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Hammelburg was a large German Army training camp, set up in 1893. Part of this camp had been used as a POW camp during for Allied army personnel in World War I. After 1935 it was a training camp and military training area for the newly reconstituted German Army. In May 1940 the camp was established in wooden huts at the south end of the training ground. The first prisoners included Belgian, Dutch and French soldiers taken during the Battle of France. In May–June 1941 Yugoslavian, predominantly Serbian prisoners arrived from the Balkans Campaign, and soon after in June–July 1941 Australian and other British Commonwealth soldiers arrived, captured during the Battle of Crete. In April 1943 Oflag XIII-B was opened nearby, with officers transferred from Oflag XIII-A at Nuremberg. As was usual for Stalags, many of the prisoners were located in Arbeitslager ("Work camps") on farms or adjacent to factories or other industrial operations. The Stalag served as the base for distribution of International Red Cross packages and mail. A Lazarett (hospital) cared for prisoners that were sick or had been injured in industrial accidents or air-raids. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services. American soldiers that had been captured during the Battle of Normandy arrived in June–July 1944, and more form the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945. In March 1945 a large group of prisoners arrived in deplorable condition after marching the 500 miles from Stalag VIII-D in severe winter conditions. The camp was liberated by Combat Command B of the U.S. 14th Armored Division on 6 April 1945.
The 1960s and 1970s American television program Hogan's Heroes was situated in a fictitious POW Camp called "Stalag 13" located near Hammelburg. However, there was no resemblance to the actual Stalags XIII-A, -B or -C other than name and location.
- "Stalag 13 History". uncommon-travel-germany.com. http://www.uncommon-travel-germany.com/stalag_13.html.
- Story of Cpl. Furman Grimm
- Brief note on Australian Lawson Rolling
- Story of French prisoner Félix Madouas in French
- Description of Oflag XIII-B and Task Force Baum
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The ability to communicate with our Heavenly Father whenever and wherever is such a huge blessing. Instead of having to go through a priest to hear from Him and beseech His help, He’s only a prayer away! But what is prayer exactly, and how do we make the most of it?
When we read about the early church in Acts, we may think, “Wow, God was working so many miracles back then. I wish I could have been there.” But God wants you to know that you can experience that same power and those same miracles, right here, right now! God isn’t done working on this earth, He’s just getting started, and prayer is how we access that. John 14:12 says,
Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I am going to the Father.
As a culture, we’re so used to watching great things happen from the sidelines. We go to movie theaters, share viral videos, and read about fictional adventures in books, captivated by the achievements of others. But as Christians, we are called to experience our own adventures! God wants us to be a part of what He’s doing on the earth. Through prayer, we join together with Him and see even greater miracles than those in Jesus’s time.
What Is Prayer?
Regardless of your background, you likely have some expectations when you go to pray. Whether you are used to seeing people always on their knees, or you have to phrase every prayer the same way, it comes down to this: prayer is a conversation. God doesn’t want us to be burdened down by ceremony, He just wants to spend time with us as His children. He wants to talk to us, to hear about how we’re doing and what’s important to us. In that same way, as we spend time in His presence, He begins to reveal what’s important to Him as well.
When you pray, talk to God like He’s your best friend – we’ll never find a better friend than Him! Relax, don’t be afraid of saying the wrong thing. Remember Romans 8:1:
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
He’s never going to be angry with you because you didn’t phrase your prayer correctly, or you didn’t spend exactly twenty minutes praying. He is overjoyed to spend time with you! Believe that and just enjoy being with your Father.
Interceeding For Others
As we bring things before Him that are weighing on our hearts, sometimes God will bring something to our minds in order for us to pray about them. Maybe that’s your coworker’s son who’s in the hospital, or that family in your church who just lost their main source of income. God will use you to open doors in their lives through your prayers. How amazing that we get to be part of His work in their lives!
However, in order to receive these divine prayer requests from Him, we have to listen. When you are praying, remove distractions. Put away your phone. Go to your closet and shut the door if you have to. This time is important! Since prayer is a conversation, it goes both ways, so listening is just as, if not more, important than doing the talking yourself.
Sometimes, God can even reveal what’s going on behind the scenes in someone’s life, something you would have no way to know. Now, He is not telling you these things so you can feel better about your own life, or to give you something to gossip about. He wants you to pray! Many times, when people hear these insights from God, they take it as a cue to fix it themselves, or to talk to that person about their situation. Take care not to fall into these traps. Pray first, and wait for God’s guidance before you act. When we get involved without God’s wisdom and His Holy Spirit to back us up, we do more harm than good.
Praying on someone else’s behalf doesn’t have to be complicated. It could be as simple as, “Lord please give them Your wisdom and protect them from the enemy.” That one simple sentence makes a huge difference in the spirit realm! Never underestimate what God can do through our obedience. That’s why, whenever you feel led to pray for someone, do it! Your actions could lead to a breakthrough in their life.
How Jesus Prayed
Jesus is our example of how to live during our time on earth, so looking at His own prayer life unlocks some great insight into what prayer is. Many times, we see Jesus steal away from the crowds and even His disciples to achieve that one-on-one time with God.
During Jesus’s ministry, His disciples asked Him how best to pray. They saw the spiritual power and authority He walked in and wanted to have that in their own lives. In Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus revealed His “formula”:
‘Pray, then, in this way:
“Our Father, who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” ‘
I want to highlight verse ten: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.” What’s especially important about this phrase is if this was an automatic occurrence – if everything that happened on Earth was God’s will – He wouldn’t have asked us to pray for it. The fact that He did include it means that we can partner with the Holy Spirit and change our circumstances and our world to more align with God’s kingdom. Our prayers are a catalyst for God to move on our behalf and on the behalf of those whom we pray for.
Why Does God Ask Us to Pray?
You may be wondering, “If God is sovereign and all-powerful, why does He ask us to pray at all? Why doesn’t He just handle everything Himself without us needing to ask?” Well, it actually all comes back to the very beginning, in Genesis 1:26:
Then God said, ‘Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.’
When God created Adam and Eve, he gave them dominion over the earth. When they sinned, they passed that dominion over to Satan. However, when Jesus died on the cross and resurrected, He returned that dominion back to man, so we have that authority on the earth once again. When we accept salvation, we gain the power to walk in that dominion and that’s why God chooses to work through us and our prayers. He wants to partner with us to build His kingdom.
This is also where free will comes in. We have a choice whether or not we partner with God through our prayers. We could ignore His promptings to pray for someone and they may not receive their breakthrough because of it. Our prayers truly do matter.
How Do We Pray Effectively?
There are certain things you can do to really supercharge your prayers. A great book to get you started is Germain Copeland’s Prayers That Avail Much. This is a fantastic resource that I highly recommend. In this book, scripture verses are woven into the text so you can be praying God’s word over a variety of situations.
It’s always best to agree with God in your prayer life. James 1:17 says,
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
Study the Word and learn everything you can about God’s character and His promises. The more you know, the more specific you can be in your prayers. This verse in James is also a good yardstick by which to measure things as they come into your life. If it’s not a good thing or a perfect gift, you know it’s not from God. In that case, you can know that your prayers are needed in that area. This includes things in your own life and in the lives of those around you. If you notice that you or someone you know is not walking in the peace and prosperity God promises us in His Word, it’s time to start praying.
From there, you find out what God’s Word says about that situation specifically, whether it be a sickness, a child gone astray, a financial need, wisdom for moving across the country, or stepping into a new leadership position at a company. Any area in your life where you need an answer, God has the wisdom you need in His Word.
Knowing the Word Inspires Confidence
Once you know what God says about a particular topic, you’ll be able to pray with confidence. 1 John 5:14-15 says,
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him.
God wants us to approach Him boldly, solid in the knowledge that we will have whatever we ask of Him. When we engage in prayer, we are walking in the victory we have in Christ. We are pulling out the sword of the Spirit and slaying the enemy who would come against us. We are pulling down strongholds in our lives and the lives of our loved ones. It the natural, it may just seem like we’re sitting at our kitchen table with our morning coffee, but in the supernatural, we’re waging war on a battleground. Have faith in what God has given us, in the favor we have through Him. He has already given us the victory. James 1:5-8 says,
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
God is not going to withhold from His children. If we need guidance to navigate a situation, all we have to do is ask! His Word says that it WILL be given to us. Exercise your faith in Him when you pray.
How Many Times Should We Pray About Something?
Sometimes we go through waiting periods with God. We have a need or a problem in our lives and bring it before Him, asking for His help or His guidance, but it seems like nothing is happening. What does this mean? Did God forget? Is He just not going to do anything?
This is where knowing His character and will through His Word really comes into play. When we know His will, we can work that into our prayers. Say you have a bill due at the end of the month for which you don’t have the money. You know that Matthew 6:26 says,
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?
So then when you pray, you would say, “Lord, I thank You that even as You provide for the birds, even more so will You provide for me. I know that You know about this bill I have to pay and I also know that You know exactly how You’re going to meet my need. I thank You for Your provision which is always enough and just in time.”
After that, just leave it to Him. And whenever the enemy brings up your need, tempting you to stress about it, combat those fears with faith! Quote your chosen verse to yourself, reminding yourself of God’s goodness and faithfulness. He will always come through for those who trust in Him.
Retraining Our Minds
Readdress those fears as often as you need to – sometimes it takes a while before our knee-jerk response is faith over fear. This is the fight of faith that Paul talks about in 1 Tomothy 6:12:
Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Remain conscious of what you’re saying when you’re not praying as well. If you find yourself saying to a friend, “Oh I just don’t know how we’re going to pay for that bill,” right after you just spent time praying and thanking God for His provision, you are not acting out of faith. Be consistent in all your thoughts and actions. Let your faith be an inspiration to that friend! When they see how you never wavered in your belief that God would cover that bill, and then hear about the incredible testimony of the bill being paid on time, they’re going to see God’s faithfulness through your life.
Prayer is not meant to be a dull obligation we try to get out of the way as soon as possible. Prayer is an adventure! Through prayer we can tear down strongholds, defeat the enemy, and access our breakthroughs. Remember the victory we have in Christ the next time you pray, and step out in boldness. | <urn:uuid:bb2d9563-c92a-4991-8106-139821618661> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gods-best.com/adventures-in-prayer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.964892 | 2,962 | 1.601563 | 2 |
PERSGA Living Marine Resources (LMR) Program
Vision and Approach
Living marine resources in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have played an important economic and social role since a long history of traditional use by local communities. With the significant growth of the fishery sector, coupled with the rapid development of coastal and marine activities today, the living marine resources in the region are facing various threats, ranging from overfishing to degradation of habitats and pollution risks from marine and land-based sources. Climate Change impacts also poses undue risks to the fishery resource and marine environment. Proper management of living marine resources is essential to sustain the livelihoods of people dependent on the resources and maintain the integrity of marine ecosystems and biodiversity, in addition to the significant role of the fishery sector in food security, reducing poverty and building resilience of fishing communities. Therefore, sustainable management of living marine resources interconnects with several development agenda and predictable to play a key role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region.
Since it has been established through the SAP project in 2001, the PERSGA LMR program has been active in executing multilinked interventions that cover a wide level, ranging from local, to national and regional activities and initiatives in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden region. The program mainly undertakes and facilitates LMR assessments and studies, promotion of fishery legislation and policies, action planning and management, capacity building and training, regional coordination and on-the-ground projects, which aim at achieving sustainable management of marine fisheries and aquaculture in the region. Currently, the program especially focuses on supporting implementation of Ecosystem Approach, pursuing Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture, in harmony with global guidelines and efforts, particularly emphasized by international organizations and relevant SDGs in this regard.
Strategic Objectives and Activities
Based on its vision and approach, PERSGA LMR program supports regional capacity development and collaboration to achieve the following two main strategic objectives:
- Sustainability of the living marine resources and integrity of their habitats and biological diversity, securing ecosystem wellbeing, as well as economic wellbeing of people, both for the present and future generations in the region;
- Ensure conservation management, adopting responsible fisheries and aquaculture activities, taking into account all their relevant biological, technological, socioeconomic and environmental aspects.
To achieve these strategic objectives, and considering priorities for the region the LMR Program implements several interventions and activities to develop regional guidelines and support regional capacities addressing the following:
- Development of LMR strategies, policies and management plans, based on the best scientific information and knowledge available, and consultation with stakeholders;
- Proper protection, conservation and management measures of biodiversity and critical habitats for living marine resources with particular emphasis on threatened species, marine protected areas and fish refugia;
- Control overfishing, and Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing;
- Effective monitoring, control and surveillance measures in fisheries management;
- Comprehensive Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) policies and effective ESS systems for aquaculture and fisheries activities, infrastructure projects and operations.
- Control all kinds of pollution from fisheries and aquaculture activities
- Adoption of ecosystem approach to management of fisheries and aquaculture
- Raising LMR profiles and contributions to relevant SDGs, such as SDG1 (poverty reduction), SDG2 (food security), SDG3 (health and wellbeing), SDG8 (decent work and economic growth), SDG12 (sustainable consumption and production), SDG13 (climate change), and SDG14 (Life under water). | <urn:uuid:2a4fbb0a-6bc9-4968-a3f8-5a62750e1b40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://persga.org/programs/living-marine-resources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.911897 | 739 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Education Management Platform is a system for education institutions for the management of education institutions. The Education Management Platform includes applications that support i.a.: recruitment at various levels of schools (including kindergarten recruitment), Electronic School Registers, management of information about the student, attendance analysis, inventory of equipment, issuing certificates and student cards, calculation and payment of student scholarships, communication between the school and parents and between the school and authorities, the superordinate organizational management of education institutions (organizational sheet, lesson plans, enrollment plans, planning duty rosters), and many other components supporting the management of education. At the moment the system is used by 2 million students in 4,500 schools in more than 20 cities.
In addition to the wide functional scope, another benefit of the solution is building it on the basis of a three-layer technology for Web browser support. An important advantage of the System is also its centralized architecture enabling to simplify and shorten procedures for system management from a single central administration, common to all units subject to implementation. As a result, it was possible to build a stable system, complete and most importantly disproportionately cheaper to maintain as opposed to decentralized solutions.
Efficient and reliable management of global educational processes in local government units is a task that requires extensive use of data, among others, in the field of organization of education units and management of information about the student. Therefore, in order to realize the global vision, thus credible management of education processes, it seems necessary to use an integrated IT solution. This environment includes in the implementation all the structures of a commune related to the field of the education system and thus ultimately will contain all subordinate units, such as schools or institutions outside school.
The Education Management Platform is a software for demanding persons, which provides:
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The Education Management Platform comprises the following applications:
The application supporting recruitment to nurseries ensures recruitment in continuous mode (accepting recruitment cards to the nursery all year round) while maintaining the correct sequence of recruitment cards and a list of preferred nurseries. Thanks to this, the facility is given the possibility to have current records of children admitted to nurseries together with the ability to control the number of children actually attending.
The application saves time of the parent, and through notifications via e-mail about changes to the Status of the recruitment card, the parent obtains current information about the course of the recruitment process.
The tool to support suggestions made by employees of leading institutions and bodies, and through them of the parents themselves, allows to minimize the time on the part of the company, which in turn enables further work on constant improvement, and thus the development of the system.
The application Recruitment to kindergartens makes it possible to implement the following models of recruitment:
The application supporting the recruitment process to kindergartens and kindergarten branches in primary schools consists of two complementary parts: an internal one addressed to the users of the facilities and the leading authority and the public one addressed to residents – most commonly the children’s parents and other interested parties.
The application is configured according to the Client’s expectations in the areas of:
The application supporting the recruitment process for primary schools, junior high schools and high schools consists of two complementary parts: an internal one addressed to the users of schools and the leading authority and the public one addressed to residents – most commonly the children’s parents and other interested parties. Thanks to integration with the general population registry of the commune and definitions of school districts, two types of candidates are automatically distinguished: children from the school district and children from outside the school district.
Candidates “from the district” are accepted to the school automatically after noting the fact of confirmation by the parent in the system of the will of the child to attend the district school, while candidates “outside the district” are qualified to the school by the director based on the locally applicable criteria.
After the completion of recruitment, thanks to the manager of branches, the school director may assign children to defined branches (classes), which will start functioning from the new school year.
The application allows to update the list of children from the district, drawn up on the basis of the general population registry by adding children living in the school district, and not registered, which makes it possible to create at the recruitment stage the current list of children residing in the school district, which are subject to mandatory education.
The Organizational Sheet is an ideal solution, thanks to which we obtain:
The application Analysis of the obligation of education is the answer to the problem of the monitoring process of the obligation of education. The application combines the elements of the general population registry, the database of school districts (school assigned to addresses in the city), the database of students and the database of parents. This allows to obtain information who does not attend school but is subject to this obligation.
Analysis of the obligation of education performs the following tasks:
The application Book of Substitutions is the solution to the problem of absences of teachers and assigning their substitutes.
The application Book of Substitutions can perform the following tasks:
The application Class timetable allows to quickly and easily arrange a lesson timetable for the entire school. It allows to arrange a lesson timetable manually and automatically. The second method lets you save precious time, because the maximum waiting time for a ready class timetable is only 5 minutes. An additional benefit is it being closely connected with the other modules, which shortens the work on the timetable (all the information entered, e.g. in the organizational sheet are uploaded into the class timetables).
Class timetable provides:
Duty roster provides:
The application Organization of External Exams supports the organization of an exam after class VI, a middle school exam and vocational exam.
The application Organization of External Exams enables:
The application Student Management System provides:
The application provides comprehensive support for the work of secretariats, based on the entered information about students, provides possibilities of creating documents such as:
Certificates is an intuitive tool for the preparation and printing of school certificates. They are fully online, can be operated from any computer with Internet access. Once entered, the information remains in the system and can be reused at any time. All information is automatically archived as backups. The module Certificates can be extended by Electronic School Register with access to Parent-Teacher Conferences24. Information entered into the module Certificates are protected as efficiently as electronic banking.
The application Electronic School Register is an online tool that allows to keep a log of lessons in a modern and functional form. To work with Electronic School Register you only need a computer with Internet access.
Benefits for the school director:
Benefits for the teacher:
The application Parent-Teacher Conferences24 provides parents with instant access to information contained in the Electronic School Register. The service Parent-Teacher Conferences24 promotes responsible upraising on a daily basis, and not only on the occasion of meeting with the form teacher at school.
Benefits for parents:
The Education Management Platform operates under the most popular web browsers:
A wide functional scope
The Education Management Platform allows you to conduct recruitment to nurseries, kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools. In addition, the system includes the following modules: Organizational sheet, Analysis of the obligation of education, Book of Substitutions, Class Timetable, Organization of External Exams, Student Management Systems, Electronic School Register and Parent-Teacher Conferences24.
To operate the system, all you need is access to the Internet, it runs on the most popular browsers: Internet Explorer ver.8.x and higher, Firefox ver.5.x and higher, Opera ver.12 and higher, Safari ver.5.x and higher and Google Chrome (all versions).
One administration center
The centralized architecture makes it possible to simplify and shorten system management procedures from the level of a single administration center, common for all units covered by implementation.
Flexible, customized offer
The system can be installed using the hardware infrastructure of the Office, but also it can be offered to be done in the data processing center of Asseco Data Systems in the form of services located in the so-called “cloud”. All these properties make the management of education in the city much easier and less expensive.
Dedicated training and ongoing support of consultants
Our implementers and consultants provide training for new users, providing them with the most optimal use of all the possibilities that the Education Management Platform gives. During cooperation the user remains in constant contact with consultants, so you can always count on substantial help in case of any questions or concerns.
The Education Management Platform has high security of stored data. Information entered into the module Certificates are protected as efficiently as electronic banking.
The Education Management Platform is offered in two models:
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The Accessory Design is a professional discipline that involves research and analysis of traditional as well as modern contemporary fashion trends, consumer behaviour including their preferences, tastes as well as buying pattern, materials available, techniques, socio cultural factors affecting buying decision etc. so as to design, visualize and create attractive and functional wearable and non-wearable accessories, an Accessory Designer must be able to predict the possible trends besides coming up with designs that appeal to consumers Accessory Design works with varied materials like cloth, leather, various types of metals etc. and encompasses personal accessories like watches, jewellery, bags, footwear, belts etc. or objects related to home décor or comfort products.
Accessory Design is multi-discipline and encourages students by offering a canvas for self expression and exploration. They should also gain perspective on how environmental, technological, social, economic and political issues have a bearing on the industry as well as art and design world.Students clearing this course can work in multiple domains such as furniture designing, home accessories, bathroom accessories, Jewellery designing, interior designing, luxury product designing and hand bag designing etc.
- In order to enroll in Accessory Design Courses, the student must have cleared his 10 +2 class in any discipline from a recognised board.
- The eligible candidates are to appear in an entrance test, which will be followed by group discussion and personal interview.
- Students clearing all the rounds are allowed admission into the college.
Tips and tricks for career in accessory design
For a career in accessory design, the candidates must possess the following skills:
Artistic & Designing skills:
He must possess an artistic bent of mind so as to devise distinct creative concepts that are tangible and exclusive besides as per client brief. The program should equip students with proficiencies in research, conceptualization, design and fabrication. They should also gain perspective on how environmental, technological, social, economic and political issues have a bearing on the industry as well as art and design world.He must have display an excellent understanding of colours, textures and patterns so that he is capable of designing accessories that not only complements, but accentuates the overall look rather than vie for attention.
Competitive as well as Passionate:
He should be passionate about his work and should keep himself updated with current as well as upcoming trends. His passion will keep him on his toes and will inspire him to develop innovative & artistic concepts that become trends.
Eye for Detail:
Keen observation skills will facilitate in development of distinct accessory designs that will attract customers and help him stand out from the rest.
Time Management & Decision making Skills:
He must plan ahead and should be capable of multi-tasking, handling pressure and managing deadlines. Furthermore, he should weigh in both pros-cons, evaluate alternative and make rational decisions without wasting time.
Communication & Networking Skills:
He should be a good listener and understand the client brief. When he produces a concept he must employ good communication skills to sell it to client as well as various stakeholders without diluting its essence. He must be open to suggestions and must be able to collaborate with varied teams from different departments.
- Knowledge about various techniques and raw materials
Accessory Design Course:
The students must select that college that offers them exposure to diverse range of subjects; art, craft and design practice so as to facilitate innovative solutions. The curriculum must enable students to work methodically on design brief. The program should equip students with proficiencies in research, conceptualization, design and fabrication. They should also gain perspective on how environmental, technological, social, economic and political issues have a bearing on the industry as well as art and design world. | <urn:uuid:fc92a44b-1b05-44b7-b426-ea70d23b8bd3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.popularwrite.com/tips-and-tricks-for-pursuing-career-in-accessory-design/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957205 | 783 | 2.4375 | 2 |
With more than 243 million internet-users within the U . s . States alone, 92% who make frequent utilization of search engines like google – in case your company does not show up on page one of the search, you basically don’t exist. Can your company afford not found?
A fundamental Internet Search Engine Optimization (Search engine optimization) strategy will help you progress looking rankings.
What’s Search engine optimization?
Everything begins with market and keyword research. Understanding what are phrases or words are relavent and also have high traffic. Search engine optimization is creating quality websites with great content. Essentially that is what search engines like google want – websites produced for individuals, not for search engines like google.
Search engine optimization can be defined as the steps you are taking to enhance your website’s traffic in natural or search results. It calls for a mix of reasoning and creativeness to assist your company’s website gain visibility and found. It’s both a skill along with a science.
Products in your site or blog – quality content, site architecture, links – all provide clues towards the focus of the website as well as your company’s products and services. Your site is crawled with a internet search engine and also the information (or insufficient) is stored to become retrieved later. This produces a database of vast amounts of pages. If somebody performs searching, the engines try to match this vast index of web sites using the words typed in to the search engine. Answers are then displayed in the best web site to the worst.
When trying to improve your rankings, ensure you utilize “White-colored Hat” or ethical Search engine optimization practices. It uses Search engine optimization techniques that search engines like google broadly accept, encourage, and reward. Effective White-colored Hat Search engine optimization is slower, time intensive and it is a continuous, ongoing process. Frequently it’s known as ‘doing it hard way’. Supplying high-quality, completely unique content, effective keyword usage, proper titles and backlinks are critical. One of the numerous advantages of White-colored Hat Search engine optimization may be the durability from the positive efforts.
Search engines like google are more and more sophisticated – they are fully aware where you stand, what sites you’ve visited, and profile you according to your research and surfing patterns. Seem your government-like, does not it? The constantly altering criteria that search engines like google use causes it to be even more important to maintain-to-date. Search engine optimization techniques are continually altering as search algorithms change allowing you to connect searchers using the information they are searching for.
If you’re consider getting a Search engine optimization firm to handle your web visibility, make certain it somebody that understands the required process to improve your Search engine optimization program on the continual basis. Someone together with your interests in mind, not their own. Understand there are no guarantees with regards to Search engine optimization. Anybody who promises a specific rank within an organic internet search engine result is filled with it! No-one can guarantee a #1 ranking on the internet. | <urn:uuid:977f050e-0716-4d31-b6db-5939f33dadde> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tecnohobby.net/organic-search-engine-optimization-what-exactly-is-it-and-why-you-need-to-care/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.913456 | 641 | 1.960938 | 2 |
It’s Saturday morning, and my friend Marisol and I board the Metro, on our way to a family-separation protest on Paseo de la Reforma, a major thoroughfare in the heart of Mexico City. Marisol is a 21-year-old musician and a psychology student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Today, like most days, she carries her ukulele strapped to her back. We’re on the pink line of the Metro at Pino Suárez, and we have five stations to go. The subway this morning isn’t terribly crowded, but we don’t find seats, and she accommodates herself quickly.
Marisol props herself against the door between the Metro cars. She swings her backpack around to her chest and her ukulele to her side. She deftly unpacks her arsenal of makeup. *Isabel la Católica* — one stop down. Amid the lurches of the Metro, she whips out an eyelash curler. One hand curls her lashes, the other holds her compact mirror and various tubes of pigment. *Balderas* — two stops to go. She dabs on foundation, blush, two different tones of shimmering eyeshadow, and eyeliner. *Cuauhtémoc* — one more stop. She snags a seat to apply her mascara, which she does with her arms crossed, using one arm to keep the other steady. The doors ping open just in time for us to jump off. *Insurgentes* — we’re finally here. I marvel at the steadiness of her hands: *How do you not, like, leave stripes of mascara on your face?* She used to, she says, but now she’s a pro.
Marisol doesn’t do her makeup on the Metro every day, but she does when she’s running late, and recently, she tells me, she’s usually running late. She lives in Chimalhuacán, a suburb about two hours from Mexico City on public transit. For her, like many other women in the Mexico City metropolitan area, applying makeup in motion is a skill born from necessity and ingenuity. Workers in Mexico City have some of the longest commutes in Latin America, (5) The city is sprawling, but hyper-centralized: more than (6), where less than a fifth of the population resides. So each morning, the center of Mexico City, like a vortex, sucks in a majority of the population, and each evening, it spits them back out.
Mexico City’s Metro is the second-largest subway system in North America, just behind New York City’s. There are twelve color-coded and numbered lines, plus six lines on the Metrobús, a bus system that connects to the subway. Aside from the Metro, the city crawls with countless other bus lines. Just to get to the Metro, many workers first board a series of buses, commuter rails, or *peseros,* lime-green Volkswagen vans that wind through the city. Residents of peripheral districts can transfer (7) — from bus to bus to *pesero* to Metro to bus, for instance — and can spend (1)
Priscila is one of those exurb commuters. She takes a bus about an hour and a half each way every day, from the city of Toluca, forty miles outside of Mexico City. Once she arrives in the city, she takes the Metro one stop to her teaching job. She tells me she’s usually one of only two or three women on her bus, and she applies her makeup in the last fifteen minutes of the ride: powder, mascara, a little bit of concealer.
Public transportation is particularly taxing for women: its tightly packed crowds are notorious for providing cover for surreptitious gropers and, across the city, street harassment is ubiquitous. A (2) found that 96 percent have experienced some type of sexual violence, including street harassment, in public, and 58 percent have been groped in public. To minimize these incidents on the Metro, (3) The first three cars of each train are now dedicated to women and children. And many of these women, between transferring from bus to train to Metro, take advantage of the time to color their lips and curl their lashes.
Since I moved to Mexico City two years ago, I’ve been enthralled by this impossibly delicate daily choreography. Board any train or bus during morning rush hour. You’ll come elbow to elbow with dozens of women under duress of sharp turns, unexpected careening stops, and the occasional shove in the ribs. Women lay falsies onto lash glue one-handed. Passengers board bleary-eyed and blotchy and disembark with a full face of contouring. They draw razor-sharp eyeliner wings with impossible symmetry. And they perform a Mexico City Metro staple: using a teaspoon as an eyelash curler, crimping lashes between the thumb and spoon edge and pressing upward.
Every weekday morning, Elisa, a housewife and office administrator, applies her makeup on the blue line of the Metro. Her twenty-minute commute gives her time for her standard routine: foundation, eyeshadow, eyebrows, mascara. For her, multitasking those twenty minutes allows her to juggle her household responsibilities. “Instead of those twenty minutes doing makeup at home,” she says, “I could be washing clothes.” Lexi is a tae kwon do instructor who almost always does her makeup while commuting — powder, eyelash curler, eyeliner, eyebrows. Her half-hour commute takes her from one end of the pink line to the other, and, like Marisol, she says she is always running late.
The artistry of these women, and their dedication to their beauty routines, has become an inside joke among users of public transportation. There’s even (4), with women caught unaware in all stages of their makeup regimen.
Beyond morning makeup routines, nearly all aspects of life in Mexico City are lived in motion. It’s never the same city twice. Chilangos, or Mexico City residents, are notorious for sheathing all manner of food groups, from tamales to chilaquiles in a bolillo bread roll to eat on the go. Naturally, their personal-care routines take the same form. Nearly any phenomena performed in the comfort of one’s home has its analogue on the street. I’ve bought makeup at tarp-roofed street stands and at weekend tianguis, from tabletops with rainbows of expired eyeshadow palettes: an orangey pressed-powder blush, liquid eyeliner that dries into a peelable strip of silicone, MAC-branded mascaras, or Kylie Lip Kits of ambiguous authenticity. My old apartment, on a major avenue near the center of the city, flanked a corridor of tarp-covered stands selling everything from hair extensions to fake Nikes. A solid block, two stands deep, was dedicated to street aestheticians. At rush hour, I’d emerge from the Metro into the chemical fumes of dozens of simultaneous open-air gel manicures, between a hundred and two hundred pesos a pop. You can get your hair cut, eyebrows waxed, calluses buffed, and nails polished without stepping inside four walls.
