you skip breakfast, then your body will continue burning fat throughout the day because it thinks there isn’t enough food available to replenish its energy reserves. This means that skipping breakfast can actually lead to weight gain over time!
Eating Too Much Junk Food:
Eating too much junk food can derail your weight-loss efforts. Unhealthy foods are high in calories, sugar and fat—the enemy of slim bodies everywhere. Besides opting for fat burner in Mission Viejo, eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is a must when you’re trying to lose weight. They contain fiber and healthy nutrients that help curb cravings. And don’t forget protein, as it plays an important role in hunger management and satiety.
Eating Out of Boredom:
Another bad food habit that you should avoid is eating when you’re bored. When we eat for no reason other than to fill time, our bodies don’t have time to recognize that we are actually full. That leaves us feeling overstuffed and unsatisfied, and wanting more food shortly after. A better strategy? Schedule something else at least every few hours, whether it’s catching up with friends or hitting up a fitness class on your lunch break.
In our hurry-up world, many of us are guilty of mindless eating, meaning we eat without really thinking about what or how much we’re consuming. This usually occurs when we’re distracted by technology or another activity like watching TV, reading, or driving. And, although it may seem innocent enough, research shows that consuming excess calories in one sitting can lead to obesity and other health issues. So, eat in moderation for quicker belly weight loss in Mission Viejo.
Late Night Snacking:
Late-night snacking is often a gateway behavior to mindless eating and weight gain, so avoid it whenever possible. If you get into bed late or find yourself awake in the middle of the night, keep some water by your bedside and try reading for 15–20 minutes to help keep your mind occupied.
For a successful weight loss in Orange County CA, you need to cut out behaviors that promote weight gain in the first place. If you don’t eliminate unhealthy eating habits, you’ll never be able to reach your goal weight and maintain it long-term. Talk to the experts if you have any questions.
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Should you get the Shingles vaccine?
I'm former White House Doctor Connie Mariano with EmpowHER.
Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the same virus which causes chicken pox, and now the CDC recommends anyone over the age of 60 get the shingles vaccine. That's because, the older you get, the more severe the symptoms.
Nearly one out of every three people will get shingles, and about one million Americans experience the unpleasant symptoms every year.
Anyone who has had chicken pox can get shingles. The chicken pox virus stays inside of your body, dormant and then for some unknown reason , that virus can wake up later on in life and cause shingles.
Nearly on half of those experiencing shingles are over the age of 60.
The only way to prevent shingles is to get the vaccine. The Zostavax vaccination is NOT reccomended for those with a compromised immune system.
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5 ways to grow your child's intelligence
You can boost your child's performance at school just by how you behave at home, says the award-winning educational expert and author of How to Succeed at School. Here's how...
Intelligence isn’t fixed. We aren’t born with a concrete amount of intellgence that fixes our intellectual destiny. It can go up, it can go down – particularly in childhood and adolescence.
It all depends on what you do with the wonderful brain you have. How you approach life, plus opportunities and experiences can make a difference – to your actual brain structure.
Take one example: London cabbies. Research from University College London1 (2011) showed that parts of the brains of trainee cabbies related to memory grew when they were working towards The Knowledge, the test that shows they know how to get to the thousands of streets that make up the maze that is London. And Spanish research from 2019 shows even people in their 90s are still producing new brain cells.2
And then there is the issue of Nobel prize winners. They don’t generally emerge as super-bright children; they develop over time. A major study of 1,470 Californian children3 who came top in an ability test at 13 managed to miss two future Nobel science prize winners: Luis Alvarez and William Shockley.4 They were rejected from the study because the test suggested they weren't smart enough.
What this research proves is that exceptional intelligence (the capacity to do well at school) is not a particularly strong component of exceptional performance. It depends on what you do – or don’t do – with the intelligence your genes have made possible.5
If traits that research connects to good performance at school such as curiosity, motivation and focus6 are modelled in the family and at school, then pretty much any child (who is not learning-impaired) can grow their intelligence and do well in class. And a parent can have a bigger impact than any school: research has proved that, too.7
Here are 5 things you can do to encourage your children’s intelligence to grow:
1. Stay curious
Curiosity is the superhero of learning and intelligence. If you are curious, your children probably will be too. When they are tiny and deluge you with questions, answer them, or eventually they will stop asking and stop learning. Research shows children’s questions quickly dry up when they get to school because there is often no time to answer them.8 Get into the habit of asking, "I wonder why…?" about things when you are with your family, and your children may too.
2. Keep motivated
Motivation helps us learn but we need to be able to motivate ourselves. Bribes to make children do their homework or get good grades don’t work long term because that is extrinsic motivation: you’re motivated by a reward. What you are looking to grow in your children is intrinsic motivation: you are motivated to do something by your own interest in it. You can model that yourself, whether it’s cooking or gardening or running or whatever else you love to do.
3. Encourage competence
How do you encourage that personal motivation? By encouraging your child to have feelings of competence, a can-do attitude. Humans are known to need to build skills and feel effective to do well. Support your child in acquiring those skills, whether it’s reading, riding a bike, painting or understanding the sky at night.
4. Nurture resilience
To build intelligence, you need a positive mindset that allows you to understand that mistakes or difficulties in learning something are only obstacles that you need to work through – and not evidence of the limit of your abilities. Help your child get organised so they have strategies to work through problems, so that they see a problem as an opportunity to learn, not as a dead end. Model this strategy yourself, too: giving up on putting up that shelf in the kitchen because you are "rubbish at it: is modelling a negative mindset; looking up a YouTube video which shows you how you could do it is modelling a positive mindset.
5. Take an interest
If your child is interested in something, take an interest in it, too. Encourage them to talk to you about it, so they are learning by the very art of teaching you. Give them opportunities to take the interest further. This is not about being pushy: keep it pretty light touch. And share your own interests to encourage theirs. When you feel supported and cared for by others, you learn better.
About our expert, Wendy BerlinerWendy Berliner is a former award-winning senior Guardian journalist specialising in education. She has also edited the Times Educational Supplement, worked on the Independent and as joint CEO of the Education Media Centre. She has also worked in Dubai where she was Director of Parental Engagement for one of the world’s largest international school groups. She is co-author of Great Minds and How to Grow to Grow Them, a best-selling book for parents on high performance learning published, and How to Succeed at School: Separating Fact from Fiction (Routledge, 2020)
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Is life supposed to be boring? At school, we are told to be good learners, and we keep a busy schedule, but once we are out in the real world, life becomes boring.
Life isn’t supposed to be boring, although it often feels that way. As we get older, more of our free time is booked up, and routine tends to take over. We can do a lot to fight boredom, but first, we must take responsibility for our situation and do what we can to spice up our lives and make them more fun.
Life gets boring, especially as an adult with lots of responsibilities; at the same time, we might not be able to change the world, but we can control our response to it. If you don’t want to live a boring life, you need to change things up.
Keep reading because we will talk about 12 ways to make your time more valuable, so life doesn’t seem boring.
1) With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
It is your life, and you must live it. While we can debate what living life right is all about, it is undeniable that you are responsible for yourself and the life you live. If you wanted to, you could quit your job, pack up all your stuff and move across the country. Of course, no one knows how that will work out for you, but it is possible.
We are all in control of ourselves; we can move our bodies however we like and do whatever we want.
But this freedom comes with great responsibility; if you hurt others, that is on you. More importantly, if you let yourself down, that is also on you. If you live a boring life, that is your fault because you aren’t doing anything to make it more interesting.
2) If it is Meant To Be It Is Up To Me
Growing up, I would often wait for things to happen, I felt like the future was determined, and if something extraordinary were to come along, it would happen, and I would go along for the ride. But as I got older, I realized that that didn’t make much sense because I kept on waiting, but nothing interesting ever happened.
Once you realize that you are in control, or at least that only you can change your life, then you must be the force of change you wish to see in the world.
If you want a better job, you need to look for it; if you want a better relationship, you need to work at it.
Sticking to the point, if you want something, you need to be willing to chase it because otherwise, it will not come. Life will always be boring if you aren’t chasing after what you want. Put another way; we can get what we want if we take fate into our own hands.