Saving beauty routines for public transport is a way to cope with the city’s breakneck pace. Who wouldn’t prefer to sleep five minutes more before an interminable commute? “We’re always in a hurry, the city is always full of traffic, and the transportation system is always really slow, and we spend a lot of time there,” Marisol says. Navigating the city as a woman can be fraught with intrusions, and applying makeup on the Metro is an act of resilience in a crush of millions.
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When I got married in the 1990s, it was common in my country for newlyweds to spend their honeymoons in the Caribbean where they’d have to wear all-inclusive resort bracelets and be served endless ice creams with lit sparklers at the pool bar. But I suggested something else to my wife, Susana: that we go to Ireland. And she was delighted. It was a country we had both wanted to visit, even if my own interest had begun with my enchantment with the music of Clannad and The Chieftains that I was listening to at that time.
We traveled the country by car staying in wonderful Bed and Breakfast houses where no door was ever locked. It was a magical experience and I have always felt at home in Ireland. So much so that years later we would return there with our children. Ireland will always have a special place in my heart and it fills me with joy that another book of mine is now available here.
The Prince of the Skies is a story that has its own music as well. It is a story that starts in the 1920s in Paris and will take us to the Sahara desert, Senegal, Palmira, Buenos Aires, Patagonia, New York and Corsica. It is also a story about the origins of air mail, when planes were made of little more than paper but were still responsible for carrying carried d all the messages of happiness, disappointment or hope of their time. At the controls of one of these ‘paper’ planes we will find Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the larger than life author of The Little Prince and other wonderful enchanting books. This is the story of his life, lived with his head in the clouds, of his stubborn search for love which always slips through his fingers and his great friendship with two other pilots.
It is a book that I have poured my heart into, mixing fact and years of reading with that all-seeing eye of the imagination and, above all, my admiration for the author of one of my favourite books.
When Antoine was once asked how it was possible that he was both an aviator and a writer, he answered naturally: “What is the difference?”
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Posted by Richard Ciarney on April 20, 2016
(Edmonton) When you take care of a lot of tiny details, it adds up to something huge. And the U of A Eco-Car team is having a really big year. This 19 team members—a record number—are in Detroit, competing against universities from around the world.
The U of A team is bringing its brand-new car, named Alice, to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas competition. The Eco-Car group is competing in what is largely considered the most challenging group, the Urban Concept—hydrogen fuel category.
If the team finishes in first or second place—and it has held the top two spots every year it has competed—it also wins entry to the Shell Eco-Marathon race in London, England this July.
Alice is pretty much a completely new car. It has a new design, new shell, chassis, and wheels. And team leader Nik Viktorov, a third-year chemical engineering (co-op) student, says the team has high hopes.
“We got rid of some black-box systems that we had bought and learned to use. Now, we’re using more systems that we designed ourselves,” said Viktorov. “The fuel cell controller is new—it’s a second iteration of something we designed by ourselves and it’s one the most solid systems in the car.”
Overall, Alice is about 20 per cent lighter than her predecessor, Steve.
“We hope to translate those weight savings into energy efficiencies,” Viktorov said.
Vehicles entered into the Urban Concept category need to look and drive like something consumers would actually buy. The vehicle has brake and signal lights, rear-view and side-view mirrors and a seatbelt for the driver—Alice is a one-seater.
The vehicle runs on of a hydrogen fuel cell. As well as passing technical tests and design reviews during the competition, Alice will be put to the test on a track. The race requires vehicles to travel eight miles in a minimum of 24 minutes. The car completing the route using the least amount of energy wins.
In previous competitions the team has completed the course using the energy equivalent of 618 mpg (0.1 L/100 km).
As well as building a new car this year, the team also won second-place in a competition held by Shell Canada between Canadian university teams attending the U.S. competition in Detroit: the U of A team won hotel accommodations for eight at the competition.
The irony is that the rooms will get light duty: Viktorov says the team will be camping out at the convention centre again this year, sticking together and staying close to the heart of the event.
“We have our biggest group of people ever who are going—19 people. It’s a big group this year for a couple of reasons: one is that we saw the flights to Detroit were inexpensive, and the other is that our team has really expanded and we have a lot of members who have done tremendous amounts of work,” said Viktorov. “Being able to see the car race and to see our efforts come to fruition is beneficial to the whole team.”
Another advantage will be having many hands on deck to help solve any technical challenges that arise.
The team has another major win under its belt this year: with assistance from the Spirit of George Ford Endowment Fund, an online crowdfunding campaign launched this spring raised more than $10,000, helping to ensure the group’s future.
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The fascinating, controversial and most-worshipped hypothesis of ecologists - that of considering the Earth as the biggest living organism, referred to as Gaïa. It is here discussed by its inventor in person, who shows us that if our planet hasn't always had the same face, it's because there have been several ages corresponding to the predominance of very different species. In three centuries, humanity has wrought more modifications to the face of Gaïa than natural evolution did in millions of years. Although he does not doubt that the Earth, today turned completely upside-down by industrial activities, will find a new equilibrium, he does suppose that it could at the price of the disappearance of man, whose reign represents only one of the ages of Gaïa. Born in 1919, James Lovelock is the author of The Gaïa Hypothesis, a book which shook up the scientific world in the beginning of the seventies and met with great public acclaim.
What can a garden reveal about ourselves and our culture ?
In the same vein as the Grand livre de notre alimentation [The Big Book of Food], this book responds to all our questions on forests.
What are the origins of the universe? Besides human beings, are there other conscious living creatures in the universe? If there are, do they resemble humans? Could their appearance be entirely different? If Christian teachings are true, could they also apply to such extraterrestrial creatures? What are Good and Evil? What is Gods role? How did nature take on the forms it has? In a relaxed, conversational tone, Philippe de Baleine addresses some of the major metaphysical, theological and cosmological issues that are being asked today. Philippe de Baleine is a journalist, essayist and novelist.
As we come to the end of the century, the question of the future of science is often posed. I believe we are just at the beginning of a new endeavour. We are witnessing the development of a science which is no longer limited to simplified, idealised situations, but makes us face the complexity of the real world. This new science will allow human creativity to be experienced as the unique expression of a fundamental trait common to all aspects of nature. Ive tried to present this conceptual transformation, which implies the beginning of a new chapter in the fruitful relations between physics and mathematics, in a manner that will be comprehensible and accessible to all readers interested in the evolution of our ideas of nature. We are but at the threshold of a new chapter in the history of our dialogue with nature, writes Ilya Prigogine. Ilya Prigogine, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, teaches at the Free University of Brussels and at the University of Texas, in Austin. | <urn:uuid:aacc281f-3b96-4c15-a1f0-4d6a7968cf20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.odilejacob.fr/catalogue/by-keywords/nature | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950839 | 567 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Engelsberg Ideas is the home to great writing from the world’s leading thinkers on history and culture, featuring essays, historical portraits and regular podcasts. Engelsberg Ideas is free to read, providing access to excellence. It is published by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation.
Mattias Hessérus is a historian and broadcaster. He is the Director of Civilisation Studies at The Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, and sits on the committee of the Engelsberg Applied History Programme at the University of Cambridge and King’s College London. He has worked for radio and tv and spent three years as review editor of Axess Magazine. Hessérus completed his PhD at Uppsala University on the subject of the right to privacy in Sweden during the 20th Century. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, and held a Swedish Institute Scholarship at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Iain Martin is a political journalist, author, and commentator. He is a Times columnist, and is co-founder, editor, and publisher of Reaction. He was editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, and deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph and The Wall Street Journal Europe. He has written two books: Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy (2013) about the 2008 financial crash, and Crash, Bang, Wallop: the inside story of London’s Big Bang and a financial revolution that changed the world (2016) about late-80s deregulation.
Alastair Benn is deputy editor of Engelsberg Ideas. He writes regularly on politics, culture, and current affairs, and has written for Reaction, The Times, The Spectator, and The Independent. | <urn:uuid:fa52fe02-352d-443d-948e-97883af508bc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://engelsbergideas.com/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.926235 | 384 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Cohousing is a self-managed intentional community of private homes clustered around shared space
Each attached or single family home has traditional amenities, including a private kitchen. Shared spaces typically feature a Common House, which may include a large kitchen and dining area, laundry, and recreational spaces. Shared outdoor space may include parking, walkways, open space and gardens. Neighbors also share resources like tools, workshops and storage.
Households have independent incomes and private lives, but neighbors collaboratively plan and manage community activities and shared spaces. The legal structure is typically a homeowner association (HOA) or housing cooperative. Community activities feature regularly-scheduled shared meals, meetings and workdays. Neighbors gather for parties, games, movies or other events. Cohousing makes it easy to socialize, organize child care and carpool.
Cohousing facilitates interaction among neighbors and thereby provides social, practical, economic and environmental benefits.
The Cohousing Association of the United States
Subscribe to the Cohousing Listserv
Cohousing-L is a discussion about all aspects of cohousing—development and joys and challenges of living in cohousing. Cohousing-L is independent of, but cooperates with The Cohousing Association of the United States. Cohousing-L has about 800 active subscribers and distributes an average of about 150 messages per month. It is conducted by email—a “mailing list” or “listserv.”
View the TED talk by our architect, Grace Kim
Daybreak is a social experiment. We do our best to live in harmony with each other. Over time, my hope is we can utilize more of the collective wisdom that other communities have used to form agreements that are lasting. | <urn:uuid:3e0236bd-b312-4764-b383-5344f1ab75c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.daybreakcohousing.org/cohousing-resources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.952978 | 365 | 2.5625 | 3 |
this Friday, 22nd of April, at 9am we will have one inno lab and one M.Sc. defense, both by Jakob Wachter.
inno lab: “Assessment of climate-induced drought impact on crop types in bavaria” (Tobias Ullmann)
M.Sc. defense: “Potential of webcam Imagery as reference data for Earth Observation Snow Cover products in mountainous areas” supervisors: PD Dr. Tobias Ullmann, Dr. Mattia Rossi (EURAC Research), from the abstract:
“Snow cover in mountainous areas is an important variable for a wide range of ecological and societal factors. Extensive monitoring of Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) and snow related processes has been performed with active and passive satellite earth observation data sources. However, there are limitations to using satellite data, such as their temporal and spatial resolution or cloud coverage. At the same time reliable in-situ information is a key factor to validate snow cover products. To enhance the temporal and
spatial information on ground, openly accessible webcam data show great potential by continuously providing information in many locations. Additional challenges emerge from the use of this data source such as the different view angle compared to satellites, the location of the station or weather influences near the ground. This thesis presents a novel approach to automatically and effectively derive snow cover from webcam images. We use an RGB image timeseries from two different webcams in the Italian Autonomous Province of South Tyrol covering the years of 2019 and 2020 respectively. First the webcam images are filtered to exclude unfavorable weather conditions. On the filtered timeseries three snow extraction models are compared: (1) state-of-the-art simple thresholding method, (2) K-means unsupervised clustering into bright and shadow areas followed by thresholding for each cluster to account for brightness differences and (3), a hybrid approach choosing the state-of-the-art method (1) in case of homogenous illumination (little shadows) and choosing the clustering method (2) in case of heterogenous illumination (many shadows). This is implemented in order to deal with classification errors due to pronounced illumination differences between shadowed and non-shadowed areas within an image. The detected snow cover information can finally be compared to satellite-derived snow cover products. Regions of Interest (ROIs) have been delineated on the webcam image and manually matched to the corresponding Sentinel-2 pixels to gain a more detailed insight. The validation of the workflow is done through visual inspection and classification into the presented classes of 9-14 example images per webcam. FSC can be automatically detected over the course of one year for each image timestep (Figure 3). The accuracies from the confusion matrix of the model results compared to visual inspection are 0.76 and 0.81 in average for the model (1), 0.86 and 0.74 averagely for the model (2) and 0.98 and 0.81 in average for the model (3). Measurements from Sentinel-2 based snow cover products and the webcam measurements show an R² between 0.0025 and 0.51 at the model (1), between 0.12 and 0.56 for the model (2) and between 0.17 and 0.72 for the model (3). Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) values range between 0.46 and 0.17 for the model (1), between 0.37 and 0.2 at the model (2), and for the model (3) between 0.33 and 0.19. The novel approach allows a more-in-depth analysis of relevant phases in mountain snow dynamics such as the melting in spring or new snow events. The approaches (2) and (3) have shown, with slight differences depending on the webcam, better performances when compared to the current state-of-the-art method, with an increased R² value for most examples.” | <urn:uuid:4b521949-3f88-45c8-97e2-e9aaad3bef19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eagle-science.org/inno-lab-and-msc-defense-jakob-wachter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inno-lab-and-msc-defense-jakob-wachter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.913167 | 818 | 2.171875 | 2 |
On February 27, 2019, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing to examine what Congress should do to address risks to consumers and implement data protections for all Americans. The hearing was titled “Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework.” It focused on six topics, including: (1) federal preemption; (2) privacy values; (3) corporate transparency; (4) trust and informed consent; (5) the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and State Attorneys General enforcement authority; and (6) special protections for children. Senators on both sides of the aisle generally expressed optimism about working together to address the challenges of developing a federal privacy data framework. We anticipate a continuing debate and proposed legislation in Congress over data privacy. Below is a high-level summary of some of the issues discussed.
The issues of transparency and consumer control were hot topics. Both Senators and witnesses stressed the importance of protecting individual’s personal data from being used for purposes for which it was not originally collected. Further, one witness suggested that an opt-in consent regime should apply to sensitive personally identifiable information, like health and financial information, social security numbers and children’s information. Interestingly, one law school professor argued that the traditional approach of “notice and choice,” which emphasizes transparency through notice to consumers and choice through user consent, has failed. He argued that the best path forward is to implement a regime toward “substantive and robust” rules that build consumers’ trust in companies and establishes a firm framework that companies cannot operate outside of without consequences.
Two big issues for Congress to consider involve preemption and enforcement authority. Proponents of preemption argued that a federal privacy framework could eliminate the risks inherent in the patchwork of state laws, which sometimes impose conflicting obligations on companies that operate in multiple states. In response to a question whether the rights established by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) should serve as a floor to a national privacy law, witnesses agreed that federal legislation should be “stronger and better” than the CCPA and offer “more meaningful protection” of privacy interests.
Not only did proponents of preemption argue that a federal framework would eliminate significant challenges for businesses, but also that it would reduce consumer confusion and provide a consistent experience across state lines and industries. Further, proponents felt that offering a single federal standard that could be enforced by state attorneys general and the FTC would be beneficial. In contrast, other speakers felt that a federal law that preempts states’ regulatory efforts would have “net negative effects,” including jeopardizing the international flow of data if U.S. privacy law appears weaker as a result.
The hearing closed without an announcement regarding Congress’ next steps. We expect the debate over data privacy protections to continue and we will provide updates on such debates and proposed legislation as necessary.
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Using marbling ink is a fun and beautiful way to decorate paper, but what about using marbling to decorate other things too? This tutorial shows you how to make dragon eggs using this easier than you might think technique!
If you can’t find dragon eggs; ceramic eggs, chicken or duck eggs will do!
How To Make Dragon Eggs
I used ceramic eggs from Baker Ross to make dragon eggs. But you could also use chicken (or duck) eggs. I mention duck eggs, because in another decorative egg project I did a while ago, I couldn’t find any white chicken eggs, only white duck eggs. You can check out that tutorial here: Decorating Eggs with Sharpie Pens.
If you are making these marbled dragon eggs to keep, and are using real eggs, rather than ceramic, you will need to blow out the egg.
It’s quite easy to do, and, eggs are actually pretty strong, so don’t panic at the thought of having to pierce a hole in the top and bottom of the egg. Take a drawing pin and gently push it into the top of the egg, swivel it about to create a small hole, then turn the egg upside down. Do the same, but make the hole a bit bigger. Then, over a bowl, blow through the top hole and the insides will come through the bottom hole. If you’re finding it a struggle, make the holes a bit bigger! Once all the insides have been blow out, hold under a running tap to clean through, and blow out any excess water. Leave to dry
I remember marbling paper when I was in primary school (many eons ago, like the 1980s!) but haven’t done it since. Which is a shame as it’s actually really quite easy to do. Of course you need marbling inks and the set of 6 inks from Baker Ross is a barging £5.99 (at time of writing this post). You only need a few drops so they will last a long time.
I’ve been trying to find out what the difference is between using marbling ink and regular inks or paints in marbling, but can’t seem to find a definitive answer. The marbling ink however, sits on the surface of the water, so I suspect there might be some oil involved. I think I’ll test it out and report back with results.
What you’ll need
- old newspaper (to protect work surface – marbling inks will stain!)
- plastic gloves (you don’t want to stain your hands either!)
- old plastic bowl
- marbling inks
- scrap paper
- toothpick/old comb (for creating patterns)
- ceramic eggs or
- chicken/duck eggs, blown out
- varnish (optional)
How to marble
- Marbling inks will stain, so make sure to cover your work surface with some old newspaper, put on an apron, or old clothes, and protect your hands with some plastic/latex gloves.
- Stains should be treated immediately with neat washing up liquid.
- You want to use an old bowl that will be deep enough to submerge your egg. It doesn’t need to be a huge bowl, in fact the one I used was about 15cm/6″ across.
- Fill about two thirds with water (or enough to know you can dip the whole egg into it).
- Before marbling you need to prime the water by adding a drop of ink and removing it with a scrap piece of paper.
- Use the dropper bottles to add 1 or 2 drops of marbling ink to the surface of the water. Several colours may be used. Allow the colours to spread across the surface of the water.
- Create patterns by blowing on the inks, or by combing through with a toothpick or an old comb. Just look how beautiful the ink can become!
- Smoothly dip your egg into the water and ink, and move around to cover (see video below for demonstration). Allow excess to drip off and hang to dry for 24 hours.
- If using real eggs you will have to either dip the egg part way – or go all in (make sure those gloves are on!) For drying, you could use an old egg cup, and turn the egg part way. Or you could thread through a skewer and balance across something (like two stacks of books) so that they can be suspended.
- You may be able to get another egg dipping out of the ink, but if you don’t think you can, use sheets of paper to create marbled paper for art projects. Place the paper on top of the water and the pattern will transfer – hang to dry. You can see my excess inked paper below. I’ll use them for lettering backgrounds!
- For each new colour set, I changed the water completely, because it’s actually quite tricky to get rid of all the previously used ink! See my oops moment below! I didn’t clear all the dark ink properly. I didn’t think it would matter… it did! I mean, it still came out pretty cool, but didn’t make the main photo cut!
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We have all heard that old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” well, an apple might not keep the doctor away. Still, it may make it easier not to see the doctor as often. Apples are available all year round, but they are full of flavor as we head into fall. Why not add apples to your diet and feel the health benefits!
What makes Apple Healthy
Apples are full of fiber which has so many benefits for our health. Recent studies have found that women who eat an apple daily are less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. The odds are reduced by 28%. The fiber in organic apples binds with the fats in the intestines, which lowers cholesterol resulting in a healthier person. Apple skins have phenolic compounds that prevent cholesterol from forming on artery walls if they get into your cardiovascular system, so you shouldn’t throw them away.
Recent research has found a correlation between apples and Alzheimer’s. Mice fed apples and drank apple juice had a higher level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. The mice also performed better in mazes than those who did not receive apple juice. Researchers hope that apples may help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s and slow the brain’s aging. Doctors are busy studying the effects apples may have on the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. Some results have suggested that the high amount of fiber in apples can give protection against Parkinson’s because of the free radical-fighting power of the antioxidants in the apple meat.
Did you know that apples may be a big help in boosting your immune system? When you go to the local market to pick up red apples because they contain an antioxidant called quercetin. Studies are being done about quercetin’s effects on the immune system, especially in times of great stress. Scientists have found that not only does an apple contain quercetin, but it has the antioxidant flavanol. The American Association for Cancer Research has found that the consumption of apples because of flavanol may reduce pancreatic cancer by 23%. Plus, the triterpenoids found in apple skins seem to be able to slow the growth or be anti-growth in regards to breast, colon, and liver cancers. Research has found a link between the high fiber content of apples and a lower risk of colorectal cancer.
Apples can enhance a diet plan. Apples can be a great ally in the battle to lose weight. Women were asked to eat dried apples and those who did lose more weight than those in the group that did not have the extra apple added to their diet. Researchers believe fiber pectin is responsible for weight loss. The antioxidant quercetin found in apples may help with your exercise program. Researchers are studying the effects of quercetin and the ability to work out longer. They have found that quercetin aids endurance by making oxygen more available to the lungs. They have found that quercetin has helped people bike longer and more effectively.
The next time you go shopping, make sure you stop and pick up some delicious apples. They come in many colors and flavors, plus they will benefit your mind and body!
Try These Delicious and Healthy Apple Recipes
Dr. Nandi’s Fall Salad Surprise
Dr. Nandi’s easy-to-make salad uses apples along with nutrient-rich vegetables. You won’t believe how good it tastes! Add it to your routine and become your own Health Hero. Go get the recipe.
Dr. Nandi’s Oatmeal Surprise
Dr. Nandi’s hearty oatmeal uses apples along with cranberries, walnuts and raisins. Nutritious and delicious! Add it to your routine and become your own Health Hero. Go get the recipe.
Dr. Nandi’s Baby Spinach Salad with Beets and Apples
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Summer is almost upon us. But this year, can we really address summer slide? We don’t want to overwhelm our students and families with unreasonable expectations. “Summer slide” is a phenomenon that typically occurs in the summer months when school is not in session. Research demonstrates that kids who are not actively learning and reading during summer vacation tend to slip behind in their reading and learning abilities by the time school starts in the fall. English Language Learners (ELLs) and low-income kids tend to be the most affected by the summer slide. So, how do you combat that summer slide after our global pandemic, school closures and more families struggling to stay at home?” Here are five practical tips for parents for continued support.
1) Family Reading
Parents can encourage family reading sessions to get their kids reading during the summer. ELL parents can choose interesting bilingual books that their whole family can relate to. Lectura Books offers an array of bilingual books for all ages. Parents can make family reading a habit that continues well into the school year and beyond. The more families read together, the more everyone is learning together.
2) Focus On Vocabulary
Teaching kids new vocabulary words is an easy way to fight the summer slide. Parents can create flashcards that feature age-appropriate words and definitions. Also, parents can play vocabulary games, such a guessing games such as Snowman. Any activity that gets children thinking about new words and how to use them in sentences is ideal.
3) Build Oral Language
Parents can help build their kids’ oral language skills by reading and talking with them. The more parents read aloud to their kids, the more vocabulary words they will begin to develop. When kids hear words spoken repeatedly and in certain contexts, they are able to build a bank of vocabulary that they can use in school and life for years to come. Additionally, parents can teach their children new songs that describe their routine and experiences. It is also helpful for parents to create a journal for children to
4) Communicate With Teachers
Prior to the end of the school year, teachers should encourage parents to communicate with them for ideas on how to ensure that their children will continue to learn throughout the summer. Teachers can provide workbooks, a list of books, and ideas for activities that parents can use with their kids. Teachers can can receive FREE bilingual STEM activities for family engagement from Lectura Books with purchase of a set of bilingual books.
5) Provide Proper Materials
Parents should take their kids to their local library regularly to choose a variety of books, and get new books throughout the summer, but our libraries may be closed this summer. Parents can ask teachers if they any resources for home reading. Teachers might be able to pull together literacy packets with home activities involving books and creative learning to combat a decline in reading. For Spanish-speaking families, it would be helpful to provide bilingual books for full participation between parents and kids.
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Community Health All-Stars
With Liberty’s mission of Training Champions for Christ, we wish to equip well being professionals who can teach others essential steps for tips on how to deal with their our bodies, stay healthier lives, and fulfill their life’s calling. Designed to create and general wholesome kitchen and meals plans primarily based on your family’s life-style and health targets. You be taught ways to assist youngsters eat healthy and simplify mealtimes by having everyone eat the identical meals. This program is for individuals who want help in figuring our the way to eat a vegetarian or vegan food plan and meet all their dietary needs. Food pantries are locations the place individuals in need can receive free meals (principally canned and packaged foods) to take residence with them to arrange.
Call or to make an appointment with a UW Health registered dietitian nutritionist. © Copyright Public Health Institute Center for Wellness and Nutrition — All rights reserved. The Center for Wellness and Nutrition can work with you as a associate, subcontractor, technical assistance provider, or advisor.
This is not any time to bombard your physique with processed foods, inflammatory omega-6 oils (soybean oil, corn oil, and so forth), fried meals, excessive-fructose corn syrup, refined sugars or chemical components. Astaxanthin is a naturally occurring algae discovered deep within the ocean. Krill, which is rapidly becoming the best source of Omega-three fatty acids, feeds on Astaxanthin, as do crabs, lobster, salmon, and different marine life. This algae is a … Read More | <urn:uuid:e0d9545d-c61b-4ce4-8aa9-9eb97f11f335> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.the-edges.net/2019/08/page/14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949373 | 332 | 1.734375 | 2 |
To select Graph View, click Graphs (a) on the toolbar.
Graph view includes in-depth graphs with load testing metrics demonstrating the performance of a tested website. It is similar to the Runtime Dashboard. It, however, does not include several elements such as Test Progress Panel, Agents, and Test Cases Progress grids.
Note: Customization changes made in the Graph View will be reflected in the Load Test report.
Note: There will be some discrepancies between the values on the curve grids and the corresponding values in the page and transaction detailed view. The Min, Max, and Avg values on the curve grids are aggregations of the data points collected during the test run. The data points are the average values during the checkpoint intervals. Such metrics are primarily collected for monitoring test progress and presenting the performance in real-time without waiting for the final results. In contrast, the Min, Max, and Avg values on the detail views are an aggregation of the actual measurements of every occurrence of the parameter. The detailed data is calculated after the test is complete and cannot be accessed during the test run, but presents a complete performance picture.
You can fetch load test sessions from the test log as described in Retrieving Sessions from Graphs section.
Reading the graphs
There are two types of performance graphs on the report:
Response time graph: a graph where every curve is a measures response time and has a y-value in seconds. An example of this type of graph is the Transactions, Pages, and Test Cases graph.
Performance metrics graph: a graph where every curve can have different units.
Response time graphs
A response time graph will have two y-axes. The left y-axis (a) is measured in seconds and depicts response time. The right y-axis (b) is measured in the number of VUs. Each data point (c) on the response time curves display the response time.
Rescaling the graph
All the curves will have different response times. In order to fit all the curves on a single graph, by default, the maximum y-value corresponds to the largest maximum of all the curves. If some curves are hidden and it is desirable to rescale the graph, right-click to bring up the context menu and select Rescale Graph item to zoom in to the visible curves.
If unhiding a curve that has a higher max value than the maximum y-axis value, the graph will automatically rescale to fit the curve.
Performance metrics graph
Performance graphs use ranges to display curves with different units. Reading this kind of graph is similar to runtime graphs as described here.
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Early in Hidden Valley Road, Robert Kolker observes that, “For a family, schizophrenia is, primarily, a felt experience, as if the foundation of the family is permanently tilted in the direction of the sick family member.” There is no greater testament to the truth of that observation than Don and Mimi Galvin’s twelve children: six of their sons were diagnosed with schizophrenia, starting with their eldest son who was diagnosed in his late teens, by which time five of his brothers were also breaking down. With six family members mentally ill with a disease about which medical opinion shifted every few years, the foundation of the Galvin family didn’t so much tilt as tip over. Kolker does an outstanding job of reportage on all fronts: the chronology of the Galvin boys’ breakdowns, the effects on their parents, and critically, on the siblings who did not become mentally ill, growing up in a household utterly defined, internally and externally, by the mental illness that rampaged through the family. Kolker also deftly weaves the history of diagnosing and treating schizophrenia into the narrative; it’s cold comfort that the Galvin family became “a monumental case study in humanity’s most perplexing disease.” Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road takes an astonishing, heartrending story and elevates it with empathy and superb storytelling.
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For penguins trying to survive a harsh Antarctic winter, huddling is a matter of life or death. Birds within a colony crowd together so tightly that individual movements are impossible. Collective movements are a must, however: The penguins on the periphery would die of cold if they weren't continuously being reshuffled toward the center of the crowd.
But how does this constant, collective reorganization happen? How does a huddle of millions shuffle itself without crushing anyone? Physics, as it turns out. Penguins move through the huddle in the same way that sound waves propagate through a fluid only much more slowly.
"Every 30 to 60 seconds, all penguins make small steps that travel as a wave through the entire huddle," writes Daniel Zitterbart, a physicist at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, who wrote the new research paper along with his colleagues in the journal PLoS ONE.
In a highly coordinated manner, the emperor penguins the researchers studied each took miniscule steps measuring just 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters). "Over time, these small movements lead to large-scale reorganization of the huddle," they wrote. [Read: Why Don't Penguin Feet Freeze On Ice? ]
The traveling wave of small steps is similar to how a sound wave travels through a fluid, the researchers noted. "In general, individual penguins do not change their position relative to their neighbors, and they do not force their way in or out of a huddle."
Penguins are much better at "going with the flow" than humans, who also tend to move in waves when packed together in large, dense crowds, but sometimes end up getting crushed. "Why these waves are uncoordinated, turbulent and dangerous in a human crowd but not in a penguin huddle remains an open question," Zitterbart and his colleagues wrote.
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29 May 2020
The NSW Government has passed various legislation which reforms planning, development and environment laws.
The COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020 (NSW) (NSW Act) commenced on 14 May 2020, along with two other COVID-19 related Bills. The NSW Act amends the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) (EP&A Act), including to:
- Extend time limits for appeals by applicants or objectors of a decision made under the EP&A Act within 25 March 2020 – 25 March 2022, or 6 months prior to this period.
- Extend the lapsing date or deferred commencement of development consents by 2 years for consentsthat would otherwise lapse between 25 March 2020 and 25 March 2022.
- Defer the repeal of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW), until 1 March 2022, unless repealed earlier, to give time to finalise the new Regulation.
- Where a document is to be made available for inspection under the EP&A Act, the document is taken to be available if accessible on the NSW planning portal or other approved website.
- Permit authorised officers to conduct compulsory interviews remotely, including compelling answers as part of compliance investigations, under a range of Acts, including the EP&A Act, the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW), the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW), and the Mining Act 1992.
- Give the EPA broad powers to exempt a person, or class of persons, from any specified provision of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 or the related regulations, for a limited period (by 26 September or no later than 26 March 2021 if prescribed by the Regulation) and with the ability to request reasons.
- Empower regulations to be made under the Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) to modify statutory time periods,modify or suspend limitation and other statutory time periods, or to alter requirements for physical attendance and meetings, for the purposes of responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The NSW Government also passed the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (NSW), which commenced on 25 March 2020. This Act also amends the EP&A Act. Amongst other things, it gives the Planning Minister broad powers to make Ministerial orders during the ‘prescribed period’ to exempt development from planning requirements. This Planning Minister’s power can only be exercised where:
- the Minister first consults with the Minister for Health and Medical Research; and
- the Minister is reasonably satisfied that the making of the order is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of members of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ‘prescribed period’ is 6 months from the date the Act came into effect and expires on 25 September 2020 (or other date prescribed by regulation, no greater than 12 months). The Minister has made a number of orders under this power, relating to construction hours, food trucks, temporary workers accommodation. A full list of these orders can be found here.
Changes have also been made to:
- alter the requirements for public inspection of documents; and
- allow notices and other documents previously published in a local newspaper to instead be published online from 17 April 2020 under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Public Exhibition) Regulation 2020
Other regulatory amendments include:
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (COVID-19 Planning Bodies) Regulation 2020 – made on 30 April 2020, to provide for public hearings and public meetings of planning bodies to be held by means of an audio link or audio visual link for 6 months during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Lapsing of Consent) Regulation 2020, made on 15 May 2020, to specify that the carrying out of certain preliminary work (including soil or water testing or surveying) is not of itself sufficient to prevent a development consent from lapsing.
- State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (COVID-19 Response) 2020
- State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008
- Environmental Planning and Assessment (COVID-19 Development – Infrastructure Construction Work Days) Order 2020
- Environmental Planning and Assessment (COVID-19 Development – Takeaway Food and Beverages) Order 2020
- Environmental Planning and Assessment (COVID-19 Development – Health Services Facilities) Order 2020
Stimulus initiatives and advisory bodies
The Planning Minister has announced a Planning System Acceleration Program which includes a range of measures to fast-track certain development. No legislative changes are expected to implement this Program and current development assessment processes, including requirements for environmental assessment and community participation remain unchanged. Under this Program, development proposals are being considered in tranches. Tranche One was announced on 28 April 2020. All 24 projects included in Tranche One were determined by 21 May 2020. Tranche Two was announced on 22 May 2020. All 24 projects in Tranche Two will be determined by 18 June 2020
Non-COVID related environmental regulation reforms
- Better Regulation and Customer Service Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Act 2020 No 3 (NSW), passed on 25 March 2020 to provide for the waiver, reduction, postponement or refund of fees in particular circumstances, to provide relief associated with the bushfires.
- Water Supply (Critical Needs) Amendment (Bathurst Water Supply) Regulation 2020, made on 24 April 2020 under the Water Supply (Critical Needs) Act 2019, to ‘declare the water supply for the locality that includes Bathurst, Raglan, Eglinton and Perthville and the area serviced by the Bathurst water supply system to be a critical town or locality water supply under the Water Supply (Critical Needs) Act 2019,’ and ‘to prescribe certain development within that locality as development that is exempt from development control legislation.’
- Water Management (General) Amendment (Access Licence) Regulation (No 2) 2020, made on 1 May 2020, to ‘amend the Water Management (General) Regulation 2018 to create an additional specific purpose access licence, namely the Mathoura Temporary Critical Conveyance access licence.’
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Sydney Gateway) Order 2020, made on 6 May 2020, ‘to declare certain development for the purposes of the Sydney Gateway to be State significant infrastructure and critical State significant infrastructure. The development is in Tempe, St Peters and Mascot and includes the construction and operation of multi-lane roads around the St Peters Interchange, Sydney Airport Terminals 1, 2 and 3, the Alexandra Canal and the Botany Rail Line, the construction of cycle and pedestrian pathways along the Alexandra Canal and other works.’
- Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Railway Systems Activities) Regulation 2020, made on 1 May 2020, to amend the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009 to provide an extension of 3 months to the period during which a requirement to hold an environment protection licence for the operation of rolling stock on a track is imposed on the occupier of the land on which the track is situated.
Courts and public hearings: The NSW Land and Environment Court is closed to the public and all hearings are online or by telephone. Changes to the Court’s practice and procedure are set out on its website.
The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has made changes to processes for public meetings and hearings. The IPC may choose to hold public meetings. So far scheduled meetings have been cancelled. The IPC is instead accepting written submissions on existing assessments. Public hearings (which the IPC has been directed to conduct by the Minister) will proceed, but in a changed format.
Currently, this affects three State Significant Developments: the Vickery Extension Project; the Narrabri Gas Project and McPhillamys Gold Mine. To facilitate this, on 30 April 2020 the NSW Government made the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (COVID-19 Planning Bodies) Regulation 2020 which inserts clause 294 into the EP&A Regulation to provide for public hearings and public meetings of planning bodies to be held by means of an audio link or audio visual link for 6 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of these hearings and meetings will be streamed ‘live’ online and a transcript published on the Commission’s website.
The Commission has stated that it will continue to accept written submissions or comments up to one week (7 days) after the public hearing or meeting, providing an additional opportunity for participation outside of the Electronic Public Hearing (EPH) or Electronic Public Meeting (EPM). In line with its existing policies, the Commission will give at least two weeks’ (14 days) notice of an EPH or EPM. | <urn:uuid:691f18bc-9681-4178-a7ec-aef9ffef4c9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.edo.org.au/nsw-covid-19/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.93943 | 1,816 | 2.078125 | 2 |
How Crumbs was able to lay off all its workers in one fell swoop
When Crumbs Bake Shop announced it was closing all of its stores last week, its employees found out that day that they would be out of a job the next.
“I come into work today, I’m happy, I’m skipping to work, and suddenly I don’t have a job,” Kareem Wegman, a Crumbs store manager in Brooklyn, told The Wall Street Journal.
On the day it closed its stores, Crumbs employed 455 people. When it filed for bankruptcy four days later, it had just nine employees.
In theory, mass layoffs aren’t supposed to work that way. That’s thanks to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that Congress passed in 1988. The so-called “plant-closing bill” requires companies that are laying workers off en masse to give affected employees at least 60 days notice. If proper notice isn’t given, companies must provide each aggrieved employee with back pay and benefits for up to 60 days. The statute was “oriented toward industrial towns … where a company would shut down a facility and it would have a severe economic effect on the community and families,” says Matthew George, an employment lawyer at Girard Gibbs in San Francisco. The two months notice was intended to give communities and individuals time to adjust.
For all its good intentions, the law that was passed without President Ronald Reagan’s signature 25 years ago comes with a big caveat: it only applies to a company in two instances: when the firm lays off 500-plus employees in a 30-day period or when it lays off at least 50 employees who constitute more than 33% of the total workforce in that same time frame.
If that wasn’t restrictive enough, there’s one more giant limitation: those layoff thresholds must be met at a single company location.
Because the more than 400 Crumbs workers who were laid off were scattered among multiple locations, the now-jobless workers got no official notice and have no way to recoup benefits
A Crumbs spokeswoman told Fortune that “each retail stores is considered a separate site and therefore WARN is not applicable.” Plus, “these were emergent circumstances,” she said. (Companies often use unforeseen circumstances as a defense against the WARN Act.)
Those “separate site” circumstances, which are typical in the food service and retail industries, leave workers in those fields with the short end of the WARN stick. In 2011, for instance, the Friendly’s restaurant chain laid off 1,260 employees at 63 restaurants with no heads up. The same thing happened when Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse let go of 1,900 New Jersey employees at 47 restaurants in 2010.
These episodes reveal the huge downside to the WARN Act. It’s supposed to provide a mass-layoff victim with time to find a new job, but the application of that universally helpful benefit is based on an arbitrary standard that’s totally out of an employee’s control.
Some states have passed their own laws that have lowered the bar for triggering layoff warnings. Iowa, Illinois, New York, and New Hampshire, for instance, have a minimum layoff warning threshold of 25 employees at any given location in certain circumstances. In Maryland, companies must give notice for any layoff or closing that reduces the number of employees by 25% or 15 employees—whichever is greater—in a three-month period.
But even taking those state laws into account, none of the Crumbs’ store closings met the requirements for prior notification since the 49 stores in the 10 states and District of Columbia that the cupcake chain shuttered employed too few people, says WARN Act lawyer René Roupinian of Outten & Golden, who last week fielded calls from former Crumbs employees seeking advice on their rights.
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Fay Weldon Quotes and Quotations
Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.
I am an ordinary person, but carried to extremes.
If you put a woman in a man's position, she will be more efficient, but no more kind.
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them.
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The mixing room: Stories from young refugees in New Zealand
review by Amy Hackett
Located on the fourth floor of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Passports aims to tell the stories of people who immigrated to New Zealand from the nineteenth century onwards. The exhibition opened with the museum in 1998 and, apart from the removal of an interactive computer game in 2006 following accusations that it peddled Labour government propaganda, Passports has remained substantially unchanged over the last 17 years.
For a regular visitor to Te Papa, the most interesting aspect of Passports is the Community Gallery that changes every 18 months to two years and allows different New Zealand communities to present their own stories of immigration. In the past, the community gallery has featured exhibitions from Chinese, Dutch, Indian, Italian and Scottish communities. At present, it is hosting The Mixing Room, an exhibition that tells the stories of young refugees – from countries such as Sudan, Bosnia and Iran – living in New Zealand today.
The Mixing Room differs from the other exhibitions in Te Papa in that there are no objects on display. Instead, the display in the narrow gallery is made up entirely of digital content. Three round tables with multi-user interactive screens encourage visitors to sit down and engage with the experiences of young refugees in New Zealand. The content displayed on these digital tables was created by 70 individuals out of their involvement in a series of workshops facilitated by Te Papa and held in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch in 2009. The workshops included poetry and short-story-writing, drama, dance, documentary-making, and photography.
A changing series of photographs is projected onto a screen at the end of the gallery and the two long walls of the gallery are covered with backlit mosaics made up of photographs and quotations, all of which were contributed by the project participants. Beginning in 1870 and ending in 2008, a timeline runs along the floor from the main entrance to the back of the gallery and features the key global events – such as the Bosnian genocide and Sudanese civil war in the 1990s – that have led to people becoming refugees. Made of glass panels, the timeline is lit from beneath. Designed like stepping stones, the stages of the timeline encourage visitors to venture more deeply into the gallery and leads them towards the tables, and two standing computers at the end of the gallery. These computers invite visitors to view the blog associated with The Mixing Room.
Besides the light given off by the screens, projected images and backlit walls and floor, the gallery space is dark, which increases the visibility of the image and textual content of the exhibition.
The institutional voice of Te Papa is silent in The Mixing Room. Because there are no objects, there are no labels and minimal text. Besides a short explanation at the entrance to the gallery, the project is not elaborated. Visitors must refer to one of the interactive tables to obtain background information, and what is said about the project is written from the point of view of the individuals involved, including the brief quotations that feature on the walls. Given the small size of the gallery, the limited text is appropriate and does not overwhelm the visitor with information.
One of the strengths of The Mixing Room is the way in which the limited gallery space has been utilised. By displaying only digital content, Te Papa has been able to fit a large exhibition into a small gallery, and the use of interactive tables means that Te Papa is not limited by the community gallery’s floor space. The uncluttered gallery is a fine example of how new technology and digital content can be employed to create an effective exhibition that is not limited by physical boundaries. Visitors can select from hundreds of options on the interactive tables and can tailor the information they see according to their interests. Visitors are encouraged to think for themselves and actively engage with the exhibition.
The Mixing Room has occupied the community gallery since 2010. When I visited recently, one of the two standing computers was out of order and, apart from two posts from 2013, the exhibition blog had not been updated since 2012. While in one part of the blog the exhibition is described as ‘ongoing’, another part informs me that The Mixing Room was not intended to continue beyond 2013. Five years is certainly much longer than the usual 18 months’ to two years’ duration of other community gallery exhibitions. Is this because The Mixing Room has been such a successful exhibition that Te Papa has decided to extend the dates or is the community gallery low on the priority list? Possibly, there is simply no budget for refreshment and renewal. The gallery is an important space for giving communities a voice, and perhaps it is time for another community to have an opportunity to be represented at Te Papa. In the meantime, The Mixing Room remains relevant, especially in light of recent calls for New Zealand to increase its refugee quota.
Through its community gallery, Te Papa has acted as facilitator for this powerful exhibition, providing space for refugees to develop an exhibition from their own unique point of view. The process is more valuable than the end result; and on that basis, the exhibition must be rated a considerable success.
Amy Hackett is a student of museum and heritage studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and works at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
|Exhibition:||The Mixing Room: Stories from Young Refugees in New Zealand
|Institution:||Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
|Curators:||Stephanie Gibson and Eileen Jacob
|Exhibition design:||Ben Barraud
|Graphic design:||Nick Clarkson
Community Gallery, Te Papa, opened 10 April 2010 (ongoing)
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- Rugby will be Europe’s first wastewater treatment plant with a permanent installation of Evoqua’s ballasted BioMag system settling technology
- This settling technology has been proven in facilities throughout the United States for more than 7 years
- Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected by Severn Trent Water and its design and construction partner, Costain, to supply Evoqua’s BioMag® ballasted clarification system
- Their goal is to both increase output and reduce phosphorus at the Rugby Sewage Treatment Works
Algal blooms and poor river ecosystems are triggered by high levels of phosphorus in the river. To combat the blooms and restore water bodies to “good” status, the UK Environment Agency’s National Environment Programme (NEP) is imposing low phosphorus limits on many wastewater treatment plants, including Rugby. The introduction of the BioMag system will significantly decrease the amount of phosphorus that the works discharges, making this an important step to achieving compliance with the new phosphorus limit of 0.4 mg/l of total phosphorus (T-P).
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At the last meeting I chaired of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee the Gardai provided an update on the operations they are undertaking to address the increasing problem of theft of mobile phones. Their operation is proving effective in the city center but I thought constituents might also find the following Crime Prevention Advice re. Mobile Phone Security useful:
Mobile Phone Security Tips
1. Be Aware of IMEI Number: Record the 15-digit IMEI number of your mobile phone – the IMEI is located on the back of your phone, underneath the battery or dial *#06# on your keypad, the IMEI code will appear on the phone’s display panel. The IMEI code is important detail for An Garda Siochana if your phone is stolen so please store it safely.
2. Lock your GSM phone to your SIM card.
Enable the PIN (personal identification number) security feature of your mobile phone so it can only be used if the PIN has been keyed in.
3. Keep your phone locked at all times (if your phone has this menu function)
4. Be aware of your surroundings and don’t use your phone where you might feel unsafe.
5. Be alert and do not get distracted while on the phone in public places.
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Music is a form of media that connects so many of us in our day to day lives. Music helps us escape from the real world and to express ourselves in our own way. As Lockdown is adding a lot of stress and panic to peoples lives, we are going to explore the difference that listening to music can make in today’s “Ideas for Lockdown” blog!
Hello and Welcome to Sweeney’s Blogs!
Today’s blog is the tenth blog in the “Ideas for Lockdown” series and is all about listening to music! Music can help make a real difference to people going through life and Lockdown is no different. Wit all of the added tension and stress caused by the Coronavirus and the Lockdown and Quarantine that has stemmed from it, why don’t we use music as an escape?
One of the best things about using Music to escape from the real world is that there are so many genres to choose from. Music taste is something that differs from person to person and finding your taste can be a really interesting process!
Whether you’re a fan of punk rock or classical, the choice is all yours! What I am saying in this blog is why don’t you use music to help take a break from the real world for a while? Why don’t you stick your feet up and chill out to some of your favourite tunes every so often!
If you struggle making playlists or picking songs to listen to, we’ve got you covered too! I made a playlist for this page when I first started writing blogs and it is up to 42 hours long already! I add a few new songs to the playlist every so often to keep it fresh too, so there’ll always be something to listen too!
You can view the Sweeney’s Blogs Spotify playlist here.
I have also teamed up with a great connection of mine on LinkedIn, Wendy Harris , to help make a playlist for the Lockdown too! The playlist is called Quarantine Quenchers and is a collection of people’s favourite songs and songs to help people get through this truly bizarre time. I’ve made the playlist collaborative too, so if there’s a song you want to see on there, let me know!
Quarantine Quenchers is available here.
I’ll even embed the playlist here so you can have a listen directly from this post!
Thank you for reading today’s “Ideas for Lockdown” post! What do you all think? I know today’s blog may seem a little bit shorter than my usual work but music can be a really great way to help get you through this Lockdown that we are all currently facing! Let us know what you are doing to get through Lockdown either in the comments or via our Facebook page!
Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day!
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On September 14, 1999, Kim Jong Il visited Janggang Army-People Youth Power Station No. 3.
He said with a delighted look that the power project was bringing many benefits–generating electricity, adding beauty to the landscape and providing favourable conditions for raising fish.
He asked a county official what species of fish were in the river.
The latter said proudly that it was teeming with carps, goldfish, silver carps and rainbow trout.
He seemed to be boasting of his mountainous county rich in fish resources.
Other officials nodded in agreement at one another.
But Kim Jong Il looked dubiously at the official. Saying to himself that there were carps, goldfish, silver carps and rainbow trout in the river in front of the farm, he wondered about the temperature of the water.
The official could say nothing. He did not know the temperature, nor did he understand why Kim Jong Il was skeptical about his remark.
The same was true of other officials.
Reading their minds, Kim Jong Il explained, “Rainbow trout grow well in water of 10 to 12℃.”
After he left the farm, the officials surveyed the river out of curiosity, only to find no trace of rainbow trout there.
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Long Term Plan
Every 3 years, the Council creates a Long Term Plan (LTP) outlining the direction of the District over the next ten years.
The plan contains detailed information about:
- the challenges facing the District.
- key areas of spending over the ten year period.
- activities provided by Council and how Council will measure their performance against these.
- Council's financial strategy for dealing with these issues over the coming ten years.
Long Term Plan 2021-31
The 2021-31 Long Term Plan was adopted by Council on 29 June 2021.
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19 Jul How To Migrate Application From .Net Framework To .Net Core ? 11 Step by Step Guide
.Net Core is a free and open-source development platform maintained by Microsoft. It is a well-known and developed framework considered as a new version of the .NET Framework that contains various major updates. Thus, making it stable and technologically advanced.
.Net Core runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems which makes it a cross-platform framework. You can leverage .Net Core to build various applications for mobile, desktop, Cloud, IoT, Machine learning, web, microservices, etc. It consists of certain core features that assist in running a basic .Net Core app successfully. Let’s check out some of the features of Net Core as mentioned below:
- It can implement modern development paradigms like asynchronous programming.
- Performs highly with tiered compilations and intrinsics.
- It is highly consistent across every supported platform.
- Command-line tools can be included.
- Can be easily integrated in your app.
Now, let’s move to the most exciting part, where we will take you through the procedure of migrating .Net Framework to .Net Core.
How to Migrate?
Once you’ve decided to migrate to .Net Core, here’s a quick guide to carry out the procedure without much difficulty:
- Use portability analyzer tool once the .Net solution is ready for migration. It will give you an idea regarding the labor-intensive porting from one platform to another.
- If your existing solution has used NuGet packages, just be sure regarding its compatibility with .Net Core. Use the NuGetPackageExplorer tool to check for compatibility.
- Changes of .csproj file format simplification into ASP.NET Core includes: Inclusion of files explicitly isn’t necessary for the project; it reduces the risk of XML merging conflicts when you work on large teams. File readability is improved due to the absence of GUID-based references. You can edit the file without uploading it in the visual studio.
- Update the namespace by deleting all the uses of the System.Web and then replace it with Microsoft.AspNetCore.
- Now, instead of using the global.asax, configure your Startup.cs file. ASP.NET Core will load the app. As the app’s entry point is Startup, so there isn’t any dependency on Global.asax file. Middlewares will get registered in the app by startup and then the startup should incorporate the configure method. Add the required middleware to the pipeline in configure.
- You might come across some issues in Startip.cs that I feel you should pay heed to before executing the next step. Please go through the issues as given below:
- Issues while configuring the middleware for your MVC and WebAPI requests
- You will come across multiple collisions during the porting procedure, so set up the exception handling in your development environment. With UseDeveloperExceptionPage, just add the middleware to catch exceptions.
- In the MVC routing, the registration for new routes has been amended. So, instead of your RouteCollection the IRouteBuilder is used to register restrictions in IActionConstraint.
- Update the filters MVC/WebAPI following the ASP.NET Coe’s new implementation.
- Formatters of MVC/WebAPI and binding models.
- Don’t forget to include Area in an ASP.NET Core app. Then add a regular route to your Startup.cs file.
7. Now, migrate the HTTP handlers along with your HTTpModules to Middleware using the built-in DI. Next, you should use the WebAPI project Compatability shells.
8. You will see a porting application configuration, just port the static content to wwwroot and EntityFramework to EF Core.
9. Now you should remove all the HttpContext references. Just replace the obsolete classes and change the namespace too.
10. You will see an authentication and authorization update. The JS/CSS will be updated.
11. Finally, you will see the porting being carried out. And, with this, the migration of .Net framework to .Net Core is carried out successfully.
With this, the process of migrating the .Net framework to .Net Core is carried out successfully. As you are already aware of the fact that .Net Core is here to stay and is a future for multi-platform applications. It also offers new native features that are usually not supported by the traditional framework. So, as a final word, you should constantly review your app’s functionality and then choose the migration approach. Choose the platform that would suit the context appropriately for your existing applications. | <urn:uuid:99f7e6c8-c582-44a8-a09a-a2f9806d6710> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://embarkingonvoyage.com/how-to-migrate-application-from-net-framework-to-net-core-11-step-by-step-guide/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.880469 | 1,001 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Charles Stanley - Wisdom For Life's Trials
One of the most frequently asked questions is this: Why is it that God, who's a loving Father, allows His children to go through such terrible trials? Painful, sorrowing trials. Why does He do it? We say that He's omnipotent and that He's a God of love. And if He's a God of love and a God of omnipotence, which means He's all-powerful, He should love us enough not to let that happen. And if He really and truly loves us, why does He let it happen? Does it just happen? That is, has He just created everything, walked away and just let things transpire? Or does He have anything to do with it?
I think about all these tornadoes, for example, and floods and all the heartache and the burdens and the trials that people go through. Where is God in all that? And there is an answer in the Word of God. It's the only place you can get the real answer. People have all kind of answers. They'll say, Well, God created the world and then He just turned away and let it just unfold the way it would choose to unfold. Some people would say, Well, I don't know what happens. It doesn't make any difference. It's just happening and here we are, we're sort of victims. Well that's no real peaceful, tranquil, helpful kind of attitude.
So what does the Word of God say about the trials that you and I face? Well, I want you to turn if you will to James chapter one, because he deals with this whole issue of facing these trials in our life and facing them wisely. And when you first begin to read this, if I were not a believer, I would probably read this second verse and say, Count me out. Because there's no way I could do this. So look if you will in James one; and then I want you to notice it may appear that he's talking about three or four different things, but he's talking about the same thing, "James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings".
That, he's talking about all the Jews who've been dispersed and scattered all over the world because of their captivity and so forth. The he says, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials," knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. "And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the winds. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, Being a double-minded man, unstable in all of his ways. But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; And the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flowers fall off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for once He has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him".
Now, as I said it looks like he's talking about three or four different things, but he's not. And he makes a statement in this very first part of this chapter that I think most anyone reading it for the first time, or maybe several times, would say, "Now wait a minute. Does he really and truly mean that I am to have joy when I encounter various trials? In other words, we might say, joy, or, put it this way, trials and tears; trials and heartache; trials and burdens; trial and rejection; trial and suffering. But trial and joy, those two don't go together." Well, they don't go together unless you understand God's viewpoint of what life's all about.
And so, when I look at this chapter and realize that here's what He says and He says this specifically and clearly, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when," not if you encounter, but when you encounter trials. And when he says, notice various trials; that covers everything. All kinds of difficulty and hardship and trials that people go through. He says, "When you encounter them". Encounter them means they come upon you. In other words, sometimes a sudden situation, not something that you bring upon yourself necessarily. When you do that, he says we are to rejoice. And when he talks about joy, he's not talking about this happy, frivolous feeling. He's talking about an inner sense of calmness and quietness and peace and tranquility and assurance that's far more than just clapping and saying I'm happy that I'm going through this trial.
That's not what he's talking about at all. Something much, much deeper than that. And if you'll notice how he says this, he says, "Count it all joy when you encounter these trials, knowing that," knowing that something's happening. And so, it's what I, watch this, it's what I know during these trials and while these trials are coming on that make the difference of whether I'll be able to survive or not. So all of us could think about some trial we've been through. And I think about the people who have been through so many trials when it comes to physical and natural calamities that are taking place, even right now while we're speaking.
And they have a reason to question, "Wait a minute now. How am I to rejoice over all this? What is my attitude? What is the proper attitude when you and I go through these trials in life?" Well, when I think about that and I think about what God says in this passage and ask the question. Well first of all, he says, "Count it all joy". And then it looks like he switches the subject to wisdom. Well, he's not switching the subject. Here's what he's saying. In order to understand the trial, and in order to understand it in a fashion that I'm able to have this deep sense of joy down inside in spite of what's happening, I have to have wisdom. I need wisdom to know how to look at this.
So, let's define wisdom. Wisdom is simply this. The Bible says all wisdom starts with reverencing God. Wisdom is viewing things, listen, seeing things from God's viewpoint and then responding according to scriptural principles. It isn't enough for me to see as God sees it, but I'm to respond in the way that fits who I am as a follower of Jesus and to fit the Holy Scriptures. So it's seeing it as He sees it and following the scriptural principles that He gives to us. And when we do that, for example, I think it's pretty evident we will be able to evaluate circumstances in people and make the right decision. And we'll be able to make decisions based on the past experiences in our life, the present situation that's there and the future plans that we have.
But looking back in the past, how has God worked in our life in the past, and different situations. And then, likewise, we have to ask the question, "If I'm wise, what would God have me to do in this particular situation?" Wisdom is viewing things from God's viewpoint and responding accordingly. So, when it comes to these trials, here's what he says, if you'll notice again, and the way he says it. He says, "When you encounter these things, you know something". He says, "Knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect complete work lacking in nothing".
That is, God is up to something in our life when there are trials. Multitudes of people all across this nation of ours who are undergoing all kind of difficulty and hardship and trial and loss and suffering and pain; and sometimes feeling guilt that is false guilt, but sometimes feeling guilt that is indeed legitimate. Now, wisdom enables us to face trials confidently and triumphantly. And that's why He says, "wisdom so that". So that God gives us wisdom, enable us to face these things and to face them and come out, listen, being blessed, not destroyed; being helped, not hindered; expressing His love, not His disfavor. So whatever trial you're going through, it doesn't make any difference what it is, it fits this; because he said, various trials.
So I want to think for just a few moments about "What is God's purpose for allowing these things in your life?" Well, the first one is this, and that is to do what? To test our faith. Now watch this carefully. He uses a word here in the Greek that would be sort of meaningless to you, but the word is dokimion which means to approve. And if you'll turn to First Peter, for example, one, verse seven, listen to what he says. He says, verse six, "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials," distressed by them. Listen to what he says, "So that the proof," dokimion, the proof, the approval, "of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ".
Now, what is he saying? Simply this. He says, You and I can rejoice even though we're going through this particular trial. Now how can we rejoice? He says, Knowing this. That the proof, that is this test is to prove your faith genuine. So that the gen... watch this. Your faith under trial proving to be genuine, he says, is more valuable to you really than what? Than any kind of gold or precious metals. He says there's nothing to compare with it. So I ask you a question. Would you say that it's worth going through a trial for God to build great faith in your life? I can tell you that's the only way. He says these various trials, he says here, proving that your faith. And so, He's not testing your faith to say what's wrong with it. The proving of your faith is, listen, to make it stronger and stronger because untested faith is unreliable.
A person's never been tested, never been tried, they don't know whether they've got any faith or not. It's the test and the trials in life that build our faith and make our faith what God intends for it to be. And so, one of His reasons for allowing trials in our life is to build up faith; But there's a second purpose and that's simply this. It also tests our devotion to Christ. Let's say, for example, you have a trial in your life and God is, sent this trial in your life to do what? To test you and to enable you to understand where you are on the scale of obedience with Him. And where is that? If He requires something of you in some trial, are you willing to say, I don't like it; God, I, this is not what I would choose, but I'm going to obey You no matter what.
And, listen, the only way you and I know how obedient we're going to be is when our obedience is tried, when we are tempted and tried, as we would say. And we see these things and we have opportunities to do the wrong thing or the right thing. How do you know how obedient you are? On what scale of obedience do you stand? Only when you're tested, only when you're tried, only when you're offered alternatives to obedience. And so, you can choose to obey Him or not obey Him. So, how do we grow? We grow by being tested in our faith. We grow in our devotion to Christ by making wise decisions under fire. Then, one of the reasons He sends trials in our life, watch this, because it provides Him an opportunity to demonstrate His love for us, to demonstrate His power in our life, and to demonstrate His care for us, His intense care and love for us.
If everything just sort of came our way and there was no trial, no difficulty, no hardship, we'd take Him for granted. When do you pray the most? Things get the worst. And so, one of the reasons we have to be wise is to recognize the fact that sometimes what is He doing? He's creating a situation in our life whereby He can demonstrate, I can give you a job when twenty-five people have asked for it and I gave it to you. I can supply your need when you didn't have any earthly idea how it could possibly happen. I can heal you when you've had all those bad reports. In other words, God is up to something good in our life no matter what the trial may be. When God sends a trial or allows one, He has an eternal purpose in mind.
So, when I think about all that and I think about the fact that He's always, one of His purpose is always to produce Christ-like spirit in our life. He's always up to that. Listen, watch this, every trial in your life and my life has a divine prescription on it. He knows exactly where we are, where He wants us to be and how to get us there. And so, He's at work in our life. And so, I could say to you this. If I were twenty-five or thirty years of age, you could ignore a lot of this. But I'd-a been around a long, enough times, long enough to tell you it works, no matter what. It works, as long as we respond wisely. And we don't want to blame somebody else; and no matter what's going on, we want to say, God what are You up to in my life? So He's working on making us Christ-like. Now, the issue here is, look. We need wisdom to discern the proper response. I'm going to give you ten things.
So I would encourage you to write it down. If you can't write, get somebody next to you who can. Because you're going to need it. Number one. Now watch what he said. He said, "Count it all joy when you," find yourself in these various kinds of trials. Now here's the question I'm going to answer. When can I rejoice? What must I believe in order to rejoice in those difficulties?
Number one, I must believe that God is in control of the time and the intensity of my trial. If I'm going to be able to walk through them triumphantly, I must believe that He is in control of the time and the intensity of my trial, that nothing's going on without His knowledge.
Number two, that He has a specific purpose for our trials. He does. Whether He sends it or He allows it, He has a design in mind and a clear purpose in mind for what He's doing. So I must believe that. I must believe He's in control; must believe He has a purpose.