3) There Is No Meaning Out There, Meaning Is Up To Us
For some people, it might be challenging to accept that there is no real meaning for us other than to survive and potentially reproduce. But beyond those biological factors, there isn’t any objective reason for us to be here.
Please don’t take this the wrong way; I’m not saying life is meaningless in a depressing way. Rather meaning is something that we must come up with on our own. No one else can tell us what our life is supposed to be about. Other people may comment on religious or cultural reasons why we are here, but those are often just ideas pulled out of the air.
When it comes down to it, the only person who can create meaning for you is yourself.
You are locked into your body while you are on earth, so you need to make the most out of the situation. Life can seem boring if we don’t have a framework for sense-making, so work towards making sense where you can, and the boredom will go away.
4) It is All a Choice, No Matter What You Choose
Choosing not to do something is the same as choosing to do something. Often we associate taking action with making a decision or choice, but the opposite is also true. Our lack of action is a choice just the same. You might be more easily able to justify a lack of effort to yourself, but that doesn’t make it any better for you in the long run.
If we choose to wait for the world to give us what we want, we will likely be waiting forever.
But if we decided that we want a different life and dedicate ourselves to getting it, we will be making better choices that bring us closer to our goals.
Making no decision is still a choice, but I can assure you that life will be boring if you aren’t making any choices to improve your situation.
5) Your Time is Limited Here, So You Keep Busy
My country’s average life expectance is 82 years, I’m not halfway there yet, but I’m getting close. Whether you are closer to the halfway mark or not doesn’t matter too much. What matters is that your time is limited, and you only have so much time to do all the things you want to do.
Keeping busy might seem like a waste of time, and sometimes it is, especially if we are doing things like playing video games, watching TV or looking at our phones.
But keeping busy can also be about doing productive things like working towards our goals or developing lasting relationships with the people we care about.
Your time is limited, so don’t live a boring life, keep yourself busy so that you aren’t wasting your precious time.
6) You are Obliged To Do Your Best, No Matter What
Everyone has a different sense of what is the right thing to do for them. For some people, doing their best is quitting school and getting a job; for others, it is getting a Ph.D. before landing a job. Either way, only you know what is best for yourself, so you must work towards achieving it.
Life might seem boring because we aren’t challenging ourselves or working towards goals that we deem worthy.
In the past, I focused my attention on getting a better job, but that never made me happy; it just gave me something to put my attention on. Realizing that my self-worth came from working towards goals that I valued made my day job less stressful. This happened because I recognized that work was something I had to do to make it possible to have time for the things I wanted to do.
7) Blaming Other People Weakens Us
It is easy to blame other people for the situation we are in, and while sometimes they do deserve some of the blame, only we can change the way we respond to a situation. Some people can be complete jerks, but they only have power over us if we let them. We might not be able to stop other people from doing what they are doing, but we can change our perspective on how much what they are doing matters to us.
When we blame other people, we give them power over us, allowing them to have more control, and giving away some of our autonomy.
The only way to turn things around is to take personal responsibility for our situation, which gives us the power to control our fate.
Life isn’t supposed to be boring, but if we rely on other people for guidance and validation, we will never have the power to decide for ourselves what we want to do.
8) The Fear of Failure is Worse Than Never Trying
So often, we are afraid to go after what we want because we fear that we might fail. And while failure is always an option, it is never a certainty; however, your expectation to fail will always get in your way. You never know what the future will bring or what you are capable of doing until you try.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not suggesting you climb Mt. Everest without training; you need to pick your battles wisely.
What I am saying is that if you prepare and train, then select the right battles, you will have a much better chance of succeeding.
I’ve always wanted to write, but it was also easy to accept that most writers don’t make any money, so that was an excuse to keep me from trying. Our lives are guaranteed to be boring if we don’t chase after the things we want due to the fear of failure.
9) Stop Wasting Time, It is a Killer
I remember the years when I played video games every day, or more recently when I listened to YouTube with all my free time. There is nothing worse than wasted time, and I know because I always used to waste my time. Now I do way less wasting and use my free time to work toward my goals.