And thirdly, I must believe that this trial is designed to meet a specific need in my life. For example, when you pray, you don't pray, Well, God just bless me. You pray for something specific. God does not send or allow trials in our life haphazardly. He knows you; He knows His purpose; He knows His goals; He knows what He wants you to accomplish in life. And so, He designs it to fit you.
Now, if you, for example, you ladies, you have a dress made, you don't go in and say, Oh, just make it big as you want to. You wouldn't say that. Nor would a man just say, You know, I wear a forty-one but give me a sixty-two. You wouldn't do that. You want it designed to fit you. God designs the trial, watch this, to fit His purpose in your life. That's why it doesn't do me any good to complain and moan and groan about it.
Number four, the trial will prove to be good if I respond in faith. It'll prove to be good for me if I respond in faith. If I don't respond in faith and object, then what happens? I just end up wasting my sorrow and my hurt and my pain and gaining nothing from it. Then of course, the trial can strengthen my faith. I must believe that. If I don't think the trial is going to help me, strengthen me, develop Christ-likeness in me, grow me up, enable me to be a better servant of God, then you know what, I'm not going to respond right and I'm not going to be blessed. But I must, in other words, if I'm going to respond wisely, I must believe these things.
Then of course, I must believe that the trial is an opportunity to demonstrate perseverance under pressure. Because one of our greatest testimonies is when somebody sees you walking through some very difficult trial in life and somehow in spite of it, while other people would be crying and weeping and moaning, you have a settled faith. You step forward. You don't hold back. You're very confident. You're very sure. You may be crying on the inside, but there's perseverance on the outside that's very, very evident. If I really and truly believe that God is going to use these things in my life for something good and I'm going to be able to persevere, I'm game, I'm going to be able to walk through it confidently.
Then of course, I must believe that this trial will develop Christ-likeness in me; which we said a few moments ago, that is His purpose. If I believe that, watch this. You're going through something that's very, very painful. Do you believe that Jesus Christ is using that to make you Christ-like? Grow you up, build your faith, transform you, equip you for something future. If you don't believe that, you won't respond correctly. But if you believe these things, no matter what you're going through, you're going to come through it triumphantly.
Then, I think you have to, you have to believe that this is going to help you measure where you are in your spiritual walk with God. Trials help us measure things. The last time I had a trial, what did I do? Moaned and groaned and complained. This time, somehow I have a sense of quietness and calmness and peace and assurance in my life. Why? Because God is growing you up. God is maturing you. God is working in your life. In other words, what is He doing? He's making you the person He designed you to be. God is at work in your life. Watch this. It doesn't mean that you are no longer sensitive. It doesn't mean that you're not sensitive to other people. But it means that things that go on that used to trouble you don't because God has already proven to you He will take you through this no matter what.
Then of course, you will only rejoice if you believe that God is going to walk with you through this all the way through and accomplish something good in the end of it. Do you believe He's with you? This is why I said before, when a person says, I'm just desperate. And they are just crying and weeping and desperation, don't know what to do. Well, where is Jesus? I'm not saying you should be insensitive to pain and hurt. I'm just simply saying this. What's the wise response? The wise response is, God, I don't like it.
You say, "Well, could you tell God you don't like something?" Well, you might as well tell Him, He already knows anyway. He knows what you don't like. He knows how you're hurting. He knows every pain you have. He knows what you would change and He knows you don't like Him at the moment. That doesn't bother Him. You know what He does? Huh-ha-ha! He just keeps the pressure on till He breaks that stubborn will until you get down here and you say, "Okay God."
Sometimes it's really funny when you think about how patient He is, that no matter what we think and how we feel, He knows what He's up to. And you know why I think sometimes God may smile? Because here you are back here complaining and moaning and groaning, and God sees this awesome thing He's going to do in your life. And He's just saying, Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. He's bringing you along, and He knows that when you get over here, He, you're going to say, Thank You, thank You, thank You, You didn't listen to my prayers! Thank You, dear God, that You didn't do what I wanted You to do. Because, here's the reason: He loves you too much to give in to your complaints when He's got something awesome in your life.
And then of course you've got to believe that by His grace and power you're going to overcome it. If you believe those ten things, you have the wisdom to face anything in life that God may allow in your life. Now, the question is, "How do you respond?" The trials are there and they're going to come and they're going to increase. And if you can just remember when it gets tougher and tougher, He's got something better and better, not worse and worse. The issue is, How do I respond to the trials and the heartaches and the burdens and the things God allows in my life, so that when He gets you to that point, you're equipped and you're ready and your influence and the skill in your life, and the testimony of your life will be weighty in the life of someone who desperately needs what you know.
Now you may say, I'm not even a believer. I'm not even... don't tell me this joy. I'm not even a believer. Well, I understand that. Well, let me ask you this. When you go through those trials, what do you have? Well, you say, I have my mother, my father, my friends. Mm-hm. What can they do for you? Well, they can do thus and so. But when it comes down to the critical things, there are some things nobody can help you do. They can't keep you alive one second more, but God can.
There are situations and circumstances they can't protect you because they're not there. There are a thousand things I could mention. The most important thing in your life is your personal relationship with Jesus Christ. And that begins when you ask Him to forgive you of your sins, trust His death at Calvary to pay for your sins and ask Him to come into your life. And surrender your life to Him. Then you have Him with you, in you. And as you walk wisely with Him, all the things that we're talking about, God'll take care of.
So what is your choice? Watch this. Here's your choice, to walk alone. You say, "I'm not alone. I got all these folks." No, you only have that temporarily. You either have life in Christ or you don't have it. The wisest thing you could do in this moment is to ask Christ into your life and to tell Him that you knew that you'd blown it. You're not really equipped to live a godly life. You're not even equipped to live a happy life, a peaceful life.
And you see, there are so many folks around us who have this and have that and have the other. And they've got all kind of recognition and popularity and all the rest. When they go home at night and they lie down and they cut out their lights, you know what? They are miserable. And if they aren't miserable, they're worried. Cause let me ask you a question. Ask it to you as a believer. What do you have, that you really have, that you really own, that you can really put faith in, that you can really trust in, that you can't lose in a moment? Not a thing. If you have Jesus, you've got it all. And that's my prayer for you.
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One of our partner journals, Arbeit – Bewegung – Geschichte (Labour – Movement – History), has just published the following Call for Articles for a special issue on anti-fascism “between class struggle and social movement,” which we thought we’d share with Zapruder World‘s readers.
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Call for Articles for a special issue of Work – Movement – History: A Journal of Historical Studies
The international strengthening of the authoritarian right is increasingly mobilizing its opponents. Whether in Greece, the USA – where Donald Trump even wanted to ban «Antifa» as an alleged «terrorist movement» -, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom or Germany, initiatives, alliances or organizations that oppose the right and see themselves explicitly as Anti-fascists are increasingly in the public eye due to their practices. In some countries, a new generation of the radical left is politicizing itself under the label “Antifa” – similar to the situation in Germany in the 1990s and 2000s. In their actions, forms of organization and symbolism, today’s activists almost always refer to historical models, which, however, differ greatly from one country to another.
One hundred years after proletarian self-protection groups in Italy called themselves “antifascisti” for the first time in 1921 and defended themselves against the fascist Blackshirts (“camicie nere”), it is high time to take a comprehensive look at the history of anti -fascism. In fact, (historical) scientific considerations of anti-fascism are experiencing a small renaissance in the English-speaking world. The revival of “antifa” in the United States is reflected in the publication of practice-oriented readers or handbooks and has also resulted in an increased historiographical engagement with its origins. More recent studies take global-historical and transnational perspectives and also consider the Global South.
In Germany, on the other hand, research into the history of the movement is lagging behind. Although the “Anti-Fascist Action”, founded by the KPD leadership in 1932, is often found in the annals of labor movement and communism research, “anti-fascism” as an independent political form has hardly been examined to date . Only resistance research has looked into the various forms of anti-fascist resistance against the Nazi regime in the 1930s and 40s. Older studies on the antifa committees initiated in 1945 as grassroots movements were not followed by further research. Likewise, the fractured history of the “Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime / Federation of Anti-fascists” in the GDR as well as the FRG of the 1950s and later has not been sufficiently appreciated. Other actors and groups of the 1960s and 70s, which were often more or less loosely associated with the trade unions and the New Left, await rediscovery by researchers. So far, beyond scattered essays and (self-) testimonies of the Autonomen, the Fantifa, the Antifaşist Gençlik and the East German Antifa movement, there are hardly any current studies on the 1980s and 90s that deal with one of the most important and long -lived social movements in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany in its breadth. Not only do older publications have to be historicized, there is also a lack of works on changes and continuities in anti-fascist practice and social analyzes, (comparative) micro-studies on specific regions or generational as well as transnational histories of entanglements. Likewise, the question of historical breaks also arises: Thus, with regard to both reunified Germany and the post-communist societies in Southeast and East-Central Europe, there I a question of which way (s) the years of transformation influenced the formation of independent antifa movements that can be discussed. To what extent was and is “antifa” an expression of the anti-utopia of a left that turned away from the social utopia of communism after the collapse of real socialism? Or does anti-fascism function historically as a left-wing movement for progress under difficult conditions? And why do actors with the topos of anti-fascism adopt a central set piece of the ideology of real socialist rule? To what extent was and is “antifa” an expression of the anti-utopia of a left that turned away from the social utopia of communism after the collapse of real socialism? Or does anti-fascism function historically as a left-wing movement for progress under difficult conditions? And why do actors with the topos of anti-fascism adopt a central set piece of the ideology of real socialist rule? To what extent was and is “antifa” an expression of the anti-utopia of a left that turned away from the social utopia of communism after the collapse of real socialism? Or does anti-fascism function historically as a left-wing movement for progress under difficult conditions? And why do actors with the topos of anti-fascism adopt a central set piece of the ideology of real socialist rule?
Despite its vagueness in terms of content and different make-ups over the decades, the concept of anti-fascism refers to a Marxist tradition and is thus also linked to the class question. Anti-fascist movements have emerged and continue to emerge not only but also from the organized workers’ movement. Nevertheless, in and with the New Left since the 1960s, a far-reaching decoupling of “antifa” from both the working class and its milieu has taken place. So how is the relationship between anti-fascism and the working class movement to be understood in theory and practice?
And further: How did the relationship between “antifa” and society develop, what relationship did “antifa” have and still have to democracy, and what images of society are immanent in the various anti-fascisms? What distinguishes them from mere anti-Nazism?
There is no such thing as “antifa”. But beyond this little meaningful truism, the focus of the proposed issue should be on identifying the unifying elements in their diversity. The breadth and diversity of “antifa” movements can be seen in the influences of different left currents, subcultural scenes and sub-scenes, in their ideological self-location as communist, anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, internationalist, anti- national, anti-German, undogmatic, etc., in their conflicts about militancy and violence as well as in their relationship with other social movements, in everyday culture and music, in questions of collective self-organization and much more.
Interested scholars might consider submitting a proposal on one or more of the following periods and/or topics:
- Antifa in the interwar period: anti-fascist theory and practice before Fascists were in power and Nazi rule; anti-fascism alongside and beyond the two major workers’ parties; anarchism and anti-fascism
- Antifa in the war: personal and ideational transfers of anti-fascism in resistance and liberation movements in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas
- Antifa in the Cold War: anti-fascist narratives after the Second World War; anti-fascist self-organization in post-fascist societies
- Antifa in a divided Germany: anti-fascism before the antifa movement; the influence of GDR anti-fascism on the West German New Left; obstinate and dissident-oppositional antifascism in the GDR
- Antifa beyond: anti-fascism in transformation after 1989/90; media narratives and self-narratives
- Transfers: transnational-transfer-analytical and transnational-comparative studies of antifa movements; issues of “glocalization”; anti-fascist fascism analyzes in comparison
- Relations: relations with other left (sub-) movements, with migrant self-organization, with minorities and diasporic groups, with trade unions and associations of the persecuted
- Interconnections: anti-fascist interpretations of social processes and phenomena; perceptions of “antifa” in society, the state and the public sphere
- Gender: the negotiation and meaning of gender and sexuality as well as feminism and anti-sexist practice
- Class: anti-fascist practice in workplaces and workforces and the relationship between “antifa” and the working class; anti-bourgeois bourgeoisie and the unasked class question in the “antifa” movement
- Memory: the importance of memory culture and history politics for the formation of an anti-fascist “invention of tradition” (Eric Hobsbawm / Terence Ranger)
The deadline for submitting essay abstracts is May 9, 2021.
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What is the NBA doing for social justice?
The NBA and NBPA have also formed a social justice coalition, which will include players, coaches and governors to promote civic engagement and advocate for police and criminal justice reform.
Does the NBA support BLM?
Ultimately, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) agreed to resume the season with a commitment to use their platform to address social justice issues. NBPA executive director Michele Roberts said playing was the best option.
How much money does the NBA donate to charity?
KEY FACTS. The newly established NBA Foundation is a charitable organization aimed at economically empowering Black communities, primarily through education and youth employment. All 30 NBA teams will donate $1 million each, per year for 10 years, while an eight-person board of directors is also being set up.
Is Black lives matter still on NBA courts?
NBA commissioner Adam Silver says social justice messages won’t be on courts during 2020-21 season. Fans aren’t going to see “Black Lives Matter” and social justice messages on NBA courts and jerseys next season.
Is the NBA kneeling?
NBA players and coaches kneel during national anthem as season restarts. NBA players and coaches from four teams took a knee during the national anthem on Thursday night in the first set of games since the league paused its season over the coronavirus pandemic.
Are NBA players still kneeling?
No NBA players were kneeling then, nor were they kneeling in 2016 when Kaepernick started it. Now that the league and National Basketball Players Association have created a safe space, everyone is taking a knee. Some players are raising their fists as they kneel.
Is the NBA still kneeling during the national anthem?
The league has maintained a rule against kneeling during the national anthem since the 1980s, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver signaled on Wednesday there wouldn’t be punishment for those who chose to kneel given the “highly unusual times.” He confirmed that decision on Thursday night.
Why do players kneel during national anthem?
In 2020, 52 percent of survey respondents agreed that it is “OK for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem to protest police killings of African Americans.” In 2020, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued the following statement: We, the NFL, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black People.
Are NBA players required to stand for the national anthem?
The NBA requires players to stand during the anthem. However, the policy has not been enforced in recent years. Many athletes on all levels of competition have chosen to kneel during the anthem as a form of protest against racial and social injustice and in support of Black Lives Matter.
What NBA players stood for the national anthem?
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac was the only player who chose to stand for the national anthem and did not wear a Black Lives Matter shirt ahead of the team’s matchup with the Brooklyn Nets Friday. It was is the Magic’s first game of the NBA restart at ESPN Wide World of Sports.
Why did Isaac stand for anthem?
It’s my thought that kneeling or wearing a ‘Black Lives Matter’ t-shirt don’t go hand and hand with supporting Black lives.” Isaac, an ordained minster, said his life has been supported through the gospel. He was then asked of the correlation between religion and kneeling for the anthem to protest racism.
What is NBA protesting?
The NBA players’ strike took place on Aug. 26, 2020, the four-year anniversary of when Colin Kaepernick first protested police brutality and systemic racism during the national anthem. In recognition of the social climate, the league has allowed players to wear approved slogans on the backs of their jerseys.
Is it a law to stand during the national anthem?
Since 1998, federal law (viz., the United States Code 36 U.S.C. § 301) states that during a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present including those in uniform should stand at attention; non-military service individuals should face the flag with the right hand over the heart; members of …
Why is the national anthem played at sporting events?
The song is about a battle in the War of 1812. The first documented time that it was played at an American sporting event came at a baseball game in 1862, during the Civil War. The tradition of playing it at sports events got a dramatic boost at the 1918 World Series, during World War I.
Can Veterans salute during the national anthem?
WASHINGTON — Veterans and active-duty military not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect this month. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma , an Army veteran. …
Why did Texans stay in locker room?
It was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. The post gets part of the story right: Texans did stay in their locker room for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” But they also stayed in the locker room for the song known as the Black national anthem.
Why did Chiefs fans boo?
Kansas City Chiefs fans boo teams during display of unity against racism, social injustice.
Did any Kansas City Chiefs kneel during national anthem?
Chiefs defensive end Alex Okafor dropped to one knee during the national anthem before Thursday’s NFL kickoff game, raising his right fist into the air as two teammates placed their hands on his shoulders. And then a portion of the fans at Arrowhead Stadium reminded everyone of the reason for his silent protest.
Does JJ Watt want to leave Houston?
“I have sat down with the McNair family and I have asked them for my release and we have mutually agreed to part ways at this time,” Watt said in a video posted to Twitter. “I came here 10 years ago as a kid from Wisconsin who’d never really been to Texas before. And now I can’t imagine my life without Texas in it.
How old is JJ Watt?
32 years (22 March 1989)
Where is JJ Watt today?
Arizona Cardinals#99 / Defensive end
Why was JJ Watt out?
Watt asked for his release from Houston Texans after the 2020 season, and instead of trading him for assets, the Texans decided to honor Watt’s wishes. On Friday, Watt posted a video to formally announce that he and the Texans were parting ways.
Who did JJ Watt sign with?
What did JJ Watts do?
In 2014, Watt became the first player in NFL history to record two 20+ sack seasons in a career. He holds the Texans’ franchise records for both sacks and forced fumbles. In 2017, Sports Illustrated named Watt its Sportsperson of the Year….J. J. Watt.
Is JJ Watt retiring?
HOUSTON – Defensive end J.J. Watt has been released from the Texans, the player said on social media Friday. He and the McNairs have mutually agreed to part ways.
Will JJ Watt stay with the Texans?
J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans leaves the field after a game against the Tennessee Titans in Houston, Texas, on January 3, 2021. (CNN) J.J. Watt, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is leaving the Houston Texans after 10 seasons.
Who does JJ Watt want to play for?
Does JJ Watts still play football?
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Just like any other maker, a woodcrafter can't get very far without the right tools and materials for the job. If you've ever been in a woodcrafter's workshop, or even their garage, you'll know that over time, most tend to collect a lot of tools. Some keep stock of things like wood, nails, glue, and more for their next piece. However, since so much of modern woodworking is project- or custom-based, makers don't always have every product they need on hand.
But how do they find the products that are the perfect fit for project after project? While every maker has slightly different preferences, most follow a general woodcrafter's Buyer's Journey to decide what to purchase. The Buyer's Journey framework helps us understand what potential customers need while deciding what to buy and the content that helps them move from one stage to the next. To learn what types of help woodcrafters are looking for at every step of their Buyer's Journey, read on.
Step 1: Awareness
In the Awareness stage of the Buyer's Journey, a potential buyer identifies the problem to be solved or the challenge to be overcome. For woodcrafters, this step translates to planning out what their end product should look like. In order to understand whether they are prepared to tackle the project, especially if it's something brand new, makers in the awareness stage tend to search for the relevant techniques they need to learn. They're basically asking the question, "Can I achieve this vision in reality?"
Custom woodworker Guy Capito told us, "Sometimes I go to Youtube when I’m trying to figure out something crazy. I saw somebody took an old door and turned it into a table in a bar. I wanted to do that, and the cross beams they have on there. I wasn’t sure how to do that, so I started perusing through woodworking videos on Youtube and gave that a look."
Content types that help someone in the awareness stage include reference/inspiration visuals, how-to content, and walkthroughs presented by other makers or experts. It's important to note that many woodworkers also turn to their personal circles to ask for advice when they are unsure how to approach a new project.
Step 2: Consideration
During the consideration stage of the Buyer's Journey, a customer considers the possible methods for solving the problem — in this case, the methods and types of materials he could use to build the intended end product. The content that you provide for a woodcrafter in this stage should help him decide which is the best method to fit his skill level and the project itself.
At this stage, content like step-by-step guides, lists of best practices, and discussions about different types (but not brands) of tools or materials help makers figure out the best way to carry out a project. For instance, a blog post about the best woods to use for a 'rustic' look would be helpful in the consideration stage, becuase it helps makers consider what materials they need before they're ready to actually find a company to buy from. Or maybe they need to know if it's better to use a biscuit joint or wood glue in a certain situation. Deciding on a method of work will certainly affect a woodcrafter's buying habits moving forward.
However, just becuase makers find a technique to pursue, that doesn't mean that they won't try something different if the technique doesn't work out. Trial and error is a huge part of a woodcrafter's everyday life.
Step 3: Decision
During the Decision stage of the woodcrafter's Buyer's Journey, the potential customer is finally preparing to make an actual purchase. At this point, makers are deciding which brands to buy from in order to get the type of materials and complete the methods they narrowed down during the Consideration stage. Something we've learned from the woodcrafters we know is that they look for the best quality for the best price when they're ready to buy (to learn more about the qualities woodcrafters use to evaluate a project, take a look at our recent blog post here).
As with the first two steps, a woodcrafter's buying habits are largely influenced by the information they're able to search for online and get from other makers. Recommendations mean a lot to these makers, so the content that helps them make their final purchase decisions includes product reviews, comparisons, and case studies that evaluate products that work (and perhaps ones that didn't, too). These types of content help a potential customer find the product that's the best fit for the project and the brand they want to start building a relationship with.
How to Use the Woodcrafter's Buyer's Journey
The Buyer's Journey framework is one of the most important elements you need to know in order to create genuine connections with your target audience. While it's incredibly important to know who woodcrafters are and what they do, the key to communicating with them is providing the information they actually need from you, not just bombarding them with interrupting advertisements long before they're looking to buy. Instead, creating a relationship by adding value to a maker's process is the way to go. By studying the woodcrafter's buyer's journey, you can be sure the content that you offer provides something to move potential customers from each stage to the next, building trust in your brand until they're ready to buy your product. In our experience, if you support a maker in his work, there's a much greater chance that he'll support you in return. | <urn:uuid:aa7e8a0a-bfe3-494e-8f83-02e71913544f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.anthonythomas.com/the-woodcrafters-buyers-journey-step-by-step | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.96533 | 1,166 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Six major oil and gas companies – including Shell and BP – have called on national governments around the world and the United Nations Climate Change Panel to introduce carbon pricing systems and create clear, stable, ambitious policy frameworks that could eventually connect national systems.
Along with these two UK oil majors, the BG Group, Eni, Statoil and Total say this would reduce uncertainty and encourage the most cost effective ways of reducing carbon emissions overall.
It is interesting to note that there are no American oil companies included in this statement (see below)
The six companies set out their position in a joint letter from their chief executives to the UNFCCC Executive Secretary and the President of the COP21 – ahead of the UN’s COP21 climate meetings in Paris this December.
The presence of Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden is significant in light of a keynote speech he made earlier this year,** where he said: “For a sustainable energy future, we need a more balanced debate. The fossil fuels out, renewables in’ mantra is – too often – what it boils down to. Yet in my view, that’s simply naïve. Provoking a sudden death of fossil fuels isn’t a plausible plan.
“In the past we thought it was better to keep a low profile on the issue. I understand that tactic, but in the end it’s not a good tactic. “The debate about the future of energy is not always very balanced, partly because we keep such a low profile and there’s so little dialogue within our sector.
“We have to make sure that our voice is heard by members of government, by civil society and the general public. Our sector needs to enter into the public debate alongside other credible parties”
** Scottish Energy News (13 Feb 2015) http://goo.gl/O9jf1h
In their joint letter, the oil chiefs said:
“Climate change is a critical challenge for our world. As major companies from the oil & gas sector, we recognise both the importance of the climate challenge and the importance of energy to human life and well-being.
“We acknowledge that the current trend of greenhouse gas emissions is in excess of what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says is needed to limit the temperature rise to no more than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
“The challenge is how to meet greater energy demand with less CO2. We stand ready to play our part.
“Our companies are already taking a number of actions to help limit emissions, such as growing the share of gas in our production, making energy efficiency improvements in our operations and products, providing renewable energy, investing in carbon capture and storage, and exploring new low-carbon technologies and business models.
“These actions are a key part of our mission to provide the greatest number of people with access to sustainable and secure energy.
“But for us to do more, we need governments across the world to provide us with clear, stable, long-term, ambitious policy frameworks. This would reduce uncertainty and help stimulate investments in the right low carbon technologies and the right resources at the right pace.
“We believe that a price on carbon should be a key element of these frameworks.
“Pricing carbon obviously adds a cost to our production and our products – but carbon pricing policy frameworks will contribute to provide our businesses and their many stakeholders with a clear roadmap for future investment, a level playing field for all energy sources across geographies and a clear role in securing a more sustainable future.”
- Helge Lund, BG Group
- Bob Dudley, BP
- Claudio Descalzi, Eni S.p.A.
- Ben van Beurden, Shell
- Eldar Sætre, Statoil
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So, you’ve found the stock of your dreams. The stars have aligned! You see something the market doesn’t, and you just know this one’s going up.
If you’ve never placed a trade, you might be caught by surprise when you’re presented with a complicated screen with several selections available, and you have no idea what everything means.
For the most part, investment companies and brokerages try to make this process as simple as possible, but it’s always worth understanding as much as possible about the order screen so that you can avoid any mistakes and buy your dream stock exactly where you mean to.
We’ll start with the market order, which is the most common type of order, and help you understand what it is.
What is a Market Order?
When a market order is placed, it tells your broker to buy or sell (whichever you’re trying to do) a stock or fund at the current market price that the asset is trading at.
The type of order you place has the largest effect on the price at which your order gets filled.
You might be confused, thinking that this is the only way to make a stock or fund purchase.
However, that’s just because it’s usually the default setting that brokers and financial firms keep on the order placement form to simplify the process.
Depending on your broker, you may have several types of orders you can place that affect the price at which your order is filled. The primary two are a market order and a limit order.
While the market order places your order the fastest at the current market price, a limit order allows you to set a price at which you’d like your order to be placed. We’ll get a bit more into this later.
The market order is the default for several reasons.
- Liquidity: Most stocks traded on the NYSE or NASDAQare large companies with many participants trying to place orders. When you place a buy order, you need a sell order on the other side so that you can be filled. Higher liquidity is ideal for market orders.
- Speed: Most average investors tend to get concerned when their orders sit pending for too long. Market orders generally allow the fastest fill, which is especially helpful in volatile markets.
Understanding Market Orders
Some very complicated computers pop on when you place a market order and work in literal nanoseconds to fill your order.
You might place a buy order in New York and see it filled almost the moment you click the “buy” button.
You may never know who or what was on the other side of your trade, but every buy order that gets filled requires a sell order.
In a perfect world, your order gets placed at the exact price you pressed the “buy” button. However, this does not always occur.
If you are buying a small-cap stock with very low liquidity, you might place a market order and experience what is known as “slippage.”
“Slippage” is when you place an order at one price but get filled at a slightly different – sometimes very different – price.
That is because a market order is trying to put you in the market quickly, and if there aren’t enough orders at the price quoted, you’ll get filled immediately at the closest price possible above the market price, which would usually be above where you want to be.
When a price is quoted on your platform, the quote is usually in the middle of the bid-ask spread.
The bid is the price where buyers are willing to pay for the stock, and the ask is the price where sellers are willing to sell the stock.
With fewer market participants, this spread tends to be wider. Even though the middle price is quoted, a smaller cap stockmight require a market order to fill closer to the higher end of the range, where a seller is willing to part with their stock.
Pros and Cons of Market Orders
- Executed quickly
- Makes the process of buying stocks simpler
- You can avoid fees by using market orders
- No guarantee of the execution price
- If you trade a stock with lower liquidity, you might experience slippage on both the entry and the exit from the trade
- Market orders placed outside normal trading hours will trade at the opening price the following trading day, and overnight price fluctuations might result in dramatically different prices than what was quoted when you place the order.
Example of a Market Order
Let’s say Steve is placing an order for AAPL (Apple’s stock). Steve has a lot of money, so he wants to place an order for 100 shares of AAPL.
He goes to the website for his broker or investment firm, types in the ticker symbol (AAPL), and then clicks the “trade” button or whatever method is used to arrive at the order form.
Arriving at the order menu, AAPL will be shown along with a quoted price at the time.
Steve enters “100” into the area where the number of shares is entered and then hits the buy button.
Let’s say that Steve was looking at a quoted price of $144.10 at the moment he clicked the buy button.
It’s entirely possible that he would get filled at exactly or very close to that price, give or take a few cents per share.
Believe it or not, GOOG (one of Alphabet Inc.’s tickers) is relatively low liquidity. This is because of the high price of the stock.
If Steve wanted to buy 10 shares of GOOG – he’s not that rich – at a quoted price of $2,720.00 per share, he would have to contend with a much higher bid-ask spread and risk getting filled $3-4 higher rather than a few cents as was the case with AAPL.
Market vs. Limit Order
As mentioned earlier, a limit order doesn’t necessarily guarantee you’ll get filled on an order, but you’re guaranteed to get filled at the price you dictate when you place the order.
This is essentially the opposite of a market order. Some brokers may charge a fee to place a limit order, so make sure to check this before opting for it.
There are several kinds of limit orders, and they can get extremely complicated.
Also, a very rudimentary understanding of limit orders can get you into trouble, so we’ll just list them here for now.
- Buy limit: this is an order to buy at a specific price
- Sell limit: this is an order to sell at a specific price
- Buy stop: this is an order to exit a short position by buying a stock at a specific price
- Sell stop: this is an order to exit a long position by selling a stock at a specific price
Market Order FAQs
What does market order mean?
A market order is placed at the market, hence the name. You are guaranteed to get filled on your order, but you are not guaranteed a price at which your order will be filled.
How does a market order work?
When you place a market order, you will be connected with a sell order for the same asset by a computer algorithm that fills you as fast as possible. This may mean filling your order at a higher price where there are more willing sellers.
What is the difference between a market order and a limit order?
A market order, as mentioned, is the fastest fill, but the price isn’t guaranteed.
A limit order is the opposite – you are guaranteed a price that you designate when you place the order, but the stock’s price might never reach that, and you may not get filled.
What is the difference between a batch order and a market order?
Batch order is a complicated trade that involves several orders being placed at once. It usually consists of a market order followed by one or two limit orders, designating the risk and reward to be made on a trade. It’s sometimes known as a “bracket order.”
Bottom Line: What Is a Market Order?
A market order is the most common, fastest, and simplest, in theory, to execute all the order types available in finance.
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Questioning standarized testing
The endless testing was an attempt to raise standards in education. Instead, it resulted in a culture of perpetual competition, causing excessive stress for teachers, children, and their families but with no real improvement in standards.
The purpose of assessments is to support and improve student learning. However, there are much better ways to accomplish this than through countless tests.
A lot of problems would disappear if we talked to each other more than talking about each other.
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This beautiful botanical garden with sea views is considered to be one of the most important ones on the Mediterranean due to the mixture of local plant species and trees and plants from all the continents.
Covering 17 hectares, it brings together more than a thousand botanical species from all over the world (10 hectares belong to the municipal term of Palafrugell and the other 7 to Mont-Ras). Beautiful sculptures by national and international artists can be found in this unique natural area shaped by the hand of man. The garden descends from Cap Roig Castle to the sea by means of terraced parks: the Terrasses de les Monges (the Nuns' Terraces), Terrassa del Bassin (the Bassin Terrace), Jardí dels Enamorats (the Lovers' Garden) connected by the Escala dels Xiprers (the Cypress Tree Steps). In the area nearest the sea, you will find the Jardí de la Primavera (Spring Garden), the Jardí de Cactus (Cactus Garden) and the Passeig dels Geranis (Geranium Way) with spectacular flowers.
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5.1 Case 1: Staging of Lung Carcinoma
A 58-year-old male underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT scan after he was diagnosed to have nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) with a bronchoscopic biopsy.
Axial CT and fusion images show intensely hypermetabolic mass lesion (SUVmax 12.9) at right upper lobe adjacent to mediastinum with a hypometabolic necrotic center and another solid lesion located anteriorly with increased FDG uptake (SUVmax 13.9) (a, b), hypermetabolism at the nodular lesion at left surrenal gland (SUVmax8.9) (c, d)
Increased uptake at the known primary lesions at right lung and metastatic lesion at left surrenal gland.
PET detects unsuspected distant metastases in 10 % of patients. Adrenal metastasis, at the initial diagnosis of nonsmall cell lung cancer, occurs in less than 10 % of lung cancer patients. Sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT for adrenal metastasis is 94 % and 85 %, respectively.
5.2 Case 2: Staging of Lung Carcinoma
A 55-year-old male with known NSCLC at right lung. The current 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging is being done to evaluate the extent of disease.
Axial CT and fusion images show intensely hypermetabolic solid lesion (SUVmax 13.6) at right hilus adjacent to the right main bronchus (arrow). There is not any hypermetabolic mediastinal lymph node suspicious for metastatic invasion (a, b). Intensely increased FDG uptake is seen in the lytic lesion at L2 vertebra (arrow) (SUVmax 14) (c, d)
Increased uptake at the primary malignant lesion at right lung and metastatic lesion at L2 vertebra.
18F-FDG PET/CT is useful in detecting any possible distant metastasis in Stage II, III, and IV.
5.3 Case 3: Staging of Lung Carcinoma
A 55-year-old male who was admitted with the complaint of cough was found to have a cavitary lesion at lower lobe of left lung on CT. Bronchoscopic biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma of lung (SLC). The current 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging is being done to stage the disease.
Axial CT and fusion images show hypermetabolic lesion at left lower paratracheal area (SUVmax 10.8) (a, b) and cavitary lesion at left lower lobe with moderately increased FDG uptake (SUVmax 10.6) (c, d)
Primary malignant lesion at lower lobe of left lung and metastatic involvement of left lower paratracheal lymph node.
Patient is regarded as Stage IIIA and underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy before operation.
If the 18F-FDG PET/CT scan is positive in mediastinum, the lymph node status needs pathological confirmation and mediastinoscopy is done for this purpose.
Cavitating lesions are frequently seen in patients with SLC and these lesions might mimic infectious processes. They are characterized with increased chemoresistance and worse prognosis.
5.4 Case 4: Restaging of Lung Carcinoma
A 54-year-old female status post left pneumonectomy for adenocarcinoma of lung underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging for evaluation of the extent of the disease.
Axial CT and PET images show collapse of left lung due to pneumonectomy and no pathological FDG uptake in favor of local recurrence (a, b) and increased focal FDG uptake at left frontal lobe of brain (SUVmax 10.4) (c, d)
Recurrent metastatic lesion at left frontal lobe of brain.
F-18 FDG PET/CT studies can be done as whole-body imaging; from the top of the head through the feet or torso imaging; base of the skull to mid-thigh. Although torso imaging is usually preferred because of high physiological FDG uptake at brain that can mask metastatic hypermetabolic foci, this case shows the importance of obtaining whole-body imaging when likelihood for metastasis to brain is high.
5.5 Case 5: Detection of Bone Metastasis in Lung Carcinoma
A 55-year-old male with NSCLC underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging while being followed-up after having chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
MIP image (a), axial PET, CT, and fusion images showing focal hyperdense lesion at dorsal vertebras without corresponding FDG uptake (b, c, d) and (e, f, g). Diffuse FDG uptake at upper lobe of right lung represents inflammatory process following radiotherapy
Metastatic sclerotic lesions at corpus of dorsal vertebras.
18F-FDG PET/CT is less sensitive in detecting sclerotic metastases since they are relatively hypocellular and consequently contain lower volumes of viable tumor tissue causing low degree of uptake of FDG. FDG nonavid osteoblastic lesions can be detected as sclerotic lesions on CT part of the PET/CT studies.
5.6 Case 6: Differentiation of Lung Carcinoma from Atelectasis
A 75-year-old female with known right-sided adenocarcinoma. Patient underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging to evaluate the extent of disease.
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Report: Reclaiming Our Democracy
This new analysis of pre-election data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources by New Jersey PIRG and Demos shows that outside spending in the first presidential election since Citizens United is living up to its hype: new waves of “outside spending” have been fueled by dark money and unlimited fundraising from a small number of wealthy donors.
Outside spending organizations reported $ 1.11 billion in spending to the FEC through the final reporting deadline in the 2012 cycle. That’s already a 200% increase over total 2008 outside spending. Of the $1.11 billion in reported outside spending, $257.9 million was “dark money” that cannot be traced back to an original source.
Almost half of all reported outside spending comes from Super PACs, the independent-expenditure-only committees created in the wake of Citizens United, and Super PACs continue to receive the bulk of their funds from a tiny set of ultra-wealthy megadonors:
- $266.6 million or 60.5% of the 440.9 million raised by Super PACs from individuals came from just 91 people giving at least $1 million.
- Just over 1900 donors giving $10,000 or more were responsible for 97% of this fundraising.
“Because of their wealth and the Supreme Court’s equation of money with speech, those megadonors are able to amplify their voices to many times the volume of the small donors,” noted Peter Skopec with NJPIRG.
“On Election Day, we’re all supposed to have an equal say,” said Adam Lioz, Counsel for Demos. “But, next week a small group of millionaires and billionaires will have more influence than millions of middle class families.”
NJPIRG and Demos are encouraging every eligible American to go to the polls by November 6th to push back on the power of big money.
“Unlimited, corporate, and secret money continue to undermine the principle of ‘one person, one vote,’” Lioz said. “It’s more important than ever that Americans use the power of their votes to push back and make their voices heard.”
This is the third release in the NJPIRG and Demos series of analyses on the role of big money in the 2012 elections. Previous reports are available here and here. This report reflects a comprehensive analysis of outside spending, including figures not available from the FEC.
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In order to
increase the recruits pool by about 400,000 people, Australia will now accept
recruits with mild cases of asthma. A study was done, and it indicated that
those with "mild intermittent" or "mild persistent" cases
could serve in many military jobs, without being a danger to themselves, or
those around them.
Earlier, the armed forces had
loosened its restrictions on taking recruits with convictions for minor drug
offences. This is now reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Tattoos and piercings
are no longer an absolute no-no for new recruits.
Australia is also spending
several hundred million dollars to attract new recruits, and to keep existing
troops in uniform. Australia wants to increase its troop strength by 6,000 over
the next ten years. Australia's volunteer armed forces have only 52,000
personnel. On a per capita basis, that's much smaller than the American
volunteer force. For example, the U.S. has a population 14 times larger than
Australia's, but has active duty armed forces (of 1.1 million) 21 times larger.
Australia has always maintained very high standards for its recruits, and these
standards may have to be lowered if they want to maintain their current strength.
The major problem is a record low unemployment rate. The military has to
compete with more attractive civilian jobs.
To make a military career more
attractive, Australia is cutting some of the paperwork and waiting time for new
recruits. Previously, recruits had to wait about 30 weeks before they started
their service. This was cut to six weeks. The military now more tolerant the
foibles of youth. Italso allowed a
thousand recruits to join for just one year. This is an experiment, because
normally troops sign up for multi-year contracts. Following the successful
experience in the United States and other countries, Australia is also
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From first grade to fifth grade
The brotherhoods have crossed the centuries and are still very present in the island. Today, their religious and charitable character has diminished to make way for a social and cultural dimension.
The children, by group of common interest, will create a banner, symbol of rallying, sign of belonging to the group.
Corresponds to the theme of the room “The renewal of the brotherhoods”.
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August 13, 2018 report
Using tellurium nanoparticles to achieve plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties when exposed to sunlight
A team of researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China has created a material with dual solar properties by adding tellurium nanoparticles to water—it showed both plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties when exposed to sunlight. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their material and its possible uses.
As the search for renewable resources continues, some in the field have turned to studying the possibility of adding materials to water to make it easier to produce steam for driving a turbine. Several years ago, one team of researchers discovered that adding nanoparticles to water could cause it to produce steam when exposed to sunlight. Since that time, scientists have continued experimenting with adding nanomaterials. Meanwhile, other experiments have suggested that plasmonics could play a role in photothermal conversion. In this new effort, the researchers have found a material that allows nanoparticles to offer the benefits of both approaches.
The work by the team in China was straightforward. They created nanoparticles made out of tellurium and then mixed them into a container filled with water and tested the result to see what changes it might have wrought.
The researchers report that adding the nanoparticles improved the evaporation rate by a factor of three. Testing showed that they could raise its temperature from 29°C to 85°C in just 100 seconds by shining sunlight on it. The researchers found that this improvement was possible because the nanoparticles behaved like plasmonic nanoparticles—but only when smaller sized nanoparticles (less than 120 nanometers) were involved. Nanoparticles that were larger than 120 nanometers behaved like an all-dielectric. Mixing nanoparticles of both sizes into the same container of water allowed the sample to take on both characteristics—the team claims the resultant material is the first to demonstrate both properties.
The researchers acknowledge that commercialization of their technique would be problematic because of the difficulty in manufacturing the different sized nanoparticles in sufficient quantities. They note that they are looking into ways to make them using another approach. But they also note that if they succeed, the concept has other applications, such as creating new kinds of extremely small antennas or sensors.
Nanophotonic materials for solar energy harvesting and photothermal conversion are urgently needed to alleviate the global energy crisis. We demonstrate that a broadband absorber made of tellurium (Te) nanoparticles with a wide size distribution can absorb more than 85% solar radiation in the entire spectrum. Temperature of the absorber irradiated by sunlight can increase from 29° to 85°C within 100 s. By dispersing Te nanoparticles into water, the water evaporation rate is improved by three times under solar radiation of 78.9 mW/cm2. This photothermal conversion surpasses that of plasmonic or all-dielectric nanoparticles reported before. We also establish that the unique permittivity of Te is responsible for the high performance. The real part of permittivity experiences a transition from negative to positive in the ultraviolet-visible–near-infrared region, which endows Te nanoparticles with the plasmonic-like and all-dielectric duality. The total absorption covers the entire spectrum of solar radiation due to the enhancement by both plasmonic-like and Mie-type resonances. It is the first reported material that simultaneously has plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties in the solar radiation region. These findings suggest that the Te nanoparticle can be expected to be an advanced photothermal conversion material for solar-enabled water evaporation.
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Last week I introduced the theme for this year, which is “It’s Still Not About Me.” I came across a story that I thought does a good job of illustrating what our theme is about this year. I have changed the story oh so slightly to make it a little more “Dalatish.”
A group of Dalat dorm alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their former dorm parents, the Weidemanns. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, Uncle Brian went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot and a number of different kinds of cups — porcelain, plastic, glass, etc., some plain-looking while others beautiful and expensive — telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
After all the former students had a cup of coffee in hand, Uncle Brian said: “If you noticed, all the nice-looking and expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is a source of your problems and stress.
“Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it’s just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups…and then began eyeing each other’s cups.
“Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money, and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.”
God brews the coffee, not the cups . . . enjoy your coffee.
We can often fall into the trap of focusing on the cup and not the “coffee.” As I mentioned last week, the media and advertising that is all around us is telling us that life is all about the cup — what we have, wear, drive. At Dalat we want our students to focus on the “coffee” — things like character, morals and values, serving others before yourself, servant leadership, compassion, humility, etc. Our hope is that our students will begin to focus not on what is on the outside, the cup, but what is on the inside, the coffee. | <urn:uuid:f35ee645-c765-4b22-b8e2-1bedec0316e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dalat.org/blog/?p=863 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.974362 | 530 | 1.875 | 2 |
Myths about grieving
Grief and Mourning are the same.
Grief is what we are feeling. Mourning is the expression of our grief.
Myth No. 2
There are predictable stages of grieving.
Each person’s grief process is unique to their individual circumstance and persona. What has been experienced by one person may not be the same for another.
Myth No. 3
Grieving and mourning should be avoided.
It is not unusual for us or for others to tell us that we should or will overcome our grief and mourning. This can lead to a repression of feelings and increase our emotional pain.
Myth No. 4
Tears may be seen as a weakness.
Crying is a very natural response and an important expression of our feelings. Others may feel helpless in comforting you however this is a part of the grief we experience when we loose a loved one.
Myth No. 5
Living with personal and grief.
For some people their loss may be overwhelming and they may never come to terms with it. They may become accustomed to it as feelings become less intense.
Learning to live again, even though it is different from before, begins to happen when we are able to focus a little more on the future.
Finding this capability doesn’t mean we will forget the person who has died, it is adjusting to the reality of life without them.
We are here to assist you, your family and friends.
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Ten years ago, even a tourist could foresee the drama that has been unfolding in Turkey, where the staunchly conservative government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces demonstrations against autocracy and religious fundamentalism. The cultural gap between these "two Turkeys" was already visible in the streets of Istanbul, starkly illustrated by the attire of its women.
With their revealing, sexy outfits, many young women looked like they had been transplanted from Montreal on a hot summer day. An arguably equal number of young women were hidden under Islam's dark garments, their faces half-masked by veils.
Mind you, these were not the hijabs worn by religious women in Cairo, who wrap their hair in sophisticated knotted scarves that highlight their beautifully made-up eyes and wear elbow-long sleeves but extra-tight jeans. On the contrary, in the fundamentalist parts of Istanbul, the female body was entirely erased from public view. There wasn't a hint of the subtle twist of coquetterie that one could see in Cairo or even Iran, where "liberated" women artistically push back their veils to reveal the front part of their hair, like Madonnas in Italian Renaissance paintings.
Over the past couple of decades, a large influx of rural families have settled in Istanbul in search of better jobs. They have become a reminder that beyond glitzy Istanbul – a city divided between Europe and Asia, that in many districts looks like any Western capital despite the mosques – lies a vast, conservative country whose majority is now wholeheartedly behind a government that has gradually proceeded to destroy the heritage of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern secular Turkey.
For Ataturk, the downfall of the Ottoman Empire, after the First World War, provided a window of opportunity to shape the country on the model of the secular Republic of France. Gender equality was proclaimed and traditional head coverings forbidden for men as well as women. During a stay in Istanbul, I was surprised by the vehement reaction of the hotel owner when I asked whether the post office was open on Friday, the Muslim holy day. "Of course it is!" he proudly said. "We are a secular country, just like France."
For decades, the powerful Turkish army was the guardian of Ataturk's revolution. But as the military's power waned, the forces of tradition slowly came back. An American who had taught English years before in Anatolia was flabbergasted to see so many veiled women in Istanbul. "Even in my remote Anatolian town," she told me, "no girl would show up at school with a veil."
The changes were incremental. Mr. Erdogan's government lifted the 90-year-old ban on head scarves in parliament. Then it forced all public schools to offer instruction in Arabic, the sacred language of the Koran. It started to campaign against abortion and urged women to have at least three children. Then it outlawed the sale of alcohol late at night, even in touristic areas. Meantime, dissident writers were sent to jail, and Mr. Erdogan is now pushing for a presidential regime to replace the parliamentary system so that he can run again when his prime ministerial term expires.
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All of the successful brands in the world have distinctive and creative personalities. Nike is perceived to be athletic while consumers associate Starbucks to be welcoming and friendly. When human characteristics are attributed to a brand, brand personality is formed. In an era where competition is fierce, brand personality is the savior for firms as it gives them competitive advantage over others. This article mentions some ways through which you can create, for your brand, a winning personality.
What’s your identity?
Many brands try to be everything so that they can satisfy the masses. But this usually is the main ingredient for disaster. Creating a brand identity requires you to focus on one or a handful of things. Apple’s identity is innovation while McDonalds is identified with consistent, quality food. To define your identity, describe your brands in five words. This will give you a head start on which you can base your identity.
This individuality needs to be consistent and to be integrated in all of the brand’s marketing activities. Creating a distinctive identity will lead to high recall from consumers and will cause customers to form emotional bonds with the brand.
What do you stand for?
One key ingredient for creating a unique brand personality is to define something that you stand for and then communicate that with your consumers. This will enable consumers to consider your brand as a living thing as opposed to just be a brand. For instance, Harley-Davidson stands up for freedom. When you are supporting a stance, chances are that customers will respect you and will become loyal to your business because you care more than just making a profit.
How do you look?
Appearances matter. Humans use appearances as a basis to evaluate others and then see their compatibility with them. Similarly, your company’s social media, websites and salespeople overall looks will have a great impact on customers’ evaluations.
If a company’s social media and website is dominated with fun and quirky messages then customers will regard that brand to be casual, fun-loving and original. If the salespeople in physical stores are properly suited from head to toe, then customers will associate that brand to be professional and classy.
How do you connect with customers?
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Alas! After months of waiting and a volatile year in the global markets, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will be increasing rates from close to zero to between 0.25% and 0.5%. This is the first interest rate rise in almost a decade, and the effects of the increase will spark volatility in domestic markets as well as international markets. The rate hike is meant to signal economic strength in the United States by showing that the economy is strong enough to handle larger borrowing costs. Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve chair, explained that further rate hikes will be “gradual” in an effort not to slow economic recovery.
Who is feeling the early effects of the rate hike? Corporations in emerging markets that have engaged in U.S. dollar denominated debt are going to have trouble paying off their debt as their currencies lose value. Many of these firms flocked to U.S. debt as it was cheap and easy to access, and now are dealing with the effects of debt that is tougher to repay. Following one of the most active years of mergers and acquisitions, companies remain more levered than ever. These highly debt driven acquisitions become more risky as rates rise, and it will be felt all over the world as international corporations engaged in the U.S. take out debt to finance the M&A activity.
The global economy will now be in focus for both corporations and investors as debt financing becomes more expensive in the U.S. A stronger dollar is scary for a lot of central banks as they seek to avoid deflation and difficult debt repayments. With the rate hike, China’s currency coming off a large decline, and Europe currently undergoing monetary easing, investors are cautious moving into 2016. How do you see the global economy reacting in 2016? | <urn:uuid:44f3577b-e62d-437b-a1f4-cf5a2ce4fd82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://globaledge.msu.edu/blog/post/33070/the-federal-reserve-raises-interest-rate | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.970987 | 369 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Hawaii is converting several thousand dead fish left behind by a deadly molasses spill that happened earlier this month.
CNBC recently polled viewers to find the best-loved beer label in the United States and Newburgh Brewing Co.’s Cream Ale was a pour above the rest. The label beat 64 competitors to steal the top spot and company leaders have been interviewed on CNBC to explain the mission of the beer’s clever label strategy.
“The label was designed by Philadelphia-based design firm Modern Good and features company mascot Betsy the Cow as well as icons from around Newburgh,” explains CNBC. “Newburgh Brewing is small, but growing. Its brewery produced 2,000 barrels of suds in 2014, and only began canning its beer a year ago this month.”
The contest is just one example of how creative labeling can earn media attention and raise visibility for emerging brands. Because respondents to the survey were prompted with images from labels of all sizes, the playing field was leveled to include small companies with exquisite branding. Companies without the reach and market penetration of a major brand are able to gain attention with their packaging.
With an industrial label printer, businesses can take control of their marketing efforts and craft labels that attract customers. Whether they’re established heavyweights in their market or startups looking for a foothold, a clear expression of identity helps tell the public what makes manufacturers special. Outsourcing labeling to a third party can make your message derivative and diluted in translation. For a lower cost and greater conveniences, companies can create beautiful and striking packaging design in-house.
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“Preach the Word” (2 Timothy 4:2).
The editorial cartoonist for our Jackson, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, told recently of his conversation with a colleague on another newspaper. They were lamenting the rapidly dwindling number of editorial cartoonists. The cartoonist said, “When I got into this profession, there were less than 200 full-time editorial cartoonists. I’m not sure what an accurate count is today, but I’ve heard it’s a couple dozen.”
As newspapers go the way of dinosaurs–my friends say we who still depend on them for our news are the real dinosaurs!–they keep cutting back on staff. Editorial cartoonists seem to have been some of the first to go.
Anyway, the two cartoonists were concerned over something that had just happened to a buddy on the staff of the Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette. He’d been fired because his cartoons were “too critical of the President of the United States,” according to his publisher.
The cartoonist notes, “Saying an editorial cartoonist is too critical of a politician is the worst reason to fire an editorial cartoonist ever. Critical editorial cartoons are as American as mom, apple pie, and Ben Franklin (he is credited with the first American one).”
So, how are things in Jackson between the cartoonist and the Clarion-Ledger, we wonder. In his 21 years here, he says, “I’ve never taken an idea from an editor (or anyone else). I have taken suggestions that might make the cartoon better or might make me realize I’ve done something really stupid. That’s how editors edit. The ideas are mine.”
His editors at the C-L, he says, do not want a cartoon they agreed with. “They wanted the best cartoon I could draw.”
Okay, fine. That started me thinking.
What is the basis, I wonder, for an editorial cartoonist being free to draw as he pleases and expect the newspaper to publish it? Is that part of the First Amendment, something the rest of us have overlooked? Clearly, Marshall and his friends see the cartoonist’s independence as an inalienable right. And I can see why they would love it. Who wouldn’t?
I’m a cartoonist, although not what you would call an editorial cartoonist. I rarely take positions on politics–denominational or any other kind–in these drawings. And even if I did, no editor would run it. Editors of Baptist weeklies know they are responsible to a) a board of directors and b) to the church people in their state conventions who read their stuff. If an editor ran cartoons or wrote editorials that regularly offended half his readership, he would be looking for a job.
No editor of a religious newspaper or magazine that I’ve ever heard of thinks he has the freedom to write/publish what he/she pleases. He has a certain latitude and flexibility for his views to be expressed, but mostly the editor is hired to do a job.
We will grant that secular newspapers have a constitutional guarantee of Freedom of the Press, and we love that. But even so, we laymen have trouble imagining an editor hiring a guy to come on staff and draw for the paper and the artist insisting that he will draw what he wants to and no one can tell him what to do. No other employee of the company has that much freedom, I’m betting.
I love editorial cartoonists and over the years have numbered several among my friends, but I find this mind-boggling.
It reminds me of the so-called “academic freedom” which is supposedly the right of every college and university professor. Where does this right come from? Certainly not the Constitution. I’m just wondering where the idea originated and why professors claim it as a sacred right.
LSU terminated a professor just a few years ago for excessive profanity and crudity in the classroom. Students brutalized by that teacher would register their complaints with parents, other faculty, and the administration. Eventually, the college board got involved. They had a hearing for the professor, played a tape of her spouting the offensive lessons, I believe, and then proceeded to fire her. Most citizens cheered. But as might be expected, many of her colleagues hollered to high heaven. What right did the college board have interfering in what goes on in the classroom, they wanted to know.
The rest of us shake our heads and wonder what planet these people live on. Don’t they know an employee is accountable to the employer? Where else on planet Earth can you get a job and then do as you please without a proper accountability to those who hired you?
And that brings us to pastors. Is there such a thing as “freedom of the pulpit?” Can pastors preach anything they please without being held accountable? Or are they obligated to preach what their constituency wants to hear? To preach sermons of a particular type and subject and content? Preach the party line? Stay with the lectionary?
Different denominations would probably have their answers to this. Here is my take on the subject…
I’m a Southern Baptist pastor. We have something called The Baptist Faith and Message, a summary of basic doctrines we believe and hold dear. While no pastor preaches that as such, if he strayed from it too severely he might find his job in jeopardy. (That said, many Baptists may take issue with a few of the statements in the BFM. But presumably not the primary doctrines.)
A pastor of a Southern Baptist church would find that the church’s leadership does indeed have certain expectations concerning his preaching…
–Do not preach your personal opinion. The exception might be when you are giving several interpretations of a controversial issue or passage, and at the end express your opinion. We even have precedent for this. More than once, the Apostle Paul would say, “I don’t have a word from God on this, but my opinion is…..” (See I Corinthians 7:12,25 and 2 Corinthians 8:8).
–Do not preach yourself. “We do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:5). Over 56 years of ministry, I have heard a few awful sermons and preached several. But my candidate for the worst sermon of all came in a mega church. The young pastor–clearly in love with himself, his image, and his voice–told story after story about himself. At one point, he paused and said, “O God, I’m making myself look so bad.” Not one time–not once!–was the name of Jesus mentioned in the sermon until the very closing. I said to friends who belonged there, “You cannot leave this church fast enough to suit me!” That the young pastor’s ruling board puts up with this speaks poorly of them.
–Do not preach your doubts. One Sunday morning when I was the director of missions for churches in Southeast Louisiana (five parishes in and around metro New Orleans), I dropped in on a church where the pastor was planning to do just this, to preach a passage of scripture and tell why he had a problem with it and explain what this says about the rest of the Word. But my sudden appearance seemed to discombobulate him. The sermon was the worst hodge-podge of utterances I had ever heard. (I’m betting that pastor would agree.) He explained and apologized and back-tracked and was constantly flustered. His efforts went on for a solid hour, twice the normal time for his sermons. He even forgot to take the offering that morning! I imagine if that pastor learned anything that day, it was to keep his doubts to himself. Psalm 73 has a good word on that, particularly verse 15.
–Do not preach other people’s sermons. You can “milk many cows,” the saying goes, but each of us must “make our own butter.” However, when a pastor lifts a sermon verbatim from another preacher, our people invariably feel betrayed. The people of God expect their pastor to study the Word, to know the Word, and to receive God’s message from the Holy Spirit. Jeremiah 23:18,22 speaks to this.
We expect our pastors to…
–preach the Bible, not some book they read the other day. Use the book for an illustration, yes. Cite some passage in it, okay. But preach the Word.
–preach the doctrines we most hold dear. This would include the deity of Christ, the atonement, His sacrificial death and miraculous resurrection, the Trinity, the inspiration of holy Scripture, the Second Coming, and salvation by grace through faith. If a pastor has a problem with any of those, most of our churches would have a problem with him.
When I pastored in Charlotte, NC, a neighboring SBC pastor announced to his congregation one Sunday that he had come to have a problem with Baptist doctrine and would be transitioning to another denomination, I forget which. “For the next four Sundays,” he said, “I will bring sermons on the doctrines I have the most trouble with and tell you why I no longer believe them.” That evening the deacons announced to him he would have to preach those sermons somewhere else, that he was through there.
They did the right thing. The pastor had mistakenly thought he had the freedom to preach anything he pleased.
–Do not go to seed on one doctrine, one theme, or one part of the Word. Preach “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27).
We read of the believers at Berea, that they were “more noble (fair-minded) than (believers) in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11).
The pastor–any pastor of any denomination–is blessed when his people bring their copies of God’s Word to church with them and do as the Bereans did.
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Table of Contents
Prologue The Camel Brand
The human name quest started in Babel
Introduction A Kaleidoscope of names
God is a multi-faceted personality. He forms us into His image as we allow Him to brand us with His character.
1 What’s in a Name?
Our relationship with God grows as we get to know the character that underlies His names.
2 A Faith Journey
God revealed Himself to Moses as Yahweh and increased his faith so that he could lead Israel out of Egypt.
3 Spectrum of Glory
Exploring the connection between God’s glory and His names. The difference between fear and reverence.
4 Approaching Glory
The God of glory is eternally committed to relationship with us.
5 Scorched Ground
Names that express the holiness and righteousness of God.
6 Pledging Allegiance
The Lord of hosts, the Lord our banner, and other names that reflect God’s supremacy.
7 Intersecting with the Everlasting
We find life’s enduring purpose in partnership with the Eternal God.
8 The Gods Must Be Crazy
If He is God of gods, then who are the gods and how much greater is He than them?
9 Ministry to Foreign Affairs
Jesus’ exclusive claim to be the way, the truth, and the life. And how to explain that awkward name, “Jealous God.”
10 Like Father Like Child
The mission of Jesus: to reveal God as Father and to reconcile us to Him as His adopted children.
11 Satisfied By God
God satisfies thirsty souls. Jesus is the ultimate thirst-quenching fountain.
12 Riding by Faith
Names that celebrate God’s relationships with people. Abraham, Hagar, and David all had relationships with God that open different windows on His character and ways.
13 Getting Personal
God changed Jacob’s character and his name as He revealed more of His own names.
14 The Interpreter
Immanuel is “God with us” in three senses.
15 Welcoming the Good Shepherd
The title “Shepherd” combines many aspects of God into one role.
16 Two Sides of a Coin
Jesus’ divine and human sides are evident in many of His names, especially those mentioned in the nativity stories.
17 Hark the Herald Angel
Why were the Bethlehem shepherds so excited about “a Savior, Christ the Lord”?
18 Four Threads in an Embroidery
Tracing the roots of the messianic titles of Jesus, in particular, Son of David, Son of God, Son of Man, and Servant of the Lord.
19 A Disappointing Messiah
Jesus fell short of most contemporary messianic expectations but He was still God’s Messiah
20 Who Do You Say That I Am?
The names that people called Jesus say a lot about Him—and them.
21 A Matter of Life and Death
Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life, calls everyone to deeper faith.
22 Dominoes to Dominion
Jesus’ resurrection convinced His followers that He is both Lord and Son of God.
23 God’s Saving Art
Many names of God concern salvation and deliverance and they assure us of security in Him.
Epilogue The Long Hallelujah
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Crude oil prices fell in April. The reason is that the global economic outlook announced by the IMF in April shows that the global growth rate in 2022 will decline due to the slowdown in recovery from the new coronavirus disease due to soaring prices of crude oil and other supply constraints associated with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Corrections, slowing economic recovery hinders growth in crude oil demand Rekindled caution, US long-term interest rates are rising due to expectations of US monetary easing against the backdrop of inflation concerns, and the appreciation of the dollar has made crude oil futures more expensive. WTI prices have fallen due to awareness, widespread corona infections in China, prolonged lockdowns in Shanghai, and widespread speculation that lockdown measures will be taken in Beijing as well.