While we are wasting time, we feel demotivated from doing anything else; we might even believe that we can’t do anything else.
But that is not the case; sitting still or wasting time is a killer because it makes us feel like shit. While I used to have lots of fun while playing video games, I’d look back at the end of the week and have not accomplished anything of substance, and that would make me feel bad.
Life may seem boring because you are giving up long-term progress for short-term enjoyment. Stop wasting your time and start working towards what gives your life meaning and purpose.
10) You Need Time To Think About Why You Are Bord
Even if we are swamped, that doesn’t mean we aren’t bored; in the past, when I spent hours a day going to and from the office, I never had much time to think about anything. But once the pandemic hit and we were forced to work from home, I had a lot more time to think about what I was doing and why life felt so dissatisfying.
Life isn’t supposed to be boring, but sometimes boredom serves the purpose of showing us that our life needs a little bit of change.
Rather than denying boredom, look at it as an opportunity to evaluate your life and make it better.
11) Other People Exist, Don’t Do Everything Alone
A lot of what has been said has relied on our independence; it has been about what we deem worthy of our time. But the other side of the situation is that there are seven odd billion people out there, and some 100 of particular importance to each of us.
We are all a part of the world of people around us, so we need to keep them in mind and involve them when possible.
Last night while I was making this list, this item came to me because I had just been working on a website for my friends. They are working on a business and needed some technical help; I had the skills and was able to help solve their problems.
Without my friends, I wouldn’t have known that they needed help and wouldn’t have been able to offer it. At the same time, all three of us get satisfaction, I get to accomplish gratifying tasks that help them, and they get a kickstart towards building their business. It is a win-win for all of us.
Life isn’t supposed to be boring, but you might need to add more people to your surroundings if it is.
Not only are people fun to be around, but they can inspire us to do better with our lives.
12) Is Life Supposed To Be Boring? NO
So far, this has been an exhausting list that covers different questions or ways of thinking about our state of boredom or how to improve it. But what matters most is what we think of our situation.
If you believe, for whatever reason, that life is supposed to be boring, then it will seem that way. On the other hand, if you think it should be exciting and worthy of praise, it will be that way instead.
You have to choose to live a life that isn’t boring, cause it isn’t going to happen on its own. At the same time, you need to realize that it is a choice, or at least that there is something you can do about it.
We can’t change where or when we were born, but we can choose to do things we’ve never done before if we want to.
Life is only boring if you let it be that way, so work towards living a more exciting life, and that is what you will get. On top of this, living a meaningful life makes even the mundane seem more enjoyable.
So work on meaning and purpose, and then the rest will follow.
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"In his madness Hitler was convinced that the 'Jewish poison' had done the same thing to his beloved Germany in 1918 what the 'cancer poison' had done to his beloved mother in 1907," wrote historian and journalist Dr Joachim Riecker.
'November 9: How World War One Led to the Holocaust' examines the speeches both public and private of Hitler to try to solve the riddle of how a dictator could morph into the industrial-scale murderer of an entire people.
"The core of his hatred lies at the defeat of Germany in WW1," said Mr Riecker, "where Hitler blamed the Jews for defeat of the country, the collapse of the monarchy and the ruination of millions".
Dr Riecker discounts previously held theories that Hitler began hating the Jews because a Jewish doctor called Eduard Bloch unsuccessfully treated his mother Klara.
He added: "Adolf Hitler loved only two things in his life: his mother and the 'German Reich'.
His mother died in 1907 very painfully from breast cancer which was seen at that time as the result of blood poisoning.
"Hitler saw the state 'poisoned' from within. Hitler lived in Munich, where Jews played a leading role in the revolution against the monarchy on Nov. 9th 1918. So suddenly the delusion came to his mind, that the Jews where the reason for the 'inner poisoning' of Germany and that they had stolen the victory from Germany," Mr Riecker said.
"And since this delusion revived the traumatic experience of the death of his mother, he developed the fanatic will to annihilate the "Jewish poison" – and thought that killing the Jews was the way to lead Germany to world domination.
"His anti-Semitism had nothing to do with Dr Bloch."
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