On the other hand, the EU sought to break away from Russia’s energy dependence, and the possibility of a gradual embargo on Russian crude oil increased, causing a tight supply-demand balance for other markets. In addition, it is becoming clear that production of Russian crude oil will be reduced (a 17% decrease in 2022), and the supply of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria will be stopped. In response to this, Henry Hub (natural gas) Market conditions have skyrocketed, and NY heating oil futures have reached market highs. The futures market is a manifestation of extreme backwardation and tight supply and demand, and is expected to remain volatile unless the Ukrainian crisis is settled.
CP prices have fallen as well as WTI. Two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the crude oil market has been volatile, and in Europe, the warm climate, petrification, demand for gasoline blends have declined, and demand for natural gas alternatives has helped, but both propane and butane have fallen due to the softening of the crude oil market. The Middle East market also entered a period of non-demand, and demand for PDH was scattered in China, Vietnam, etc., but there were many spot sales in gas-producing countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the sense of tight supply and demand diminished. Demand for butane as a substitute for naphtha has disappeared from the west coast of Australia and the west coast of the United States, as there are spots for butane-equipped cargo. In the United States, demand for propane has passed its peak, but remains strong and high with exports. (Reference: Energy Intelligence Network, ENEOS GLOBE) | <urn:uuid:8371ff1a-5c16-4209-a129-0414fb6a9714> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sopetgasone.com.vn/gia-cp-thang-5-nam-2022-la-855-usd-95usd-so-voi-thang-truoc-propan-8500-usd-butan-8600-usd/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.961294 | 500 | 1.609375 | 2 |
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Does reading to infants benefit their cognitive development at 9-months-old? An investigation using a large birth cohort survey
This study uses a nationally representative sample of 9-month-old infants and their families from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study to investigate if reading to infants is associated with higher scores on contemporaneous indicators of cognitive development independently of other languagebased interactions between parent and infant, such as showing them pictures or talking to them. Reading to infants had an independent positive effect on scores for both the problem-solving and communication subscales of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), while the positive effect of showing pictures was independent only for communication scores. The effects of both of these activities were, however, less substantial than the positive effect observed for the more informal activity of frequently talking to the infant while doing other things; and this was observed for both communication and problem-solving. The analyses were robust to adjustment for several other factors including maternal education, gestational age, non-parental care, breastfeeding, attachment and presence of siblings. The findings highlight the potential of reading and talking to infants, not just for language and literacy development but also for other aspects of cognitive development. | <urn:uuid:ab7f2f8c-9578-4cc0-93c8-fac479672bd7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275456928_Does_reading_to_infants_benefit_their_cognitive_development_at_9-months-old_An_investigation_using_a_large_birth_cohort_survey | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.958937 | 255 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Common causes of heart failure include coronary artery disease including a previous myocardial infarction (heart attack), high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, excess alcohol use, infection, and cardiomyopathy of an unknown cause.
These cause heart failure by changing either the structure or the functioning of the heart. The severity of disease is graded by the severity of symptoms with exercise.
Heart failure is not the same as myocardial infarction (in which part of the heart muscle dies) or cardiac arrest (in which blood flow stops altogether). Other diseases that may have symptoms similar to heart failure include obesity, kidney failure, liver problems, anemia, and thyroid disease. Heart failure is diagnosed based on the history of the symptoms and a physical examination, with confirmation by echocardiography.
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It might seem obvious that McCain’s new-found support for offshore drilling is a pander: after all, the federal government itself says that if you were to drill all over the continental United States, you’d find enough oil to last America just two and a half years, meaning we’re not talking about a long-term solution. Moreover, offshore drilling will cause only a marginal impact on prices, and even that tiny impact won’t be felt for another seven to 10 years, according to the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry trade group that points out that production cannot start right away.
But maybe McCain didn’t check the numbers. Is there any other way you can tell that offshore drilling is actually pointless, and serves only as a base election-season pitch to voters angry about high gas prices? There is. There are no ships.
As President Bush calls for repealing a ban on drilling off most of the coast of the United States, a shortage of ships used for deep-water offshore drilling promises to impede any rapid turnaround in oil exploration and supply.
…the world’s existing drill-ships are booked solid for the next five years. Some oil companies have been forced to postpone exploration while waiting for a drilling rig, executives and analysts said.
Demand is so high that shipbuilders, the biggest of whom are in Asia, have raised prices since last year by as much as $100 million a vessel to about half a billion dollars.
“The crunch on rigs is everywhere,” said Alberto Guimaraes, a senior executive at Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company that has discovered some of the most promising offshore oil but has been unable to get at it.
Even if we did lift the moratorium on offshore drilling, we wouldn’t have the equipment needed to actually take advantage. If McCain knows this and is supporting offshore drilling anyway, he’s pandering. If he doesn’t know this, he needs to go back to public policy school. | <urn:uuid:4105564c-d8d6-4d28-aa5b-13ca919887d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://develop.motherjones.com/politics/2008/06/how-you-know-mccains-offshore-drilling-reversal-pander/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.963998 | 416 | 1.929688 | 2 |
No one can say with certainty how a piece of property might be best farmed in the future. For that reason, agricultural easements are usually crafted with a high degree of flexibility.
An agricultural easement is a form of conservation easement. A conservation easement is a voluntary, legal agreement between a landowner and a non-profit land trust that permanently protects land by restricting it for open space, recreation, wildlife habitat, or agricultural production. An agricultural easement is written with farm use as the top priority. Such an easement keeps the land in private ownership and available for agriculture by permanently altering the property deed to prevent or minimize subdivision, and to limit construction to agricultural buildings and residential buildings that support the farm (in a manner that serves both current and future landowners).
No one can say with certainty how a piece of property might be best farmed in the future. For that reason, agricultural easements are usually crafted with a high degree of flexibility that one would not see in other conservation easements. This includes provisions that allow for fencing, farm buildings, land clearing, and more. Our goal in writing easements is to help ensure that the land can sustain a vital and viable farm business.
When appropriate, an easement could include an additional measure of protection, called an Option to Purchase at Agricultural Value (OPAV). An OPAV is language that is written into an easement which requires that when the farm goes up for sale (if it is not being sold to a family member or farmer), the land trust that holds the easement can step in to buy the property and resell it to a farmer. This provides an extra measure to ensure that the eventual sale of the land will be at its agricultural value and that it will continue as an active farm, creating affordability and keeping farmland in farming.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Protecting Maine farmland is the only way to ensure we will have enough land to grow our food in the future. Agricultural conservation easements protect land from development and preserve its availability for continued agricultural use. As a property right that can be granted or sold to a land trust, an easement can also provide financial benefits to the landowner in the form of income tax incentives or income to support a farm operation. Also, it often allows the land to be sold to a next generation farmer at a more affordable price.
The grant of an agricultural conservation easement can be a very important part of a farm succession plan, especially for landowners who want to ensure their land will remain available for farming in the face of an uncertain future. An agricultural conservation easement can create the security of knowing that a farm will never be developed for other uses. An easement sale might also provide some capital for retirement, or help to facilitate the sale of the land to a next generation farmer. MFT staff is well-versed at working with landowners that would like to include an easement in their succession plan; we are happy to share our expertise, and point you towards resources and tools that best suit your needs.
If you grant an agricultural easement on your property, you are NOT giving up title to the land, nor any remaining rights of ownership.
When you grant an agricultural easement on your property, you reserve all customary rights and privileges of ownership, including the rights to sell or lease the property, or to leave the property to someone else through a will. The same holds for future owners. (The easement’s terms will apply to all subsequent landowners in perpetuity.)
Generally, an agricultural easement limits future development that interferes with continued farming, but allows future development that supports farming, including fencing, land clearing, and new agricultural structures (such as barns or even farmworker housing). At any time, before or after granting a conservation easement, you can contact MFT with your questions about activities on your property. MFT strives to answer all questions in a timely manner. We understand that your property is your livelihood, and we do our best to provide the necessary information as soon as possible.
You are under no obligation to provide public access to farmland you protect. Some landowners who grant easements choose to include language that allows public access (for hunting, fishing, or recreation), but MFT never requires it.
The vast majority of landowners who grant easements remain pleased they did so for the rest of their lives. But because an easement will place new restrictions on your land, permanently, it’s critically important that you think this all through carefully and clearly. You may regret granting an easement if the restrictions prevent some intended use, or some use that you did not anticipate at the time you granted the easement.
It is useful for you, as a landowner, to have thought a bit about your goals before contacting MFT. Here are some questions to reflect on:
- Why do I wish to permanently protect my land?
- What are my financial circumstances? Do I need compensation? Or am I in a position to donate an easement?
- Do I have the time and patience to work through an easement process?
- Do I have strong, specific desires in mind for the land?
You can contact us at any time for more information, with your questions or concerns, or to start a conversation about protecting your farmland.
For most inquiries, staff will need to review a map of your property in order to help you assess if our tools are suitable for your situation. It is most helpful if you can compile maps of your property, or even just a tax map and lot number prior to contacting us.
Depending on the characteristics of your property and your needs as a landowner, donated easements may be the best tool to protect your land. Donated easements are generally easier to execute than purchased easement, and still bring financial benefits. Learn More.
Your farm could be a candidate for a purchased easement, in which you would receive direct compensation for protecting your land. These funds could allow you to reinvest in your farm, pay off debt, or extract some equity before passing the farm along to the next generation. Learn More. | <urn:uuid:3b8c3765-0b83-483d-b89c-6f73c6c59ea6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/farmland-protection-new/agricultural-easements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.950922 | 1,268 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Seigniorage Supply (Algorithmic) StableCoins with 2019 Complete Guide!
2019 Complete StableCoin Guide
Part 4 of 7
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Simply stated, a StableCoin is a cryptocurrency pegged to another asset. Or, a global digital currency solely unrelated to a central entity. StableCoins make for practical usage of cryptocurrencies by allowing for secure, convenient transactions without the high volatility traditional cryptocurrencies hold. Now let’s move on….
Types of Stablecoins: Asset-Collateralized vs. Non-Collateralized
Define Asset-Collateralized StableCoins.
The socially agreed upon currency most countries use is termed ‘fiat’, which literally means ‘something that was created without effort.” Until 1971 world currencies were backed by gold. Before printed money; diamonds, silver, gold, land, estate and other goods were used as means for barter. Shifting from an asset backed currency to the current fiat system left centralized banks, governments, financial technologists, private entities, and economic experts with the concept of Asset-Collateralized StableCoins. These specific StableCoins’ purpose is to tokenize stable assets on a blockchain serving as a digital currency for means of speedy, secure and stable daily transactions. Stablecoins in this category should be guaranteed to exchange 1 : 1 StableCoin for its underlying asset.
Define Non-Collateralized StableCoins.
One argument states, fiat is not backed by any tangible asset, therefore; why should cryptocurrency only have value as an asset-backed currency? An opposing argument suggests currency merely must have an agreed upon “value” to be successful. Non-Collateralized Stablecoins were created as a medium. This category of digital currency is not backed by any “real-world” or cryptocurrency asset; but instead, maintains value by its users expectations of maintaining a certain value. The only current noted Non-Collateralized approach is the Seigniorage Supply (Algorithmic) StableCoin Model.
Each Category Broken Down
I’ve separated three different types of asset backed coins, one non-collateralized and a group of hybrids, in hopes of a more simplistic understanding.
Looking back, the first Asset-Collateralized StableCoin we discussed was Fiat- Collateralized. You can find that publication here:
Second, we covered Crypto-Collateralized StableCoin’s. That article is right here:
Now we are going to switch things up a bit and visit the only Non-Collateralized StableCoin Category.
Seigniorage Supply (Algorithmic) Stablecoins
Seigniorage Supply or Algorithmic StableCoins the only noted Non-Collateralized StableCoin. They’re an algorithmically governed approach to expanding and contracting a cryptocurrency’s money supply. Modeled after central banks’ management over their countries’ monetary supplies, Algorithmic StableCoins use algorithms to automatically increase or decrease StableCoins for a low volatile digital currency.
“Special thanks to Robert Sams for the development of Seigniorage Shares and insights regarding how to correctly value volatile coins in multi-currency systems.” Vitalik Buterin states in his 11.11.2014 publication “The Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency”. Sams published the Algorithmic StableCoin concept earlier that year. Crypto-enthusiasts and centralized companies created White Papers shortly after.
- Absence of Collateral. No tangible asset required. This StableCoin is created or destroyed by an algorithm, lessening errors from users.
- Autonomous. Cryptocurrency not influenced by outside markets.
- Decentralized.Trustless, onchain ledger providing secure digital currency.
- Stable. Theoretically protected against crypto volatility related to; automatic value adjustments based on market supply/demand.
- Supported. Many financial technology experts support Algorithmic StableCoins
- Complex. The rule-based system is integrated with complex logic, making understanding difficult for average investors and consumers.
- Futuristic. Relies on own future demand for successful StableCoin.
- New technology. Unproven successful methodology related to new, complex concept.
- Regulations. Real-world bonds are considered securities. Algorithmic StableCoin Bonds run the risk of also being classified as such, risking benefits of decentralization.
The Seigniorage Supply or Algorithmic StableCoins method uses ‘Smart Contracts’ that automatically expand and contract the supply of Non-Collateralized currency using algorithms to maintain value.
Said StableCoin has a $1 value. The price drops to $0.80, indicating supply of StableCoins is higher than demand. The algorithm uses seigniorage to buy ‘said’ StableCoin, thereby decreasing supply and pushing price back to $1.
In event price continues to remain under $1, and no remaining profits to purchase more of the coin’s supply; seigniorage shares are then issued. These are essentially “bonds” used to raise funds for network users. “Bonds” promise seigniorage profits to buyers. Users are essentially investing in the growth of Algorithmic StableCoins supply. When said StableCoin trades above $1, the algorithm issues additional tokens increasing supply until price returns to $1. Profits collected are termed “seigniorage”.
From The Swiss Finance Institute; Didier Sornette and Richard Senner released a publication stating recent use of Quantitative Easing (QE) tried to restore the US economy by flooding the market with new bonds. With that, they add, “QE was not overly effective because it did not channel new liquidity to ordinary people, who would have a high propensity to consume.”
Others claim “bonds” are merely a bet your investment will remain stable or grow. Preston Byrne closes his critique of a recently failed Algorithmic StableCoin, “An investment scheme backed by introducing new investors… and not backed by income-generating assets can be called a number of things. I leave it to you, dear reader, to decide what name you will choose to give to this one.”
“If executed well, this type of stablecoin will unlock rich possibilities for crypto holders since it will be decentralized, efficient, and free of counterparty risk. The approach is promising, albeit in need of testing.” Says Nat Wittayatanaseth on her Medium Publication. (Nice to meet you, Nat! Fabulous work!)
Seigniorage Supply (Algorithmic) StableCoins could potentially collapse in a cryptocurrency black swan event. A successful Non-Collateralized stablecoin could radically change financial technology, consumer trade and society views both; value and money. However, an unsuccessful Algorithmic StableCoin can be catastrophic and dramatically impact cryptocurrency.
Part 5/10 of Alyze Sam’s 2019 Complete StableCoin Guide
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Finnair issued this traffic report:
In September, Finnair carried 298,200 passengers, which was 158.1% more than in September 2020. The number of passengers in September 2021 was 11.9% more than in August 2021 (month-on-month figures are not fully comparable as there is one fewer day in September).
The COVID-19 impact, including the strict travel restrictions imposed by several countries, still affected all passenger traffic figures. It was particularly visible in the North Atlantic and Asian figures.
The overall capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometers (ASK), increased in September by 151.3% year-on-year and by 12.9% month-on-month. Finnair operated, on average, 144 daily flights (cargo-only included), which was 73.5% more than in September 2020 and 13.4% more than in August 2021. The differences between capacity figures compared to September 2020 are explained by the longer average stage length of flights operated and by the larger gauge of aircraft operated. Finnair’s traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs), increased by 220.0% year-on-year and by 8.9% month-on-month. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) increased by 8.7% points to 40.5% year-on-year but decreased by 1.5% points month-on-month.
The ASK increase in Asian traffic was 20.9% year-on-year. In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 179.6%. The ASKs in domestic traffic increased by 25.2%.
RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 26.6%, in European traffic by 339.8% and in domestic traffic by 34.3% year-on-year.
The PLF was 19.4% in Asian traffic and 16.1% in North Atlantic traffic but both were supported by the very strong cargo operations and a high cargo load factor. The PLF was 65.5% in European traffic and 70.7% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers increased in Asian traffic by 27.6%, in European traffic by 254.6% and in domestic traffic by 35.2% year-on-year.
In North Atlantic traffic, ASK, RPK and passenger number growth rates year-on-year cannot be calculated as there were no passenger flights in September 2020.
In September, available scheduled cargo tonne kilometers increased by 165.7% year-on-year (increased by 9.6% month-on-month) and revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometers increased by 136.8% (increased by 14.9% month-on-month), both due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on scheduled flights, especially in North Atlantic traffic, in September 2020. Cargo-related available tonne kilometers increased by 167.8% year-on-year (increased by 37.8% month-on-month) and revenue tonne kilometers increased by 148.8% (increased by 45.1% month-on-month) and both include the cargo-only flights, operated mainly between Europe and Asia, as well as between Europe and North America. Cargo-only tonnes were up by 156.3% year-on-year and by 137.6% month-on-month. Demand for cargo capacity was exceptionally strong in September and, therefore, the total cargo tonnes increased by 139.4% year-on-year and by 45.9% month-on-month (September was a record month during the pandemic). Also, the cargo load factor remained high.
In September, 92.7% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (96.2%).
Traffic statistics for October 2021 will be published on Friday 5 November 2021.
|Finnair Traffic Performance September 2021|
|Month||% Change||YTD||% Change|
|Available seat kilometers mill||1,246.6||151.3||5,913.3||-49.4|
|Revenue passenger kilometres mill||505.0||220.0||2,110.1||-72.9|
|Passenger load factor %||40.5||8.7p||35.7||-30.9p|
|Cargo tonnes total||9,567.2||139.4||63,351.9||21.5|
|Available tonne kilometers mill||245.1||127.5||1 474.3||-27.4|
|Revenue tonne kilometers mill||115.7||172.6||656.4||-36.8|
|Passengers 1,000 Asia||8.1||27.6||46.4||-90.5|
|Available seat kilometers mill Asia||314.3||20.9||2,315.1||-57.6|
|Revenue passenger kilometres mill Asia||60.9||26.6||349.3||-90.7|
|Passenger load factor % Asia||19.4||0.9p||15.1||-53.4p|
|Passengers 1,000 Europe||217.9||254.6||874.9||-53.8|
|Available seat kilometers mill Europe||530.0||179.6||2,217.7||-52.3|
|Revenue passenger kilometers mill Europe||347.4||339.8||1,282.6||-56.6|
|Passenger load factor % Europe||65.5||23.9p||57.8||-5.7p|
|Passengers 1,000 North Atlantic||7.6||N/A||31.7||-61.4|
|Available seat kilometers mill North Atlantic||344.0||N/A||998.6||17.6|
|Revenue passenger kilometers mill North Atlantic||55.5||N/A||230.9||-64.3|
|Passenger load factor % North Atlantic||16.1||N/A||23.1||-53.1p|
|Passengers 1,000 Domestic||64.5||35.2||376.2||-49.4|
|Available seat kilometers mill Domestic||58.3||25.2||381.9||-47.0|
|Revenue passenger kilometers mill Domestic||41.2||34.3||247.3||-43.9|
|Passenger load factor % Domestic||70.7||4.8p||64.7||3.5p|
|North Atlantic tons||2,205.9||N/A||6,256.9||146.1|
|Cargo scheduled traffic total tons||5,757.0||129.4||32,141.8||-15.3|
|Cargo flights tons**||3,810.2||156.3||31,210.1||120.1|
|Cargo Traffic tons total||9,567.2||139.4||63,351.9||21.5|
|Available tonne kilometers* mill||91.5||167.8||587.4||5.1|
|Revenue tonne kilometers mill||70.8||148.8||468.8||36.6|
|Available sched. cargo ton kms* mill||55.7||165.7||297.2||-30.6|
|Revenue sched. cargo ton kms mill||41.2||136.8||230.6||-3.9|
|Cargo load factor* %||77.4||-5.9p||79.8||18.4p|
|– North-Atlantic cargo load factor* %||69.5||N/A||68.4||2.1p|
|– Asia cargo load factor* %||85.8||-2.0p||85.6||24.9p|
|Scheduled traffic cargo load factor* %||73.9||-9.0p||77.6||21.6p|
* Based on average operational cargo capacity
** Including purchased traffic
- Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the previous year (p = points, N/A = not available).
- Available seat kilometres, ASK: Total number of seats available multiplied by kilometres flown.
- Revenue passenger kilometres, RPK: Number of revenue passengers carried multiplied by kilometres flown.
- Passenger load factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available seat kilometres.
- Available tonne kilometres, ATK: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail multiplied by kilometres flown.
- Revenue tonne kilometres, RTK: Total revenue load consisting of passengers, cargo and mail multiplied by kilometres flown.
- Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available tonne kilometres.
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A recent article in Quality Magazine is a great summary of some modern trends in gaging. At New Scale Robotics, we are working to combine these digitized gages with collaborative robots – helping manufacturers automate gaging with robotic tools that are as easy to use as a smartphone.
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Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and Seneca Park Zoo today announced that the Masai giraffe calf born earlier this week is a male and is receiving veterinary care for a leg tendon issue. With the assistance of animal care staff, Zoo Veterinarian Chris McKinney placed a splint on the calf’s leg due to laxity in the tendons of his left front fetlock, causing the joint to bend outward and forward.
“The laxity is something that he was born with, and is also seen in horses and cattle,” said Dr. Chris McKinney. “We placed a splint on the leg, which is kept in place with a bandage and keeps the joint in the proper position to provide support while he gains more strength in the leg.”
According to Dr. McKinney, the joint should gain strength over the next few days so the splint can be removed. The giraffe calf was also found to have an umbilical hernia, which is a congenital abnormality.
“Umbilical hernias occur when the muscle of the body wall does not close fully where the umbilical cord enters the body,” said Dr. McKinney. “This is not painful and at this time is causing him no harm but can worsen as he grows. Once he has had more time to nurse and bond with mom, we will plan to surgically close the hernia to ensure he continues to be healthy.”
“Despite the leg issue and hernia, the calf is otherwise healthy,” said County Executive Adam Bello. “He is nursing and has integrated well with the rest of the giraffe herd. But, we do know that baby giraffes have high mortality rates and the first few days and weeks are critical to the success of the birth. Zoo staff will continue monitoring baby and mom 24/7 to watch out for any unforeseen challenges.”
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3 edition of Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, report 15 found in the catalog.
Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, report 15
R. D. Stevens
|Statement||R.D. Stevens, R.N. Delabio, G.R. Lachance.|
|Series||Paper / Geological Survey of Canada ;, 81-2, Paper (Geological Survey of Canada) ;, 81-2.|
|Contributions||Delabio, R. N., Lachance, G. R., Geological Survey of Canada.|
|LC Classifications||QE185 .A42 no. 81-2, QE508 .A42 no. 81-2|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||56 p. :|
|Number of Pages||56|
|LC Control Number||82162862|
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Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, report Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, (OCoLC) Material Type: Government publication, National government publication: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: R D Stevens; R N Delabio; G R Lachance; Geological Survey of Canada.
Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, report Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, (OCoLC) Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: R D Stevens; R N Delabio; G R Lachance; Geological Survey of Canada.
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It has been two months since a 16-year-old Milwaukee boy was ordered by a judge into a county-run rehabilitation program, but he hasn't gotten a single service from it.
A Milwaukee County Children's Court judge deemed the boy, who admitted to committing a string of armed robberies in September, in need of serious help.
Instead, he sits in detention waiting for a spot in the program to open up.
His predicament is a reflection of significant pressure on Milwaukee County's youth justice system amid a rise in crime and caseloads — but also as decisions at the local and state levels have stymied plans to support youths here, instead of sending them to the troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake prison 200 miles away.
It's a situation a former county leader recently described in dire terms.
"From my seat, there are flashing red lights around this issue that it’s not sustainable as it is," Mark Mertens said shortly before leaving his position as head of Milwaukee County's Division of Children, Youth and Family Services in December.
Mertens warned members of a county board committee that improvements were needed or else the county's juvenile detention center risked "devolving into a facility that is much like Lincoln Hills had been in the past where it's not safe."
When lawmakers moved in 2018 to close Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls, located on a joint campus north of Wausau, the plan envisioned smaller facilities where youths who break the law could be held and rehabilitated closer to their families and support networks.
But four years later, thanks to underfunding and disputes over where to put the replacement facilities, nothing has been built. And the youth prison remains open, despite a state law requiring its closure by July 1, 2021.
Judges and local officials have tried to keep kids closer to home, but a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation found the options close to home are overwhelmed.
The county's Vel Phillips Center is overcrowded, rehabilitation programs have long waiting lists, and — some worry — more youths are going unsupervised, during a time of rising car thefts and reckless driving.
Judges are now sending an increasing number of youths to Lincoln Hills, even as the legality of doing so is unclear.
Some judges have expressed uncertainty about whether the legislation creating a deadline to close Lincoln Hills precludes them from sending kids to the facility — even as the new, smaller facilities meant to house them in their communities do not yet exist.
The Legislature recently passed a bipartisan bill that would spend $41.8 million to construct a new state-run juvenile facility in Milwaukee County, but a prospective location has already provoked vocal opposition and it will likely take months or years to build. Gov. Tony Evers is expected to sign the measure.
For years, Lincoln Hills has drawn criminal inquiries and lawsuits over abuse and mistreatment of youths. The state has paid more than $25 million in settlements and legal fees, but prosecutors wrapped up a four-year probe of the facility in 2019 without any criminal charges.
Starting last July, the cost to house youths at Lincoln Hills, Copper Lake and the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Madison nearly doubled — from $615 to $1,154 per person per day. That has made it more expensive to keep kids at the state-run facilities and — officials worry — harder to put money toward local programs to rehabilitate youths in their communities.
County officials are already projecting a $6 million deficit in this year's Children, Youth and Family Services division budget due to the cost of sending youths to the state-run facilities.
Vel Phillips Center overcrowded amid surge in crime
The existing challenges have been exacerbated by a rise in crime among young people that has raised alarms in the community.
In 2021, Milwaukee police arrested more people 16 and younger than in any year since 2016, the last time juvenile crime was unusually high, according to Milwaukee Police Department arrest data obtained through an open records request.
Most were for vehicle theft and carjackings, reckless driving, fleeing from police and other related crimes. Other cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago, have reported spikes in carjackings committed by young people.
Those crimes can have deadly consequences.
In June, a 16-year-old boy died after fleeing from Milwaukee police in a stolen vehicle. He drove into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with another vehicle at 50 to 60 miles per hour, officials said. Five other youths, including two 12-year-old passengers in the stolen vehicle, were seriously injured.
In October, a 13-year-old boy, Jayden Adams, was arrested and charged as an adult, accused of stealing a woman’s vehicle and running her over with it, killing her.
"We know we need to take it seriously and we are taking it seriously," said Judge Laura Crivello, presiding judge of Milwaukee County Children's Court.
In 2021, Milwaukee police reported making 926 juvenile arrests, compared with 579 in 2020 and 732 in 2019, though 2020 was considered an anomaly because of pandemic-related disruptions.
The number of kids being held in detention at the Vel R. Phillips Youth and Family Justice Center, the county's 127-bed juvenile jail, has ballooned in the last year. The juvenile jail is so full that children sometimes need to sleep in "boats," or portable, often plastic beds on the floor.
County officials say the jail has been at or near capacity since September. In February, the jail held an average of 133 kids per day, or six more than its number of beds, said Kelly Pethke, who replaced Mertens as head of the county's Children, Youth and Family Services division. On Feb. 21, the facility reached a high of 141 youths.
"We're really quite frankly very boxed in right now," Mertens said in December. "We don’t have the capacity to expand legally or fiscally."
There are several reasons for kids to be held at Vel Phillips. Some have been brought to detention for violating a court order in their delinquency case, the juvenile version of a criminal matter. Most either are awaiting trial on pending charges or have been ordered at disposition — similar to an adult "sentencing" — into a program that has an initial in-custody phase.
Then, there is a growing list of young people ordered to wait in detention — sometimes for months — until a spot opens up in that very program, called the Milwaukee County Accountability Program, or MCAP, and considered an alternative to Lincoln Hills.
On March 23, the waitlist was 19 people long. That means, a person added in late March could wait until mid-May for a spot to open up, Pethke said.
MCAP is meant to give high-risk youths the tools they need to make better decisions and stay on a crime-free path through intensive therapy, mentoring, group counseling and other services. The first half of the program is in detention, the second half in the community.
But while on the waitlist, youths don't get the MCAP tools, such as mentoring from Running Rebels, which is considered key to changing their behavior, Crivello said.
"The goal is to best serve these kids, to help them rehabilitate, to reduce recidivism, and sitting on a waitlist doesn't further that agenda," Crivello said.
The waitlist is "so long" that the 16-year-old boy who has been on the MCAP waitlist for two months recently asked to be sent to Lincoln Hills instead.
"He wants to get his services in place and just get through this and get home," Krystina La Caze, a human services worker for the county, said during a recent hearing in his case.
The teen later withdrew that request, but his attorney said it shows how frustrating the situation is.
"If that's not the most ironic thing in the world, they (try to) shut down Lincoln Hills so they can do more locally based treatment and that is not happening," said Reed Martin, the attorney representing the 16-year-old.
Crivello and others would like to see the program expanded, but the same law that ordered the closure of Lincoln Hills also capped the in-custody part of the program at 24 participants, county officials say.
Aside from Lincoln Hills and Mendota, the program is the only other option for high-risk youths whom Milwaukee County judges deem in need of a secure, or locked, setting, judges said.
In a typical year, Children's Court handles more than 900 new delinquency cases. The most serious offenders — if they are not waived to adult court — ordinarily go to Lincoln Hills or are referred to MCAP. Less serious ones might go to residential treatment centers in the community or might be released home under conditions, such as GPS monitoring, drug or alcohol treatment, counseling or other programming.
Some youths never go before the court, but enter into what are called deferred prosecution agreements, where if they follow all the rules, a case is never filed.
Lincoln Hills still an option?
Under the law to close Lincoln Hills, judges may no longer send certain juveniles directly to the youth prison.
In part, that means they're relying more heavily on MCAP, the only option for secure confinement other than Lincoln Hills and Mendota.
"There are some kids in need of restrictive settings," Crivello said. "It puts us in a bit of a quandary because now you have the kid just sitting downstairs on a waitlist waiting to get into the MCAP program."
Judges may still send youths found delinquent of certain serious offenses listed in state law, such as armed robbery, directly to Lincoln Hills, Crivello said.
But not all dangerous crimes that might warrant confinement are included in the list, she said.
For those youths, Milwaukee County judges are increasingly relying on a "workaround" to still send youths to Lincoln Hills under the law. But they and county prosecutors seem to have struggled with how heavily to rely on that route.
"As with anything with the law, there is a disagreement as to whether it is legal," said Elisabeth Mueller, a Milwaukee County deputy district attorney in charge of the juvenile division. "It's really not a great solution."
Under the workaround, a judge sentences a young person and then prosecutors quickly file for a "change in placement" to ask the court to reconsider its sentence and send the young person to Lincoln Hills. The judge may hold another hearing before making a decision on the request.
Mueller said in the short term, what is needed is a place to send the most troubled youths.
"We need a place where we can ensure the community is protected while we ensure they get the services that they need, and we don't really have that right now," she said. "Is Lincoln Hills the best option? No, but that's what we have right now."
Concerns for youths pushed to adult system
Crivello wonders if limitations on sending youths to Lincoln Hills or to a replacement facility is inadvertently pushing more youths into the adult system.
For some of the more serious offenders, the court may have exhausted all of the local options in the juvenile system to try to change the youths' behavior. The only unexplored option is to send them to Lincoln Hills.
But if every other option has been tried and if Lincoln Hills is off the table, it makes it harder for defense attorneys to argue the youths would be better served within the juvenile justice system, Crivello said. That leaves adult court.
"It takes away an argument (against being waived to adult court) that's been previously utilized," she said.
It is unclear whether prosecutors are filing more waivers to transfer youths into adult court than before. Mueller said she doesn't believe that's happening.
Though she didn't have exact figures, she estimated that in 2021, roughly 67 waiver petitions were filed by prosecutors. By her estimates, that's compared with about 63 in 2020 and around 53 in 2019. She noted that if a single youth had multiple cases, he or she could be associated with more than one waiver petition.
Efforts moving forward to build state-run juvenile facility in Milwaukee
State lawmakers finally have moved forward with efforts to build a state-run juvenile facility in Milwaukee County — one of the steps necessary for closing Lincoln Hills.
The 2018 state legislation envisioned new state-run facilities responsible for the most serious juvenile offenders, as well as county-run facilities for youths who committed lower-level offenses.
Construction of both types of facilities have been stalled for years, but a state-run youth prison in Milwaukee County seems to have the best chance of moving forward soon.
The Legislature recently passed a bill to spend $41.8 million to build the facility in the county, though a site has not been finalized and the location proposed by corrections officials has drawn opposition from local activists, religious leaders and others. An amendment to the legislation says lawmakers of the city in which it would be located would need to sign off on the site.
Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials have said they plan to build the facility where the Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center is now, northwest of downtown Milwaukee.
But the plan has met opposition from those who say the Chaney center is vital as a pre-release site where men about to be released from prison receive employment, housing and other services to ease their transition back into the community. They say more pre-release beds are needed in Milwaukee, not fewer.
"We need the state to know that closing the Chaney facility is not an option," state Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, said at a news conference recently outside the center, 2825 N. 30th St.
Milwaukee's mayoral candidates have not gotten behind the idea of converting Chaney, either.
In a recent debate sponsored by TMJ4 News, former Ald. Bob Donovan was unequivocal about not wanting to replace Chaney, while Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson said he did not "necessarily" want to see a new juvenile facility at that location. Neither, however, named a specific place where they would like to see a juvenile facility built.
Corrections officials don't see many other options.
"We need to keep moving forward to keep these kids closer to home," Melissa Roberts, the assistant deputy secretary for DOC, said at a legislative committee hearing in February.
Talis Shelbourne of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
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Perfectionism reduces our confidence – excellence enhances it.
Do you notice that despite all your efforts, the progress is slow, and the work is not as good as you imagined? Do you notice thoughts such as “this is not good enough” or “what if I cannot do this and I fail the course/lose my job?”
It is common to experience these feelings when we care about doing well in our work. Research on perfectionism defines it as a combination of highly demanding standards and harsh self-critical evaluations. Setting unrealistic goals and believing that we should not make mistakes increases our fear of negative results and worry about being judged negatively (Ben-Shahar,2009).
It is normal to have self-doubts when starting a new project that challenges us as we go beyond our comfort zone. If we focus on all that could go wrong, anticipating negative results, it will negatively affect our confidence to achieve our goals (Hill & Curran, 2016).
When we make mistakes, we tend to interpret them as signs of our lack of ability and feel discouraged. It can add significant pressure and experience stress symptoms, and we take longer to do things preventing us from meeting deadlines.
Without realising, we limit ourselves and miss out on development opportunities by not going beyond our comfort zone. As a result, the tension reduces our ability to maintain an open mind, and we think we need to work harder and longer. We can manage by taking time to acknowledge our feelings and take breaks to restore energy and regain our focus.
So, what can we do to do good work and derive a sense of achievement when we do well?
Aim for excellence: the expectation is that we achieve mastery through effort and practice. We make adjustments to improve and develop our knowledge and skills. It embraces mistakes because we learn from them, and through an iterative process, we constantly make adjustments, improve our work, and learn to master a skill.
Our attention is not on what could go wrong but on what we could create and master. As Aristotle said: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Reframe negative thoughts: Notice when you have negative thoughts about your work or anticipate adverse outcomes. Then ask yourself: “Is this thought helpful?” and then ask: “what one thing can I do now to move forward?”
Reframe fear of failure: Because we care to do good work, we worry about mistakes. When we believe that we should not make mistakes, viewing them as signs of our lack of ability impacts our confidence in our ability. Instead, view errors and setbacks as part of the learning process.
Expect that it may take time to achieve results. Several trials and errors may be necessary to understand a concept or result in an experiment. If it does not work on the first attempt, it does not mean you cannot get a positive result later.
Focus on making progress: often, we have a definite idea of how things should be, pursuing unrealistic standards. We do not realise that our expectations add pressure and paradoxically prevent us from doing good work. Instead, focus on making progress and working on what supports your goals (Amabile & Kramer, 2011).
Practise self-compassion: It is about being aware that we are human and that sometimes mistakes can happen. Treat yourself with kindness, like you would behave towards your best friend.
Take a moment to pause and redirect your attention to the present moment.
When we take a break and are away from screens, it helps restore energy. It creates some distance from the task so that we can look at it with fresh eyes when we return to it. It allows us to ground ourselves and redirect our attention to what matters.
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Facing the challenge of Crohn’s disease head-on
If you are diagnosed with a chronic disease, this may disrupt your long-standing life plans, but it should not stop you from achieving your dreams, let alone pursuing even more beautiful ones. 24-years-old Pierre-Louis is living proof of this, he has managed to combine his passion for sailing with a new mission in life: to raise public awareness of Crohn’s disease so people understand it better and, at the same time, encourage other sufferers to come out of their shells and live their lives to the full.
Diagnosis Crohn’s disease
Pierre-Louis’ normal life as a teenager came to an abrupt end when he was 16 years old. He had developed constant diarrhea, abdominal pain, digestive problems and sometimes blood in his stool. After several visits to the doctor and numerous gastrointestinal examinations, the diagnosis was clear: Crohn’s disease.
“This condition made it difficult to develop and go to school like everybody else, especially since this disease comes in flare-ups. You can be fine for several months, then suddenly being unable to venture too far from the toilet for three weeks. I took medication to manage the disease, but still had crises that made me tired and forced me to watch my diet carefully. When my friends for instance suggested that we go to a restaurant, I didn't dare tell them that I couldn't because I was sick.”
It took some time before Pierre-Louis finally accepted his illness. He knows today: “The first step in accepting the disease is to make friends with your body. And that is sometimes difficult. Even if people have the same disease, everyone lives with it differently; it also depends on how severe each particular case is. But the most important thing is: Don’t be afraid to talk about it, to consult patient associations, turn to friends ... And then you realize that people are sympathetic, they mean well, and negative reactions are rare.”
Stepping outside your comfort zone, despite a disability
Pierre-Louis, who has been passionate about sailing since he was 7 years old, always saw himself going into the French Navy ... but Crohn’s threw a spanner in the works and his childhood dream was suddenly put on hold: "I wanted to sail and make the sea my profession in the navy, but it was no longer possible due to my diagnosis. That's when I realized that I would have to fight my way through and learn to live with my disability.” He didn’t give up. With courage and tenacity, he managed to turn his life around and started a somewhat crazy project which combines offshore sailing, raising awareness among the general public, and encouraging other people with Crohn’s to overcome their fears and challenge themselves: ‘Vogue avec un Crohn’1). Today, he says: “If I hadn’t been sick, I might never have found the courage to fulfill my dreams."
Setting sail with Crohn’s
“The project ‘Vogue avec un Crohn’ gradually took shape in my mind. During the first years of my illness, I didn't talk about it at all. You end up self-isolating and withdrawing into yourself. So from one day to the next, I decided to stop hiding, to stop being ashamed of my illness. I went from one extreme to another, from saying nothing about my disease to raising the voice for all patients with IBD through ‘Vogue avec un Crohn’.”
Pierre-Louis founded ‘Vogue avec un Crohn’ in January 2017. This large-scale project uses the medium of major sailing events to inform people about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, both of which are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). His message is clear: “Even with a chronic disease, everything is possible! It is necessary to show some fighting spirit to cope with life's challenges and live well.” By participating in the international championship Solitaire Le Figaro in August/September 2018, a ten-day sailing tour, he fulfilled his first childhood dream.
Experiencing great things even with a stoma
Only one month after this challenge, Pierre-Louis had to undergo emergency surgery. His colon, which had been battered by Crohn’s disease for years, just perforated. The only solution was to create a temporary ileostomy to give his colon time to heal.
Pierre-Louis remembers: “The first thing that changed was how I perceived my disease. With the stoma, this invisible Crohn became visible. I felt that suddenly everybody could see that I was sick.” He stayed in hospital for two weeks, and then he decided that the ostomy would not stop him from doing what he had planned. Several weeks of rehabilitation and rebuilding his body followed. He learned to live with his stoma bag and quickly became independent. Just two months after his surgery, Pierre-Louis resumed training to prepare for the next sailing race.
Six months later, when his surgeon announced that Pierre-Louis’ stoma could be permanently reversed, he preferred to postpone this surgery because the appointment in Mai 2019 collided with the Normandy Channel Race. So instead he set sail together with his friend and co-skipper – and his stoma! For one week, the two sailors lived on board in spartan conditions: surrounded by the cold, humidity and waves and without showering. “I think this was my greatest challenge ever; it wasn’t the longest or the most difficult tour, but I’m proud that I made it through, even with an ostomy.”
The trick is being well-prepared
So Pierre-Louis enjoys life to the max and is full of ideas for new projects. ”After crossing the Atlantic with a friend in the double-handed sailing race, Transat Jacques Vabre, in October 2019, my next goal is to become the first sailor with a chronic disease to cross the Atlantic alone! I plan to participate in the transatlantic single-handed yacht race Route du Rhum in 2022.” Such an endeavor requires immense discipline, regular medical monitoring and special equipment on the boat.
In fact, every race needs a great deal of physical and mental preparation in advance. Pierre-Louis follows a special diet and does everything necessary to keep himself healthy. Additionally, he swears by yoga, which helps him deal with the stress factors during the races, because stress can provoke a new Crohn’s disease crisis. Regular checkups and consultations with his doctor and gastroenterologist ensure adequate treatment. This is especially important for the days and weeks during his ocean races when he is alone. "All this allows me to face the challenges the ocean puts before me with confidence and prove that, despite my disease, that everything is possible with good preparation.”
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2009, Number 6
Acta Ortop Mex 2009; 23 (6)
Espinosa-Gutiérrez A, Rivas-Montero JA, Elías-Escobedo A, Alisedo-Ochoa PG
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ABSTRACTIntroduction. Fractures of the distal end of the radius are very frequent in the orthopedist’s practice. The anatomical reduction of the articular surface and the extra-articular alignment of the radius are extremely important to minimize complications. The purpose of the study is to make an arthroscopic diagnosis of the lesions associated to the distal radius and assist in the reduction of the distal radius fracture. Material and Methods: The study was conducted from March 2007 to February 2008. We performed 20 wrist arthroscopies in 20 patients with an intra-articular fracture of the distal end of the radius. They were classified according to Frykman’s criteria. Patient age ranged from 17 to 67, with a mean of 38.7 ± 15.9 years. 60% were males and 40% females; mean follow-up was 12 months; the chondral lesions were classified according to Outerbridge, the interosseous ligament lesions and the triangular fibrocartilage lesions, according to Palmer’s criteria. We did articular debridement, radiofrequency chondroplasty, and assisted the fracture reduction. We used Henry’s palmar approach and did open reduction and internal fixation with a T-shaped palmar plate and finally performed an arthroscopy to check the reduction. Results: 8 cases had chondral lesions (grades II to IV); 7 cases had lesion of the triangular fibrocartilage (central isolated ruptures, radial detachment of the triangular fibrocartilage from the sigmoid notch), 5 cases had lesionof the scapholunate ligament; one case had a lesion of the luno-pyramidal ligament, and in 6 cases no associated lesions were found; 8 cases had a single lesion and 6 cases had 2 to 3 concomitant lesions. Two patients had been lost at the 3- and 6-month follow-up visits; 35% of those that were followed-up had pain at 3 months (7 patients) and 15% at 6 months. Only 2 cases had scapholunate instability and only one case had distal radioulnar instability. Conclusions: Arthroscopy has proven useful in identifying hidden lesions, assisting in fracture reduction and even treating the lesions found at the time of the diagnosis. Chondral lesions were the most frequent ones, followed by lesions of the triangular fibrocartilage; a close relation was found between the type of Frykman fracture and the associated lesion. Type 7 and 8 lesions were more frequently associated with chondral lesions and with a higher mean age. At the end of the follow-up period the scapholunate ligament lesions remained unstable. Chondral lesions were related with persistent pain at 3 months. | <urn:uuid:628d7bcf-1044-46a9-a387-f541e7ec945a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.medigraphic.com/cgi-bin/new/resumenI.cgi?IDARTICULO=23568 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.948919 | 662 | 1.875 | 2 |
Dr. Tom Reed frequently talked about selling a billion clean burning woodgas stoves. Now that the Biden administration is pointing out that natural gas (and electricity made from fossil fuels) are things of the past, it can be imagined that using woodgas to cook may become a larger part of a post-fossil-fuel future.
“On January 27th, the President announced a series of climate actions that may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era…There’s a shock-and-awe feel to the barrage of actions, and that is the point: taken together, they send a decisive signal about the end of one epoch and the beginning of another. And that signal, most of all, is aimed at investors: fossil fuel, Biden is making clear, is not a safe bet, or even a good bet, for making real money. Coal, oil, and gas are the past, not the future.”-Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, January 28, 2021
Unfortunately, using biomass for cooking is a difficult replacement because:
- Smoke from cooking with wood is very dirty, damaging human health.
- Smoke is something like 680 times worse for climate change compared to CO2 by weight. (Roden, Bond, et al, 2008)
- The wood fuel needs to be renewably harvested.
- Although how to manufacture clean burning, carbon neutral biomass stoves is better understood, stoves need to be affordable to capture substantial market shares.
- In the Millennium Villages, a retail price of something like $10 has been recommended to sell stoves directly into the market. (Adkins, Tyler, al, 2010)
Can affordable, clean burning, carbon neutral stoves be manufactured and sold?
In 2021, there seem to be at least two popular design options. Both rely on inexpensive, long lasting, refractory ceramic combustion chambers and prepared fuels:
- Natural draft or forced draft TLUDS, burning pellets
- Forced draft Rockets, burning dry sticks of wood
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What Could This Mean for the Future of Currencies Around the Globe?
For the first time in more than 2 decades, the dollar and the euro reached a near-equal parity on Tuesday, July 12, with just a one-cent difference. The last time the two currencies were in a similar situation was in 2002, when 1 euro traded for 0.99 dollars.
Although America is the gainer in this situation, there are concerns for what this news may spell out for the future of currencies around the globe. Investors may see a short-term relief in migrating to the dollar, but the future of the euro seems uncertain. Many experts are sounding fears about the possibility of a recession in the near future.
What is the cause behind Europe’s declining currency? Everything hinges upon a smooth flow of goods and services, and the disruptions in global supply chains is the main cause of escalating economic issues. Ever since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in the month of February 2022, escalating geopolitical tensions have affected global prices, gas costs, food markets, and currency markets. Food prices have gone up in most countries, as exports and imports of crucial commodities like wheat, oil, and gas have suffered fluctuations. With consumer demand returning to pre-pandemic levels, production finds itself being unable to cope with the increased demand.
In Europe, concerns over energy supply and rising inflation continue to build up. European governments are worried about a looming energy crisis, especially due to the recent shutdown of a part of the Nord Stream Pipeline for maintenance. European countries are heavily dependent on this pipeline for their energy needs; if any permanent shutdown is issued by Russian officials, the domino effect caused by this causality means that the entire world will suffer the effects of a deep recession.
Other major currencies around the globe aren’t performing too well, either. In India, retail inflation surged to 7.04% in May 2022, amidst the backdrop of rising commodity prices. As of 13th July 2022, the value of the dollar against the rupee stands at ₹79.62. In Sri Lanka, right in the throes of its worst economic and political crisis, the future seems bleak. Countries all around the globe are facing pressures to hike interest rates to keep their currencies stable.
In the light of all the hyperinflation in currency rates across the world, some experts are tentatively pitching the idea of a common global currency. Indeed, the state of the world’s economic uncertainties seems to be setting the stage for a more level playing field for economies and societies as a whole. But it remains to be seen what kind of ramifications having a world currency will set into motion. | <urn:uuid:fd569d65-47e3-44a6-a5c9-d938e984bf27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spiceenquirer.com/for-the-first-time-in-more-than-2-decades-the-dollar-and-the-euro-are-trading-at-equal-parities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.947231 | 546 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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Where conforming mortgage loan limits end, jumbo loans begin. Jumbo mortgage loans are home loans too big to be backed by the government. There’s a lot more you can do with jumbo loans – even when your loan is below your local loan limit.
Conventional Home Mortgage Loan Limit to Rise Next Year – The New. – 2, 2016. FEDERAL regulators have raised the amount of money that. the dollar limit on loans that qualify for purchase by Fannie Mae and.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Loan Limits Increase in 2017 | NAHB. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the maximum baseline conforming loan limit for mortgage loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2017 will increase to $424,100 from $417,000. This will be the first increase in the conforming loan limit since it was raised to $417,000 in 2006.
2016 Fannie Mae 5 to 10 Properties – biggerpockets.com – 2016 Guidelines On Fannie Mae 5-10 Financed Properties, mortgage lenders will still require the standard two years bank income tax returns, two years W-2s, two months bank statements, however, additional documentation will be required.
Fannie & Freddie 2016 Loan Limits; Agency Requirements After. – Fannie & Freddie 2016 Loan Limits; Agency Requirements After a Bankruptcy or Foreclosure. the overseer of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks. For the remaining 2,968 the FHFA announced that the $417,000 baseline conforming loan limit for the GSEs would remain.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Extend Crisis-Era Refinance Program – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are extending one of. The new equity cutoff is likely to limit the pool of eligible borrowers to those who owe more on their mortgage than their homes are worth, or close.
Fannie Mae HomeReady Income Limits & Qualifications. – · Fannie Mae HomeReady Income Limits August 9, 2016 By Justin McHood The HomeReady loan gives borrowers a chance to become a homeowner that would otherwise be unable to get approved for a conventional loan.
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In 2000, while browsing at gourmet store Dean& Deluca in New York City, Tasia Malakasis stumbled upon a package of goat cheese from a farm in Elkmont, Alabama, her home state. This wasn't just chèvre, it was destiny. For the next few years, Malakasis kept her eye on the farm; then she undertook a six-month internship there. Finally, in 2006, after intensive wooing of Belle Chèvre's
founder, she bought the business outright (for a six-figure sum). Within two years, Malakasis tripled the company's revenues and is now using profits to expand, with plans for a tasting room, shop, and cooking school.
Two years after launching an e-commerce Web site, Malakasis took it down. "The shipping had to be overnight: That can cost more than the cheese."
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Aims and objectives to critically appraise the available literature and summarise the evidence relating to adolescent mothers' use of social networking sites in terms of any social support and social capital they may provide and to identify areas for future exploration. Background social networking sites have been demonstrated to provide social support to marginalised individuals and provide psycho-social benefits to members of such groups. Adolescent mothers are at risk of; social marginalisation; anxiety disorders and depressive symptoms; and poorer health and educational outcomes for their children. Social support has been shown to benefit adolescent mothers thus online mechanisms require consideration. Design a review of original research articles Method key terms and Boolean operators identified research reports across a 20-year timeframe pertaining to the area of enquiry in: CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Medline, Scopus, ERIC, ProQuest, PsychINFO, Web of Science, Health Collection (Informit) and Google Scholar databases. Eight original research articles met the inclusion criteria for this review. Findings studies demonstrate that adolescent mothers actively search for health information using the Internet and social networking sites, and that social support and social capital can be attributed to their use of specifically created online groups from within targeted health interventions. Use of a message board forum for pregnant and parenting adolescents also demonstrates elements of social support. There are no studies to date pertaining to adolescent mothers' use of globally accessible social networking sites in terms of social support provision and related outcomes. Conclusions further investigation is warranted to explore the potential benefits of adolescent mothers' use of globally accessible social networking sites in terms of any social support provision and social capital they may provide. | <urn:uuid:ee496875-ffec-4451-94e9-417cb93ea510> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/publications/social-networking-site-sns-use-by-adolescent-mothers-can-social-s | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.885959 | 325 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Crouch, touch, pause, engage. The Six Nations is underway.
And the first two rounds have served up a real feast of rugby. In a heavyweight clash in Dublin, England pulled off an upset, beating Ireland 32-20 and went on to comfortably beat France this weekend.
After a difficult 2018, the Red Rose appears to be turning the corner. The two matches have perhaps been the most complete performance of the Eddie Jones era. The abrasive Aussie isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but, as a coach, he’s never afraid to think outside of the box as England’s build up to both matches has demonstrated.
After bonding over beers beforehand in training camp, his players used soapy balls to improve their handling. Nothing wrong with a bit of the old school…
But it was on a trip Down Under that the seeds of these victories were sown. With some typically forward thinking. A rugby match lasts 80 minutes.
The ball is in play for only about a third of that time. Brutal intensity is peppered with pauses. So, when the time comes, you need to get back into the game. Another Australian, Ric Charlesworth, is an expert in this area. A former cricketer and international hockey player, his research shows when a player does something – positive or negative – they lose focus.
This effect is amplified during moments of down time – fielding in cricket, or between shots in golf. So, when the action restarts, players aren’t mentally ready. Learning from Ric, Eddie hatched a plan…
A mental reset, before the next phase of play begins, so they’re ready to move forward as one, because in international rugby not everything goes according to plan. Just like work…
…… where competing priorities and deadlines pull us in different directions, threatening to derail strategic alignment in pursuit of our shared goals.
So, let’s return to the pitch for a moment. Put yourself at the heart of the huddle, and channel this clarity of thought. Because if you think like a rugby captain, you can keep everyone on the same page:
- Focus on what really matters – 20% of work generates 80% of result
- Over planning just muddies the waters, so simplify your priorities
- And just to be sure simplify them again.
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Rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft are always performing background checks on prospective drivers to ensure passenger safety, but these tests are not always 100 percent accurate. This increases the risk of passengers being physically or sexually assaulted by the driver. With drivers managing their own time and vehicles, Uber and Lyft cannot ultimately oversee each rider’s safety.
These rideshare services have been a popular use of transportation for many, especially those that rely on a safe ride home after consuming alcohol. There have been numerous victims coming forward with a sexual assault case alleging that they were attacked by their Uber or Lyft driver.
Victims of sexual assault through a rideshare service will need an experienced rideshare sexual assault lawyer for legal representation. The Guardian Legal Network can connect victims with professional and committed lawyers who offer 100% free, confidential consultations. | <urn:uuid:9e54e162-312e-4d82-b156-7d31514e3d09> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theguardianlegalnetwork.com/personal-injury/rideshare-assault/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.966011 | 166 | 1.75 | 2 |
Important information regarding this year’s flu vaccination and how it will be delivered
Flu brings misery to people who are in otherwise good health but for the elderly, the very young, and particularly those with some long-term health conditions, it can be much more dangerous.
18 September 2020
Over 60% of people in the South East ready to help improve health and social care after coronavirus
New research from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Healthwatch England shows that 65% of people in the South East say they are more likely to take steps to improve health and social care services since the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Tokyo Christmas and New Year - lucky sheep / 29 December 2014
One of our Christmas day deliveries was the bunch of New Year flowers. An assortment of yellow blooms with greenery, including the all important branch of a pine tree. Traditional beliefs held that the gods visited the earth at this important time and lived in the pines trees until the New Year.
Good wishes for the New Year arrive frequently and include plaited rice stalks or straw, rather like a corn dolly, with good luck messages and prayers, which we hang on the front door.
Big businesses have their pairs of Kadomatsu, pine branches (gathered on or after 13 December), with three lengths of bamboo, bound with tree bark or straw and tied with decorative straw plaits. These year-end, New Year 'welcomes' to the gods seem also to function as status symbols prominently placed at the front entrances. Kadomatsu are traditionally taken to the temples to be burnt around the 15th of January, thus releasing the gods back to their own environment.
Department stores are also full of imaginative displays in their windows and inside, usually including elaborate versions of the rice 'corn dollys' and the colors red and white.
Decorated figures representing the 12 animal zodiac signs are prominent, the outgoing Horse being replaced by the wood Sheep, the third of the three fire cycle animals. The sheep is a lucky animal.
Taking care of the mystery,
shaping the unknown to fit in the
palm of my hand: offering rice
pudding and cinnamon to the
Julenisser, respecting the
pine branches of Toshigami-sama;
attempting to manipulate
fortune in my favour; watching
sunrise on auspicious mornings.
Keeping a wide eye on my world,
reminding myself of whimsy;
as good as marking crosses on
strips of paper placed in secret
boxes subject to rituals
of counting and a fickle lack
of human kindness. No better,
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After reading The Koran and the introduction by Professor Dawood, write a 3-page paper (approximately 700 words) in which you discuss any 3 of the following and how The Koran deals with such issues as:
The relationship between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
The treatment and status of women, marriage, divorce, and polygamy
The justification of a “holy war” (jihad)
Use of alcohol
Charity and help for the needy
Justice and its administration
Principles of faith
Treatment of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus
When discussing each of these points, you will need to cite the specific Sura from The Koran. Try to include as many examples for these points as possible in your paper. Finally, draw some conclusions as to the nature of The Koran.
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- He's a native Avernite.
- He's was trained to be a mage at Patrick's Tower.
- He was thrown out of some city or settlement because the slimes he was raising had killed four people.
Time in the Abyss
In 853 IE, Gladwell moved to of Bargha of the Abyss and became its resident mage. In 855 IE, a group of adventurers (later known as the Shade Killers) traveled through Bargha looking for a tunnel. Somehow Gladwell was able to convince the Avernite government to build a teleportation pylon in Gladwell's office and he let the adventurers use the pylon. He also used them to feed another batch of slimes that he was raising. Here is another dark patch of time in Gladwell's life. No one knows what he did after he left Bargha in 856 IE and before he built his new tower in the Northern Isles in 866 IE. We do know that he gained quite a bit of power.
When he did build his tower in 866, he used his power and influences to bind others to do his will. He also performed gruesome experiments on creatures. In 870 IE, he used a small group of Empire soldiers (later known as Prazacs Avengers) to find, kill, and extract certain parts of incredibly rare creatures as they traveled through the Northern Frontier. To make sure that they did so, he put a Geas on them.
Back at Patrick's Tower
When the Slith Horde attacked in 878 IE, Gladwell abandoned his tower. Not because he was afraid that the Slith Horde would break into his tower, but because no one else could get through the horde to get to him. He went to The Castle to offer his services and he was sent to Patrick's Tower. There he worked on his many experiments, making wands for the Avernite army, testing samples taken from diseased fungus and maintaining machinery of uncertain purposes. In 880 IE, a small group of soldiers (later known as the Horde Triad Slayers) came to Patrick's Tower on a mission from the Castle. While there, they met Gladwell and entered into his employ. Gladwell sent them to various areas around the caves unleashing raw magic that had been tapped or capturing certain creatures to raise. He was killed by those same adventurers in the ruins of Erikas Tower in 881 IE. | <urn:uuid:6e21c084-b739-456f-912e-d4f44050f27d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/wiki/Gladwell | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.987056 | 502 | 2.234375 | 2 |
(Washington, D.C., May 31, 2022)–A B’nai B’rith International leadership delegation has met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Led by B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin, the multinational delegation—one of the first of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—sought to build upon strides in Catholic-Jewish relations and further advance peace and partnership in the Middle East.
The delegation also met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, with other officials and diplomats, and with the leadership of the Italian Jewish community.
In remarks to B’nai B’rith, which he said has been “tirelessly committed to humanitarian causes,” Pope Francis urged “remembrance of the Shoah,” adding: “Even before I became Pope, the promotion and deepening of Jewish-Catholic dialogue was something close to my heart.”
In formal remarks, B’nai B’rith urged active support for the expansion of the Abraham Accords, which has widened the circle of peace between Israel and Arab countries; called out Iran for threatening the very annihilation of the Jewish state; and positively cited governments’ adoption of an International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism that includes prevalent contemporary forms of the scourge.
Israel’s protection of minorities’ religious liberty in Jerusalem was also noted. The day prior, on Jerusalem Day—the 55th anniversary of the reunification of the eternal capital city of the Jewish people—B’nai B’rith delegates visited the Arch of Titus, which depicts the ancient Romans’ despoiling of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The delegation visit was coordinated by B’nai B’rith’s Office of Intercommunal Affairs. Excerpts of Riklin’s remarks to the pontiff follow.
“As President of B’nai B’rith International—the oldest Jewish communal organization, founded in 1843 in New York, an organization that is profoundly committed to interreligious dialogue and partnership—it is my great honor, on behalf of our brothers and sisters across six continents, to give you our heartfelt thanks for receiving us today…
Our world is one of seemingly endless and distressing challenges: Brutal, senseless conflict, including the nearby war in Ukraine; the scourge of hunger that the war has exacerbated; and political extremism and polarization around the world—to name just a few acute problems facing the human family. In my own state of Texas, we are deeply grieving because of the senseless tragedy in Uvalde resulting from the failure to provide access to mental health care and the proliferation of guns of war in the hands of ordinary citizens. All of God’s children have suffered two years of a frightening pandemic that has taken millions of lives—and left countless survivors behind to mourn. It is easy to feel a sense of despair.
But this time that we share today can be a much-needed source of real hope, even inspiration, to people of faith around the world. As during previous audiences that we have been fortunate to have with you and your predecessors, we cannot but marvel at the blessed and bold transformation in Catholic-Jewish relations that has occurred in a short period of time. To the brave heroes who are responsible for this historic transformation, we can only offer our enduring gratitude. From clergy to laypeople to seminarians, the work of strengthening our sacred friendship continues—founded upon the indelible bonds of our two religions.
Outside of Christian-Jewish relations as well, today we can find growing cause for optimism. B’nai B’rith leaders have recently returned from missions to important Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in support of the fittingly named Abraham Accords. The signatories to those Accords have made the principled choice of peace and mutual acceptance with Israel, resulting in wide-ranging cooperation and engagement between their peoples. There has been a growing realization that the political strategies of the past have failed to solve the problems facing the Middle East. Through this realization, the people of these countries, Muslims and Jews together, have found the core values that they share, that they are indeed ‘cousins,’ and, as a result, we are now beginning to see how much our familial faiths can achieve together.
All of us should support this reconciliation and encourage its expansion—for the sake of all people!
Sadly, it cannot be denied that some malevolent forces are determined to create and widen divisions amongst peoples through all forms of bigotry and hate, using incitement to cause violence and conflict. Despite the very small size of the Jewish people, anti-Semitism remains one of the most virulent hatreds, online and in real life. Despite the very small size of Israel, the citizens of the Middle East’s only pluralistic democracy continue to be demonized, delegitimized and subjected to violent terror attacks.
Today, Iran’s government continues to openly pledge the very annihilation of Israel and to fund proxies’ continued threats to and attacks upon Israel. Despite this effort, Israel continues to undertake great sacrifices and risks for peace, and even maintains Muslim administration of Judaism’s single holiest place in Jerusalem.
Yet at the United Nations, Israel has been condemned more than all other countries combined, a means to distract from other countries’ human rights violations. Yet, there has been progress. Thankfully, a long list of countries have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, working definition of anti-Semitism. The definition critically identifies prejudice against Jews both as a faith group and as an ancient but living people.
Your Holiness, we hope that all people will stand together against anti-Semitism, against anti-Christian discrimination and against intolerance directed at Muslims. In recognition of our common home and common destiny, let us protect the environment, care for the most vulnerable and promote mutual understanding rather than mutual recrimination.” | <urn:uuid:7ab73340-2be7-4f85-9b08-b31083fa7a29> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bnaibrith.org/bnai-brith-meets-pope-francis-promotes-further-reconciliation-in-the-middle-east/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.946744 | 1,253 | 1.59375 | 2 |
The article by Howard Adleman in Globe .comhas an interesting metaphor. It takes a great deal of emotional charge for a journalists to search for and come up with a metaphor to say a lot in a nutshell.
The canaries in Iran’s cages
“In hard-line Iran, none are more persecuted than the Baha’i”: says Adelman.
Ironically many believe the Bahaís of Iran are the breath of fresh air and a source of hope and consolation to what a human being really can aspire and how religion can be the very healing medicine for elevation of human spirit. If religion of God is not the cause of elevation of human spirit, the impetuous for love of all humanity, selflessness, education, happiness, liberty, respect for human rights of all, respect for the human rights of children, independent investigation of truth, oneness of all religions of one God, harmony of religion and science, consultation, equality of men and women, world peace, then that is not a true religion for the ills of today and its shelflife to make a real and good difference has long passed. | <urn:uuid:6feea726-e68a-49af-8ed2-2af591aa62ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kidsidebyside.org/2010/01/canaries-in-iran-are-gasping-for-fresh-air/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.918653 | 237 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Free Domain Name Ideas
Here are a couple of tips and ideas that may help you devise a successful domain name to host your website on.
A good domain name (and brand name) must be:
- easy to say (pronounce),
- easy to type (and not mistype),
- preferably short, and
- easily memorable.
If possible, avoid hyphenation. Google knows where the word boundaries are. If you absolutely have to hyphenate, never ever use more than one hyphen. Maybe one hyphen is OK; but two only in domain punycode.
Don't use overly general and broad phrases. At all costs avoid existing trademarks and service marks developed by other parties.
If the name you want is already taken (and, say, not actively used, only parked), then you might prepend or append one of the following affixes to your desired domain name:
- my, the, e, i, s, you, top, best, all, free — classics;
- pink, blue, red, … — color; mostly meaningless, but very vivid;
- talk, club, board — for discussion boards and forums;
- voice — for discussion forums or an non-opinionated blogs;
- world, focus, guide, zone, link, pros, watch, 101 — for a general portal on certain topic;
- now, news, today, hot, first, fresh, daily, quick, bit, bite, wire, info, trend, buzz — for aggregating news sites or blogs;
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A Library card will give you access to online resources such as journal articles and textbooks that you can access from home. If you come into the Library you will need a Library card to request books to read in the Reading Rooms, book a study space and photocopying.
Are you looking for resources for your research?
Join our online workshops with an expert librarian. Seminars are focussed on a particular subject.
Before you arrive at the Library, there are a few things you might like to know. Watch the video for the best places to study, where to store your things, how to find key texts, exemplar PIPs, where to find the best information online, and how to sign up for a Library card.
Other subject areas
Online resources for Science, Arts, Business, Geography and more
Introductory information and full-text articles, for scientific subjects such as Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science and Extension Science. These are free to use with a Library card.
Full-text articles across a wide range of subject areas such as religion, business, economics, geography, arts and technology. These are free to use with a Library card.
The catalogue lists all items in the Library's collection such as books, online journals, magazines, ebooks. If you are studying at home or at school, the online resources are free to use with a Library card. If you are onsite, you can request material to be used in the Reading Rooms.
Online full-text journals, magazines, ebooks, newspapers, reference books like encyclopaedias, or images. See curated lists under HSC or your subject areas. These are free for you to use with a Library card.
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How innovative delivery methods improve customer fulfillment
The usual behavior of going to a store to buy something no longer describes the average customer for many day-to-day products. Many consumers now only shop online, and incidentally, many businesses give their customers additional advantages for doing so.
Online shopping proves preferable in these cases due to better prices, greater comparison of prices between vendors, and the array of different products available. Businesses which provide customers with an e-commerce solution now have an additional liability when fulfilling orders: the assured delivery of the ordered product. Typically, order fulfillment through traditional means works, but some notable problems with these means are lost packages, theft, and shipping delays.
Companies and shipping providers work to provide their customers with dependable service and they have developed a variety of methods to solve common problems with simple solutions. In the next five years, most common delivery methods will incorporate these ideas as viable changes to provide convenience, security, and reliability for consumers. Read the text to better understand this scenario.
Many large distributors and delivery services focus on providing customers with a choice of where to accept their deliveries. This idea derives from the importance of ensuring customers know where their package is and where it arrived.
There are three proposals:
- Allow customers to set up delivery lockers which only delivery carriers and the customer have keys to.
- Allow carriers to enter customer homes and leave the package inside.
- Allow carriers to open customer cars and leave the package in the trunk.
Each of these proposals attempts to address convenience, security, and reliability for customer order fulfillment with regards to the final delivery to the customer.
Delivery lockers and delivery inside of homes and cars have the potential to provide exceptional convenience for the customer. With delivery lockers, customers have the ability to choose a time to pick up their package according to their schedule, instead of dealing with the inconveniences of scheduling a time to be available to sign for it.
Customers can also choose to have their package waiting for them at home, at their office, or at a locker conveniently located in another location they often travel to; the options are quite versatile. Consumers shop online because of the immense convenience, and when businesses allow order fulfillment to be truly convenient and personalized, they will likely please more customers.
Businesses are very likely to be transitioning to support these kinds of deliveries because they not only satisfy their customers, but these deliveries also provide businesses with the assurance that the product was truly delivered to the customer.
Package theft off porches and from mailboxes makes shopping online frustrating, to say the least. It leaves a bad mark on businesses with regards to customers, and businesses must go the extra mile to win customers back. By using delivery lockers and at-home/ in-car delivery methods, businesses show their customers that order fulfillment is a top priority. While some people might not appreciate at-home/ in-car delivery, they still have the option to use a delivery locker. These methods assure, however, that delivery of package occurs precisely with the customer.
Delivery lockers work by providing access only to a delivery carrier and the customer. When the customer arrives, he or she uses her smartphone to open the locker and retrieve their item. In-home and in-car delivery works similarly, but the delivery carrier uses his or her smartphone equipped with a one-time, digital key to open a customer’s car trunk or front door.
Delivery companies record the time that the door or trunk opens to when it closes. They use this as a means to monitor the actions of the carriers and to safeguard against inappropriate behavior.
These systems inherently provide reliable service. Because packages are left in secure locations, customers can retrieve them when they need, without concern. They also provide delivery drivers common locations to drop off deliveries, instead of needing to learn new routes or make additional stops; the efficiency is enhanced all around. As a result, businesses and customers will enjoy reliable order fulfillment.
Businesses will find in the next few years that delivery methods are going to be different. They will see customers wanting more convenient, secure, and reliable methods of delivery through lockers, in their homes, or in their cars. These new methods will give businesses additional leverage when fulfilling their customers’ orders, which will have a positive impact on sales overall as a result of the increased efficiency and service. | <urn:uuid:f5a1b888-02fe-4179-a4f8-8ceb98c78a23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vtex.com/en/blog/strategy/how-innovative-delivery-methods-improve-customer-fulfillment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957173 | 899 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Peonies | The Pinnacle of Spring Beauty
The fluffy, feathery blooms of the peony are one of the most familiar signs of spring. This old-fashioned perennial puts on a dramatic display reminiscent of a Victorian cottage garden and is a must in a spring bouquet. It’s like the blooms are meant for picking, as beautiful in a commanding centerpiece as they are in the open air.
If you don’t have peonies in your own garden, you probably make a point to ogle them each spring at your favorite garden spot around town. You may even see them in the oldest parts of your neighborhood, and it’s not uncommon for them to burst out among old homesteads and even abandoned properties in rural areas every year. That’s because they are one of the most hardy and easy-to-care-for perennials, lasting up to 100 years or more. They can truly be called a garden heirloom, growing in the U.S. since the mid-18th century.
While the most traditional garden peonies are white and pink, the latest hybrid varieties come in many colors. They are usually categorized in six flower forms that range from less than 10 petals in a saucer shape, to forms with various colors and attractive stamens, to the oversized, ruffled, cup-shaped blooms we’re all accustomed to.
In our hardiness zone, the bushy garden peonies quickly become the quintessential spring flower as they typically bloom from late April through early June.
High appeal, low maintenance
The American Peony Society recommends planting peonies any time before the ground freezes; late summer and fall is optimal. (If you happen to pick up a potted plant over the summer, don’t wait until fall to plant it, though; get it in the ground as soon as possible).
Peonies thrive in full sunlight and prefer to keep their distance from other plants, so plan a good square yard or at least 3 to 4 feet in diameter for each. Many varieties do well in shadier spots, but you may get fewer blooms and they will be at more risk of fungal diseases, such as gray mold. Peonies prefer humus-rich, fertile, moist soil. Some people say soil that is similar to your vegetable garden is ideal.
Most of the time, you’ll find run-of-the-mill garden peonies as potted plants at the nursery or garden center. Local gardening groups and online companies may also sell them as bare roots. Plant potted peonies according to container directions, and bare roots fairly close to the surface (about 2-3 inches). It’s actually better for the roots to be planted shallow so the cold weather can keep them in dormancy, which is necessary to set the buds.
Two other types of peonies are tree peonies: a woody, taller variety with lush foliage that doesn’t require cutting back to the ground every fall, and a popular hybrid called the Itoh peony that has many more, longer-lasting blooms and inherits the strong stems of the tree peony, so there is no need to stake them.
All newly planted peonies need to be well watered in the first year, though it could take one to two years to see any blooms. By the third year, they should be mature.
Once your plant is well established and major growth occurs, you’ll find that the beautiful but enormous blooms are heavy and prone to drooping, especially during big rains. Plant cages and supports can help sturdy the stems. Many people find it best to place the cage over the stems in the fall, after you’ve cut them back to the ground. Then, in the spring, you can help guide the new stems through the center when they emerge.
Organic mulch and compost is recommended for new plants, and try to keep lawn grass from encroaching, at least until the peony grows large enough to spread out over it. They don’t need to be dug up and divided like many perennials do, and they don’t often take to transplanting too well. “Leave me be” is more their mantra. But you can help them out by remembering to cut them to the ground after they die back and disposing of any dropped foliage around them to help prevent any disease settling in. They perform well as borders, mass plantings, or as an accompaniment to other shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses.
The ants come marching
If you’ve heard that peonies need an unlikely friend, the ant, in order to bloom, you’ve heard wrong. It’s a myth that they actually need ants to produce their big blooms, but it is definitely true that there’s a relationship there. Call it biological mutualism: where organisms can benefit from each other’s activity. While ants are attracted to the nectar produced when buds are blooming and will leave an odor trail as they march back to tell the rest of the army about their great find, they actually do no harm to the peony. As ants hang out and feed on the sweet blooms, they may be fending off other insects that could do harm, so in a way they’re quite helpful. Don’t worry; when blooming is complete, they’ll be on their way. If you like to cut the flowers but don’t want stowaways inside your home, just shake the blooms or spray them off with water beforehand.
There are not that many insects or pests that are particularly attracted to peonies, which also helps their staying power. Due to the peony’s strong fragrance and intense flavor, deer and rabbits aren’t typically drawn to them.
Bring the beauty in
Because most peony blooms only stay around for about seven days, and the plants generally stop blooming altogether after about six weeks, you can stretch out the time you have to enjoy them if you know how to cut and store them properly.
Many people grow peonies simply to supply fresh bouquets for spring. The best time to cut peonies is in the morning, when they’re full of moisture and before the midday sun heats them up. Cut them in the budding stage, just as they start to show color and are about the size of a marshmallow (and feel squishy like one). Gardeners call this their “marshmallow stage.” If you cut them in full bloom, they’re likely to last only a few days.
Cut stems at least 14 inches long, and pull off lower foliage to help preserve water and prevent rotting. When they’re cut as buds, you can wrap them in dry newspaper (a few in a bunch) and place them horizontally on a refrigerator shelf, where they should be able to stay for a few weeks. When you pull them out and place in water (about 3 to 4 inches), they should start to bloom in a day or two and will stay beautiful for up to a week. Make sure to cut the stems at a diagonal angle and use cold water or an ice cube. If you’re in a hurry for those blooms to appear full for your dinner party that night, use warm water.
If fragrance is what you’re after in your home, consider these favorites of the American Peony Society: Festiva Maxima, Louise Lossing, Moonstone, Mrs. Frank Beach, Myra Macrae, Myrtle Gentry, Nancy Nora, Phoebe Cary and White Frost. Other suggested red and red-tone peonies known for their fragrance are Burma Ruby, Diana Parks, Flame, Henry Bockstoce, Mary Brand and Postilion.
Peonies make a splash in bouquets, even when standing by themselves. It’s no wonder they’re a favorite for brides to carry down the aisle. Simple and vintage-looking, they’re a silent star of the show. The best thing is that you don’t need many peony blooms to create a big, dreamy bouquet. And even if you have no floral design skills, the natural beauty of peonies will make you look like you do.
To stick with the simplistic style, try pairing white peonies in an arrangement with white roses, calla lilies, eucalyptus sprigs and poppy pods. Or arrange a few different-colored peonies with a few hydrangeas.
Other tips for caring for your cut peonies include trimming the stems and replacing the water every other day. Keep the vase away from direct sunlight and, if you have the room, put the whole arrangement in the fridge overnight. You’ll be amazed at how many more days you will add to its life.
As spring approaches, maybe it’s time to start thinking of new growth for your garden—a gift that could pay off in a few short years and then many, many more to come. Add peonies to your landscape or, if you already play host to some, try planting a new variety with different colors to liven up that bare spot you just haven’t yet filled. Their timeless beauty and seemingly independent nature truly make the peony a perfect spring perennial. ✦
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I reduced the amount of omega-3 in my diet. I stopped taking flax-seed oil capsules (I had been taking 10 1000-mg capsules/day) and started drinking extra light olive oil (2 tablespoons/day) instead of walnut oil. I made the change at midnight: Tuesday high, Wednesday low. The graph below shows measurements of my balance.
From Saturday through Tuesday, and preceding days, my intake of omega-3 was high; on Wednesday and Thursday it was low.
My balance was worse Wednesday morning than expected by extrapolation, which supports the idea I started with: omega-3 affects my balance. The time course of the change (the impairment was clear in hours) resembles the original observation: I could put on my shoes while standing much more easily the morning after the day I increased my omega-3 consumption.
But, as you can see, there was a problem: My balance rapidly improved during the low omega-3 condition. Although the results support my original idea, they don’t support it as strongly as they might. A comment on a previous post was “Aren’t you worried that your expectation of worse balance will skew the results?” No, I’m not I thought when I read it. I had several reasons for not worrying about the effect of expectations, and now another has come along: Surprising results, which imply that expectations have little effect. I did not expect significant improvement from practice. I had believed that because I balance everyday for hours while standing and walking, there would not be a large practice effect. I was wrong.
Psychologists don’t know much about motor learning. There are few well-established empirical generalizations about what makes motor learning faster or slower. Another gap in our knowledge is about the nature of the underlying change. When you get better with practice, how does your brain change?
After I shifted to low omega-3, I was surprised not only by how much I improved but also by how quickly. Was my improvement due simply to more tests? I plotted my scores versus test number:
This graph suggests that I improved more per test (greater slope) during the low-omega-3 condition than during the high-omega-3 condition. I think it is a spacing effect: During the low-omega-3 condition, I tested more often. During the high-omega-3 condition, I did 14 tests in 3.5 days — 4.0/day. During the low-omega-3 condition, I did 11 tests in 1.2 days — 9.1/day. I tested more often because I wanted to track the decrease. I think this difference in test rate is the reason for the slope difference. This effect is the opposite of the usual spacing effect in learning experiments, in which close-together (“massed”) practice is less effective than widely-spaced practice.
Relevant to the theme of inspiration via self-experiment, these results and my experience gave me several new (at least to me) ideas about motor learning. One was the existence of this spacing effect. Another was that practice changes the brain by increasing how much of the brain is devoted to the task. (The areas used for other tasks shrink.) Practice increases accuracy because more neurons become involved. The output, the action, is an average from a larger sample. One reason I thought of this is that after lots of practice, and I became quite accurate, the circular area on which I was balancing seemed larger. The notion that the brain area used by the task gets larger helps explain the spacing effect. Spacing is important because the brain doesn’t care how often you have done something in the distant past; what matters is how often you are doing it now. Thus the spacing effect helps make efficient use of scarce resources (neurons). The spacing effect occurs because neural activity causes an increase in something (call it X) that slowly fades away. If later activity happens while X is above a threshold, neural rewiring occurs.
The big practice effects and the idea that practice is more powerful when more frequent should interest anyone who wants to improve their balance (and probably other motor skills), from athletes to the elderly. In a simple cheap easy safe way I got better quickly–too quickly, actually. What happened reminds me of Little League: My batting got much better when I started swinging a bat in my backyard.
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David Burke (pictured below) is the Assistant Learning Leader, Head of Mathematics and Head of House (Loyola) at Xavier College. He has been involved in fundraising for JMB Foundation for more than eight years, and to date his activities have helped raise more than $6,000 for the Foundation. David and his wife, who works at Carey, are good friends with a number of other Carey senior school staff who get together every Friday morning to go running, and this gave David the idea to do something to promote JMB Foundation.
A regular Melbourne Marathon runner, when David heard he could join the JMBF team and both support the Foundation and raise awareness for the cause, he thought, “Why not?” From there, David decided to go one step further. Hearing too often of “one punch” victims reported in the media, he decided to do something at Xavier that would help JMBF and at the same time serve to educate Xavier boys.
David’s idea was to run 100 laps of the school oval – that’s 33 kms! – and invite boys to join in, or donate funds, or both. It turned out to be a success on both levels. In the first year more than $600 was raised, but more importantly, the boys really loved being involved.
At some stages, 200+ boys were running laps of the oval with him. It gave David an opportunity to promote JMB Foundation and Step Back Think. From there, he created some minor class discussions/ shared YouTube clips from JMB Foundation, and created some lessons on the theme and it became an annual event.
This fundraising event raises awareness of the importance of looking after your mates and thinking before you act, and gets 100’s of kids running around the oval for 3 hours. Helping young men to lead healthy and active lifestyles, and educate them.
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Campus Visit by Jane Thierfeld-Brown
On Wednesday, March 20th and Thursday, March 21st, the Faculty Center for Teaching, the Office of the Dean of Academic Life, the Dean of Students Office, the Education Department, and the Office of Disability Services, will co-sponsor a campus visit by Dr. Jane Thierfeld-Brown. Professor Thierfeld-Brown is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale Child Study, Yale Medical School, Director of College Autism Spectrum, and former Director of Student Services at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
During her two day visit, she will engage with Muhlenberg faculty, staff, and students, as well as local teachers and community members, on how to work effectively with students with disabilities (such as autism spectrum disorders) as they transition to higher education. We would like to bring two components of her visit to your attention at this time.
Dr. Thierfeld-Brown will give a public address on the evening of Wednesday, March 20th at 7 PM in the Miller Forum, Moyer Hall. Her presentation, Is This Person Ready to be a College Student?, will address what she describes as the “realities of post-secondary options for students with with disabilities.”
There will also be two separate opportunities for faculty and staff to participate in workshops with Dr. Thierfeld-
Brown: Wednesday, March 20th, from 3:30 PM – 5 PM or Thursday, March 21st, from 1:30 PM – 3 PM. These conversations will include identifying tangible strategies for working with students with disabilities. As part of these workshops, she will facilitate discussions of case studies based on experiences here at Muhlenberg that highlight important academic, interpersonal, and legal challenges. | <urn:uuid:cde41852-aff7-4149-a66c-bd55918751c5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mctl.net/events/jane-thierfeld-brown/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.960867 | 360 | 1.585938 | 2 |
'Crashing Through' from Blindness to Sight
Michael May was blinded at age three, and lived 42 years of his life without sight. In 1999, at age 45, May was given the possibility to see again through a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery.
Before the surgery, May lived a full and rich life without vision; he broke records in downhill skiing, worked for the CIA and became a successful inventor. After a lifetime of identifying himself as a person who could not see, deciding to undergo the risky and life-altering procedure was not easy for May; the few documented cases of blind people regaining their sight indicate that it is an exciting and dramatic — but also terrifying — process.
Despite the enormous medical and emotional risks, May decided to go through with the surgery. In a new book, Crashing Through, author Robert Kurson chronicles May's experience regaining his sight: from the joy of seeing his wife and his children for the first time, to the extraordinary frustration he faced learning to use his recovered eyesight.
Robert Kurson, author, Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See
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“Action from principle,—the perception and the performance of right,—changes things and relations; it is essentially revolutionary, and does not consist wholly with anything which was. It not only divided states and churches, it divides families; aye, it divides the individual, separating the diabolical in him from the divine. Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?
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Benefits of Cleaning Your Carpet
Many people prefer using carpets on the floor of their houses for various reasons. While some people choose carpets for comfort and style, others prefer carpet to avoid contact with cold floor surfaces. Despite the many benefits of using a carpet in your house, it can prove to be quite a challenging task when it comes to cleaning the carpet.
Apart from the occasional vacuuming of your carpet, you may also be required to clean the carpet either by yourself or hiring a professional cleaner. There are many benefits of ensuring that your carpet is kept clean at all times. Among the various advantages of cleaning your carpet, some are as follow:
Reasons Why You Clean Your Carpet
- Carpet cleaning ensures that the various air pollutants such as bacteria and molds are eliminated, thus, guaranteeing a healthy environment for you and your family members.
- A clean carpet is also free from dust, which can cause or aggravate respiratory diseases such as asthma, snoring or allergies.
- Additionally, regular cleaning of your carpet ensures that the insects and termites which might be hiding under the carpet are eliminated and killed. This ensures that your property is safe and free from infestation of such insects which might bring about various diseases.
- Aesthetic purposes. A clean carpet is also attractive in comparison to a dirty carpet. Thus, a clean carpet beautifies your home and it looks attractive.
In order to ensure that your carpet is clean and free from any harmful particles, there are several methods which are used to clean the carpet.
The Various Methods Used When Cleaning a Carpet
- Bonnet cleaning: This is a method which utilizes cleaning agent mixed carbonated water.
- Steam cleaning: This is a popular method that uses hot water under pressure to clean the carpet.
- Dry Carpet Cleaning: Just like the name suggest, it does not use utilize water during the cleaning process. Rather, an absorbent material is used to absorb dust and other particles.
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The Research and Science behind UIT
After putting UIT through extensive testing and verification by the most demanding research groups imaginable, APPLIED ULTRASONICS has thoroughly proven that UIT is real-world ready.
Application of operational Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (UIT) technologies in production of welded joints.
The first results of investigating the influences of ultrasound on ductility and strength properties of steel and alloys were published in the late fifties and during the sixties. At the same time the first attempt was made to control the deflected mode of a welded joint through its deformation treatment employing ultrasound............
This paper presents the results of the research aiming at the evaluation of the influence of various post-weld fatigue improvement techniques on the fatigue limit and life of welded joints in mid-and high-strength steels.
This report is a follow up to demonstration of a new ultrasonic hammer peening technique (Ultrasonic Impact Treatment– UIT) Representatives of Fenix Technology International, Inc. post-treated some of the fillet welds on a welded plate girder in the laboratory with the ultrasonic equipment. Following treatment, fatigue test specimens were cut from the plate girder to study the fatigue behavior of both treated and untreated weldments. Results indicate that the fatigue performance of the weldments was improved following the UIT treatment.
Enhancement in fatigue performance of welded joints by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (UIT) was evaluated in large-scale specimens having a nominal yield strength of 345 to 690 MPa. Eighteen rolled-beam specimens having welded details at cover plates and transverse stiffeners and eight built-up specimens having only transverse stiffener details were fatigue tested after treating them by UIT
Comparison of the improvements in corrosion fatigue stength of weld repair of Bronze propellers by UIT and Heat treatments.
The paper presents the results of an investigation of the application UIT as an alternative to heat treatment based on comparative corrosion fatigue tests of plate specimens made from the same material as that used for propellers, bronze Cu 3.
It is shown that with UIT application during weld repair the corrosion fatigue strength is higher than that of heat treated propellers.
This paper presents the application of a relatively new post-weld treatment method called “Ultrasonic Impact Treatment” (UIT). The paper summarizes the results obtained on a series of experimental fatigue tests where UIT has been applied in order to extend the life time of partially damaged non load carrying filletwelded joints.
Enhancing fatigue strength by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment for welded joints of offshore structures
This paper summarises fatigue tests on Y-joints to estimate the influence of a post weld treat-ment method called Ultrasonic Impact Treatment. With this method the fatigue resistance could be increased significantly. Furthermore, tubular joints of tripod structures for offshore wind energy converters are analysed with numerical simulations to judge these welded joints with the hot-spot-concept. The stress concentration factor for the treated weld toe geometry was determined numerically and compared to experimental results.
Introductory fatigue tests on welded joints in high strenth steel and aluminium improved by various methods including UIT.
This paper summarizes fatigue test on high strength steel specimens in the as-welded condition and specimens treated by ultrasonic impact treatment, TIG dressing and a combination of TIG dressing and ultrasonic impact treatment
Fatigue strength enhancement by means of weld design change and the application of the Ultrasonics Impact Treatment.
This presentation serves to report the results to date of these studies and provide some insight into the conclusions drawn in consideration of fatigue fracture details on bridge girders. Specific emphasis will be focused on weld design options and the benefits achieved by ultrasonic impact treatment. The study covered areas of new welded structures as well as repair procedures and fatigue improvement techniques
Efficiency Evaluation of Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (UIT) of Welded Joints in Weldox 420 Steel in accordance with the IIW Program
The paper presents comparative fatigue test results for specimens in the as-welded condition and specimens treated by hammer peening, shot peening, TIG dressing, ultrasonic impact treatment and a combination of TIG dressing and ultrasonic impact treatment. Welded specimens were fabricated from WELDOX 420 steel at SSAB.
It is commonly observed that complex fabricated structures subject to fatigue loading fail at the welded joints. Some problems can be corrected by proper detail design but fatigue performance can also be improved using post-weld improvement methods. In general, improvement methods can be divided into two main groups: weld geometry modification methods and residual stress modification methods. The former remove weld toe defects and/or reduce the stress concentration while the latter introduce compressive stress fields in the area where fatigue cracks are likely to initiate. The ultrasonic impact treatment method belongs to the class of residual stress improvement methods. The method makes use of an ultrasonic carrier frequency to accelerate hardened tools that, in turn, impact the weld toe. The fatigue strength of non-load carrying attachments in the as-welded condition has been experimentally compared to the fatigue strength of ultrasonic impact treated welds.
Enhancement in fatigue performance of welded joints by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (UIT) wasevaluated with large-scale rolled beam and built-up specimens having yield strength of 345 to 760MPa
Ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT), which is a peening method, is usually used as a post-weld treatment in order to improve the fatigue strength of welded joints. In this study, fatigue tests were carried out on web-gusset welded joints treated by UIT and the results were compared with the fatigue lives of as-welded joints in order to examine the effects of UIT on the fatigue lives of welded joints. The fatigue lives of web-gusset welded joints treated by UIT increased to more than ten times those of as-welded joints. The introduction of compressive residual stress, relaxation of stress concentration at a weld toe, and refinement of grains under the weld toes were considered as possible reasons for the improvement in fatigue life caused by UIT. Residual stress near weld toes was measured using the X-ray diffraction method. The stress concentration factor at the weld toes was analyzed using the finite element method (FEM). The grain size under the weld toes was measured using electron backscatter diffraction pattern (EBSD) analysis.
Some of the welds connecting stiffeners to main beams, which were found to be under strength in fatigue, were strengthened by ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT). A programme of fatigue tests has been carried out to evaluate the extent of the improvement and confirm that it is adequate. The tests were on tensile test pieces having non-load-carrying fillet welded attachments relevant to the (BS5400 class F2) under strength welds. Test pieces were pre-fatigued to simulate 20 years’ service and treated by ultrasonic impact. The UIT improved the class F2 fillet welds to a performance between class D and class E. There is a 97?5% probability that performance is improved by a factor of 3 on life and the value | <urn:uuid:ab1ed06c-dc42-4e0b-855c-63c8e7274013> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.appliedultrasonics.com.au/research | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.941957 | 1,495 | 2.234375 | 2 |
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